Name: Duke, Charles Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Rocket No. Landing Date - Rocket No.
1. Apollo 16 April 16, 1972 - AS-511 April 27, 1972 - AS-511

Space Flights Descriptions
Apollo 10
(Support Crew)
Dress rehearsal of manned lunar landing
Apollo 13
(Backup Crew)
Manned lunar landing aborted after spacecraft crippled by explosion
1. Apollo 16 Manned lunar landing at the Plain of Descartes - April 21, 1972
Lunar Lift Off - April 24, 1972
Command Module - Casper (CSM-113)
Lunar Module - Orion (LM-11)
Moonwalker
Apollo 17
(Backup Crew)
Manned lunar landing at Taurus-Littrow - December 11, 1972
Lunar Lift Off - December 14, 1972

Spacewalks - 3
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Apollo 16 April 21, 1972 Deploy Apollo Lunar Scientific Experiment Package. Deploy Lunar Roving Vehicle. Geological traverse to Flag Crater
7 hours 11 minutes
Apollo 16 April 22, 1972 Geological traverse to Stone Mountain
7 hours 23 minutes
Apollo 16 April 23, 1972 Traverse to Smoky Mountain
5 hours 40 minutes

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Updated - March 12, 2006