Charlie Duke thought he was on his way to exploring an area of the moon that was different from where NASA has sent astronauts before. He just did not know how different it really was. The lunar ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration. Part of that effort, Duke said ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he’s ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration. Part of that effort, Duke ...

Apr. 21—Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and South Carolina's Charles Duke landing on the moon. The lunar module Orion touched down on the surface of the moon ...

Almost 50 years since he became the youngest of the moonwalkers, Apollo 16 lunar module pilot Charlie Duke would be willing to return to space as an octogenarian. “I’d do something like [Blue Origin] ...

Apollo 16 was notable not for the news it made but the news the crew received while on the lunar surface in 1972. During an April 21 moon walk, mission Commander John Young received a message from ...