#charlesduke

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…..from everyone who has been given much shall much be required…… #luke12v48 #leadershipprayerbreakfast #cbmc #apollo16 #charlesduke (at Embassy Suites Omaha - La Vista Hotel and Conference Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwbx6qog3l9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1syqp29ot12v

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Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon by NASA on The Commons on Flickr.

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[penny4nasa]

“I was able to look out the window to see this incredible sight of the whole circle of the Earth. Oceans were crystal blue, the land was brown, and the clouds and the snow were pure white. And that jewel of Earth was just hung up in the blackness of space.” - Charles Duke, Apollo 16

  Serving as both CAPCOM for Apollo 11 and Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 16, Charlie Duke’s near-decade long stretch with NASA has been a testament to his influence on not only American space flight, but aerospace history as a whole. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Duke was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force at the age of 22, spending time as a fighter and test pilot. It wasn’t until 1966 at the age of 31 that Duke was selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 5 among other future Apollo astronauts Ronald Evans, Fred Haise, James Irwin, Ken Mattingly, Edgar Mitchell, Stuart Roosa, John Swigert, and Alfred Worden. Serving first as a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10 and as the voice of Mission Control for Apollo 11, Duke would have his opportunity on the other end of the headset as Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 16 in 1972. The tenth person to walk on the lunar surface, and the youngest to do so at the age of 37, Charlie Duke’s illustrious career with NASA would end in December of 1975 upon retirement.

  Today, Duke is Chairman of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, and is President of Charlie Duke Enterprises.

  Celebrate Charlie Duke’s 79th birthday by writing to Congress to let them know you support doubling funding for NASA: http://www.penny4nasa.org/take-action/

  Take a look at Space Advocates’ video, the Spirit of Apollo, and consider what raising the NASA budget from less than half a penny up to one full penny on each federal dollar spent can and will do for our economy, for our society, and for our future: http://goo.gl/kUDM7

  To read more about Charlie Duke:

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