Charles M. Duke Jr.

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United States Air Force officer astronaut human test pilot

Charles M. Duke Jr. is an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for walking on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission.

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Label Occurrences
Charles M. Duke Jr. canonical 8
Charles Duke 3
Charles M. Duke Jr. – Apollo 16 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force officer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Naval Sciences ⓘ
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ
child Charles Duke III ⓘ
Thomas Duke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-10-03 ⓘ
dateOfMoonwalk 1972-04-21 ⓘ
1972-04-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
education United States Naval Academy ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
familyName Duke ⓘ
fieldOfStudy aeronautics and astronautics ⓘ
fullName Charles Moss Duke Jr. ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
landingSite Descartes Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Descartes Highlands, Moon
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
notableEvent walked on the Moon ⓘ
notableFact youngest person to walk on the Moon ⓘ
notableWork Apollo 16 ⓘ
surface form: Apollo 16 lunar landing
numberOfSpacewalks 3 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
participantIn Apollo 11 mission support ⓘ
Apollo 16 ⓘ
surface form: Apollo 16 mission

Apollo program ⓘ
placeOfBirth Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
placeOfMoonwalk Moon ⓘ
positionHeld lunar module pilot ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas, United States
selectionAsAstronaut NASA Astronaut Group 5 ⓘ
surface form: 1966 NASA Group 5
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceMission Apollo 16 ⓘ
spouse Dorothy Meade Claiborne ⓘ
totalEVA_Time 20 hours 14 minutes ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace 11 days 1 hour 51 minutes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 17 → backupLunarModulePilot → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
Apollo 16 → lunarModulePilot → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
Apollo 16 → crewMember → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
Descartes Highlands → astronautVisitor → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
Command and Service Module Casper → carriedAstronaut → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
Command and Service Module Casper → lunarModulePilotCarried → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
LRV-2 → crewUser → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Duke
Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph → deployedBy → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Duke
Lunar Roving Vehicle → usedByAstronaut → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Duke
NASA Astronaut Group 6 → member → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
NASA Astronaut Group 6 → memberFlewOnMission → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles M. Duke Jr. – Apollo 16
NASA Astronaut Group 5 → member → Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ