The youngest explorer to walk on the lunar surface is in town to celebrate at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
His spacesuit could have sprung a leak, killing him on the spot. And the tiny engine on the lunar lander could have failed, leaving him marooned far from home.Apollo 16
“He relates his moon experiences in ways that grab an audience with the approachable humanity of the experience,” Francis French, a San Diego space historian and author, said of Duke’s delivery. Apollo 11 achieved that goal in 1969. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong touched down on the moon with less than 20 seconds of fuel left in their lander. Michael Collins circled above in the command module., “Roger, Tranquility, we copy you on the ground.It was an exhilarating moment. But NASA soon cancelled three of nine scheduled follow-on moon landings. Public interest waned after the first landing. The project’s rising costs caused alarm. An explosion aboard Apollo 13 nearly killed its crew.
He got his answer on April 20 when he and Young guided their fragile lander Orion into the Descartes region of the moon, becoming the first explorers to reach the lunar highlands. For many people, the lasting images of Apollo 16 involve charming video footage of Duke and Young wandering across the regolith in an electric-powered lunar rover that had a top speed of 8.6 mph. They traveled 16.6 miles, roughly the distance between downtown San Diego and San Ysidro.
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