Lunar module pilots Charlie Duke, Harrison Schmitt and Rusty Schweickart to serve as 2023 parade Grand Marshals in Washington, D.C.
landed in the Descartes Highlands in April 1972. The second crew to have use of the Apollo lunar roving vehicle or"moon buggy," Duke and Young conducted three excursions on the moon over the course of their 71 hours and 14 minutes on the surface.
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Duke joined the Air Force, serving at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia and with the 526th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany. After graduating from the Aerospace Research Pilot School in 1965, he stayed on as an instructor. As a lieutenant colonel , Duke left a medallion marking the 25th anniversary of the Air Force on the moon.
Three"Apollo Legends" serve as the grand marshals for the 2023 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.. From left to right: Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke, Apollo 17 geologist Harrison Schmitt and Apollo 9 lunar module pilot Rusty Schweickart. Schmitt was the first scientist and last man to step off a lunar module onto the surface of the moon. A professional geologist who first helped other astronauts become familiar with the rocks and soil types they would encounter on the moon, he touched down in the Taurus-Littrow valley with
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