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Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke Signed Command Model
Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth (and as of 2020 remains) and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. Duke was backup lunar module pilot on Apollo 13. Shortly before the mission, he caught rubella (German measles) from a friend’s child and inadvertently exposed the prime crew to the disease. As Ken Mattingly had no natural immunity to the disease, he was replaced as command module pilot by Jack Swigert. Mattingly was reassigned as command module pilot of Duke’s flight, Apollo 16. On this mission, Duke and John Young landed at the Descartes Highlands, and conducted three extravehicular activities (EVAs). He also served as backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 17. Duke retired from NASA on January 1, 1976.
Young, Mattingly and Duke were officially named as the crew of Apollo 16, the fifth lunar landing mission, on March 3, 1971.The Descartes Highlands were chosen as the landing site on June 3, 1971. This was the highest region on the near side of the Moon. It was believed to be volcanic in origin and mainly composed of basalt, based upon the tones of gray observed from Earth. It was hoped that rock samples retrieved by Apollo 16 would provide clues about the processes that formed the highlands, and perhaps even show that such processes were still active.
Charlie Duke signed Command and Lunar Module model, as it looked before the Lunar Module detached from the Command Module to land on the moon during the Apollo 16 mission, where Duke served as Lunar Module Pilot. Model is signed on its base by Duke in silver felt-tip, “Charlie Duke / Apollo 16 LMP”. Hand-painted model is scale 1/48, measuring approximately 12″ deep x 6″ wide x 14″ tall. Small indentation to the wood base near Duke’s signature, else near fine. Sold for $1,760.
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