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Portrét astronauta Charlese M. Duka.

Cosmonaut / Astronaut · USA

Charles Duke

Znak mise Apollo 16.

NationalityUSA

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SPACEFLIGHTS

Znak mise Apollo 16.

Apollo 1616 April 1972

In April 1972, Apollo 16 made the first landing in the lunar highlands — in the Descartes region. The crew of Young, Mattingly and Duke explored the plateau by rover, a region scientists had wrongly believed to be volcanic.open article →