New experiments with Apollo moon dust show micrometeorites - not solar wind - are the main source of the Moon’s thin ...

Apollo 16 lunar module pilot Charlie Duke reunites with public affairs officer Doug Ward (at left), backup commander Fred Haise, flight controller Jerry Bostick and EVA capcom Tony England ...

Apollo 16 was notable not for the news it made but the news the crew received while on the lunar surface in 1972. During an April 21 moon walk, mission Commander John Young received a message from ...

Lunar Module pilot Charles Duke saluting the US flag during Apollo 16. (Credit: NASA) Imagine: you spent years training for a sojourn to the Moon, flew there on top of a Saturn V rocket as part of ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, left, and space shuttle veteran Nicole Stott speak during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he’s ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration.

HOUSTON, April 27 — Apollo 16 returned safe today from the Descartes highlands of the moon, its three weary crewmen happy to be home. The mission, though marked by troubles, was an almost total ...

A one-of-a-kind tool used on the NASA Apollo 16 mission in the 1970s is up for grabs to the highest bidder. The tool is expected to go for over $750,000.

NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly, who orbited the moon during the Apollo 16 mission, has died. He was 87. The space agency confirmed Mattingly died on Tuesday.

Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut and moonwalker Charlie Duke is ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...