Meet Charlie Duke, the youngest person on the first Moon mission

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 01, 2026 · 435 words · By Roselyne Min

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What to know about Meet Charlie Duke, the youngest person on the first Moon mission

Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36.

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What happened

Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36.

Why it matters

Now 90 years old, the prospect of another human return to the Moon excites him.

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Excitement is building as NASA’s new Moon mission approaches, with the Artemis II mission scheduled to launch on Wednesday, April 1.

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Claim 1: “NASA sent 24 astronauts to the Moon, and twelve of them walked on the surface between 1968 and 1972.”

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Claim 2: “NASA’s Orion spacecraft stands 98 meters tall and produces more thrust than Saturn V rockets.”

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Claim 3: “The Space Launch System rocket is currently ready for launch at Launch Complex 39B.”

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Claim 4: “The Artemis II mission was delayed due to hydrogen fuel leaks and helium-flow issues.”

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Claim 5: “If successful, the mission will mark humans’ return to the Moon in more than half a century.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026 from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that was launched in November 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I

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Claim 6: “NASA aims for a two-person lunar landing in 2028 as part of the Artemis programme.”

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Claim 7: “Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" fo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. It was the second of Apol…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and…
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Claim 8: “The Artemis II mission will take the crew 393,000 kilometers from Earth before looping around the Moon.”

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Claim 9: “Charlie Duke was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 16.”

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Claim 10: “The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, April 1.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis Fowl is a 2020 American science fantasy film based on the 2001 novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, from a screenplay co-written by Conor McPherson and Hamish McColl…
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