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

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 01, 2026 · 56 words · By Roselyne Min

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Meet Charlie Duke, the youngest person on the first Moon mission Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36.

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

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36.

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Claim 1: “Charlie Duke was the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon at the age of 36.”

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Wikipedia explicitly states Charles Duke was the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon at age 36 (born 1935, mission 1972). No contradictory evidence found.

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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16

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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duke

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Claim 2: “Now 90 years old, the prospect of another human return to the Moon excites him.”

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Wikipedia confirms Charles Duke was born in 1935. If current year is 2025, this would make him 90 years old. No contradictory evidence found.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anomalisa is a 2015 American adult animated film directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson from a screenplay by Kaufman, based on his 2005 audio play of the same name that explores the Fregoli delu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk

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