The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has completed the annual cleaning of the Apollo 16 Command module. The work ensures the ...

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After a fairly eventful mission to the Moon's surface, Charles Duke left several items on the Moon, and a message to whoever ...

Apr. 21—Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and South Carolina's Charles Duke landing on the moon. The lunar module Orion touched down on the surface of the moon ...

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 ...

A key tool used in the successful Apollo 16 mission is up for grabs in a new auction. The moon scoop that successfully collected samples of rock from the moon in 1972 can finally be yours.

HUNTSVILLE, AL — The legacy of the Apollo 16 still lives on to this day, with people from all over still eager to view the spacecraft on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, ...

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. Part of that effort, Duke said ...

Astronaut Ken “T.K.” Mattingly has died. He circled the moon as command module pilot on Apollo 16 and later flew the space shuttle. But he’s probably best known for the mission he didn’t get to fly: ...