Autographs of Charlie Duke
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 youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. Duke is one of four surviving Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt.
A 1957 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Duke joined the USAF and completed advanced flight training on the F-86 Sabre at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, where he was a distinguished graduate. After completion of this training, Duke served three years as a fighter pilot with the 526th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany. After graduating from the Aerospace Research Pilot School in September 1965, he stayed on as an instructor teaching control systems and flying in the F-101 Voodoo, F-104 Starfighter, and T-33 Shooting Star.
In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth astronaut group. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served as CAPCOM for Apollo 11, the first crewed landing on the Moon. His distinctive Southern drawl became familiar to audiences around the world, as the voice of Mission Control concerned by the long landing that almost expended all of the Lunar Module Eagle descent stage's propellant. Duke's first words to the Apollo 11 crew on the surface of the Moon were: "Roger, Twank...Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot!"
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Traded items with a signature of Charlie Duke
The most expensive item with a signature of Charlie Duke (Bandai Saturn V Apollo 11 Model - Signed By Al Worden And Charlie Duke) was sold in November 2018 for £1,299.99 while the cheapest item (Charlie Duke Signed Autographed Photo) found a new owner for £5.50 in February 2019. The month with the most items sold (6) was February 2018 with an average selling price of £47.50 for an autographed item of Charlie Duke. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with £504.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £5.50 was February 2019. In average, an autographed item from Charlie Duke is worth £60.00.
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