From 1969 to 1972, twelve men stepped foot on Earth's natural satellite.
Charles Duke collects lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 moonwalk on April 21, 1972.The Apollo 16 crew relaxes during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico on Feb. 5, 1972.
From left, Thomas Mattingly II, John Young, and Charles Duke. Mattingly remained in orbit while Young and Duke landed on the moon.was the youngest man to walk on the moon. He retired from NASA in 1975 to enter private business. He is 83.was the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly into space six times. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon.
Young was the commander for the space shuttle fleet's inaugural flight in 1981. He died Jan. 5, 2018, at his home in Houston following complications from pneumonia. He was 87.Right: Young, Apollo 16 commander, collects samples at the North Ray Crater geological site on April 23, 1972.
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