Charles Moss Duke papers, 1964-1974.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....
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The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. First conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-man spacecraft to follow the one-man Project Mercury which put the first Americans in space, Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returnin...
Duke, Charles Moss, 1935-
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Astronaut aboard Apollo 16 moon mission, 1972; graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S. 1964), U.S. Naval Academy (B.A. 1957), and Lancaster High School (Lancaster, S.C.); Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Air Force; known as Charles Duke, Jr. From the description of Charles Moss Duke papers, 1964-1974. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 48490596 ...