✨🌕 Moon Moments You’ll Never Forget! 🌕✨ 🚀 Throwback to Apollo 16, where astronaut Charles Duke gave us one of the most iconic lunar “oops” moments ever caught on camera! 👨‍🚀 While trying to hammer a core tube into the Moon’s surface, he hit a hidden rock… the hammer slipped… and picking it up in bulky space gear and low gravity turned into a mini–lunar comedy scene. 😄 But like a true pro, Duke grabbed the rover’s tongs, returned, and nailed it—proving even on the Moon, determination wins!

Apollo 16 Lunar Rover "Grand Prix" [1972 April 21, Moon] On this day in 1972, astronaut John W. Young gave the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) a speed test during Apollo 16’s first moonwalk at the Descartes Highlands — earning the nickname “Grand Prix” run. 🏁🌕 It was a planned experiment to test the rover’s performance at “high” speeds — about 6 mph (10 km/h)! 📸 Captured on 16mm film by Astronaut Charles Duke, who joined Young on the surface while Astronaut Thomas Mattingly orbited above in Comman

APOLLO 11 LIVE 360°: Former astronaut Charlie Duke is one of only 12 people ever to set foot on the moon, and he is now bringing that experience to millions as ambassador of the upcoming live show “Apollo 11 – An Immersive 360° Adventure.” DETAILS: http://bit.ly/2VtIqpH | The Daily Buzz

Did you know that the first moon landing was 17 seconds from being aborted? Astronaut Charlie Duke tells the story of the series of problems which occurred during the descent of the Apollo 11 flight in 1969. More amazing astronaut adventures 👉 http://bbc.in/2t6QlPt | BBC Radio 4