Apollo 16 NASA Astronaut Charlie Duke Interview with Nathan Mackey

Charlie Duke grew up in Lancaster, South Carolina. Attended the US Naval Academy and joined the US Air Force after his academy graduation. Charlie recounts his experience as a F-86 Super Sabre interceptor pilot in West Germany and as a USAF Test Pilot. Charlie went on to become a NASA astronaut and one of the 14 astronauts to have walked on the moon as part of the crew of Apollo 16 in 1972. After Charlie left NASA his marriage was failing and Charlie was looking for peace in his life. The second part of our interview focuses on what happened to turn his life completely around.