SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE OF

Sharing Space With Deke featuring Fred Haise

Sunday, December 8, 3:00pm CT

Attend at the museum or via Zoom

Sharing Space With Deke featuring Charlie Duke

Sunday, January 5, 3:00pm CT

Attend at the museum or via Zoom

Charlie Duke was selected by Deke Slayton to be a member of the fifth astronaut group in 1966. Duke became a Lunar Module (LM) specialist and oversaw the development of its propulsion systems. Due to his knowledge of the LM he was asked by Tom Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, and Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, to be a CAPCOM for their missions.

Duke was assigned as the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 16 which launched in 1972. John Young and Duke spent 71 hours on the moon’s surface and performed three EVAs. During this time Young and Duke collected 213 pounds of rock and soil samples. One of those rocks is on display at the Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum!