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“The only time I had what you would call life-threatening fear was when I was on the Moon. Towards the end of our stay, we got excited and we were going to do the high jump, and I jumped and fell over backwards. That was a scary time, because if the backpack got broken, I would have had it. But everything held together.”

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Charles Duke, born on October 3, 1935, is an accomplished American test pilot. During his tenure with NASA, he participated in the Apollo program and became the second human to walk on the moon. more

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