21 Quotes by Charles Duke

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You’ve got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot.

Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.

It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.

I was able to look out the window to see this incredible sight of the whole circle of the Earth. Oceans were crystal blue, the land was brown, and the clouds and the snow were pure white. And that jewel of Earth was just hung up in the blackness of space.

I’m proud to be an American, I’ll tell you. What a program and what a place and what an experience.

We’ve been to the Moon nine times. Why would we fake it nine times, if we faked it?

Roger, we’re go on that alarm.

The Moon was the most spectacularly beautiful desert you could ever imagine. Unspoilt. Untouched. It had a vibrancy about it and the contrast between it and the black sky was so vivid, it just made this impression of excitement and wonder.

Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.