When Apollo 16 astronaut left family photo on Moon
In April 1972, astronaut Charles Duke, serving as the lunar module pilot on NASA's Apollo 16 mission, carried a small family photograph with him to the Moon. The framed photo depicted his wife, Dotty, and their two young sons, Charles and Tom. Duke had prepared the picture as a keepsake, framing it and placing it inside a plastic sleeve before setting foot on the lunar surface. He left the photograph behind alongside other personal items during the mission, where it remains to this day, more than five decades later.
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