Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he’s ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration.

Charlie Duke is part of a tiny fraternity that’s getting even smaller: People who walked on the moon.

The Apollo 16 spacecraft is dusty and home to a few cobwebs decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon.

Forty years after John Young and Bob Crippen flew the first space shuttle, funding the future of America's space program looks promising.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A 62-year-old Kissimmee man was fatally struck by a car while trying to cross John Young Parkway in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash took place around 2:30 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of John Young Parkway and The Oaks Boulevard. [TRENDING: Here’s where educators can get the vaccine | ‘Space hurricane’ found swirling above Earth | ‘We’re in the Black section:’ Couple says restaurant segregated diners]AdAccording to the crash report, the driver of a sedan was heading west on John Young when he hit the man, who was trying to cross from the south to the north side of the road. The pedestrian, who troopers said was not crossing in a crosswalk or at an intersection at the time of the crash, died at the scene. The crash remains under investigation, according to the report.

The three Americans and one Japanese should reach the International Space Station late Monday for a five- to six-month stay, following Sunday's liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. A brief look at each:—Crew commander Mike Hopkins, 51, is an Air Force colonel and former space station resident who grew up on a hog and cattle farm in Missouri. He played football for the University of Illinois and, before becoming an astronaut in 2009, worked at the Pentagon. —Shannon Walker, 55, a Houston-born-and-raised physicist, also has lived before on the space station. She worked as a flight controller at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and then behind the scenes in the space station program, before becoming an astronaut in 2004.

PALM COAST, Fla. – Strangers united in Palm Coast for one purpose on Wednesday: to fight against injustice and discrimination following the death of George Floyd. The crowd of more than 100 people gathered in the Kohl’s parking lot for prayer, pictures and powerful messages before starting their march through the streets of Palm Coast. The protesters chanted the name of George Floyd and yelled, “no justice, no peace” loud enough for drivers to hear and honk in support. When people who are unarmed that look like me, that want to go home, that don't get that opportunity," said Joseph. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said three stores in the area closed during the protest out of an abundance of caution.

(SpaceX via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It’s back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. — aboard a retro-style “Right Stuff” capsule. SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule outshines NASA’s old Apollo spacecraft in virtually every way. This fresh take on a vintage look will be on full display Wednesday when SpaceX plans to launch NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station — a first for a private company. Russia’s workhorse Soyuz capsules, still in use after a half-century plus, have kept NASA astronauts flying to the space station. A test dummy soloed on last year’s Dragon crew capsule debut.

(SpaceX via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The two astronauts who will test drive SpaceX’s brand new rocketship are classmates and friends, veteran spacefliers married to veteran spacefliers, and fathers of young sons. Retired Marine Col. Doug Hurley will be in charge of launch and landing, a fitting assignment for the pilot of NASA’s last space shuttle flight. Hurley, 53, and Behnken, 49, are NASA’s first test pilot crew in decades. Crippen and the late John Young rode NASA’s first space shuttle, Columbia, into orbit on April 12, 1981. Hurley and Behnken — both two-time space shuttle fliers — were among four astronauts chosen in 2015 for NASA’s commercial crew program.