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Apollo 16
Mission Summary
Apollo 16 Facts
Apollo 16 Crew
Spacecraft
Landing Site
Mission Objectives
Lunar Orbital Science
Images
Audio & Video
The Apollo Program |
| Lunar Module: |
Orion |
| Command and Service
Module: |
Casper
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| Crew:
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John W. Young, commander
Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot
Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot |
| Launch: |
April 16, 1972
17:54:00 UT (12:54:00 p.m. EST)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A |
| Landing
Site: |
Descartes
(8° 59' 29'' S, 15° 30' 52'' E) |
| Landed on Moon: |
April 21, 1972
02:23:35 UT (April 20 9:23:35 p.m. EST) |
| EVA duration: |
total 20 hr. 14 min. [3 EVAs] |
| Lunar Surface Traversed: |
27 kilometers |
| Moon Rocks Collected: |
95.8 kilograms |
| LM Departed Moon: |
April 24, 1972
01:25:48 UT (April 23 8:25:48 p.m. EST) |
| Time on Lunar Surface: |
71 hr. 2 min. |
| Returned to Earth: |
April 27, 1972
splashdown 19:45:05 UT (2:45:05 p.m. EST) |
| Mission Duration: |
265 hr. 51 min. 5 sec. |
| Retrieval site: |
Pacific Ocean 0° 43' S, 156°
13' W |
| Retrieval ship: |
U.S.S. Ticonderoga |
Highlights/Notes:
- Second mission with a lunar roving
vehicle (LRV) that could transport two astronauts. The LRV
could also carry tools, scientific equipment, communications gear,
and lunar samples.
- First uses of the Moon as an astronomical observatory.
- Thomas K. Mattingly performed 2 cislunar EVAs totalling 1 hr.
24 min.
- After LM separation from CSM, LM tumbled and planned lunar impact
was not attempted. LM remained in orbit w/estimated lifetime of
1 year, impact site unknown.
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