Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. It was the …

Jul 11, 2024 · Three primary objectives of the Apollo 16 mission were (1) to inspect, survey, and sample materials and surface features at a selected landing site in the Descartes region; (2) …

Jul 8, 2009 · Apollo 16 lifted off at 12:54 p.m. EST April 16, 1972, from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Two significant command and service module …

Apr 15, 2022 · The fifth Moon landing mission began with the April 16, 1972 launch of Apollo 16. The giant Saturn V rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center …

Apollo 16, with Commander John Young, Command Module Pilot Thomas “Ken” Mattingly, and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, was launched on April 16, 1972, and successfully …

Mission Overview. Apollo 16 was the second in the series of lunar landing missions designed to optimize the capability for scientific return. Primary objectives assigned were (1) to perform …

Apollo 16 was thus a reflection of past ambitions by the time it launched on April 16th, 1972. No longer representing the future of the nation’s space program, exploring the Moon was a …

Description. Apollo 16 was the fifth mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. On 21 April 1972 two astronauts (Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young …

Oct 31, 2023 · This film shows the landing and the three lunar traverses in the highland region of the Moon, near the crater Descartes. It includes an astronaut’s eye view from the rover, lunar …

Oct 1, 2018 · Apollo 16 was the second-to-last mission of the Apollo program and the fifth to land humans on the moon. Apollo 16 launched on April 16, 1972, and landed at the Descartes …