Apollo 16

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Apollo 16 was a 1972 NASA crewed mission that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon’s Descartes Highlands to conduct extensive scientific exploration and experiments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo program mission
crewed lunar landing mission
commander John W. Young
commandModulePilot Thomas K. Mattingly II
linked to: Ken Mattingly
commandServiceModule Command and Service Module Casper
country United States
crewMember Charles M. Duke Jr.
John W. Young
Thomas K. Mattingly II
linked to: Ken Mattingly
crewSize 3
evaCountOnLunarSurface 3
followedByMission Apollo 17
isFifthCrewedLunarLanding true
launchDate 1972-04-16
launchMass about 44,000 kilograms for the CSM and LM combined in lunar orbit configuration
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
launchYear 1972
lunarLandingDate 1972-04-21
lunarLandingRegion Descartes Highlands, Moon
linked to: Descartes Highlands
lunarLandingSite Descartes Highlands
lunarModule Lunar Module Orion
linked to: Apollo Lunar Module
lunarModulePilot Charles M. Duke Jr.
lunarRovingVehicleNumber LRV-2
missionDuration 11 days 1 hour 51 minutes
missionNumberInApolloProgram 10
notableFeature first landing in the lunar Descartes Highlands
operator NASA
orderOfLunarLandings 5
precededByMission Apollo 15
primaryObjective deployment and operation of scientific experiments on the lunar surface
scientific exploration of the Descartes Highlands on the Moon
program Apollo program
result successful lunar landing and scientific mission
returnDate 1972-04-27
sampleReturnMass about 95.8 kilograms of lunar samples
scientificFocus geology of the lunar highlands
scientificInstrumentsDeployed Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)
Cosmic Ray Detector
Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph
Soil Mechanics experiments
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftType Apollo CSM/LM
splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
splashdownRecoveryShip USS Ticonderoga
status completed
totalEVA_TimeOnMoon about 20 hours 14 minutes
totalLunarSurfaceTime about 71 hours
usedLunarRovingVehicle true

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Apollo 17 precededBy Apollo 16
Apollo 15 followedBy Apollo 16
Fred Haise backupCrewAssignment Apollo 16
Ken Mattingly spaceMission Apollo 16
S-IC usedOnMission Apollo 16
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Descartes Highlands exploredBy Apollo 16 mission
linked to: Apollo 16
Command and Service Module Casper usedFor Apollo 16 lunar mission
linked to: Apollo 16
LRV-2 usedOnMission Apollo 16
LRV-2 mission Apollo 16 lunar surface operations
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Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph operatedBy Apollo 16 crew
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Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph missionPhase Apollo 16 lunar surface operations
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LEM usedOnMission Apollo 16
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John W. Young commanded Apollo 16
Charles M. Duke Jr. notableWork Apollo 16 lunar landing
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Charles M. Duke Jr. participantIn Apollo 16 mission
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Apollo spacesuit usedInMission Apollo 16
John Young spaceMission Apollo 16
John Young wasCommanderOf Apollo 16
John Young notableWork Apollo 16 Moon landing
linked to: Apollo 16
John Young lunarMission Apollo 16
Thomas Mattingly mission Apollo 16
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