Apollo 16

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Apollo program mission crewed lunar landing mission

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Apollo 16 canonical	30
Apollo 16 lunar surface operations	2
Apollo 16 mission	2
Apollo 16 Moon landing	1
Apollo 16 crew	1
Apollo 16 lunar landing	1
Apollo 16 lunar mission	1
Apollo 16 mission hardware	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apollo program mission ⓘ crewed lunar landing mission ⓘ
commander	John W. Young ⓘ
commandModulePilot	Ken Mattingly ⓘ surface form: Thomas K. Mattingly II
commandServiceModule	Command and Service Module Casper ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewMember	Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ John W. Young ⓘ Ken Mattingly ⓘ surface form: Thomas K. Mattingly II
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 ⓘ surface form: Descartes Highlands, Moon
lunarLandingSite	Descartes Highlands ⓘ
lunarModule	Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ surface form: Lunar Module Orion
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	ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) ⓘ surface form: Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) cosmic ray telescope ⓘ surface form: Cosmic Ray Detector Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph ⓘ Soil Mechanics experiments ⓘ
spaceAgency	NASA ⓘ
spacecraftType	Apollo command and service module ⓘ surface form: Apollo CSM/LM
splashdownLocation	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
splashdownRecoveryShip	USS Ticonderoga ⓘ
status	completed ⓘ
totalEVA_TimeOnMoon	about 20 hours 14 minutes ⓘ
totalLunarSurfaceTime	about 71 hours ⓘ
usedLunarRovingVehicle	true ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo program → lunarLandingMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Apollo 17 → precededBy → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Apollo 15 → followedBy → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Apollo command and service module → usedInMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Apollo Lunar Module → notableMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Fred Haise → backupCrewAssignment → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Ken Mattingly → spaceMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

S-IC → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

F-1 → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Saturn V S-II second stage → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Descartes Highlands → exploredBy → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 mission

Descartes Highlands → landingMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Command and Service Module Casper → partOf → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Command and Service Module Casper → mission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Command and Service Module Casper → usedFor → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 lunar mission

LRV-2 → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

LRV-2 → mission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 lunar surface operations

LRV-2 → spacecraftComponentOf → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 mission hardware

Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph → operatedBy → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 crew

Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph → spaceMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph → missionPhase → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 lunar surface operations

Lunar Roving Vehicle → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

LM → notableMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

LEM → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

John W. Young → spaceMissions → Apollo 16 ⓘ

John W. Young → moonLandingMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

John W. Young → commanded → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Service Propulsion System → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

USS Ticonderoga → recoveredMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Charles M. Duke Jr. → spaceMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Charles M. Duke Jr. → notableWork → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 lunar landing

Charles M. Duke Jr. → participantIn → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 mission

Apollo spacesuit → usedInMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Portable Life Support System → usedOnMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

John Young → spaceMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

John Young → wasCommanderOf → Apollo 16 ⓘ

John Young → notableWork → Apollo 16 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo 16 Moon landing

John Young → lunarMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

Thomas → mission → Apollo 16 ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Mattingly