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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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 (7)

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

Fred Haise → backupCrewAssignment → Apollo 16 ⓘ
Apollo 15 → followedBy → Apollo 16 ⓘ
Apollo 17 → precededBy → Apollo 16 ⓘ
Ken Mattingly → spaceMission → Apollo 16 ⓘ