Orion

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Orion was the Apollo 16 Lunar Module that carried astronauts John Young and Charles Duke to the Moon’s surface in April 1972.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Lunar Module
spacecraft
associatedAstronaut Charles Duke NERFINISHED
John Young NERFINISHED
carriedAstronautToSurface Charles Duke NERFINISHED
John Young NERFINISHED
carriedLunarRover Lunar Roving Vehicle 2 NERFINISHED
commander John Young NERFINISHED
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 2
crewMember Charles Duke NERFINISHED
John Young NERFINISHED
destination Moon NERFINISHED
dockedWith Casper NERFINISHED
evaCount 3
landedInRegion Descartes Highlands NERFINISHED
landedOn Moon NERFINISHED
launchDate 1972-04-16
launchedWithCommandModule Casper NERFINISHED
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V NERFINISHED
lunarLandingDate 1972-04-21
lunarLiftoffDate 1972-04-24
lunarModulePilot Charles Duke NERFINISHED
manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation NERFINISHED
mission Apollo 16 NERFINISHED
missionEndDate 1972-04-27
missionNumberInApolloProgram 16
missionOutcome success
missionStartDate 1972-04-16
namedAfter Orion (constellation) NERFINISHED
operatedBy NASA
orbitingBodyDuringMission Earth NERFINISHED
Moon NERFINISHED
partOf Apollo 16 spacecraft stack NERFINISHED
primaryEngine Ascent Propulsion System NERFINISHED
Descent Propulsion System NERFINISHED
program Apollo program NERFINISHED
propulsionType bipropellant rocket engine
returnedTo lunar orbit
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftType Apollo Lunar Module Block II NERFINISHED
totalSurfaceStayTime_hours 71
usedFor geological sampling
lunar surface exploration
scientific experiments

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

John W. Young lunarModule Orion
LRV-2 lunarModule Orion