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Apollo 16
Apollo 16 was preceded by Apollo 15 and followed by Apollo 17.
Tenth manned mission in the Apollo program. Fifth mission to land on the moon.
- Launched: April 16, 1972
- Returned: April 27, 1972
- Crew members: John Young, commander; Ken Mattingly[?], command module pilot; Charles Duke[?], lunar module pilot.
- Command module: Casper
- Lunar module: Orion
- Landed: April 20, 1972
- Lunar landing site: 8.6 S, 15.5 E -- Descartes-Cayley
- On surface: 2 days 23.0 hours
- Lunar EVA: 20.3 hours (7.2 + 7.4 + 5.7)
- Samples: 94.7 kg
J-class mission, featuring Lunar Rover.
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