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Apollo 16

Apollo 16 was preceded by Apollo 15 and followed by Apollo 17.

Apollo 16: NASA

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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