Saturn V | Apollo 16
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Saturn V · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 114th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 1,339th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Apr 16, 17:54 – Apr 16, 17:54 UTC
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Apollo 16
Apollo 16 was the 10th crewed launch of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander John Young, Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly & Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke. The mission duration was 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes & 5 seconds during which time Young and Duke spent 71 hours on the surface of the Moon spending a total of 20 hours and 14 minutes on moonwalks while Mattingly spend 126 hours or 64 orbits in lunar orbit. While conducting moonwalks, Young and Duke collected 95.8Kg of lunar samples. During return trip to Earth Mattingly performed an EVA to collect film cassettes from the exterior of the service module.
Human Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
Crew
John YoungCommander · NASA
Charles DukeLunar Module Pilot · NASA
Ken MattinglyCommand Module Pilot · NASA
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- Apollo 16 launch — Eureka
