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1972 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Apollo 16

successSaturn V | 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.

Overview

Date / time
April 16, 1972 at 05:54 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
Apollo 16
Mission type
Human Exploration
Orbit achieved
Lunar Orbit
Launch vehicle
Saturn V →
Launch provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration →

Payloads deployed · 3

APOLLO 16 CM
Human Spaceflight
APOLLO 16 LM (ORION)
Lunar
APOLLO 16 LUNAR P/L
Lunar