Human Spaceflight
APOLLO 16 LUNAR P/L
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLunarNORAD 6009
Apollo 16 was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. It was the second of Apollo's "J missions", with an extended stay on the lunar surface, a focus on science, and the use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The landing and exploration were in the Descartes Highlands, a site chosen because some scientists expected it to be an area formed by volcanic action, though this proved not to be the case.
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- Launch date
- April 16, 1972 at 05:54 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Saturn V →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Apollo 16
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,114.97 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.8 × 0.4 × 0.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-031D
- NORAD catalog №
- 6009
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 29, 1972
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 29, 1972
- Time in service
- 43 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Lunar.
- Final status
- Decayed