Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC); landing 2000 km
south of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.
CSM was named
"Casper" and the
LM
"Orion".
Fifth moonlanding; landing site: Descartes Highlands; lunar
surface stay-time 71h 2m;
LRV used for second
time.
Three
EVAs were performed
by
Young and
Duke. First
EVA on
21.04.1972 (7h 11m). The astronauts activated the first experiments and drove
with the
LRV to the
Spook Crater. They also collected samples. Second
EVA on
22.04.1972 (7h 23m). 11.1 km with the
LRV had been driven,
samples were collected from near the Stubby and Wreck Craters. Third and final
EVA on
23.04.1972 (5h 40m) which brought the crew to the North Ray Crater. All in all
95,71 kg of lunar samples were collected.
Mattingly performed a trans-Earth
EVA of 1h 24m
during returning to Earth to retrieve the film cassettes from the scientific
instrument module cameras, inspect the equipment, and expose a
microbial-response experiment to the space environment. On the return flight
several scientific experiments were performed.
The crew splashed down 5
km far from the recovery ship
USS Ticonderoga.
