Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 42

Apollo 16

USA

Patch Apollo 16 Apollo program patch

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Launch- and landing data

Launch date:  16.04.1972
Launch time:  17:54 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  167 - 168 km
Inclination:  32,54°
Undocking CSM-LM:  20.04.1972, 18:07:31 UT
Moon landing:  21.04.1972, 02:23:35 UT
Landing point:  8° 58' 22.84" S 15° 30' 0.68" E
Docking CSM-LM:  24.04.1972, 03:35:18 UT
Landing date:  27.04.1972
Landing time:  19:45 UT
Landing site:  0° 70' S, 156° 22' W

walkout photo

Crew Apollo 16

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alternate crew photo

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Young  John Watts  CDR 4 11d 01h 51m  1,5 
2 USA  Mattingly  Thomas Kenneth II "Ken"  CMP 1 11d 01h 51m  1,5 
3 USA  Duke  Charles Moss, Jr. "Chuck"  LMP 1 11d 01h 51m  1,5 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Young
2  Mattingly
3  Duke
Apollo Command and Service Module

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USA  Haise  Fred Wallace, Jr. "Pecky"  CDR
2 USA  Roosa  Stuart Allen "Stu"  CMP
3 USA  Mitchell  Edgar Dean "Ed"  LMP
Crew Apollo 16 (backup)

photo courtesy J.L. Pickering

Flight

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.

Landing point

Photos / Drawings

Apollo spacecraft with Lunar Module Apollo Command Module

Source: www.astronautix.com/

 
Apollo control panel Lunar Module control panels
Apollo 16 rollout Apollo 16 launch
Apollo 16 EVA Young
Orion ascent trans-Earth EVA Mattingly
Apollo 16 parachute deployment Apollo 16 landing

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