Apollo 16
Apollo 16 was the fifth NASA crewed lunar landing mission. John Young and Charles Duke landed Orion in the Descartes highlands to survey, sample, deploy experiments, and use the Lunar Roving Vehicle, while Thomas Mattingly operated the command module Casper in lunar orbit for photography and scientific observations.
Identity
- Aliases
- Apollo XVIAS-511SA-511CSM-113 CasperLM-11 Orion
- Name
- Apollo 16
- Slug
- apollo-16
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Apollo 16 was the fifth NASA crewed lunar landing mission. John Young and Charles Duke landed Orion in the Descartes highlands to survey, sample, deploy experiments, and use the Lunar Roving Vehicle, while Thomas Mattingly operated the command module Casper in lunar orbit for photography and scientific observations.
- End Date
- 1972-04-27
- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Success
- Program
- Apollo
- Start Date
- 1972-04-16
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
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Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-16/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 6/30/2026, 4:46:13 AM
- Image
- Download
- Updated Time
- 6/30/2026, 4:46:13 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Operator
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Commander
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Command Module Pilot
- Astronaut Id
- td75y8ze8x4t9rqnk27frn3fjn89m03c
- Role
- Lunar Module Pilot