Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands. The second of the so-called "J missions," it was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54 PM EST on April 16, 1972, the mission lasted 11 days, 1 hour, and 51 minutes, and concluded at 2:45 PM EST on April 27.
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| - Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands. The second of the so-called "J missions," it was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54 PM EST on April 16, 1972, the mission lasted 11 days, 1 hour, and 51 minutes, and concluded at 2:45 PM EST on April 27.
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| - CSM: 1972-031A
- LM: 1972-031C
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| - (Spacewalk to retrieve film cassettes)
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| - Left to right: Mattingly, Young, Duke
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| - Apollo CSM-113
- Apollo LM-11
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| - Command Module at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center
- The plaque left on the Moon by Apollo 16
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| - John Young on the Moon, with the Lunar Module and Lunar Rover in the background
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| - CSM: North American Rockwell
- LM: Grumman
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| - A16-plaque.jpg
- Apollo 16 capsule.JPG
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| - 1(xsd:integer)
- (Plus 4 on the lunar surface)
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| - Commander
- Command Module Pilot
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