Apollo 16 (April 16 – April 27, 1972) was launched from John F.
Kennedy Space Center and was the fifth manned lunar landing
mission. The crew consisted of John W. Young as spacecraft
commander, Ken Mattingly as command module pilot, and Charlie
Duke as lunar module pi lot. Apollo 16 was the first scientific
expedition to inspect, survey, and sample materials and surface
features in the Descartes region of the rugged lunar highlands.
Duke commenced the record setting lunar surface stay of 71 hours
and 14 minutes by maneuvering the lunar module Orion to a
landing on the rough Cayley Plains. Back to top