Apollo LM | Apollo 16
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
April 24, 1972, 1:25 a.m. - April 24, 1972, 1:25 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
April 24, 1972, 1:25 a.m. - April 24, 1972, 1:25 a.m.
Return flight of Apollo 16 from the Moon.
The Apollo lunar module (LM) ascent stage contained the crew cabin with instrument panels and flight controls. It contained its own Ascent Propulsion System (APS) engine and two hypergolic propellant tanks for return to lunar orbit and rendezvous with the Apollo command and service module.
Flown on Apollo-16 Descent stage on lunar surface at Descartes Highlands, ascent stage left in lunar orbit, crashed on Moon
Apollo Lunar Module Details
Date of
Birth: Sept. 24, 1930
Date of Death:
Jan. 5, 2018
Date of
Birth: Oct. 3, 1935
Age: 89
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