Saturn V | Apollo 16
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Launch Window
April 16, 1972, 5:54 p.m. - April 16, 1972, 5:54 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
April 16, 1972, 5:54 p.m. - April 16, 1972, 5:54 p.m.
Apollo 16 was the 10th crewed launch of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander John Young, Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly & Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke. The mission duration was 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes & 5 seconds during which time Young and Duke spent 71 hours on the surface of the Moon spending a total of 20 hours and 14 minutes on moonwalks while Mattingly spend 126 hours or 64 orbits in lunar orbit. While conducting moonwalks, Young and Duke collected 95.8Kg of lunar samples. During return trip to Earth Mattingly performed an EVA to collect film cassettes from the exterior of the service module.
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
CSM-113 "Casper" was an Apollo Command & Service Module used in the Apollo 16 mission.
Apollo Command/Service Module Details
Date of
Birth: Sept. 24, 1930
Date of Death:
Jan. 5, 2018
Date of
Birth: March 17, 1936
Date of Death:
Oct. 31, 2023
Date of
Birth: Oct. 3, 1935
Age: 90
Flown on Apollo-16 Descent stage on lunar surface at Descartes Highlands, ascent stage left in lunar orbit, crashed on Moon
Apollo Lunar Module DetailsThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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