On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, the commander, Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, and Charlie Duke, the lunar module pilot. They lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on a Saturn V rocket and spent three days cruising to the moon. After orbiting the moon for about a day, Young and Duke took the lunar module down to the surface

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Launch of Apollo 16 (NASA Footage)

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/38rKcgh Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, the commander, Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, and Charlie Duke, the lunar module pilot. They lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on a Saturn V rocket and spent three days cruising to the moon. After orbiting the moon for about a day, Y

Apollo 16 Close Call on Landing During the landing of Apollo 16, John Young and Charlie Duke didnt spot a major problem until they got outside... Video and Panoramas by Moonpans.com | Moonpans.com

The Longest Moonwalk Before the Lunar Rover was for Apollo 15, 16 and 17, the Apollo Moonwalkers had to actually 'Walk' to their destinations. For Apollo 11 this was not very far from the Lunar Module. The Apollo 12 crew walked further. But by far the longest Moonwalk was the Apollo 14 crew's epic journey to the rim of Cone Crater. Unfortunately they were not able to reach the rim despite given extra time by mission control, so had to turn back just meters from the rim | Moonpans.com