Apollo 16

WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON APOLLO 16?

Apollo 16 was the second of three "J" missions, with bigger and more complicated workloads than previous missions.
J: 15, 16, 17.

View of Houston, TX just before TLI, April 16, 1972.

Landing site was in the Descartes Highlands.

LRO photo from 2010.
Arrow points to location of lunar module.

LROC Wide Angle Camera monochrome mosaic of the Cayley plains (smooth areas) and Descartes mountains surrounding the Apollo 16 landing site. Arrow indicates approximate position of the lunar module. Scene width is 40 miles.

Orion after landing.

The Apollo 15 crew was the first to have panoramic cameras. One thing they captured with them was the slope they landed on.

PANORAMIC SHOTS BY YOUNG AND DUKE

Adventures on the lunar surface starring Young and Duke

Training on Earth

GRAND PRIX

"Indy's never seen a driver like this."

Danger was never far away on Apollo 16...
Duke and Young at House Rock

Three EVAs covering over 16 miles.
Average speed 7.7 mph (higher than that achieved by either Apollo 15 or 17)

APOLLO 16 IMAGE GALLERY

Charlie Duke inspects a rock before sampling the area. On his left arm is a cuff checklist that indicates the tasks to be performed at each station. In Duke's right hand is a sample bag.

John Young collecting lunar samples near North Ray Crater during the third EVA at the Descartes landing site. Young is using the lunar surface rake and a set of tongs. The Rover is parked in the field of large boulders in the background.

Casper in lunar orbit.

Duke (left) helping Mattingly in EVA during the return from the Moon.
Mattingly faced problems in retrieving the film he wanted and this EVA took 1 hour, 23 minutes.

Earth photographed in UV by Commander Young from surface of Moon.

APOLLO 16 ROCK SAMPLES HAVE DECISIVELY SHAPED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LUNAR GEOLOGY

Splashdown
Thursday - April 27, 1972 - 1:44 pm (Houston time)