Apollo 16

Apollo 16 Аполлон 16

Manned Flight No.	44
Manned flight of the USA No.	26
The manned flight of the Apollo No.	10
Launch:	04/16/1972 17:54:00
Landing:	04/27/1972 19:45:05
Duration:	11 d 1 h 51 m 05 s (265 h 51 m 05 s)
Orbits:	64
Distance:	2 239 482 km
Landing on the Moon:	04/21/1972 02:23:35
Liftoff from the Moon:	04/24/1972 01:25:48
Time on the Moon:	71 h 2 m 13 s
Lunar Coordinates:	8.97° south, 15.51° east
Command Module:	Casper
Lunar Module :	Orion
Backup Crew:	Fred Haise, Commander Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilot

Thomas Mattingly
(Command Module Pilot)

Astronaut No. 56

Astronaut of the USA No. 31

Mattingly: 1st flight

Cumulative time: 11 d 1 h 51 m 05 s
(265 h 51 m 05 s)

John Young
(Commander)

Astronaut No. 18

Astronaut of the USA No. 7

Young: 4th flight

Cumulative time: 22 d 5 h 33 m 38 s
(533 h 33 m 38 s)

Charles Duke
(Lunar Module Pilot)

Astronaut No. 57

Astronaut of the USA No. 32

Duke: 1st flight

Cumulative time: 11 d 1 h 51 m 05 s
(265 h 51 m 05 s)

Apollo 16 backup crew of Roosa, Haise, Mitchell.

View of the Lunar Module and Lunar Vehicle. John Young can be seen behind the Lunar Vehicle.

Charles Duke on the moon surface.

Map of the Apollo 16 landing site and the routes of the three traverses.

Composite panorama of the Apollo 16 landing site.

John Young during the demonstration of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

Splashdown of Apollo 16.

John Young, Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly on the deck of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga.

John Young, Thomas Mattingly and Charles Duke during the postflight press conference.

“Big Muley” the largest returned from the Moon.

The longest flight:
06/06/1971 23 d 18 h 21 m 43 s (570 h 21 m 43 s) Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsaev

The largest number of flights: 4 Lovell, Young

The most cumulative time in space: 29 d 22 h 4 m 55 s (718 h 4 m 55 s) James Lovell

Tenth manned flight on the program Apollo. Fifth landing on the moon surface. John Young and Charles Duke are the ninth and tenth people on the moon. John Young made fourth space flight.

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