Apollo-16 (32)

Pad 39-A (10)

Saturn-V AS-511 ()

High Bay 3

MLP 3

Firing Room 1

Crew:

John W. Young

Thomas K. Mattingly II

Charles M. Duke, Jr.

Backup Crew:

Milestones:

07/01/70 - S-IVB ondock at KSC

09/17/71 - S-1C Stage ondock at KSC

09/29/70 - S-IU ondock at KSC

09/30/70 - S-II Stage ondock at KSC

04/16/72 - Launch

Payload:

Apollo 16 Casper (CM-113) and Orion (LM-11)

Mission Objective:

Launch:

April 16, 1972

Orbit:

Altitude: xxx miles

Inclination: xxx degrees

Orbits:

Duration: 11 Days, 01 hours, 51 min, seconds

Distance: miles

Lunar Location: Descartes Highlands

Lunar Coords: 8.97 degrees South, 15.51 degrees East

Landing:

April 27, 1972

Mission Highlights:

Landing site: Descartes Highlands. First study of highlands area. Selected surface experiments deployed, ultraviolet camera/spectrograph used for first time on Moon, and LRV used for second time. Lunar surface stay-time, 71 hours; in lunar orbit 126 hours, with 64 orbits. Mattingly performed 01 hour in-flight EVA. 95.8 kg (213 lbs) of lunar samples collected.

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