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Apogee Books Space Series #23
Apollo 16: The NASA Mission Reports, Volume 1
Compiled here are many important documents about the Apollo 16 mission including the complete debriefing in the crew's own words.
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312 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2002
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April 21, 2008
Apollo 16 was the fifth mission to land men on the moon and return them to Earth. It was also the second flight of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 16 landed in a highlands area, a region not yet explored on the Moon. Astronauts collected samples, took photographs and conducted experiments that included the first use of an ultraviolet camera/spectrograph on the Moon.
Lunar Module: Orion
Command and Service Module: Casper
Crew: John W. Young, commander
Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot
Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot
Launch: April 16, 1972
17:54:00 UT (12:54:00 p.m. EST)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Landing Site: Descartes
(8° 59' 29'' S, 15° 30' 52'' E)
Landed on Moon: April 21, 1972
02:23:35 UT (April 20 9:23:35 p.m. EST)
EVA duration: total 20 hr. 14 min. [3 EVAs]
Lunar Surface Traversed: 27 kilometers
Moon Rocks Collected: 95.8 kilograms
LM Departed Moon: April 24, 1972
01:25:48 UT (April 23 8:25:48 p.m. EST)
Time on Lunar Surface: 71 hr. 2 min.
Returned to Earth: April 27, 1972
splashdown 19:45:05 UT (2:45:05 p.m. EST)
Mission Duration: 265 hr. 51 min. 5 sec.
Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 0° 43' S, 156° 13' W
Retrieval ship: U.S.S. Ticonderoga
Highlights/Notes:
Second mission with a lunar roving vehicle (LRV) that could transport two astronauts. The LRV could also carry tools, scientific equipment, communications gear, and lunar samples.
First uses of the Moon as an astronomical observatory.
Thomas K. Mattingly performed 2 cislunar EVAs totalling 1 hr. 24 min.
After LM separation from CSM, LM tumbled and planned lunar impact was not attempted. LM remained in orbit w/estimated lifetime of 1 year, impact site unknown.
Lunar Module: Orion
Command and Service Module: Casper
Crew: John W. Young, commander
Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot
Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot
Launch: April 16, 1972
17:54:00 UT (12:54:00 p.m. EST)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Landing Site: Descartes
(8° 59' 29'' S, 15° 30' 52'' E)
Landed on Moon: April 21, 1972
02:23:35 UT (April 20 9:23:35 p.m. EST)
EVA duration: total 20 hr. 14 min. [3 EVAs]
Lunar Surface Traversed: 27 kilometers
Moon Rocks Collected: 95.8 kilograms
LM Departed Moon: April 24, 1972
01:25:48 UT (April 23 8:25:48 p.m. EST)
Time on Lunar Surface: 71 hr. 2 min.
Returned to Earth: April 27, 1972
splashdown 19:45:05 UT (2:45:05 p.m. EST)
Mission Duration: 265 hr. 51 min. 5 sec.
Retrieval site: Pacific Ocean 0° 43' S, 156° 13' W
Retrieval ship: U.S.S. Ticonderoga
Highlights/Notes:
Second mission with a lunar roving vehicle (LRV) that could transport two astronauts. The LRV could also carry tools, scientific equipment, communications gear, and lunar samples.
First uses of the Moon as an astronomical observatory.
Thomas K. Mattingly performed 2 cislunar EVAs totalling 1 hr. 24 min.
After LM separation from CSM, LM tumbled and planned lunar impact was not attempted. LM remained in orbit w/estimated lifetime of 1 year, impact site unknown.
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