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Apollo 16
| Mission Number: AS-511 | 16-27 April 1972 |
Crew:
Backup Crew:
Fred W.
Haise, Commander
Stuart
A. Roosa, CSM Pilot
Edgar
D. Mitchell, LM Pilot
Launch:
Pad: 39-A
Date: 16 April 1972
Time: 17:54:00 UTC
Lunar Landing:
Location: Descartes Highlands (Lunar 8.97° S, 15.51° E)
Touchdown: 21 April 02:23:35 UTC
EVA #1: 7 hours, 11 minutes
EVA #2: 7 hours, 23 minutes
EVA #3: 5 hours, 40 minutes
Liftoff: 24 April 01:25:48 UTC
Landing:
Location: Pacific Ocean (0° 43' S, 156° 13' W)
Vessel: USS
Ticonderoga (CVS-14)
Date: 27 April 1972
Time: 19:45:05 UTC
Mission Duration: 11
days, 1 hour, 51 minutes, 5 seconds
Surface Stay Time: 2 days, 23 hours, 2 minutes, 13 seconds
Time in lunar orbit: 126 hours, with 64 orbits. 213 lbs of material gathered. Lunar Rover used for second time. Young and Duke performed 3 EVA's lasting 20 hours, 14 minutes. Mattingly performed a trans-Earth EVA to retrieve film.
The Command and Service Module (CSM) was named Casper, and the Lunar Module (LM) was named Orion.
The lunar landing location was not changed as a result of Apollo 13.
The Apollo 16 command module is on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL.