50th Anniversary of APOLLO 16, April 1972 - April 2022

In April 2022, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the spaceflight APOLLO 16.

Launched on April, 16th, 1972, in Cape Kennedy, the crew of Commander John W. Young (1930-2018), Command Module Pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II and Lunar Module Pilot Charlie M. Duke, Jr., flew with the command module "Casper” in company with the Lunar Module "Orion" to the moon. On April, 21st, 1972, the Lunar Module "Orion" with Commander John W. Young and Lunar Module Pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr. landed on the moon. Landing site was the "Descartes Highlands”. A few hours later, astronaut John W. Young stepped as 9th man on the moon, his fellow, astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. joined him as 10th man on the lunar surface, while astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II orbited the moon. Both moonwalkers made during their 3- day stay on the moon journeys by a moon rover, collected appr. 96 kg (211 lb) of lunar samples and spent over 20 hours outside of the Lunar Module on moon surface. Lunar Module "Orion" returned from the moon to Command Module "Casper" on April, 24th, 1972, and the crew started their home trip. During the return flight, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II performed a spacewalk in deep space and on April, 27th, 1972, APOLLO 16 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

Because of the 50th anniversary of this spaceflight this year, I made also a movie about the mission of APOLLO 16, where you can find here:
youtu.be/uiTcGaMLwrU
Enjoy it.

Best
Helmut

Taken on: April 1, 2022

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