NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Apollo 16

Launch Time
Sun Apr 16, 1972 17:54 UTC

Rocket

Saturn V
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $1,160.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 35,100 kN
Payload to LEO: 140,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 110.6 m

Mission Details

Apollo 16

John Young and Charles Duke spent 71 hours—just under three days—on the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extra-vehicular activities or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes. The pair drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the second produced and used on the Moon, 26.7 kilometers (16.6 mi). On the surface, Young and Duke collected 95.8 kilograms (211 lb) of lunar samples for return to Earth, while Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly orbited in the Command/Service Module (CSM) above to perform observations. Mattingly spent 126 hours and 64 revolutions in lunar orbit.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 48,673.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1972

32nd orbital launch attempt

Saturn V

11th mission
1st mission of 1972
10th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission