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Apollo 16: Highlands Adventure
The tenth Apollo mission took off on the 16.04.72 and lasted for 11 days 1 hour and 51 minutes! returning home on the 27.04.72
On board were the Astronauts, John Young, Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly.
Their mission, was the fifth moon landing and the first time a landing took place in the lunar highlands.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was used was for the second time and it covered 26.7km on the lunar surface.
Both Young and Duke spent a total of 71 hours on the lunar surface of which 20 hours and 14 minutes was extra-vehicular.
Speedmaster’s were of course essential equipment and all three astronauts wore them:
Mattingly: 105.012-65
John Young: 105.012: CB case
Charles Duke :105.012-CB
Summary;
Thomas Mattingly 105.012-65
John Young 105.012-CB
Charles Duke 105.012-CB
All picture credits gratefully to NASA and the Smithsonian Air and Space museum.
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Apollo 16: Highlands Adventure
The tenth Apollo mission took off on the 16.04.72 and lasted for 11 days 1 hour and 51 minutes! returning home on the 27.04.72 On board were the Astronauts, John Young, Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly. Their mission, was the fifth moon landing and the firs...
Another excellent piece of history of humans endeavour history and Omega
Thanks for this series mate Truly enjoyable read. Cheers D
Thanks again for a great reminder!
I remember that James Young a few years later also was pilot of the first Space Shuttle flight...
