Apollo 16
16 entries in the Apollo 16 compendium.
Apollo 16Fifth crewed lunar landing, second J mission, explored Descartes Highlands.Active Seismic ExperimentActive seismic experiment on Apollo 14 and 16.Big MuleyLargest Apollo-returned lunar sample, a shocked anorthosite breccia.Biostack experimentApollo-era experiment on cosmic-ray effects on biological materials.Cayley FormationLunar plains formation reinterpreted after Apollo 16 samples.Descartes HighlandsApollo 16 landing site in the lunar highlands.Flag (crater)Small lunar crater visited by Apollo 16 astronauts.Pete FrankNASA flight director for Apollo 16 and Apollo-Soyuz.Heat Flow ExperimentNASA experiment measuring heat loss from the Moon's interior.Lunar Panoramic Photography - Apollo 16Apollo 16 captured extensive lunar panoramic photography.Lunar Roving VehicleBattery-powered rover used on three Apollo Moon missions.North Ray (crater)Largest crater sampled by Apollo astronauts, visited in 1972.Palmetto (crater)Small lunar crater visited by Apollo 16 astronauts.South Ray (crater)Small lunar crater visited by Apollo 16 astronauts.Spook (crater)Small lunar crater visited during Apollo 16.John Young (astronaut)Ninth moonwalker and only astronaut to fly four spacecraft classes.
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