They drove there in the LRV, traveling 3.8km (2.4mi) from the LM. In July 2011, after returning the piece of debris at NASA's request, 16-year-old Schanze was given an all-access tour of the Kennedy Space Center and VIP seating for the launch of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.[143]. prior to the mission was demonstrated. The service
Its principal objective was to measure charged particles and magnetic fields all around the Moon as the Moon orbited Earth, similar to its sister spacecraft, PFS-1, released eight months earlier by Apollo 15. Earth with a radius of 3,443.934 n mi. 000:09:23.60. LM, at which time they deployed the solar wind composition experiment. Unlike earlier Apollo missions, premission photogeologic interpretation of the landing area was in error. This image does not show Aldrin, but rather Charles M. Duke, Jr., the lunar module pilot who crewed the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, collecting lunar samples near the rim of Plum Crater. D. The flight directors were M. P. Pete Frank and Philip C. Shaffer (first
Apollo 16 would spend one less day in lunar orbit after surface exploration had been completed to afford the crew ample margins in the event of further problems. [80][125], During the return to Earth, Mattingly performed an 83-minute EVA to retrieve film cassettes from the cameras in the SIM bay, with assistance from Duke who remained at the command module's hatch. in Naval
in aeronautical
Apollo 16 (April 1627, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. around Earth. This crater was the main objective of EVA-1, so it was planned to spend 45 minutes there. The CM was not
the command module computer received an indication that an inertial measurement
One that excited Irwin particularly was a meter or so (3 to 4 feet) across . At the end of the crew's final full day in space, the spacecraft was approximately 143,000 kilometers (77,000nmi) from Earth and closing at a rate of about 2,100 meters per second (7,000ft/s). [68], The HFE involved the drilling of two 3.0 meters (10ft) holes into the lunar surface and emplacement of thermometers which would measure how much heat was flowing from the lunar interior. While flight
The parachute
30 minutes in the LM, the crew depressurized the cabin at 142:39:35 to begin the
[132], After the mission, Young and Duke served as backups for Apollo 17,[133] and Duke retired from NASA in December 1975. electrical transient caused by actuation of the thrust vector control enable
Ignition of the
Heat Flow . Following their stop at Buster, Young did a "Grand Prix" demonstration drive of the lunar rover, which Duke filmed with a 16 mm movie camera. situation with the LM and prepared either to redock or continue the mission. The ability
Instead, the two craft kept station, maintaining positions close to each other. traveled in the lunar rover vehicle was 2.3 n mi (4.2 km), vehicle drive time
[101][111] After eating a meal and proceeding with a debriefing on the day's activities with Mission Control, they reconfigured the LM cabin and prepared for the sleep period. The CM was recovered 62 minutes later. The absence
A short distance from the LM, Duke placed a photograph of his family and an Air Force commemorative medallion on the surface. remained aboard the Ticonderoga until 17:30 GMT on 29 April, when they were
[101][102] The next stop of the day was Buster Crater, a small crater located north of the larger Spook Crater, about 1.6km (0.99mi) from the LM. Lunar dust
fifth human exploration of the Moon. vehicle drive time was 3 hours 26 minutes, the vehicle was parked during
revolution into an orbit of 170 by 58 n. mi. As Young later commented, the non-volcanic training proved more useful, given that Descartes did not prove to be volcanic. On 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 8 (December 21-27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon.The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. the Sun and Moon. position in 4 minutes 25 seconds by the inflatable bag uprighting system. After reaching orbit, the crew spent time adapting to the zero-gravity environment and preparing the spacecraft for trans-lunar injection (TLI), the burn of the third-stage rocket that would propel them to the Moon. The third
their activities at the experiments site, the crew drove the lunar roving
A hole was blown in the hangar roof 250 feet above; about 40 windows in the hangar were shattered. barometric pressure was 14.769 lb/in2. There, Duke took pictures of Stone Mountain and South Ray Crater, while Young deployed the LPM. [50][51][52] The backup LMP, Mitchell, was unavailable during the early part of the training, occupied with tasks relating to Apollo 14, but by September 1971 had joined the geology field trips. The Apollo 11 landing site. Scientists also hoped to learn from an Apollo 12 sample, to be briefly returned to the Moon on Apollo 16, from which "soft" magnetism had been removed, to see if it had been restored on its journey. The first
applied. Palmetto
[42] Mattingly said he chose "Casper", evoking Casper the Friendly Ghost, because "there are enough serious things in this flight, so I picked a non-serious name. He thereafter flew in Gemini 10 (1966) with Michael Collins and as command module pilot of Apollo 10 (1969). Television coverage was
provided through crew recovery. [42], As on all lunar landing missions after Apollo 11, an Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was flown on Apollo 16. [58] The astronauts spent much time studying the lunar samples brought back by earlier missions, learning about the instruments to be carried on the mission, and hearing what the principal investigators in charge of those instruments expected to learn from Apollo 16. inspection revealed that the cable separated at the connector. After two orbits, the rocket's third stage reignited for just over five minutes, propelling the craft towards the Moon at about 35,000km/h (22,000mph). On first driving the lunar rover, Young discovered that the rear steering was not working. At 152m (499ft) above the valley floor, the pair were at the highest elevation above the LM of any Apollo mission. approximately one year.[1]. pounds (35.4 kg) of samples were collected. Scientists had hoped to supplement the lunar data gained with more on the trans-earth coast, but Apollo 15 data could be used instead. England, Ph.D., and Lt. These conclusions were informed by observations from Mattingly, the first CMP to use binoculars in his observations, who had seen that from the perspective of lunar orbit, there was nothing distinctive about the Descartes Formationit fit right in with the Mare Imbrium structure. to conduct
the condition. the direction of thrust of the service propulsion system engine. on the light pole 60.0 feet above ground at the launch site measured 12.2 knots
LM in lunar orbit and the dress rehearsal for the first piloted landing on the
Cumulus clouds covered 20 percent of the sky (base 3,000 feet),
[129][130], When the wake-up call was issued to the crew for their final day in space by CAPCOM England, the CSM was about 45,000 nautical miles (83,000km) from Earth, traveling just over 2,700m/s (9,000ft/s). operating nominally. the flashes left no after-glow, were instantaneous, and were white. The map covers the . It orbited the Moon for about a year. [77] The only holds in the countdown were the ones pre-planned in the schedule, and the weather was fair as the time for launch approached.[2]. The apogee and perigee were based upon a spherical
relay when exiting the IMU alignment program. [80] With the preparations finished, they undocked 96 hours, 13 minutes, 31 seconds into the mission. lunar surface during the 425th revolution at longitude 110 east. No deorbit burn
extravehicular activity lasted 5 hours 40 minutes 3 seconds. weighed 30,805 pounds and was traveling 8,202 ft/sec. relayed the lunar module pilots information to the LM and the lunar
[101][105][106], Waking up three and a half minutes earlier than planned, they discussed the day's timeline of events with Houston. terrain, there was no response from the rear wheels when full throttle was
Overlaying the shield is a gold NASA vector, orbiting the Moon. Nevertheless, it was successful in taking a photograph of the Descartes area in which Orion is visible. The vehicles and payload were similar to those of Apollo 15. YankeeClipper Member . Later in the day, the astronauts entered the lunar module for the second time to further inspect the landing craft's systems. To minimize the transfer of lunar dust from the LM cabin into the CSM, Young and Duke cleaned the cabin before opening the hatch separating the two spacecraft. After making a navigation stop, they . With Apollo 16, he became the second American, after Jim Lovell, to fly in space four times. The crew
At its maximum, the temperature of the heat shield was between 2,200 and 2,480C (4,000 and 4,500F). All LM system
[101] After spending 54 minutes on the slope, they climbed aboard the lunar rover en route to the day's second stop, dubbed Station 5, a crater 20m (66ft) across. of 35,566.1 ft/sec after 1.5 Earth orbits lasting 2 hours 37 minutes 32.21
[119][122] The Laser Altimeter, designed to accurately measure the spacecraft altitude, slowly lost accuracy due to reduced power, and finally failed just before it was due to be used for the last time. system, which supported the antenna. On July 23, 1970, all six members of the Apollo 15 prime and backup crews observed a cratering shot done with 500 tons of conventional explosives near Medicine Hat, Alberta. [59] Much of the trainingaccording to Young, 350 hourswas conducted with the crew wearing space suits, something that Young deemed vital, allowing the astronauts to know the limitations of the equipment in doing their assigned tasks. [47] The considerable distance between the Descartes site and previous Apollo landing sites would also be beneficial for the network of seismometers, deployed on each landing mission beginning with Apollo 12. (USN). launch. [49] Following the decision, the Alphonsus site was considered the most likely candidate for Apollo 17, but was eventually rejected. at 269 from true north. While over the far side, the SPS burned for 6minutes and 15 seconds, braking the spacecraft into an orbit with a low point (pericynthion) of 58.3 and a high point (apocynthion) of 170.4 nautical miles (108.0 and 315.6km, respectively). After flying the lunar module to the Moon's surface on April 21, Young and Duke spent 71 hoursjust under three dayson the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extravehicular activities or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes. A transponder failure at 027:09:59
After eating, they configured the cabin for sleep. and was required to ensure proper lunar orbit insertion. on the lunar surface for 71 hours 2 minutes 13 seconds. We have mapped crater rims as well-defined . inflight experiments and photographic tasks. and activate surface experiments; and. The program would allow the computer to ignore
overpressurization. change maneuver was made at 169:05:52.14 and adjusted the orbit to 64.6 by 55.0
Cumulus clouds covered 20 percent of the sky (base 3,000 feet),
Born 24 September 1930 in San Francisco, California, Young was 41 years
CSM/LM docking, light colored particles were noticed coming from the LM area. the surface. was maneuvered from lunar orbit, a particles and fields subsatellite similar to
the lunar surface of 11.9. The crew was
[12] After Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly in lunar orbit, the crew released a subsatellite from the service module (SM). It was these formations that the scientific community widely suspected were formed by lunar volcanism, but this hypothesis was proven incorrect by the composition of lunar samples from the mission. Between 202:57
Commander Thomas Kenneth
The burn to alter the CSM's orbit to that desired for the subsatellite had been cancelled; as a result, the subsatellite lasted just over a month in orbit, far less than its anticipated one year. totaled 211.00 pounds (95.71 kg; official total in kilograms as determined by
departed by C-141 aircraft for Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, at 20:07 GMT
Samples obtained from this boulder delivered the final blow to the pre-mission volcanic hypothesis, proving it incorrect. the LRV, the crew headed south-southeast to a mare sampling area near the Cinco
Mattingly had to realign the guidance system using the Sun and Moon. After returning to the LM to wrap up the second lunar excursion, they climbed back inside the landing craft's cabin, sealing and pressurizing the interior after 7hours, 23 minutes, and 26 seconds of EVA time, breaking a record that had been set on Apollo 15. Look for the largest nearby crater, Theophilus. [12], Elements of the spacecraft and launch vehicle began arriving at Kennedy Space Center in July 1970, and all had arrived by September 1971. down at 000:09:19.54 followed by separation from the S-IVB, which ignited at
[119] Its work was also hampered by the delay in the beginning of Casper's orbital scientific work and the early return to Earth, and by a malfunction resulting in the overexposure of many of the photographs. on at 008:45 to give the mission control center a view of the particle emission. [24] Duke, also a Group 5 astronaut and a space rookie, had served on the support crew of Apollo 10 and was a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for Apollo 11. Apollo 16 pan camera frame 4623 shows area around LM landing site. After successful parachute deployment and less than 14 minutes after reentry began, the command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 350 kilometers (189nmi) southeast of the island of Kiritimati 265 hours, 51 minutes, 5seconds after liftoff. [60] Mattingly also received training in recognizing geological features from orbit by flying over the field areas in an airplane, and trained to operate the Scientific Instrument Module from lunar orbit. It was the second of Apollo's "J missions", with an extended stay on the lunar surface, a focus on science, and the use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). item of particular interest was the crews description of Guyot Crater, which
communicators (CAPCOMs) for the mission were Major Donald Herod Peterson (USAF),
translunar and transearth coast phases for all detailed objectives and
from outside Earths atmosphere, and the discovery of two new auroral belts
there, the crew drove the vehicle back to the LM, retracing the outbound route. However, as a result of the engine
McDivitt believed that, with preparation going on in facilities across the U.S., meetings that needed a member of the flight crew would be missed. jettisoned at 195:00:12 at an altitude of 59.2 n mi. [27] Young then lowered the equipment transfer bag (ETB), containing equipment for use during the EVA, to the surface. descent orbit of 58.5 by 10.9 n mi for undocking of the LM. Then, on May 19-21, 1971, Dave, Jim, Dick Gordon, Jack Schmitt and USGS cratering expert David Roddy made a visit to NTS to get more field experience.] traverse route was just slightly south of the outbound route, and the next stop
He was a member of the support crew for Apollo 8 and Apollo 9. [22] Mattingly then undertook parallel training with Apollo 11's backup CMP, William Anders, who had announced his resignation from NASA effective at the end of July 1969 and would thus be unavailable if the first lunar landing mission was postponed. Duke, Jr. (USAF), lunar module pilot. [44], After landing, Young and Duke began powering down some of the LM's systems to conserve battery power. After 16 hours,
Twenty-five minutes after departing the Vacant Lot, they arrived at the final stop of the day, halfway between the ALSEP site and the LM. grass-like particles at the base of the panel. The S-II engine shut
The four men had been selected to participate in the Apollo 14 mission that would be flown in 1971. They concluded that there are few if any volcanic mountains on the Moon. They reentered the LM 7hours, 6minutes, and 56 seconds after the start of the EVA. Roosa (USAF). At 218:39:46,
The distance
In order to point the high gain antenna, panel 51 was rotated out of sunlight
performance of the Apollo 16 mission was excellent, with all of the primary
continued on a revised time line. The distance
launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, Pad A, at a Range Zero
Duke expressed his excitement, stating to CAPCOM Anthony England: "Fantastic! thermal paint, and that the degraded thermal protection due to the paint
Approximately 102 seconds of engine firing time remained at landing. On Monday, May 8, ground service equipment being used to empty the residual toxic reaction control system fuel in the command module tanks exploded in a Naval Air Station hangar. of cardiac arrhythmias on this mission was, in part, attributed to a better
Two significant command and service module problems - one en route to the moon and one in lunar orbit - contributed to a delay in landing and a subsequent early termination of the mission by one day. The docked spacecraft were ejected from the S-IVB at 003:59:15.1,
shift), Eugene F. Kranz and Donald R. Puddy (second shift), and Gerald D.
He retired from NASA in 2004. extravehicular activities for 10 hours 1 minute, and the collected samples
augmented dietary intake of potassium and a better rest-work cycle that
The
[65] NASA intended to calibrate the Apollo 16 PSE by crashing the LM's ascent stage near it after the astronauts were done with it, an object of known mass and velocity impacting at a known location. Slayton created the support crews early in the Apollo Program on the advice of Apollo crew commander James McDivitt, who would lead Apollo 9. NASA managers vetoed a repair attempt due to the amount of time it would take. After the crew
The changes to the flight plan meant that some areas of the lunar surface that were supposed to be photographed could not be; also, a number of images were overexposed. [103] By this point, scientists were beginning to reconsider their pre-mission hypothesis that Descartes had been the setting of ancient volcanic activity, as the two astronauts had yet to find any volcanic material. system effected splashdown of the CM in the Pacific Ocean at 19:45:05 GMT
however, briefly visit Dune on the return trip to the LM. LM in the center in the distance. Apollo 14: July 1970: Crater Censorinus highlands: Apollo 15: November 1970: Littrow volcanic area: Apollo 16: April 1971: Crater Tycho (Surveyor VII impact area) Apollo 17: September 1971: Marius Hills volcanic domes: Apollo 18: February 1972: Schroter's Valley, riverlike channel-ways: Apollo 19: July . (02:45:05 p.m. EST) on 27 April. First, a vernier adjustment was made at 175:42:18 at an
[45] Several members of the scientific community noted that the central lunar highlands resembled regions on Earth that were created by volcanism processes and hypothesized the same might be true on the Moon. His backup was Lt. Nevertheless, no Apollo mission had actually visited the lunar highlands. that deployed from Apollo 15 was deployed at 196:02:09 during the 62nd
The LM landed 890ft (270m) north and 200ft (60m) west of the planned landing site at 104 hours, 29 minutes, and 35 seconds into the mission, at 2:23:35 UTC on April 21 (8:23:35pm on April 20 in Houston). They marveled at the view (including South Ray) from the side of Stone Mountain, which Duke described as "spectacular",[107] then gathered samples in the vicinity. [101], The next stop, Station 6, was a 10m-wide (33ft) blocky crater, where the astronauts believed they could sample the Cayley Formation as evidenced by the firmer soil found there. The first shows the area north of the LM up to North Ray Crater. planned. successful. caused loss of S-IVB telemetry and prevented determination of a precise impact
Six minutes after liftoff, at a speed of about 5,000 kilometers per hour (3,100mph), Young and Duke reached lunar orbit. The panels would be bagged for return to Earth. At 003:04:59.0,
transferred the samples, film, and equipment to the CSM, the ascent stage was
[44], Powered descent to the lunar surface began about six hours behind schedule. This had been attempted on Apollo 15, but the camera had malfunctioned. gimbal anomaly earlier in the mission, a planned CSM orbit-shaping maneuver was
seconds. They collected samples to the northeast of the crater, at Geology Station 2 of the mission. Results of
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Apollo 16 Sutton (in Ulrich et al. The crew performed the Apollo light flash experiment, or ALFMED, to investigate "light flashes" that were seen by Apollo lunar astronauts when the spacecraft was dark, regardless of whether their eyes were open. usable and safe; therefore, the vehicles were separated again and the mission
extravehicular period began 30 minutes early when the cabin was depressurized at
The overall
crew consisted of Peterson, England, Hartsfield, and Phillip Kenyon Chapman, Sc. subsatellite was instrumented to measure plasma and energetic-particle fluxes,
received a B.S. [42] The launch was nominal; the crew experienced vibration similar to that on previous missions. conditions encountered during ascent were 50.7 knots at 257 from true north at
GMT on 6 May. conditions that existed to accurately predict the time of impact. physical proper ties of the Moon, and made visual observations. Following a nominal rendezvous sequence, the ascent stage
The Apollo 16 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54pm EST on April 16, 1972. Changes would be
a two-inch portion of the commanders antenna was broken off, which produced a
conditions at insertion, 000:11:56.21 (S-IVB cutoff plus 10 seconds to account
This was done without problems. similar to those of Apollo 15. Numerous flashes were reported by
The specific landing site was between two young impact craters, North Ray and South Ray craters 1,000 and 680m (3,280 and 2,230ft) in diameter, respectively which provided "natural drill holes" which penetrated through the lunar regolith at the site, thus leaving exposed bedrock that could be sampled by the crew. was made at 195:03:13 to separate the CSM from the ascent stage. similar geological formations in Hawaii. from the lunar surface and from lunar orbit. was located below the docking target on the +Z face of the LM ascent stage. seen against the Sea of Fertility, approaches the CSM following a successful
conditions encountered during ascent were 50.7 knots at 257 from true north at
checks were normal. At 078:33:45.04,
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