Apollo 16

Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon.

Mission parameters

• Mass:
• Launch mass: 2,921,005 kg
• Total spacecraft: 46,782 kg
• CSM mass: 30,354 kg, of which CM was 5840 kg, SM 24,514 kg
• LM mass: 16,428 kg, of which ascent stage was 4971 kg, descent stage 11,457 kg
• Earth orbits: 3 before leaving for Moon, about one on return
• Lunar orbits: 64
• Perigee: 166.7 km
• Apogee: 176.0 km
• Inclination: 32.542°
• Period: 87.85 min
• Perilune: 107.6 km
• Apolune: 315.4 km
• Inclination: 168°
• Period: 120 min
• Landing Site: 8.97301° S - 15.50019° E or
  8° 58' 22.84" S - 15° 30' 0.68" E

LM - CSM docking

• Undocked: April 20, 1972 - 18:07:31 UTC
• Docked: April 24, 1972 - 03:35:18 UTC

EVAs

• Young and Duke - EVA 1
• EVA 1 Start: April 21, 1972, 16:47:28 UTC
• EVA 1 End: April 21, 23:58:40 UTC
• Duration: 7 hours, 11 minutes, 02 seconds
• Young and Duke - EVA 2
• EVA 2 Start: April 22, 1972, 16:33:35 UTC
• EVA 2 End: April 22, 23:56:44 UTC
• Duration: 7 hours, 23 minutes, 09 seconds
• Young and Duke - EVA 3
• EVA 3 Start: April 23, 1972, 15:25:28 UTC
• EVA 3 End: April 23, 21:05:31 UTC
• Duration: 5 hours, 40 minutes, 03 seconds
• Mattingly - Transearth EVA 4
• EVA 4 Start: April 25, 1972, 20:33:46 UTC
• EVA 4 End: April 25, 21:57:28 UTC
• Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes, 42 seconds

The splashdown point was 0 deg 43 min S, 156 deg 13 min W, 215 miles (350 km) southeast of Christmas Island and 5 km (3 mi) from the recovery ship USS Ticonderoga.

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