The parachute 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. undocked for 81 hours 27 minutes 47 seconds. The Apollo 16 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54pm EST on April 16, 1972. was exactly as planned. [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 crater delayed in order to provide the crew with a well-deserved sleep period. The Crater is at the top. the call-sign Casper. The lunar module was designated LM-11, and had the 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. targeted the S-IVB for impact on the Moon near the Apollo 12 landing site. The SPS engine performed the burn flawlessly despite the malfunction that had delayed their landing several days previously. 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. deviations from the planned trajectory of only +0.6 ft/sec in velocity; altitude This brought the total Image Credit: NASA. At launch time, On 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. photography obtained of the geocorona in the hydrogen (Lyman alpha) wavelength similar to those of Apollo 15. The absence Despite entering the LM 40 minutes ahead of schedule, they completed preparations only 10 minutes early due to numerous delays in the process. system, which supported the antenna. On August 22, 1969, less than six weeks after the first lunar landing, NASA astronauts Gene Cernan, Alan Shepard, Joe Engle, and Ed Mitchell visited Craters of the Moon National Monument in southern Idaho. After three hours and six minutes, they returned to the LM, where they completed several experiments and unloaded the rover. was made at 195:03:13 to separate the CSM from the ascent stage. After the crew S-IVB was designated 1972-031B. CM. the second Type J mission, an extensive scientific investigation of the Moon For the mission, 02/12/2020 1 views. vehicle drive time was 3 hours 26 minutes, the vehicle was parked during Duke was making Cumulus clouds covered 20 percent of the sky (base 3,000 feet), The crew members During this time Mattingly orbited the Moon in the command and service module (CSM), taking photos and operating scientific instruments. [127], The penultimate day of the flight was largely spent performing experiments, aside from a twenty-minute press conference during the second half of the day. the command module computer received an indication that an inertial measurement After ALSEP deployment, they collected samples in the vicinity. During the third and final lunar excursion, they were to explore North Ray crater, the largest of any of the craters any Apollo expedition had visited. Two minutes before launch, they activated the "Master Arm" switch and then the "Abort Stage" button, causing small explosive charges to sever the ascent stage from the descent stage, with cables connecting the two severed by a guillotine-like mechanism. designation Eastern Test Range #1601. Slayton created the support crews early in the Apollo Program on the advice of Apollo crew commander James McDivitt, who would lead Apollo 9. and entered into the computer. in Hawaii at 03:30 GMT on 30 April. Born 17 March 1936 in Chicago, 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 mission also carried the flown to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where they arrived at 19:21 GMT. Crewed missions are in, This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 03:00. At the request of Young and Duke, the moonwalk was extended by ten minutes. drove to the rim of North Ray Crater where photographs were taken and samples [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. relay when exiting the IMU alignment program. splashdown. After several hours of analysis, mission controllers determined that the malfunction could be worked around, and Young and Duke could proceed with the landing. the lunar surface of 11.9. The 427.8-second The extra 30 minutes were used at North Ray Crater. was selected as an astronaut in 1966. Apparently, on this mission they had trouble keeping loose material from falling out of the cores. terrain of a lunar highlands region without having high resolution photography Several LRV NASA later confirmed the object to be a piece of the first stage of the SaturnV that had launched Apollo 16 into space. [12] After Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly in lunar orbit, the crew released a subsatellite from the service module (SM). that the S-IVB impacted the lunar surface at 075:08:04. point was latitude 1.3 north and longitude 23.8 west, 173 n mi from the target for engine tailoff and other transient effects), showed an apogee and perigee of lunar surface during the 425th revolution at longitude 110 east. on at 008:45 to give the mission control center a view of the particle emission. call-sign Orion.. [27] All three men were announced as the prime crew of Apollo 16 on March 3, 1971. Ries Crater Museum (Nordlingen) - Tripadvisor . These three astronautsFrank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anderswere the first humans to personally witness and photograph the far side of the Moon and . launch vehicle systems malfunctions precluded a planned trajectory refinement, revolution into an orbit of 170 by 58 n. mi. [25] A lieutenant colonel in the Air Force,[26] Duke was 36 years old at the time of Apollo 16, which made him the youngest of the twelve astronauts who walked on the Moon during Apollo as of the time of the mission. The film was returned to Earth. During the EVA, Mattingly set up a biological experiment, the Microbial Ecology Evaluation Device (MEED),[127] an experiment unique to Apollo 16, to evaluate the response of microbes to the space environment. Because the commanders backpack radio Unlike earlier Apollo missions, premission photogeologic interpretation of the landing area was in error. [140] The S-IVB was deliberately crashed into the Moon. It was too far up the slope of Hadley Delta mountain. mass concentrations (mascons) on the front and far sides of the Moon were They then drove in a northwesterly The first mission to land mankind on the Moon was Apollo 11, touching down in the Sea of Tranquility. Posts: 617 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Mar 2011: posted 07-08-2017 01:48 PM All LM system Experiment data were appeared to be full of material. module was jettisoned at 265:22:33, and the CM entry followed a normal profile. of the crew and the capability of the spacecraft to land safely in the rough gathered during lunar orbit, from the lunar surface, and during both the The ability the Sun and Moon. [78] Six minutes after the burn of the S-IVB, the command and service modules (CSM), containing the crew, separated from the rocket and traveled 49ft (15m) away from it before turning around and retrieving the lunar module from inside the expended rocket stage. and an 80.2-second separation maneuver was performed at 004:18:08.3. There, at a distance of 1.4km (0.87mi) from the LM, they sampled material in the vicinity, which scientists believed had penetrated through the upper regolith layer to the underlying Cayley Formation. Because the Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 landing sites were closely associated with the Imbrium basin, there was still the chance that different geologic processes were prevalent in areas of the lunar highlands far from Mare Imbrium. with ingress and repressurization of the LM cabin at 150:02:44. Geologists realized that they had been so certain that Cayley was volcanic, they had not been open to dissenting views, and that they had been over-reliant on analogues from Earth, a flawed model because the Moon does not share much of the Earth's geologic history. astronaut in 1962, Young was making his fourth spaceflight, only the second [82] At an altitude of 20,635 kilometers (11,142nmi) the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay cover was jettisoned. After transfers were completed, the crew would sleep before jettisoning the empty lunar module ascent stage the next day, when it was to be crashed intentionally into the lunar surface in order to calibrate the seismometer Young and Duke had left on the surface. 175 were collected at three sampling sites, St. George Crater, Spur Crater, and the rille edge. He took two medals, leaving one on the Moon and donating the other to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The SM scientific instrumentation module door was jettisoned From 203:29 to 204:12, pictures were broadcast from the LRV camera on the of 35,566.1 ft/sec after 1.5 Earth orbits lasting 2 hours 37 minutes 32.21 Upon arriving at the rim of North Ray crater, they were 4.4km (2.7mi) away from the LM. 2) reveal the systematic differ-ence in iron content of mare basalts and terrestrial and lunar highland ba-SCIENCE, VOL. coarse align mode and set the appropriate alarms. plains and mountainous ridges and massifs, plus crater materials as certain, approximate, or buried. The astronauts underwent their final preflight physical examination on April 11. The inbound They visited a large boulder, taller than a four-story building, which became known as 'House Rock'. At 074:28:27.87, The During these trips, they visited and provided scientific descriptions of geologic features they were likely to encounter. Mission duration was 265:51:05. extravehicular activities. the conference, the crew gave a brief description of the farside of the Moon. [72], A Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph (UVC) was flown, the first astronomical observations taken from the Moon, seeking data on hydrogen sources in space without the masking effect of the Earth's corona. Despite this, the crew discovered that the spacecraft's systems were performing nominally. experiments except subsatellite tracking for autonomous navigation and the heat Bypassing station seven to save time, they arrived at Station 8 on the lower flank of Stone Mountain, where they sampled material on a ray from South Ray crater for about an hour. During this The planned launch At 103:21:43.08, left North Island at 03:00 GMT on 12 May, and was transferred to the North YankeeClipper Member . around Earth. Television coverage was The two large craters at the upper left are North Ray and, below and to the left of North Ray, Kiva. conditions encountered during ascent were 50.7 knots at 257 from true north at [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 orbited the Moon for about a year. The first seconds. Linear Features. applied. Forty-six persons suspected of inhaling toxic fumes were He was The winds, as measured by the anemometer This was thought to be caused by the penetration of the eye by cosmic ray particles. Colonel Charles Moss After making a navigation stop, they . This was a suite of nuclear-powered experiments designed to keep functioning after the astronauts who set them up returned to Earth. (USN). On first driving the lunar rover, Young discovered that the rear steering was not working. The vehicles and payload were similar to those of Apollo 15. firing) was performed at 002:33:36.50. Overlaying the shield is a gold NASA vector, orbiting the Moon. Apollo 15 mare basalts with terrestrial and other lunar samples is given in Figs. A maneuver and the second light-flash observation session. The spacecraft He thereafter flew in Gemini 10 (1966) with Michael Collins and as command module pilot of Apollo 10 (1969). the command module pilot began a transearth coast EVA. 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. could affect the third EVA. 38,880 feet, with a maximum wind shear of 0.0095 sec. The Apollo 11 landing site. photographed items of interest, and collected lunar samples. Duke, Jr. (USAF), lunar module pilot. departed by C-141 aircraft for Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, at 20:07 GMT velocity of 25,605.1 ft/sec. The splashdown site was estimated to be latitude 0.70 This crater was the main objective of EVA-1, so it was planned to spend 45 minutes there. The exploration of the Descartes region by the Apollo 16 crew provided the best look at lunar highlands. second extravehicular period. The CSM was designated CSM-113, and had The Apollo 16 landing site, near the crater Descartes, was chosen as representative of the true lunar highlands, so to speak (England, 1972; Hinners, to perform could be used to study the nature of the lunar interior structure. gathered, some from House Rock, the largest single rock seen during the About four hours after the beginning of EVA-1, they mounted the lunar rover and drove to the first geologic stop, Plum Crater, a 118ft-wide (36m) crater on the rim of Flag Crater, about 240m (790ft) across. House Rock had numerous bullet hole-like marks where micrometeoroids from space had impacted the rock. 2 and 3. depressurized at 118:53:38 for the first extravehicular activity period. physical proper ties of the Moon, and made visual observations. injection was achieved at 200:24:15.36 at a velocity of 8,663.0 ft/sec after 64 The primary objectives were: to perform selenological inspection, survey, and sampling of materials and surface LM panel particles floating near the spacecraft and blocking the command module [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. on the lunar surface for 71 hours 2 minutes 13 seconds. Lunar dust Six minutes after liftoff, at a speed of about 5,000 kilometers per hour (3,100mph), Young and Duke reached lunar orbit. from the lunar surface and from lunar orbit. As of 2023[update], it remains one of only three such EVAs, all performed during Apollo's J-missions under similar circumstances. the LM and the cabin was repressurized at 126:04:40. [80][140][141], Duke left two items on the Moon, both of which he photographed while there. 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. [23], Mattingly had originally been assigned to the prime crew of Apollo 13, but was exposed to rubella through Charles Duke, at that time with Young on Apollo 13's backup crew; Duke had caught it from one of his children. Then the terminal phase was initiated with a 2.5 second The CM was not Scientists had hoped to supplement the lunar data gained with more on the trans-earth coast, but Apollo 15 data could be used instead. [99][100], The day's next task was to deploy the ALSEP; while they were parking the lunar rover, on which the TV camera was mounted, to observe the deployment, the rear steering began functioning. A second group was four mortars of different sizes, to be set off remotely once the astronauts had returned to Earth. At 038:18:56, They This training helped Young and Duke, while on the Moon, quickly realize that the expected volcanic rocks were not there, even though the geologists in Mission Control initially did not believe them. NASA Astromaterials Curation, an integral part of any sample return mission, comprises preparation and allocation of samples for research and education, initial characterization of new samples, and secure storage for the benefit of future generations. Apollo 16 was constraints while wearing the pressurized suits. provided for the 1 hour 23 minute 42 second period, during which He retrieved [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. maneuver was possible, and the ascent stage remained in lunar orbit for vehicle (LRV-2) west to Flag Crater where they made visual observations, Between operating nominally. extravehicular activity lasted 7 hours 11 minutes 2 seconds. [73], The Apollo 16 Particles and Fields Subsatellite (PFS-2) was a small satellite released into lunar orbit from the service module. Apollo 16 lifted off at 12:54 p.m. EST April 16, 1972, from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Apollo 11- Sea of Tranquility. American Rockwell Space Division facility at Downey, California, for postflight Subsequently, Roosa and Mitchell were assigned to the backup crew, while Pogue and Carr were reassigned to the Skylab program where they flew on Skylab 4. and soil continued to cause problems with some equipment, although procedural vector magnetic fields, and subsatellite velocity from which lunar gravitational The particles were unexplained. not achieved. southeast to the second sampling area, Shadow Rock. measures were taken and equipment changes and additions were made to control pilot of Gemini 10, and command module pilot of Apollo 10, the first test of the After jettison, the LM lost 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. a two-inch portion of the commanders antenna was broken off, which produced a The lunar module pilot then examined the damaged heat flow experiment. Apollo 16 returned safely to Earth on April 27, 1972. 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 astronauts were safely aboard the Ticonderoga 37 minutes after splashdown. [119][123], Eight minutes before the planned departure from the lunar surface, CAPCOM James Irwin notified Young and Duke from Mission Control that they were go for liftoff. A transponder failure at 027:09:59 was maneuvered from lunar orbit, a particles and fields subsatellite similar to The total number of layers in this part of the Apennine Front, . time, making interpretation of seismic data uncertain. performance of the Apollo 16 mission was excellent, with all of the primary The lunar One reason why Descartes had been selected was that it was visually different from previous Apollo landing sites, but rocks from there proved to be closely related to those from the Fra Mauro Formation, Apollo 14's landing site. [62] Apollo 16's ALSEP consisted of a Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE, a seismometer), an Active Seismic Experiment (ASE), a Lunar Heat Flow Experiment (HFE), and a Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM). features. The second CSM This may have in aeronautics and Likewise, Apollo 15 had also sampled material in the region of Imbrium, visiting the basin's edge. After completing Mattingly never contracted the illness, but three days before launch was removed from the crew and replaced by his backup, Jack Swigert. prior to the mission was demonstrated. Ticonderoga. Apollo 16 was the second Type J mission, an extensive scientific investigation of the Moon from the lunar surface and from lunar orbit. [101][124] Young and Duke successfully rendezvoused and re-docked with Mattingly in the CSM. No deorbit burn conditions that existed to accurately predict the time of impact. did apollo 16 visit st george crater. was 43 minutes, the vehicle was parked for 3 hours 39 minutes, and 65.92 pounds [139] The lunar module ascent stage separated from the CSM on April 24, 1972, but NASA lost control of it. on the light pole 60.0 feet above ground at the launch site measured 12.2 knots The maneuver, performed by Mattingly and known as transposition, docking, and extraction, went smoothly.[79][80]. Once on course towards the Moon, the crew put the spacecraft into a rotisserie "barbecue" mode in which the craft rotated along its long axis three times per hour to ensure even heat distribution about the spacecraft from the Sun. however, briefly visit Dune on the return trip to the LM. Duke handed Young a jettison bag full of trash to dispose of on the surface. Because the LM inspection revealed that the cable separated at the connector. I could trace the rille for it's whole length tonight as Stu could last night. This was done without problems. [53][57], In addition to the field geology training, Young and Duke also trained to use their EVA space suits, adapt to the reduced lunar gravity, collect samples, and drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 16, with Commander John Young, Command Module Pilot Thomas "Ken" Mattingly, and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, was launched on April 16, 1972, and successfully completed the fifth human landing on the Moon. Ignition of the 002:39:18.42 and translunar injection occurred ten seconds later, at a velocity There was Pluton and Icarus and Chain and Sideintriguing craters in an area known as the "North Complex"and on the lower slopes of Mount Hadley Delta was the vast pit of St. George Crater. (02:45:05 p.m. EST) on 27 April. Illinois, Mattingly was 36 years old at the time of the Apollo 16 mission. relayed the lunar module pilots information to the LM and the lunar shift), Eugene F. Kranz and Donald R. Puddy (second shift), and Gerald D. Because of the delay, Young and Duke began their descent to the surface at an altitude higher than that of any previous mission, at 20.1 kilometers (10.9nmi). distance were reported to be inoperative. 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 S-II engine shut the flashes left no after-glow, were instantaneous, and were white. Upon completing their initial procedures, the pair configured Orion for their three-day stay on the lunar surface, removed their space suits and took initial geological observations of the immediate landing site. The second LM the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston). grass-like particles at the base of the panel. Born 24 September 1930 in San Francisco, California, Young was 41 years Hadley Delta near St. George crater. television picture, the source of the particles appeared to be a growth of After 5 hours 45 minutes, tests and analyses showed that the system was still Following the LM inspection, the crew reviewed checklists and procedures for the following days in anticipation of their arrival and the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) burn. Craters on the north slope of Stone Mountain. window extended to 21:43:00 GMT to take advantage of a sun elevation angle on at an inclination of -110. The first EVA took Scott and Irving southward along the edge of Hadley Rille and to the base of Mt. Just under five hours after the subsatellite release, on the CSM's 65th orbit around the Moon, its service propulsion system main engine was reignited to propel the craft on a trajectory that would return it to Earth. damaged. [117] Mattingly had compiled a busy schedule operating the various SIM bay instruments, one that became even busier once Houston decided to bring Apollo 16 home a day early, as the flight directors sought to make up for lost time. The first Apollo 15 EVA took astronauts David Scott and James Irving southward along the edge of Hadley Rille and to the base of Mt. After their arrival, the duo took photographs of the 1km (0.62mi) wide and 230m (750ft) deep crater. A hole was blown in the hangar roof 250 feet above; about 40 windows in the hangar were shattered. procedure, a mismatch of power mode switching was identified as the cause of the According to Duke, he and Young chose "Orion" for the LM because they wanted something connected with the stars. about 20 minutes because the crews consumables usage was lower than predicted. conditions encountered during ascent were 50.7 knots at 257 from true north at We have mapped crater rims as well-defined . reentered the LM and the cabin was repressurized at 171:11:31, thus ending the to conduct "[27] Duke soon descended the ladder and joined Young on the surface, becoming the tenth person to walk on the Moon. lunar orbits lasting 125 hours 49 minutes 32.59 seconds. 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). [128] The crew carried out various housekeeping and maintenance tasks aboard the spacecraft and ate a meal before concluding the day. [44], Powered descent to the lunar surface began about six hours behind schedule. Apollo 17 commenced, but no data were available for substantiation. [80], After waking up on April 21, Young and Duke ate breakfast and began preparations for the first extravehicular activity (EVA), or moonwalk. was 1 hour 31 minutes, park time was 3 hours 56 minutes, and 63.93 pounds (29.0 had remained in lunar orbit six hours longer than planned, the LM was powered was Spook Crater. A maneuver followed by S-IC/S-II separation, and S-II engine ignition. seen against the Sea of Fertility, approaches the CSM following a successful The last leg of the Apollo 16 was the second-to-last mission of the Apollo program and the fifth to land humans on the moon. Duke received a B.S. As a result, many theories concerning lunar geologic structure and processes were improved greatly. [42] The launch was nominal; the crew experienced vibration similar to that on previous missions. experienced with the S-band steerable antenna. They reentered the LM 7hours, 6minutes, and 56 seconds after the start of the EVA. analysis. overall lunar module mission operations was demonstrated after the failure However it was not attempted because the time required Parking orbit The mission was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. 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). This issue, in combination with concerns that one of the explosive cords that would jettison the LM from the CSM after the astronauts returned from the lunar surface would not work properly, and a problem with Duke's spacesuit, made it desirable to slip the launch to the next launch window. The layers exposed at Silver Spur and St. George Crater are not a thin surfiaal deposit, whatever their nature. 102:30:00 and the platforms were realigned at 102:40. [41] Duke also stated, "it is a prominent constellation and easy to pronounce and transmit to Mission Control". Television coverage of surface activity was delayed until the LRV systems were [94][95] The landing delay caused by the malfunction in the CSM's main engine necessitated significant modifications to the mission schedule. The two probes were intended to have similar orbits, ranging from 89 to 122 kilometers (55 to 76 miles) above the lunar surface. A scheduled extravehicular activity for the mission to 22 hours 17 minutes 36 seconds. [43] As Apollo 16 was the penultimate mission in the Apollo program and there was no major new hardware or procedures to test on the lunar surface, the last two missions (the other being Apollo 17) presented opportunities for astronauts to clear up some of the uncertainties in understanding the Moon's characteristics. An investigation board reported that the ratio of neutralizer to The early part of day three was largely housekeeping, spacecraft maintenance and exchanging status reports with Mission Control in Houston. The third systems checks, the 341.92-second translunar injection maneuver (second S-IVB They hoped scientific output from the Apollo 16 mission would provide an answer. 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). 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