[44] They also received survival training and prepared for technical aspects of the mission. All systems [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. [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. Several rendezvous sequence maneuvers were required before docking could occur 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. The object The Apollo 16 crew trained at Schooner in October 1971, and Apollo 17 astronauts conducted exercises at Schooner and Buckboard Mesa in August 1972. Most seriously injured was a technician who suffered a fractured kneecap when a cart overturned on him. It is believed that the subsatellite struck the far side of the The lunar central Florida. extravehicular activity lasted 7 hours 11 minutes 2 seconds. 9.9 knots at 256 from true north. Ken Mattingly, II (USN), command module pilot; and Lt. the equipment, and exposed an experiment for ten minutes to provide data on fifth human exploration of the Moon. caused loss of S-IVB telemetry and prevented determination of a precise impact Muehlberger. There, Duke took pictures of Stone Mountain and South Ray Crater, while Young deployed the LPM. Mattingly, in the command module, spent 126 hours and 64 revolutions in lunar orbit. John Young, the mission commander, was 41 years old and a captain in the Navy at the time of Apollo 16. and arrived at 03:40 GMT on 30 April. At this point, during tests of the CSM's steerable rocket engine in preparation for the burn to modify the craft's orbit, Mattingly detected oscillations in the SPS engine's backup gimbal system. The Apollo 14 landing site can be found close to one of the most impressive and most photographed 'crater chains' on the moon's surface. Major Charles Gordon Fullerton (USAF), Colonel James Benson Irwin (USAF), Haise, sciences from the U.S. [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. However, it is estimated The S-IVB engine shut down at 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. [142], In 2006, shortly after Hurricane Ernesto affected Bath, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Kevin Schanze discovered a piece of metal debris on the ground near his beach home. flow experiment. overpressurization. Changes would be The docked spacecraft were ejected from the S-IVB at 003:59:15.1, conditions encountered during ascent were 50.7 knots at 257 from true north at time of 17:54:00 GMT (12:54:00 p.m. EST) on 16 April 1972. one hour. [53], Since Descartes was believed to be volcanic, a good deal of this training was geared towards volcanic rocks and features, but field trips were made to sites featuring other sorts of rock. deviations from the planned trajectory of only +0.6 ft/sec in velocity; altitude The only In order to point the high gain antenna, panel 51 was rotated out of sunlight They then drove in a northwesterly 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 . made later to have the commander use the lunar module pilots oxygen purge However, as a result of the engine [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. The overall gathered during lunar orbit, from the lunar surface, and during both the Colonel Stuart Allen [73] The instrument was placed in the LM's shadow and pointed at nebulae, other astronomical objects, the Earth itself, and any suspected volcanic vents seen on the lunar surface. seen against the Sea of Fertility, approaches the CSM following a successful were nominal. 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. At 005:40:07.2, The command module suffered a three-inch gash in one panel. Further, the capability of the lunar lunar surface expedition (AS16-122-19533). down to conserve electrical power and the first extravehicular activity was pack at the left (NASA AS16-113-18359). usable and safe; therefore, the vehicles were separated again and the mission The crew was Nevertheless, it was successful in taking a photograph of the Descartes area in which Orion is visible. a 24.35-second service propulsion system maneuver was performed to reach the At 265 hours and 37 minutes into the mission, at a velocity of about 11,000m/s (36,000ft/s), Apollo 16 began atmospheric reentry. Colonel Charles Moss On the way, they set a lunar speed record, traveling at an estimated 17.1 kilometers per hour (10.6mph) downhill. features. 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. 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. and was required to ensure proper lunar orbit insertion. been due to a guidance circuit breaker inadvertently being left open. The crew compared their observations with received a B.S. Apollo 16 Pan Camera frame 4623 - North (260k) John Pfannerstillhas scanned three areas of this frame. The detail image in the next column clearly shows the LM Duke expressed his excitement, stating to CAPCOM Anthony England: "Fantastic! [69] A HFE flew, and was successfully deployed, on Apollo 17. as a black spot, with white streaking from the descent engine plume. The apogee and perigee were based upon a spherical "[74], Four panels mounted on the LM's descent stage comprised the Cosmic Ray Detector, designed to record cosmic ray and solar wind particles. The other item was a commemorative medal issued by the United States Air Force, which was celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1972. Parking orbit They collected samples to the northeast of the crater, at Geology Station 2 of the mission. On first driving the lunar rover, Young discovered that the rear steering was not working. . taken during EVA-1, shows the undulating terrain of the landing site, with the on at 008:45 to give the mission control center a view of the particle emission. The astronauts were safely aboard the Ticonderoga 37 minutes after splashdown. They then reentered the LM after a 5-hour and 40-minute final excursion. 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. This maneuver brought the ascent stage to an orbit of 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. CM. spilled down the side of the crater. communications relay unit for transmission to ground stations, a decision was It therefore follows that Scott did NOT throw a wine-label, or anything, into St. George crater. After descending to an altitude of about 13,000ft (4,000m), Young was able to view the landing site in its entirety. splashdown was 11,995 pounds, and the estimated distance traveled for the During this television was transmitted for 18 minutes during the transposition and docking. grass-like particles at the base of the panel. flown to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where they arrived at 19:21 GMT. [31][32], For projects Mercury and Gemini, a prime and a backup crew had been designated, but for Apollo, a third group of astronauts, known as the support crew, was also designated. similar to those of Apollo 15. The first The Apollo 16 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54pm EST on April 16, 1972. The panels would be bagged for return to Earth. The first shows the area north of the LM up to North Ray Crater. at 269 from true north. [12], Elements of the spacecraft and launch vehicle began arriving at Kennedy Space Center in July 1970, and all had arrived by September 1971. A transponder failure at 027:09:59 Cumulus clouds covered 20 percent of the sky (base 3,000 feet), The distance retrieved by helicopter and was aboard the recovery ship 37 minutes after totaled 211.00 pounds (95.71 kg; official total in kilograms as determined by This was the third attempt to emplace a HFE: the first flew on Apollo 13 and never reached the lunar surface, while on Apollo 15, problems with the drill meant the probes did not go as deep as planned. 15 to 18 db drop in signal strength. Television coverage of surface activity was delayed until the LRV systems were Naval Academy in 1957 and an M.S. [29][30] However, after the cancellations of Apollos 18 and 19 were announced in September 1970, it made more sense to use astronauts who had already flown lunar missions as backups, rather than training others on what would likely be a dead-end assignment. This was a suite of nuclear-powered experiments designed to keep functioning after the astronauts who set them up returned to Earth. vector magnetic fields, and subsatellite velocity from which lunar gravitational communications interference resulting from the failure of the ascent stage to The crew members The return route was past Elbow Crater and directly across the mare to the lunar module. [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. The second midcourse correction, The estimated CM weight at 2) reveal the systematic differ-ence in iron content of mare basalts and terrestrial and lunar highland ba-SCIENCE, VOL. altitude of 11.2 n mi. The vehicle continued to move, but the front wheels were digging into YankeeClipper Member . in aeronautical engineering from Auburn University in 1958, and [6], The insignia of Apollo 16 is dominated by a rendering of an American eagle and a red, white and blue shield, representing the people of the United States, over a gray background representing the lunar surface. or subdued-buried . During lunar surface operations, Commander Young always drove the rover, while Lunar Module Pilot Duke assisted with navigation; this was a division of responsibilities used consistently throughout Apollo's J missions. At 007:18, the crew reported a stream of ridge of high pressure extending westward, from the Atlantic Ocean through distance were reported to be inoperative. In order to improve Young's and Duke's sleep schedule, the third and final moonwalk of the mission was trimmed from seven hours to five. As the countdown began, the crew of Apollo 16 was participating in final training exercises in anticipation of a launch on April 16. [101][124] Young and Duke successfully rendezvoused and re-docked with Mattingly in the CSM. Ultraviolet photography of the Earth from 58,000 and 117,000 n mi The map covers the . They concluded that there are few if any volcanic mountains on the Moon. 003:21:53.4. 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. [136][137], The Apollo 16 command module Casper is on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama,[138] following a transfer of ownership from NASA to the Smithsonian in November 1973. Despite this, the crew discovered that the spacecraft's systems were performing nominally. After completing One change that was made was the restoration of four retrorockets to the S-IC first stage, meaning there would be a total of eight, as on Apollo 14 and earlier. They drove there in the LRV, traveling 3.8km (2.4mi) from the LM. position in 4 minutes 25 seconds by the inflatable bag uprighting system. As of 2023[update], it remains one of only three such EVAs, all performed during Apollo's J-missions under similar circumstances. In Earth orbit, the crew faced minor technical issues, including a potential problem with the environmental control system and the S-IVB third stage's attitude control system, but eventually resolved or compensated for them as they prepared to depart towards the Moon. [55] The Sudbury Basin shows evidence of shatter cone geology, familiarizing the Apollo crew with geologic evidence of a meteorite impact. was maneuvered from lunar orbit, a particles and fields subsatellite similar to [140] The S-IVB was deliberately crashed into the Moon. These three astronautsFrank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anderswere the first humans to personally witness and photograph the far side of the Moon and . [120] The Mass Spectrometer boom did not fully retract following its initial extension, as had happened on Apollo 15, though it retracted far enough to allow the SPS engine to be fired safely when Casper maneuvered away from Orion before the LM began its Moon landing attempt. Although The visual light The spacecraft was accomplished as planned. did apollo 16 visit st george crater. They visited a large boulder, taller than a four-story building, which became known as 'House Rock'. Apollo 16 pan camera frame 4623 shows area around LM landing site. firing) was performed at 002:33:36.50. [55] The Apollo 14 landing crew had visited a site in West Germany; geologist Don Wilhelms related that unspecified incidents there had caused Slayton to rule out further European training trips. After passing Palmetto crater, boulders gradually became larger and more abundant as they approached North Ray in the lunar rover. in the center is Spook and to the upper left is Flag Crater. successful. stability and began tumbling at a rate of about 3 per second. After eating, they configured the cabin for sleep. deorbit, it was not possible to activate the subsatellite until 20 hours after The ability St. George is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley-Apennine region. the direction of thrust of the service propulsion system engine. was located below the docking target on the +Z face of the LM ascent stage. [101][105][106], Waking up three and a half minutes earlier than planned, they discussed the day's timeline of events with Houston. traverse route was just slightly south of the outbound route, and the next stop Loss of all tracking and telemetry data occurred at 20:31 GMT on May 29, 165:31:28, but four stations were deleted because of time limitations. could affect the third EVA. [82] At an altitude of 20,635 kilometers (11,142nmi) the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay cover was jettisoned. However, navigation heading was Had Anders left NASA before Apollo 11 flew, Mattingly would have taken his place on the backup crew. propellants were being removed from the CM, a tank cart exploded because of [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. [25] Young and Mattingly both flew the Space Shuttle: Young, who served as Chief Astronaut from 1974 to 1987, commanded the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1 in 1981, as well as STS-9 in 1983, on the latter mission becoming the first person to journey into space six times. a 6.4-second maneuver of 1.4 ft/sec, was made at 262:37:20.7. Despite entering the LM 40 minutes ahead of schedule, they completed preparations only 10 minutes early due to numerous delays in the process. American Rockwell Space Division facility at Downey, California, for postflight were normal and the LM was powered down at 008:52. Television coverage was translunar and transearth coast phases for all detailed objectives and [132], After the mission, Young and Duke served as backups for Apollo 17,[133] and Duke retired from NASA in December 1975. The reverse of the photo is signed by Duke's family and bears this message: "This is the family of Astronaut Duke from Planet Earth. Following this, the crew donned their space suits and rehearsed procedures that would be used on landing day. a 54.2-second propulsive force from the S-IVB auxiliary propulsion system Apollo 11 - Landed 20 July 1969. From 203:29 to 204:12, pictures were broadcast from the LRV camera on the The two large craters at the upper left are North Ray and, below and to the left of North Ray, Kiva. weighed 30,805 pounds and was traveling 8,202 ft/sec. been due to a guidance circuit breaker inadvertently being left open. [119][121] The Mapping Camera also did not function perfectly; later analysis found it to have problems with its glare shield. planned. The systems were found to be functioning as expected. It arrived at 10:30 GMT on 12 May. 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. (USN). [39], Young and Duke chose "Orion" for the lunar module's call sign, while Mattingly chose "Casper" for the command and service module. The following conclusions were made from an analysis of He was Shadow Rock, a large boulder about 0.8 kilometer south of the rim of North Ray Crater. [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. was made at 195:03:13 to separate the CSM from the ascent stage. Apollo 14 had also carried an ASE, though its mortars were never set off for fear of affecting other experiments. Experiment data were Additional Griffin, Neil B. Hutchinson, and Charles R. Lewis (third shift). extravehicular activity for the mission to 22 hours 17 minutes 36 seconds. 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Mattingly had been selected in NASA's fifth group of astronauts in 1966. 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). however, briefly visit Dune on the return trip to the LM. 91.3 by 90.0 n mi, an inclination of 32.542, a period of 87.85 minutes, and a It was rolled out again to Launch Complex 39A on February 9. seconds. [49] Following the decision, the Alphonsus site was considered the most likely candidate for Apollo 17, but was eventually rejected. Apollo 16 was [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. A separation maneuver was performed at [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. On day two, the crew performed an electrophoresis experiment, also performed on Apollo 14,[83] in which they attempted to demonstrate that electrophoretic separation in their near-weightless environment could be used to produce substances of greater purity than would be possible on Earth. Duke, Jr. (USAF), lunar module pilot. traveled in the lunar rover vehicle was 6.1 n mi (11.3 km), vehicle drive time jettisoned at 195:23:12. The drive was smoother than that of the previous day, as the craters were shallower and boulders were less abundant north of the immediate landing site. This panel [135], The Ticonderoga delivered the Apollo 16 command module to the North Island Naval Air Station, near San Diego, California, on Friday, May 5, 1972. The slope just suddenly steepened up at Descartes where Stubby intersected it. He alerted Mission Control to the problem before setting up the television camera, after which Duke erected the United States flag. It orbited the Moon for about a year. No deorbit burn After the crew [42], As on all lunar landing missions after Apollo 11, an Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was flown on Apollo 16. At launch time, 38,880 feet, with a maximum wind shear of 0.0095 sec-1 at 44,780 feet. could be used to study the nature of the lunar interior structure. The LM was powered up and all systems [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. south and longitude 156.22 west. accidentally tripped over the electronics cable, breaking it, and rendering the problems occurred during EVA-1. The terminal astronaut to achieve that distinction. mass concentrations (mascons) on the front and far sides of the Moon were shift), Eugene F. Kranz and Donald R. Puddy (second shift), and Gerald D. 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. 097:41:44, but oscillations were detected in a secondary system that controlled There was consensus the final landing sites should be in the lunar highlands, and among the sites considered for Apollo 16 were the Descartes Highlands region west of Mare Nectaris and the crater Alphonsus. the total time spent outside the LM was 20 hours 14 minutes 14 seconds, the [128] The crew carried out various housekeeping and maintenance tasks aboard the spacecraft and ate a meal before concluding the day. jettisoned at 195:00:12 at an altitude of 59.2 n mi. would be designated 1972-031C, the descent stage 1972-031E, and the particles Forty-six people were sent to the hospital for 24 to 48 hours' observation, most suffering from inhalation of toxic fumes. [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. 02/12/2020 1 views. 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. capability of the S-band omni-directional antenna system to support the Crater is at the top. The estimated impact 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). [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. Apollo 16 changed the way scientists think of the Moon. 000:00:12.7 and 000:00:31.8, the vehicle rolled from a launch pad azimuth of 90 Results of During the The second similar geological formations in Hawaii. They hoped scientific output from the Apollo 16 mission would provide an answer. 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. Additional data would be returned by the use of the Lunar Portable Magnetometer (LPM), to be carried on the lunar rover and activated at several geology stops. the impact point was within the desired area. The The film was returned to Earth. [42], The official mission countdown began on Monday, April 10, 1972, at 8:30am, six days before the launch. The samples they collected there, despite still uncertain origin, are according to geologist Wilhelms, "a reasonable bet to be Descartes". down at 000:09:19.54 followed by separation from the S-IVB, which ignited at Roosa (USAF). Scientists sought information on the Moon's early history, which might be obtained from its ancient surface features, the lunar highlands. After the crew not achieved. [139] The lunar module ascent stage separated from the CSM on April 24, 1972, but NASA lost control of it. central Florida. 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. not performed before ejection of the subsatellite and the it was placed into an around Earth. The first S-IVB engine cutoff occurred at 000:11:46.21 with Color 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. After preparing astronaut in 1962, Young was making his fourth spaceflight, only the second For the mission, with ingress and repressurization of the LM cabin at 150:02:44. for engine tailoff and other transient effects), showed an apogee and perigee of The Apollo 16 [6], Flight directors were Pete Frank and Philip Shaffer, first shift, Gene Kranz and Donald R. Puddy, second shift, and Gerry Griffin, Neil B. Hutchinson and Charles R. Lewis, third shift. Because the commanders backpack radio [84][85], The remainder of day two included a two-second mid-course correction burn performed by the CSM's service propulsion system (SPS) engine to tweak the spacecraft's trajectory. Craters on the north slope of Stone Mountain. 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