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Apollo 16

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time16 Apr 197217:54 UTC

success

Orbit: To the Moon and back

Serial number: SA-511

The fifth flight to land on the Moon. The second use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

Rocket Saturn V

launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39AUSA

Payloads

Total mass 48637 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Apollo CSM-113---
Apollo LM-11---
Lunar Roving Vehicle-210 kg-

Spacecraft landing

success
  • Type

    parachute

Crew

  • John W. Young USA
  • Thomas K. Mattingly II USA
  • Charles M. Duke Jr. USA