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Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Apollo 16 Crew Aboard Rescue Ship
Full Description:
The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972 after an 11-day moon exploration mission. The 3-man crew is shown here aboard the rescue ship, USS Horton. From left to right are: Mission Commander John W. Young, Lunar Module pilot Charles M. Duke, and Command Module pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II. The sixth manned lunar landing mission, the Apollo 16 (SA-511) lifted off on April 16, 1972. The Apollo 16 mission continued the broad-scale geological, geochemical, and geophysical mapping of the Moon?s crust, begun by the Apollo 15, from lunar orbit. This mission marked the first use of the Moon as an astronomical observatory by using the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph which photographed ultraviolet light emitted by Earth and other celestial objects. The Lunar Roving Vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was also used.
Date of Image:
1962-04-27
term:
Launch
term:
Apollo 16
term:
Manned Lunar Landing
term:
Young
term:
Mattingly
term:
Duke
term:
Rescue
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Apollo 16
facet_what:
Apollo 15
facet_where:
Pacific Ocean
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
April 16, 1972
facet_when:
April 27, 1972
facet_when_year:
1972
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0401428
NIX #:
MSFC-0401428
MSFC Negative Number:
0401428
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0401428
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