Apollo 16

Apollo 16 was the fifth lunar landing mission. It was also the first use of the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph on the moon. Its objectives were:
xxx1. To explore and sample the materials and surface features.
xxx2. To set up and activate experiments on the lunar surface, which would continue xxxxxto send data back to Earth even after the crew returned.
xxx3. To conduct inflight experiments and photographic tasks.

In this mission the command module pilot made a map of the moon's surface for later use. The crew had collected 210 lbs. of rock and soil to bring back to earth. The crew was John Young, Thomas Mattingly, and Charles Duke. This mission was the second to use the Lunar Rover on the moon. This was the first time the moon was used for astronomical studies.


Mission Apollo 16 was the fifth lunar landing mission. It was also the first use of the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph on the moon. Its objectives were: xxx1. To explore and sample the materials and surface features. xxx2. To set up and activate experiments on the lunar surface, which would continue xxxxxto send data back to Earth even after the crew returned. xxx3. To conduct inflight experiments and photographic tasks. In this mission the command module pilot made a map of the moon's surface for later use. The crew had collected 210 lbs. of rock and soil to bring back to earth. The crew was John Young, Thomas Mattingly, and Charles Duke. This mission was the second to use the Lunar Rover on the moon. This was the first time the moon was used for astronomical studies.
		Mr. John Young Born September 24, 1930, in San Francisco, California. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Flew on Gemini 3, Gemini X, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, and STS-9. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 835. Cumulative EVA time is more than 20 hours (on the Moon).
		Mr. Charlie Duke Born October 3, 1935, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bachelor of science in naval sciences from U.S. Naval Academy; master of science in aeronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flew on Apollo 16. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 265.
		Mr. Ken Mattingly Born March 17, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from Auburn University. Flew on Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS 51-C. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 508. Cumulative EVA time is more than 1 hour.