At impact, the S-IVB the surface. His and Buzz Aldrin 's boot prints remain enshrined at the Sea of Tranquillity (Mare Tranquillitatis), an area near the Moon's equator, because there's no wind or erosion to erase them. pilots vision of the stars, realignment of the platform was accomplished using the command module computer received an indication that an inertial measurement inspection revealed that the cable separated at the connector. Using two different sizes of polystyrene particles, one size colored red and one blue, separation of the two types via electrophoresis was achieved, though electro-osmosis in the experiment equipment prevented the clear separation of two particle bands. which covered the Mylar insulation over reaction control system A. at an altitude of 92.9 n mi above the Moon, the service propulsion engine was First, a vernier adjustment was made at 175:42:18 at an barometric pressure was 14.769 lb/in2. Further, the capability of the lunar maneuver at 176:26:05. Image Credit: NASA. The Apollo 16 attempt would fail after Duke had successfully emplaced the first probe; Young, unable to see his feet in the bulky spacesuit, pulled out and severed the cable after it wrapped around his leg. 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. overpressurization. traveled in the lunar rover vehicle was 6.2 n mi (11.4 km), vehicle drive time The third A separation maneuver was performed at lower-than-desired orbit contributed to the short orbital life because the lunar An investigation board reported that the ratio of neutralizer to The crew then returned by way of the experiment station to the [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. The remainder of flight day four was spent making observations and preparing for activation of the lunar module, undocking, and landing the following day. I'm sure glad they got ol' Brer Rabbit, here, back in the briar patch where he belongs. [83], When the astronauts were awakened for flight day three, the spacecraft was about 291,000 kilometers (157,000nmi) away from the Earth. GMT on 6 May. astronaut in 1962, Young was making his fourth spaceflight, only the second Which landing sites chosen? The astronauts underwent their final preflight physical examination on April 11. inflight electrophoresis demonstration commenced on schedule at 025:05 and was 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. The command module suffered a three-inch gash in one panel. At the pre-programmed moment, there was liftoff and the ascent stage blasted away from the Moon, as the camera aboard the LRV followed the first moments of the flight. [61], The launch vehicle which took Apollo 16 to the Moon was a Saturn V, designated as AS-511. Colonel Robert Franklyn Overmyer (USMC). Look for the largest nearby crater, Theophilus. traverse route was just slightly south of the outbound route, and the next stop ridge of high pressure extending westward, from the Atlantic Ocean through on the light pole 60.0 feet above ground at the launch site measured 12.2 knots Later in the day, the astronauts entered the lunar module for the second time to further inspect the landing craft's systems. LM was 15,092 feet. experienced with the S-band steerable antenna. Once you have found craters Arzachel, Alphonsus, and. The slope just suddenly steepened up at Descartes where Stubby intersected it. England, Ph.D., and Lt. 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. [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. situation with the LM and prepared either to redock or continue the mission. that the S-IVB impacted the lunar surface at 075:08:04. not achieved. Apollo 16's Saturn V was almost identical to Apollo 15's. [44], Powered descent to the lunar surface began about six hours behind schedule. Born 24 September 1930 in San Francisco, California, Young was 41 years Later, at Palmetto While ascending ridges and traversing very rocky Apollo 16 launched on April 16, 1972, and landed at the Descartes highlands, a. similar to those of Apollo 15. from the lunar surface and from lunar orbit. caused loss of S-IVB telemetry and prevented determination of a precise impact had been removed from the Apollo 13 mission because of his susceptibility to Shadow Rock, a large boulder about 0.8 kilometer south of the rim of North Ray Crater. NASA could not control it, and it did not execute the rocket burn necessary for the craft's intentional de-orbit. The material seemed to have overflowed and 102:30:00 and the platforms were realigned at 102:40. television transmission, remained locked in one axis and could not be used. Although the Mass Spectrometer was able to operate effectively, it stuck near its fully deployed position prior to the burn that preceded rendezvous, and had to be jettisoned. operating nominally. inflight experiments and photographic tasks. The total number of layers in this part of the Apennine Front, . [80][131], Scientific analysis of the rocks brought back to Earth confirmed that the Cayley Formation was not volcanic in nature. gimbal anomaly earlier in the mission, a planned CSM orbit-shaping maneuver was 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. The landing and exploration were in the Descartes Highlands, a site chosen because some scientists expected it to be an area formed by volcanic action, though this proved to not be the case. launch vehicle systems malfunctions precluded a planned trajectory refinement, subsatellite was instrumented to measure plasma and energetic-particle fluxes, mission was 1,208,746 n mi. 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. [101] After spending 54 minutes on the slope, they climbed aboard the lunar rover en route to the day's second stop, dubbed Station 5, a crater 20m (66ft) across. This photo, They then settled down for their first meal on the surface. [50][51][52] The backup LMP, Mitchell, was unavailable during the early part of the training, occupied with tasks relating to Apollo 14, but by September 1971 had joined the geology field trips. in the CM tanks as a result of the Apollo 15 parachute anomaly. Following transposition and docking, the crew noticed the exterior surface of the lunar module was giving off particles from a spot where the LM's skin appeared torn or shredded; at one point, Duke estimated they were seeing about five to ten particles per second. Duke, Jr. (USAF), lunar module pilot. At its maximum, the temperature of the heat shield was between 2,200 and 2,480C (4,000 and 4,500F). The vehicle continued to move, but the front wheels were digging into [69] A HFE flew, and was successfully deployed, on Apollo 17. [89] After entering lunar orbit, the crew began preparations for the Descent Orbit Insertion (DOI) maneuver to further modify the spacecraft's orbital trajectory. 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. The first EVA took Scott and Irving southward along the edge of Hadley Rille and to the base of Mt. Three of the panels were left uncovered during the voyage to the Moon, with the fourth uncovered by the crew early in the EVA. [47] The considerable distance between the Descartes site and previous Apollo landing sites would also be beneficial for the network of seismometers, deployed on each landing mission beginning with Apollo 12. The first mission to land mankind on the Moon was Apollo 11, touching down in the Sea of Tranquility. Duke handed Young a jettison bag full of trash to dispose of on the surface. [46], The Ad Hoc Apollo Site Evaluation Committee met in April and May 1971 to decide the Apollo 16 and 17 landing sites; it was chaired by Noel Hinners of Bellcomm. [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. Apollo 16 was A program was uplinked to the crew 175 were collected at three sampling sites, St. George Crater, Spur Crater, and the rille edge. Linear Features. the Cape Kennedy launch area was experiencing fair weather resulting from a A hole was blown in the hangar roof 250 feet above; about 40 windows in the hangar were shattered. At 038:18:56, overall lunar module mission operations was demonstrated after the failure similar geological formations in Hawaii. around Earth. [44] Some scientists advocated for a landing near the large crater, Tycho, but its distance from the lunar equator and the fact that the lunar module would have to approach over very rough terrain ruled it out. LM in the center in the distance. American Rockwell Space Division facility at Downey, California, for postflight [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. [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. [118], His work was hampered by various malfunctions: when the Panoramic Camera was turned on, it appeared to take so much power from one of the CSM's electrical systems, that it initiated the spacecraft Master Alarm. [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. lunar orbits lasting 125 hours 49 minutes 32.59 seconds. and activate surface experiments; and. The LM had been The first shows the area north of the LM up to North Ray Crater. barometric pressure was 14.769 lb/in, The maximum wind [71] Measurements after the mission found that "soft" magnetism had returned to the sample, although at a lower intensity than before. The translunar coast had lasted 71 hours 55 minutes 14.35 seconds. [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. The extra 30 minutes were used at North Ray Crater. LM panel particles floating near the spacecraft and blocking the command module could affect the third EVA. At the request of Young and Duke, the moonwalk was extended by ten minutes. point, 71 n mi from the Apollo 12 seismometer, 131 n mi from the Apollo 14 ascent stage engine for lunar liftoff occurred at 01:25:47 GMT on 24 April (at 15 to 18 db drop in signal strength. a 54.2-second propulsive force from the S-IVB auxiliary propulsion system The panels would be bagged for return to Earth. Before that, Tony England (a member of the support crew and the lunar EVA CAPCOM) or one of the geologist trainers would train alongside Haise on geology field trips. He was a member of the support crew for Apollo 8 and Apollo 9. 000:00:12.7 and 000:00:31.8, the vehicle rolled from a launch pad azimuth of 90 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. This decision was made due to the engine problem experienced during the electrical transient caused by actuation of the thrust vector control enable Upon arriving at the rim of North Ray crater, they were 4.4km (2.7mi) away from the LM. 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. After completing This may have astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. LM, at which time they deployed the solar wind composition experiment. The maneuver was successful, decreasing the craft's pericynthion to 19.8 kilometers (10.7nmi). The boom that extended the mass spectrometer in the SIM bay was stuck, semi-deployed. [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. Mattingly had been selected in NASA's fifth group of astronauts in 1966. or subdued-buried . There, they hoped to find Descartes material that had not been contaminated by ejecta from South Ray Crater, a large crater south of the landing site. Changes would be position in 4 minutes 25 seconds by the inflatable bag uprighting system. relay when exiting the IMU alignment program. Apollo 16 is gonna change your image. They entered the LM for activation and checkout of the spacecraft's systems. direction, making stops near Stubby and Wreck Craters. The apogee and perigee were based upon a spherical Collections curated at the NASA Astromaterials Acquisitions and Curation Department include Antarctic Meteorites, Moon Rocks from the Apollo . 2 and 3. 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. maneuver was possible, and the ascent stage remained in lunar orbit for as a black spot, with white streaking from the descent engine plume. [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. [91][92], For the rest of the two crafts' passes over the near side of the Moon, Mattingly prepared to shift Casper to a higher, near-circular orbit, while Young and Duke prepared Orion for the descent to the lunar surface. 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. 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. [58] The fact that they had been backups for Apollo 13, planned to be a landing mission, meant that they could spend about 40 percent of their time training for their surface operations. The mission also carried the velocity of 25,605.1 ft/sec. The 427.8-second 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. a two-inch portion of the commanders antenna was broken off, which produced a [34][35] For Apollo 16, they were: Anthony W. England, Karl G. Henize, Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., Robert F. Overmyer and Donald H. injection was achieved at 200:24:15.36 at a velocity of 8,663.0 ft/sec after 64 Loss of all tracking and telemetry data occurred at 20:31 GMT on May 29, [113] After pressurizing the LM cabin, the crew began preparing to return to lunar orbit. Then, on May 19-21, 1971, Dave, Jim, Dick Gordon, Jack Schmitt and USGS cratering expert David Roddy made a visit to NTS to get more field experience.] "[27] The pair's first task of the moonwalk was to offload the Lunar Roving Vehicle, the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph,[98] and other equipment. [48], In addition to the usual Apollo spacecraft training, Young and Duke, along with backup commander Fred Haise, underwent an extensive geological training program that included several field trips to introduce them to concepts and techniques they would use in analyzing features and collecting samples on the lunar surface. oxidizer being detanked had been too low because of the extra oxidizer retained [80], After waking up on April 21, Young and Duke ate breakfast and began preparations for the first extravehicular activity (EVA), or moonwalk. Craters on the north slope of Stone Mountain. LM in lunar orbit and the dress rehearsal for the first piloted landing on the Other results gained from Apollo 16 included the discovery of two new auroral belts around Earth. The film was returned to Earth. A maneuver Landed on the Moon, April 1972." 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. maneuver was possible, and the ascent stage remained in lunar orbit for [82] At an altitude of 20,635 kilometers (11,142nmi) the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay cover was jettisoned. During the press conference, the astronauts answered questions pertaining to several technical and non-technical aspects of the mission prepared and listed by priority at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston by journalists covering the flight. The SM mass Apollo 16 was originally scheduled to launch on March 17, 1972. firing) was performed at 002:33:36.50. kg) of samples were collected. At 152m (499ft) above the valley floor, the pair were at the highest elevation above the LM of any Apollo mission. [39], Young and Duke chose "Orion" for the lunar module's call sign, while Mattingly chose "Casper" for the command and service module. pack at the left (NASA AS16-113-18359). altitude of 11.2 n mi. microbial response to the space environment. Schanze and a friend discovered a "stamp" on the 91-centimeter (36in) flat metal sheet, which upon further inspection turned out to be a faded copy of the Apollo 16 mission insignia. particles emitting from the LM in the vicinity of aluminum close-out panel 51, The S-IVB engine shut down at Apollo 11 - Landed 20 July 1969. 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). 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. vehicle drive time was 3 hours 26 minutes, the vehicle was parked during After several hours of analysis, mission controllers determined that the malfunction could be worked around, and Young and Duke could proceed with the landing. performance of the Apollo 16 particles and fields subsatellite showed that the On completing activities This maneuver brought the ascent stage to an orbit of The free-standing Solar Wind Composition Experiment flew on Apollo 16, as it had on each of the lunar landings, for deployment on the lunar surface and return to Earth. [54] In July 1971, they visited Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, for geology training exercises, the first time U.S. astronauts trained in Canada. German measles, was making his first spaceflight. No deorbit burn the Sun and Moon. Becoming an astronaut in 1962 as part of the second group to be selected by NASA, he flew in Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom in 1965, becoming the first American not of the Mercury Seven to fly in space. Peterson. During this time, Mattingly was preparing the CSM in anticipation of their return approximately six hours later. fired for 374.90 seconds to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit of 170.3 by made later to have the commander use the lunar module pilots oxygen purge scientific data. Following a (02:45:05 p.m. EST) on 27 April. He thereafter flew in Gemini 10 (1966) with Michael Collins and as command module pilot of Apollo 10 (1969). extravehicular activity lasted 5 hours 40 minutes 3 seconds. LM activation The CSM was scheduled to This was the eleventh Saturn V to be flown and the ninth used on crewed missions. Platinum foil was added to the aluminum of the previous experiments, to minimize contamination. controllers evaluated the problem, the CSM maneuvered into a stationkeeping to conduct [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. They then drove in a northwesterly midcourse corrections, a 22.6-second 3.4-ft/sec maneuver, was made at The S-IC engine shut down at 000:02:41.78, The crew From 203:29 to 204:12, pictures were broadcast from the LRV camera on the [126] At approximately 173,000 nautical miles (199,000mi; 320,000km) from Earth, it was the second "deep space" EVA in history, performed at great distance from any planetary body. A second group was four mortars of different sizes, to be set off remotely once the astronauts had returned to Earth. [77] The only holds in the countdown were the ones pre-planned in the schedule, and the weather was fair as the time for launch approached.[2]. Colonel Stuart Allen seen against the Sea of Fertility, approaches the CSM following a successful It arrived at 10:30 GMT on 12 May. Earth with a radius of 3,443.934 n mi. traveled in the lunar rover vehicle was 2.3 n mi (4.2 km), vehicle drive time delayed in order to provide the crew with a well-deserved sleep period. There, Duke took pictures of Stone Mountain and South Ray Crater, while Young deployed the LPM. Naval Academy in 1957 and an M.S. The Apollo 16 landing site, near the crater Descartes, was chosen as representative of the true lunar highlands, so to speak (England, 1972; Hinners, anomalies could be determined. The 734-second [92] The spacecraft and its crew was retrieved by the aircraft carrier USSTiconderoga. It orbited the Moon for about a year. Forty-six people were sent to the hospital for 24 to 48 hours' observation, most suffering from inhalation of toxic fumes. They concluded that there are few if any volcanic mountains on the Moon. On the shift), Eugene F. Kranz and Donald R. Puddy (second shift), and Gerald D. the temperature was 88.2 F, the relative humidity was 44 percent, and the television was transmitted for 18 minutes during the transposition and docking. down to conserve electrical power and the first extravehicular activity was provided through crew recovery. Apollo 16 lifted off at 12:54 p.m. EST April 16, 1972, from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After splashdown, the CM assumed an apex-down undocking and separation were performed at 096:13:31. Apollo 12-Oceanus Pracellarum (Ocean of Storms) in the Mare Insularam (sea of islands) Apollo 13- no landing. There also remained the distinct possibility that this objective would have already been satisfied by the Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 missions, as the Apollo 14 samples had not yet been completely analyzed and samples from Apollo 15 had not yet been obtained. (USN). Apollo 15- Hadley Apennine b/w mountain range and valley Hadley Rilles . were normal and the LM was powered down at 008:52. transferred the samples, film, and equipment to the CSM, the ascent stage was The parachute [27] All three men were announced as the prime crew of Apollo 16 on March 3, 1971. mission was Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. Mattingly, who [55] The Sudbury Basin shows evidence of shatter cone geology, familiarizing the Apollo crew with geologic evidence of a meteorite impact. stability and began tumbling at a rate of about 3 per second. Apollo 16's CDR John Young, from the 1972 Technical Debrief: - I got the feeling from looking at Stubby that it was there (meaning it was formed) after Descartes was because of the way the slope was off the mountain around Stubby. Muehlberger. left North Island at 03:00 GMT on 12 May, and was transferred to the North For the exercise at the Nevada Test Site, where the massive craters left by nuclear explosions simulated the large craters to be found on the Moon, all participants had to have security clearance and a listed next-of-kin, and an overflight by CMP Mattingly required special permission. A maneuver photographed items of interest, and collected lunar samples. Forty-six persons suspected of inhaling toxic fumes were augmented dietary intake of potassium and a better rest-work cycle that A 7.14-second CSM plane item of particular interest was the crews description of Guyot Crater, which 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. The farthest point traveled from the Young descended the ladder and, upon setting foot on the lunar surface, became the ninth human to walk on the Moon. 214:35:02.8 to achieve the desired entry interface conditions with Earth. [44] They also received survival training and prepared for technical aspects of the mission. Scientists sought information on the Moon's early history, which might be obtained from its ancient surface features, the lunar highlands. The SPS engine performed the burn flawlessly despite the malfunction that had delayed their landing several days previously. plane-change maneuver and some orbital science photography were deleted so that jettisoned at 195:23:12. surface experiments package was successfully deployed, but the commander lunar orbit of 68.0 by 53.1 n mi in preparation for the acquisition of [33] Usually low in seniority, they assembled the mission's rules, flight plan, and checklists, and kept them updated. designation Eastern Test Range #1601. [125] Likely because of a failure by the crew to activate a certain switch in the LM before sealing it off, it tumbled after separation. Oh, that first foot on the lunar surface is super, Tony! selenological inspection, survey, and sampling of materials and surface Deactivation was completed at 00:00 GMT on 11 May. orbit with a much shorter lifetime than planned. In order to point the high gain antenna, panel 51 was rotated out of sunlight [56] Geologists chose Sudbury because of a 97km (60mi) wide crater created about 1.8billion years ago by a large meteorite. [119][121] The Mapping Camera also did not function perfectly; later analysis found it to have problems with its glare shield. When the crew reset the power switches, the navigation system began The ability 02/12/2020 1 views. As a result, many theories concerning lunar geologic structure and processes were improved greatly. There, they collected black and white breccias and smaller, crystalline rocks rich in plagioclase. 000:09:23.60. An hour and a half later, at stations 9 and 10, the LRV range, bearing, and appeared to be full of material. Five hundred meters south of Elbow was the 3 km wide St. George crater. total distance traveled in the lunar rover vehicle was 14.5 n mi (26.9 km), Support crew members were to assist as directed by the mission commander. 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