On 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire ...

Click to open image viewer. This plaque is a replica of the one left on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 16, who landed on the lunar surface on April 20, 1972. While command module pilot Ken Mattingly ...

FOX Carolina’s Justin Dougherty spoke with Duke about what sparked his initial interest to go to space and why Apollo 16 ...

"We were excited [though] we were six hours late landing and [on] the last revolution we could land." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Retired NASA astronaut Charles Duke, Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, joins "America's Newsroom" to discuss the Artemis II ...

Click to open image viewer. This model of the Apollo Lunar Module incorporates an engineering model of the descent stage (MSFC 76545) with an ascent stage fabricated later for exhibit. The descent ...

Discover the stories of the 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon, from Neil Armstrong's first steps to the final mission of ...

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, ...