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Apollo 16

completedLaunch 1972-031
Launched 4/16/1972HEOService GSat EEO E
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
3 payloads
Apollo 16 CSM
retired
Human Spaceflight
cislunar
Apollo 16 LM
retired
Human Spaceflightcislunar
Apollo 16 Subsatellite
retired
Science Explorationcislunar
Launch Details
Launch Date
4/16/1972
Launch ID
1972-031
Launch Profile
Sat EEO E
Service Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Launch Vehicle
Saturn V
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
3
Payload Status
retired 3
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 2 / Science Exploration 1
Track
Mentions
8
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Charlie Duke, a retired NASA astronaut and Moonwalker from Apollo 16, provides perspective as Artemis takes its next step.

GeneralPlanValue 1.2Jan 16, 2026RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: Readying for rollout. Teams are gearing up to roll the @NASAArtemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B tomorrow, Jan. 17, at 7 a.m. ET. Retired NASA Astronaut and Moonwalker Charlie Duke offers perspective from Apollo 16 as Artemis takes its next step toward… pic.

In April 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts placed Carruthers' camera on the Moon's Descartes Highlands.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.8Sep 25, 2025New NASA Mission to Reveal Earth's Invisible 'Halo'

Charlie Duke presented photographs taken on the Apollo 16 mission and a photograph of the Moon annotated with mapped locations of human and robotic landings.

GeneralValue 1.5Aug 4, 2025“God is in control”: A field report from the Ark Encounter’s “Astronaut Encounter”

Charlie Duke showcased images he took on the Apollo 16 mission during his presentation and referenced the Descartes Highlands landing site.

GeneralValue 2.0Aug 4, 2025“God is in control”: A field report from the Ark Encounter’s “Astronaut Encounter”

George R. Carruthers led the development of a telescope that provided the first images of the geocorona from the lunar surface during the Apollo 16 mission.

CapabilityValue 4.0May 27, 2025Review: From the Laboratory to the Moon

USS Ticonderoga had served as the prime recovery ship for Apollo 16 and 17 missions.

GeneralValue 4.0Jul 15, 2024Carriers from space (part 1)

Dr. George R. Carruthers designed and built the moon-based telescope that took the first images of Earth's geocorona from space during the Apollo 16 mission.

CapabilityValue 4.6Apr 2, 2024BAE Systems Successfully Integrates UV Spectrometer of NASA's Carruthers Observatory

Apollo 16 astronauts placed Dr. George R. Carruthers’ Moon-based observatory on the Moon in April 1972.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Apr 1, 2024BAE Systems completes integration of NASA’s Carruthers Observatory