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landing site
Close ✕Apollo 16 landing site
The only Apollo landing in the central highlands, chosen to sample terrain thought to be volcanic and found not to be. Located in Descartes highlands.
-9.0, 15.5 · exact · Lunar exploration record
Reached by
- Apollo 16 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landing
Connections
- is travelled to of Apollo 16 — Apollo 16 reached this position, and the position is published.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates