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mission
Close ✕Apollo 16
Sampled the central highlands, and found terrain thought volcanic to be nothing of the kind. Crewed landing, operated by NASA of United States. Crewed. Returned material to Earth.
Surface position at Apollo 16 landing site · 1972-04-16 – 1972-04-21
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeApollo
ClassCrewed landing · crewed
Outcomesuccess
Launched1972-04-16
Arrived1972-04-21
Samplesreturned material to Earth
PositionApollo 16 landing site →
Connections
- travelled to Apollo 16 landing site — Apollo 16 reached this position, and the position is published.
- operated by NASA — Apollo 16 was flown by NASA.
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