The set includes a displayable model version of the lunar rover module carried by Apollo 17, ... Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 astronauts drove their rovers a total of 17.3 miles (27.9 km), 16.6 miles ...

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 orbited the Moon, astronauts ...

When Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke stepped off the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM) Orion onto the lunar surface, “there wasn’t any tentative step,” Duke later said. “It ...

The lunar module pilot on NASA's penultimate moon landing mission, Duke lifted off with his two Apollo 16 crewmates, commander John Young and command module pilot Ken Mattingly, 50 years ago on ...

Fifty years ago, Apollo 16 almost didn’t land on the Moon. On April 20, 1972, two spacecraft danced in tight formation, high above a ubiquitous gray and tan lunar landscape. Aboard the Lunar ...

Bottom row from left are John Young, Apollo 16 – 1972; Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 – 1972 ... Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt takes time to shave on the last manned ...

"The launch on the Saturn was really an amazing adventure. It shook like crazy from side to side," said Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot. "So it was quite the ride." ...