Apollo 16
April 27, 1972
Apollo 16 splashed down today. Ten men have now walked on the Moon. Armstrong. Aldrin. Conrad. Bean. Shepard. Mitchell. Scott. Irwin. Young. Duke. I keep the list. One more mission. Apollo 17 will be the last. I don't want to think about that yet. Ten men. On the Moon.
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Apollo 16
April 21, 1972
John Young and Charles Duke are on the surface of the Descartes Highlands, and the science is already surprising. The region was supposed to be volcanic, different from the mare sites. The first samples suggest it isn't. The Moon keeps teaching us by being different from what we expected.
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April 16, 1972
John Young and Charlie Duke landed in the Descartes Highlands yesterday. The terrain is older and rougher than the maria. Young jumped a perfect salute.
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