Mission Log: Apollo 16

Descartes Highlands — John Young and Charles Duke explore the lunar highlands

Apollo 16 April 27, 1972

Ten Men on the Moon

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

The Highlands — Walking Where No One Planned

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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