Apollo 16 was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon. It was the second of Apollo's "J missions", w
John Young saluting the United States flag while jumping up on the Moon, with the Apollo Lunar Module Orion and Lunar Roving Vehicle in the background
Left to right: Mattingly, Young, DukeApollo program← Apollo 15Apollo 17 →
Apollo 16 space-flown silver Robbins medallion
John Young and Charles Duke training at the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico
Several planned missions of the Apollo crewed Moon landing program of the 1960s and 1970s were canceled, for reasons which included changes in technical direction, the Apollo 1 fire, the Apollo 13 inc
Unused Saturn V rocket on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The prime crew for the second planned Apollo crewed flight prepares for mission simulator tests at the North American Aviation plant prior to the Apollo 1 fire. (Left to right) Donn F. Eisele, senior pilot; Walter M. Schirra, command pilot; and Walter Cunningham, pilot. (September 1966).
Vance Brand and Don Lind, the crew for the unflown Skylab Rescue mission.
LM-2 on display at the National Air and Space Museum