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Apollo 16
Apollo 16
was the tenth manned mission in the United States
Apollo space program
, the fifth and penultimate to
land
on the
Moon
and the first to land in the
lunar highlands
. The second of the so-called "
J missions
," it was crewed by Commander
John Young
,
Lunar Module Pilot
Charles Duke
and
Command Module Pilot
Ken Mattingly
. Launched from the
Kennedy Space Center
in
Florida
at 12:54 PM EST on April 16, 1972, the mission lasted 11 days, 1 hour, and 51 minutes, and concluded at 2:45 PM EST on April 27.
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