Apollo 16 landing site
at Descartes, on the Moon
on the Moon
John Young and Charles Duke landed Orion here on 21 April 1972 (UTC), the only landing in the Moon's central highlands. They expected volcanic rock and found mostly breccias, rocks smashed and welded together by impacts.
- 8.97° S, 15.50° E · landed 21 April 1972 (UTC) · 20 h 14 min outside in three drives · 95.7 kg of rock and soil brought home
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