Apollo 16 Mission

Courtesy of NASA

Courtesy of NASA

The fifth mission to land on the moon. The crew spent 71 hours on the lunar surface, more than 20 of those on Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Travelling more than 16 miles they brought back over 200 pounds of lunar samples.

A few statistics:

Crew: John W. Young, Charles M. Duke Jr., Thomas K. Mattingly II

Launch Vehicle: Saturn V

Date: April 16 - 27, 1972

Landing Site: Descartes