Apollo 16 Mission Patch

Apollo 16 Mission Patch

The Apollo 16 flight marked the world's fifth manned lunar landing and return mission. This is the official NASA mission patch that the crew wore.

• Iron on patch
• Measures 4 inches in diameter

About the Mission:

The Lunar Module Orion landed on the lunar surface on April 20 at 9:24 PM EST - after a delay of more than five hours due to a thrust vector control problem on the Command Service Module. The landing was the first to be made in the Descartes area of the lunar highlands, just 755 feet from the planned landing point.

During three trips in the Lunar Roving Vehicle, astronauts Young and Duke covered 16.8 miles over the lunar highland surface. They spent nine hours and seven minutes on foot conducting scientific experiments while Mattingly was conducting lunar science experiments from lunar orbit. Lunar liftoff occurred after 71 hours, two minutes on the Moon. Rendezvous and docking were normal. The Command Service Module Casper began its return to Earth after completing 64 lunar orbits. The astronauts landed safely in the Pacific after a mission of 265 hours, 51 minutes.

• Apollo 16 Launch Date: April 16, 1972, 12:54 PM EST
• Launch Vehicle: Saturn V
• Crew:
  Commander: John W. Young
  Command Service Module Pilot: Thomas K. Mattingly
  Lunar Module Pilot: Charles M. Duke, Jr.