Som ET - 45 - Moon - Apollo 16 - AS16-113-18349-18370 - Video 3

Apollo 16 (April 16 – 27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and next-to-last to land on the Moon. It was the second of Apollo's "J missions", with an extended stay on the lunar surface, a focus on science, and the use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The landing and exploration were in the Descartes Highlands, a site chosen because some scientists expected it to be an area formed by volcanic action, though this proved to not be the case.

NASA Images:

Closeup of magnetometer on lunar surface (Duke told CapCom Tony England that he was unable to deploy the magnetometer sunshade because the attempt moved one of the arms).

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Close of ALSEP central station - note severed heat flow cable at the back of Central Station
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Closeup of mortar box and central ALSEP station ​(after the astronauts left the Moon, experimenters on Earth sent signals to the mortar pack, via the radio aerial shown here, to launch each of the four grenades

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Showing the Heat Flow Electronics (HFE) package with the drill stem rack and drill beyond the HFE to the right. Farther back on the right we can see the raised handle of the jack with which Charlie removed the deep core. Stone Mountain and the white ejecta blanket of South Ray Crater are in the distance.

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Centered on the Rover and showing the large breccia on Charlie's side of the vehicle. The drill is at left center near the drill-stem rack.

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Showing the western heat flow drill stem.

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Audio: Som ET - 45 - Moon

Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center

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