Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke landed on the Moon #OTD in 1972!
While on the lunar surface, they collected 212 pounds (96 kg) of lunar samples and ventured out 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from their landing spot with the help of the lunar rover. https://go.nasa.gov/41jJdLF #NASAhistory
Apollo 16 entered lunar orbit on April 19, 1972. The next day, astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke separated their Lunar Module (LM) Orion from Thomas K. “Ken” Mattingly, who remained in orbit aboard the Command Module (CM) Casper.
