After Apollo 16 lifted off #OTD in 1972, the crew snapped this photo of our home planet as they began their trans-lunar coast. John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly were on their way to the Moon for their 11 day mission: https://go.nasa.gov/41nEmZL #NASAhistory
The fifth Moon landing mission began with the April 16, 1972 launch of Apollo 16. The giant Saturn V rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida...
