page_title: Apollo 16
section_title: Mission insignia
hierarchical_section_title: Apollo 16 / Crew / Mission insignia
caption_attribution_description: English: Apollo 16 (S71-56246, March 1972) Flown Silver Robbins Medallion (SN-19) from the collection of John Young (6022-41122)
context_page_description: Apollo 16 was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon, and the second to land in the lunar highlands. The second of Apollo's "J missions," it was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54 PM EST on April 16, 1972, the mission lasted 11 days, 1 hour, and 51 minutes, and concluded at 2:45 p.m. EST on April 27.
  Young and Duke spent 71 hours—just under three days—on the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extra-vehicular activities or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes. The pair drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle, the second produced and used on the Moon, for 26.7 kilometers. On the surface, Young and Duke collected 95.8 kilograms of lunar samples for return to Earth, while Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly orbited in the command and service module above to perform observations. Mattingly, staying with the command module, spent 126 hours and 64 revolutions in lunar orbit.
context_section_description: The insignia of Apollo 16 is dominated by a rendering of an American eagle and a red, white and blue shield, representing the people of the United States, over a gray background representing the lunar surface. Overlaying the shield is a gold NASA vector, orbiting the Moon. On its gold-outlined blue border, there are 16 stars, representing the mission number, and the names of the crew members: Young, Mattingly, Duke. The insignia was designed from ideas originally submitted by the crew of the mission.
caption: Apollo 16 space-flown silver Robbins medallion.
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