Apollo 16 50th Anniversary NASA Official Limited Edition Medallion
Minted with Lunar flown Apollo Command Module and Mars Curiosity Engineering metals.
The Mission:
Apollo 16 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.
Landing mass: 11,995 pounds (5,441 kg)
Mission duration: 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes, 5 seconds
Launch date: April 16, 1972
Members: John Young, Ken Mattingly, Charles Duke
Launch site: the Kennedy Space Center
