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History Lesson Tuesdays: 1972- Apollo 16 departs for the Moon

April 20, 1972- From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Apollo 16, the fifth of six U.S. lunar landing missions, is successfully launched on its 238,000-mile journey to the moon. On April 20, astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke descended to the lunar surface from the Command Module, which remained in orbit around the moon with a third astronaut,Continue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1972- Apollo 16 departs for the Moon”