April 20, 2024
Today in 1972, the Apollo 16 lunar module lands in the Descartes region of the Moon. The Apollo 16 crew consisted of astronauts John W. Young, Charles M Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly II.
Image showing the selected landing site of the Apollo 16 mission in the Descartes Region of the Moon. The site was selected because it was a site in the lunar highlands. All previous missions landed at sites that sampled lunar mare material. Image credit: NASA.