By the time of Apollo 16‘s April 16, 1972, launch, traveling to the Moon was, if not routine, at least a more confident affair. When astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke stepped off the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM) Orion onto the lunar surface, “there wasn’t any tentative step,” Duke later said. “It wasContinue reading “April 16, 1972: Apollo 16 launches”
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