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Crew
Duke Mattingly Young

16 April 1972 17:54 GMT. Duration: 11.08 days. Call Sign: Caspar. Backup Crew: Haise, Mitchell, Roosa. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Saturn V. LV Configuration: Saturn V s/n SA-511. Program: Apollo. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 113. Mass: 30,358 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 16 , 26 , 27 , 33 , 60 .

Apollo 16 1/6 G leapApollo 16 1/6 G leap - Apollo astronaut demonstrates low lunar gravity.

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