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April 24. The CM left lunar orbit on April 25 and returned to
Earth on April 27, 1972, giving a total mission time of 265 hour,
51 minutes, 5 seconds. Information on the Apollo 16 LM is
contained in record 72-031C. 

The Apollo 16 Command Module "Casper" is on display at the
U.S. Space & Rocket Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. 

Crew:
John W. Young, commander
Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot
Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot 

Launch Information:
Launch Date/Time: 1972-04-16 at 17:54:00 UTC
Returned to Earth: 27 April 1972 UT 19:45:05
                            (02:45:05 PM EST)
Launch Site/Country: Cape Canaveral, United States
On-orbit dry mass: 57760.00 kg
Launch Vehicle: Saturn 5 

Orbital Information:
Orbit: Orbiter
Central Body: Moon
Landed on Moon: 21 April 1972 UT 02:23:36
                         (20 April 09:23:36 PM EST) 
Landing Site: Descartes (8.99 S, 15.51 E)
Epoch start date/time: 1972.110:20:22:28 (19 Apr.)
Epoch end date/time: 1972.116:02:00:00 (25 Apr.)
Orbital Period: 120.00 m
Inclination: 168.00 degrees
Eccentricity: 0.00943
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