#Apollo 16

Source: Futility Closet In 1972, as Charles Duke was training to visit the moon with Apollo 16, he regretted spending so much time away from his wife and sons. “So just to get the kids excited about what dad was going to do, I said, ‘Would y’all like to go to the moon with me?’” he told Business

Source: Futility Closet Before they departed on Apollo 16 in April 1972, lunar module pilot Charles Duke told commander John Young about an eerie dream he’d had. The two of them were driving the lunar rover toward the North Ray crater when they crossed a ridge and discovered a set of tire tracks.

Author: Alex Santoso / Source: Neatorama Image: Mortar launcher placed by Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972 (NASA) No, not a Hollywood movie. Humans actually did bomb the Moon. Twice, actually. Astronauts aboard the Apollo 16 and 17 actually set off explosive devices on the lunar surface, as part of

Author: Chris Higgins / Source: mentalfloss.com When the Lunar Module (LM) reached the moon, astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke spent just shy of 72 hours on the surface. They spent more than 20 hours on EVAs, driving the lunar rover, setting up surface experiments, and gathering samples. In

Тот самый ударный кратер (фото: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) Джефф Плеша (Jeff Plescia), физик из университета Джона Хопкинса, смог обнаружить ударный кратер, полученный при столкновении ракетного ускорителя Apollo 16 с поверхностью Луны. Ученый обнаружил ударный кратер спустя 44 года после