Despite a malfunction in the Command Module which almost aborted the lunar landing, Apollo 16's lunar module landed successfully in the Descartes Highlands on April 21. Read more
Apollo 16, the tenth manned mission in American Apollo space program, was the fifth mission to land on the Moon and the first to land in a highlands area. Launched on April 16, 1972, it was a J-class mission, featuring a Lunar Rover; and brought back 94.7 kg of lunar samples. Read more