On this date in 1972, at 9:23 p.m. EST, the lunar module Orion touched down on the moon at Descartes (8.97 S, 15.50 E) making Apollo 16 a success. John Young, commander, and Charlie Duke, lunar module pilot, got to tool around in the moon buggy for three days, while Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, orbited above in the Casper. Just in case you didn't know.
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