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| Flight | Launch | Landing | Name | Country | Parameters | |
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| Apollo 16 | April 16, 1972 (17:54 GMT) |
April 27, 1972 (19:45 GMT) |
Commander: John Young (4th Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Earth Orbit Perigee: 167 km Apogee: 169 km Inclination: 32.5° 1.5 orbits 3 moonwalks 1 spacewalk |
| Command Module Casper (CSM-113) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
2000 km S of Hawaii Pacific Ocean (0° 43' S, 156° 13' W) |
Command Module Pilot: Thomas Mattingly (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | |
| Lunar Module Pilot: Charles Duke (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Orion (LM-11) |
Entered Lunar Orbit April 19, 1972 (20:22 GMT) |
Left Lunar Orbit April 25, 1972 (02:15 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Fred Haise | USA | M | Lunar Orbit Perilune: 68.0 n mi Apolune: 53.1 n mi 64 orbits |
| Backup Crew: Stuart Roosa | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Edgar Mitchell | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-511 |
Lunar Landing April 21, 1972 (02:23 GMT) |
Lunar Liftoff April 24, 1972 (01:25 GMT) |
Support Crew: Anthony England | USA | M | Time 11 days 1 hour 51 minutes |
| Support Crew: Henry Hartsfield | USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Landing Site: Plain of Descartes | Support Crew: Donald Peterson | USA | M | |||
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| Apollo 17 | December 7, 1972 (05:33 GMT) |
December 19, 1972 (19:24 GMT) |
Commander: Eugene Cernan (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | Earth Orbit Perigee: 167 km Apogee: 167 km Inclination: 28.5° 2 orbits 3 moonwalks 1 spacewalk |
| Command Module America (CSM-114) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
560 km SE of American Samoa - Pacific Ocean (17° 53' S, 166° 7' W) |
Command Module Pilot: Ronald Evans (1st Flight) (NASA Group 5) |
USA | M | |
| Lunar Module Pilot: Harrison Schmitt (1st Flight) (NASA Group 4) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Challenger (LM-12) |
Entered Lunar Orbit December 10, 1972 (19:47 GMT) |
Left Lunar Orbit December 16, 1972 (23:35 GMT) |
Backup Crew: John Young | USA | M | Lunar Orbit Perilune: 70.3 n mi Apolune: 54.3 n mi 75 orbits |
| Backup Crew: Stuart Roosa | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Charles Duke | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-512 |
Lunar Landing December 11, 1972 (19:54 GMT) |
Lunar Liftoff December 14, 1972 (22:54 GMT) |
Support Crew: Gordon Fullerton | USA | M | Time 12 days 13 hours 52 minutes |
| Support Crew: Robert Overmyer | USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Landing Site: Taurus-Littrow | Support Crew: Robert Parker | USA | M | |||
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