Vintage NASA APOLLO 16 launch badge pass April 16, 1972

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, NASA
Apollo 16
Young - Mattingly - Duke
United States of America
The National Aeronautics Space Administration cordially welcomes you to the launch of Apollo 16
Signed by:
Kurt H. Debus, Director Kennedy Space Center, NASA
No. 994 and No.1619
In very good vintage
Apollo 16
(April 16 – 27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States
Apollo space program
, administered by
NASA
, and the fifth and next-to-last to
land on the Moon
. It was the second of Apollo's "
J missions
", with an extended stay on the lunar surface, a focus on science, and the use of the
Lunar Roving Vehicle
(LRV). The landing and exploration were in the
Descartes Highlands
, a site chosen because some scientists expected it to be an area formed by volcanic action, though this proved to not be the case.