More than 50 years after Apollo, you’d think landing on the Moon would be routine — but it’s not. This video explains why modern lunar missions face huge hurdles, from cost overruns and complex ...

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John Young and Charles Duke landed on the Moon in 1972 with Apollo 16. Photo Credit: NASA Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last astronauts to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 17 ...

Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke landed on the moon on April 21, 1972, and spent three days exploring the Descartes Highlands. Three years earlier, ...

The Apollo 16 Mission landed in and explored Descartes Highlands on the moon. Due to numerous mechanical concerns, the Apollo 16 Mission returned to Earth one day earlier than originally was planned.

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, left, and space shuttle veteran Nicole Stott speak during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

While analyzing samples collected during the Apollo 16 mission, Nottingham and his colleagues used mass spectrometry techniques to catalog various noble gasses and their abundance in the samples ...

Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples near North Ray Crater during the third Apollo 16 spacewalk at the Descartes ...

Lunar Module pilot Charles Duke saluting the US flag during Apollo 16. (Credit: NASA) Imagine: you spent years training for a sojourn to the Moon, flew there on top of a Saturn V rocket as part of ...

NASA, April 16, 2022, 50 Years Ago: Apollo 16 on the Moon at Descartes; NASA, updated Feb. 22, Thomas K. Mattingly II; NASA (via Flickr), Feb. 6, 1972, Apollo 16 Astronauts Train for Lunar Landing ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly orbited the moon with the Apollo 16 mission as command module pilot. But many will remember him most for the critical role he played in ...

Apollo astronaut Ken “TK” Mattingly, known for orbiting the moon and helping the crew of Apollo 13 return to Earth in the 1970s, died Tuesday, NASA announced. He was 87.