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Tenth manned mission in the Apollo program. Fifth mission to land on the moon.

Launched: April 16, 1972
Returned: April 27, 1972
Crew members: John Young, commander; [Ken Mattingly]?, command module pilot; [Charles Duke]?, lunar module pilot.
Command module: Casper
Lunar module: Orion
Landed: April 20, 1972
Lunar landing site: 8.6 S, 15.5 E -- Descartes-Cayley
On surface: 2 days 23.0 hours
Lunar EVA: 20.3 hours (7.2 + 7.4 + 5.7)
Samples: 94.7 kg

J-class mission, featuring Lunar Rover.


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