About this pad
Landing site of Apollo 16’s lunar module Orion on 21 April 1972.
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Apollo 16 landing site
Descartes Highlands, Moon1 launches
1Total launches
1Orbital attempts
Location & coordinates
- Launch site
- Descartes Highlands, Moon
- Country
- —
- Latitude
- -8.9730
- Longitude
- 15.5002
Operating agencies
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationBrowse every launch pad and spaceport tracked on Aurora.
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Flight record
