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t was no accident that Nasa crashed one of its Apollo 16 rocket boosters onto the moon, but the researchers never intended to lose it. In April of 1972, the booster drifted off and was never seen again, unable to transmit tracking data and reveal its whereabouts because of a malfunction. Now, almost 44 years later, the crash site of the Saturn V stage-three booster has finally been located.
The site was identified by Jeff Plescia, a scientist from Johns Hopkins University, and expert in finding objects that have been lost in space.
Plescia used high-resolution images produced by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) system, according to Science Alert.
The LROC is a set of three cameras mounted atop the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/images
'I did finally find the Apollo 16 S1VB crater,' Plescia told Inside Outer Space.
'It looks like the others, but its position was much more poorly defined since the tracking was lost prior to impact
'
Apollo 16 was manned by astronauts John Young, Thomas Mattingly II, and Charles Duke Jr.
spent 71 hours—just under three days—on the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extra-vehicular activities or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes. The pair drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the second produced and used on the Moon, 26.7 kilometers (16.6 mi). On the surface, Young and Duke collected 95.8 kilograms (211 lb) of lunar samples for return to Earth, while Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly orbited in the Command/Service Module (CSM) above to perform observations. Mattingly spent 126 hours and 64 revolutions in lunar orbit. After Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly in lunar orbit, the crew released a subsatellitefrom the Service Module (SM). During the return trip to Earth, Mattingly performed a one-hour spacewalk to retrieve several film cassettes from the exterior of the Service Module.[2][3]
Apollo 16's landing spot in the highlands was chosen to allow the astronauts to gather geologically older lunar material than the samples obtained in the first four landings, which were in or nearlunar maria. Samples from the Descartes Formation and theCayley Formationdisproved a hypothesis that the formations were volcanic in origin.[5]
Landing site selection
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_16/landing_site/
Astronaut Charles M, Duke, Jr, on the Moon, collecting lunar samples at the rim of the plum crater, April 1972.
Nasa employed the rocket booster to perform seismic measurements during its Apollo 16 mission, after propelling the crew safely into orbit. The mission marked the fifth time that humans set foot on the Moon, and were safely returned home to Earth
The site was identified by Jeff Plescia, a scientist from Johns Hopkins University, and expert in finding objects that have been lost in space.
Plescia used high-resolution images produced by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) system, according to Science Alert.
The LROC is a set of three cameras mounted atop the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/images
'I did finally find the Apollo 16 S1VB crater,' Plescia told Inside Outer Space.
'It looks like the others, but its position was much more poorly defined since the tracking was lost prior to impact
'
Apollo 16 was manned by astronauts John Young, Thomas Mattingly II, and Charles Duke Jr.
spent 71 hours—just under three days—on the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extra-vehicular activities or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes. The pair drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the second produced and used on the Moon, 26.7 kilometers (16.6 mi). On the surface, Young and Duke collected 95.8 kilograms (211 lb) of lunar samples for return to Earth, while Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly orbited in the Command/Service Module (CSM) above to perform observations. Mattingly spent 126 hours and 64 revolutions in lunar orbit. After Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly in lunar orbit, the crew released a subsatellitefrom the Service Module (SM). During the return trip to Earth, Mattingly performed a one-hour spacewalk to retrieve several film cassettes from the exterior of the Service Module.[2][3]
Apollo 16's landing spot in the highlands was chosen to allow the astronauts to gather geologically older lunar material than the samples obtained in the first four landings, which were in or nearlunar maria. Samples from the Descartes Formation and theCayley Formationdisproved a hypothesis that the formations were volcanic in origin.[5]
Landing site selection
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_16/landing_site/
Astronaut Charles M, Duke, Jr, on the Moon, collecting lunar samples at the rim of the plum crater, April 1972.
Nasa employed the rocket booster to perform seismic measurements during its Apollo 16 mission, after propelling the crew safely into orbit. The mission marked the fifth time that humans set foot on the Moon, and were safely returned home to Earth
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