Apollo 16 Lunar Roving Vehicle

Crewed lunar roving vehicle used for surface traverses and parked near the landing site.

Coordinates

-8.9729, 15.5037 (positive-east)

Era

A (1959-1976)

Parent mission

Apollo 16

Role

rover

Operator

NASA

Nation

USA

Launched (UTC)

1972-04-16 17:54:00

Reached Moon (UTC)

1972-04-21 02:23:35

Event type

rover/crewed

Outcome

success

Site

Descartes/Cayley Plains

Left on surface

LRV on surface

Returned material

none

Current status

on lunar surface

Operational status (derived)

inactive

Source grade

primary

Primary source