On this day 46 years ago, the huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 16 space vehicle was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center on a lunar landing mission. Aboard the Apollo 16 spacecraft were astronauts John W. Young, commander; Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot; and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" to explore the Descartes highlands region of the moon, astronaut Mattingly remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Casper" in lunar orbit. Credit: NASA #NASA #Apollo16 #history #launch  #otd #moon #exploration