Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Journal

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Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright © 1995 by Eric M. Jones.
All rights reserved.
Last revised 27 January 2008.

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Background Material

The Journal

Landing Day

• Landing at Descartes
• Post-landing Activities
• Window Geology

The First EVA

• Wake-up for EVA-1
• Preparations for EVA-1
• Back in the Briar Patch
• Deploying the Rover
• Loading the Rover
• ALSEP Off-load
• Losing the Heat Flow Experiment
• Drilling the Deep Core
• Thumper/Geophone Experiment
• Geology Preparations for the EVA-1 Traverse
• Traverse to Station 1
• Station 1 at Plum Crater
• Traverse to Station 2
• Station 2 at Buster Crater
• Grand Prix
• EVA-1 Closeout
• Post-EVA-1 Activities
• Debrief and Goodnight
• Mattingly About the Landing Site

The Second EVA

• Wake-up for EVA-2
• Preparations for EVA-2
• Down the Ladder for EVA-2
• Traverse to Station 4
• Geology Station 4 at the Stone Mountain Cincos
• Geology Station 5
• Geology Station 6
• Traverse from Station 6 to Station 8
• Geology Station 8
• Traverse to Station 9
• The Great Sneak
• Return to the LM
• Geology Station 10 Near the ALSEP Site
• EVA-2 Closeout
• Post-EVA-2 Activities

The Third EVA

• Wake-up for EVA-3
• Preparations for EVA-3
• Down the Ladder for EVA-3
• Traverse to Station 11
• Station 11 and North Ray Crater
• House Rock
• Traverse to Station 13
• Station 13 At Shadow Rock
• Return to the LM
• Station 10-Prime
• EVA-3 Closeout
• VIP Site
• Post-EVA-3 Activities
• Return to Orbit