This journal covers the flight of Apollo 16, eventually covering from launch to splashdown. As a "living document" it will continue to grow and evolve and major changes will be intimated in the appropriate sci.space newsgroups. It is the current intention of the authors to bring all the manned Apollo flights to this site.

Apollo 8 Flight Journal.
Apollo 12 Flight Journal.
Apollo 15 Flight Journal.

Apollo 16

• Travelling from the Earth to the Moon

  • Day 1: Launch and Ascent to Earth Orbit
  • Day 1: First Earth Orbit
  • Day 1: Second Earth Orbit and Trans-Lunar Insertion
  • Day 1: Transposition, Docking and Extraction
  • Day 1: Translunar Cruise
  • Day 2: Electrophoresis Experiment and Midcourse Correction Burn
  • Day 2: LM Entry and Checks
  • Day 3: ALFMED Experiment
    
  • Day 3: Lunar Module Activation and Checkout
  • Day 4: Arrival at the Moon
    

• In Lunar Orbit

• Day 4: Lunar Orbit Insertion
• Day 4: Descent Orbit Insertion, Revs 3 to 9
• Day 5: Transfer to Lunar Module, Revs 10 and 11
• Day 5: Lunar Module Undocking and Preparation, Revs 11 and 12
• Day 5: "I be a sorry bird". LM and CM Problems, Rev 12 and 13
• Day 5: Rendezvous and Waiting. Revs 13 to 15
• Day 5: LM Powered Descent Initiation Clearance and Landing, Revs 15 to 16
• Day 5: Lunar Observation and Rest, Revs 16 to 21
• [Subsequent Chapters to be released]
  

• Reference Material

• Operational Procedures
• CSM Launch Checklist
• CSM Guidance and Control Checklist
  

• Journal Essays

  • The Apollo On-board Computers - Phill Parker
    
  • Lunar Orbit Insertion - Frank O'Brien
    
  • Lunar Orbit Rendezvous - Frank O'Brien
    
  • The SIM Bay Cameras - Robin Wheeler
    

• Other

  • Notes on Transcription

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