#apollo 16

[cosmonautroger]

Apollo 16, 1972

[humanoidhistory]

The launch of Apollo 16 on April 16, 1972.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[gemini-enthusiast]

Earth imagery, clouds, Apollo 16.

[tilbageidanmark]

Astronaut Charles Duke left a family photo on the moon during a 1972 Apollo 16 mission

[apollomission8]

It's so funny to me when people say "The moon landing" was fake. Like which one??? Apollo 16?? Was Apollo 16 fake????

Idk maybe I could believe that. New conspiracy theory! Apollo 16 was fake. Only 16 though. The other 5 actually happened.

[bignaz8]

In 1972, during the Apollo 16 mission, astronaut Charles Duke did something deeply human amid the vast silence of space— He left a tiny photo of his wife and children on the Moon.

Tucked inside a plastic sleeve and placed gently on the lunar surface, it was a powerful symbol of love, family, and connection—left 238,000 miles from Earth.

While the astronauts returned home, the photo remains there to this day... a timeless keepsake in a place where time barely moves. A portrait of humanity, resting on the Moon.

Back on Earth, Charlie gives his honey Dot a kiss at his reunion with his Apollo 16 Command Module in Huntsville.

[krakenmare]

Apollo 16: Earthrise (April 19, 1972)