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Apollo 1 6 Reporting: Mattingly Lieutenant Commander Mattingly is one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 8 and 9 missions. Astronaut Mattingly was then designated command module pilot for Apollo 13 but was removed from flight status 72 hours prior to the scheduled launch due to the German measles: He was replaced on the flight of Apollo 13 by backup command module pilot John L. Swigert, Jr. . Mattingly was born in Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 1936. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Auburn University in 1958. Prior to reporting for duty at the Manned Spacecraft Center, he was a student at the Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School. Lieutenant Commander Mattingly began his Naval career as an Ensign in 1958 and received his wings in 1960. His last squadron duty was with VAH-11, deployed aboard the USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT where he flew the A3B aircraft for two years. He has logged 4,200 hours of flight time of which 2,300 hours are in jet aircraft. Lieutenant Commander Mattingly was designated to serve as command module pilot for the Apollo 16 flight March 3, 1971. Young Navy Captain John W. Young was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962. Prior to the Apollo 16 mission, he had completed three space flights totaling 267 hours and 42 minutes. ln March 1965, Young served as pilot with command pilot Gus Grissom on the first Gemini flight-a 3 orbit mission, during which the crew accomplished the first manned spacecraft orbital trajectory modifications and lifting re-entry, and flight tested all systems in Gemini 3. On july 18, 1966, Captain Young occupied the command pilot seat for the Gemini 10 mission, and with Michael Collins as pilot, effected a successful rendezvous and docking with the Agena target vehicle. He served as command module pilot for Apollo 10, which was the comprehensive lunar-orbital qualification test of the Apollo lunar module. Together he, Thomas P. Stafford, and' Eugene A. Cernan confirmed the operational performance, stability, and reliability of the command-service moduleflunar module configuration. Prior to his assignment to NASA, Captain Young was maintenance officer of Fighter Squadron 143 at the Naval Air Station, Miramar, California. Before that, he completed test pilot training in 1959 and was then assigned as a test pilot at the Naval Air Test Center until 1962. MM Young has logged more than 5,900 hours flying time, including more than 4,900 hours in jet aircraft. Captain Young was born in San Francisco, California, on September 24, 1930. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1952, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Western State University College of Law in 1969, and an Honorary Doctorate of Applied Science from Florida Technological University in 1970. Captain Young was assigned as spacecraft commander for the Apollo 16 flight March 3, 1971. Duke Charles M. Duke was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1966 while he was an instructor at the Air Force Aero- space Research Pilot School teaching control systems and flying in the T-33, F-101, and F-104 aircraft. He is an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and was commissioned in 1957 upon graduation from the Naval Academy. He became a distinguished graduate for both his basic and advanced flight training. Upon completion of his flight training, Duke was assigned to the 526th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Lieutenant Colonel Duke has served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 10 flight and as backup lunar pilot for the Apollo 13 flight. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 3, 1935. He attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, South Carolina, and was graduated valedictorian from the Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Floridag received a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Sciences from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957 and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. Astronaut Duke has logged 3,000 hours flying time, which includes 2,750 hours in jet aircraft. He was designated to serve as lunar module pilot for the Apollo 16 mission March 3, 1971.

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The LRV was used to transport the two astronauts on their three exploration traverses of the Moon's Descartes region. It carried tools, scientific and communications equipment, and the lunar samples which were collected along the way. This four-wheel, lightweight vehicle greatly extends the lunar area that can be explored by man. It is the first manned surface transportation system designed to operate on the Moon, and it represents a solution to challenging new problems without precedent in Earth-bound vehicle design and operation. lt must operate in an almost total vacuum under extremes of surface temperatures, low gravity, and on unfamiliar terrain. The LRV is 10.2 feet long, has a six-foot tread width, is 44.8 inches high, and has a 7.5 foot wheel base. lt weights 457 pounds and cost the American taxpayer over 8 million dollars. Each wheel is powered by a small electric motor f4-wheel drivej. The maximum speed attained on the Moon was about 8 miles-per-hour. It is powered by two 36-volt batteries, and either battery can run all systems that are electrical. The front and rear wheels have separate steering systems, if one fails, it can be disconnected and the LRV will operate with the other system. The Moon Buggy can carry about 1,080 pounds, more than twice its own weight. It is designed to operate for a minimum of 78 hours during the lunar day and can travel up to about 57 miles total distance on its two batteries. The maximum range, for safety's sake, that the astronauts were permitted to travel from the lunar module was approximately six miles-a long distance over unfamiliar, unexplored terrain. This distance is based on the walk-back distance verses the time limitation of oxygen and coolant available in the astronaut's portable life support systems. This six mile radius area contains about 113 square miles available for investigation, 10 times the area that can be explored on foot. The vehicle can negotiate obstacles one foot high, and cross crevasses 28 inches wide. The fully loaded LRV can climb and descend slopes as steep as 25 degrees, and park on slopes up to 35 degrees. Both crewmen sit so the front wheels are visible during normal driving. The driver uses an onboard dead reckoning navigation system to determine direction and distance traveled at any point during a traverse. Rover has five major systems: Mobility, crew station, navigation, power, and heat control. The navigation system also has a homing-in device allowing for driving out of sight of Qrion without fear of becoming lost in unfamiliar surroundings. Rover, the Moon Dune Buggy