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Lunar Orbit Chart Strips

Mission: Apollo 16
CM: Casper
LM: Orion
  Crew: John W. Young
Charles M. Duke, Jr.
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Launch: April 16, 1972  
Landing: April 27, 1972  
Duration: 11 Days, 1 hour
71 hrs on the Moon
 
Comment: First exploration of the lunar highlands

These strips were cut from the lunar orbit monitor charts used by Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke during Orion's descent to the surface of the Moon. Their creation was a by-product of the archival encapsulation of the charts 28 years after their return to Earth.

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