Ground site
Apollo 16 landing site
Descartes, April 1972. Charlie Duke left a photograph of his family face-up in the dust beside the lander.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- On
- The Moon
- Where
- 8.97° S, 15.50° E
See it from here
This one is standing on the Moon. You will not pick it out by eye from here, however clear the night.
How the map draws it
Drawn from a published model of Apollo 16 lunar module Orion.