NASA Photo ID: S72-35345 File Name: 10075815.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 04/16/72
Title: Apollo 16 liftoff
Description:
The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 16 (Spacecraft 113/Lunar Module 11/Saturn
511) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy
Space Center (KSC), Florida, at 12:54:00.569 p.m., April 16, 1972. Some
palm trees can be seen to the left of the launch view. A cloud of smoke
can be seen to the right of the view.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
APOLLO SPACECRAFT
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CRAFT
LAUNCHING PADS
LAUNCHING SITES
LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)
SATURN LAUNCH VEHICLES
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