1978: NOAA announces gender-neutral hurricane naming system
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On this day in 1972, Apollo 16 Mission Commander John Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, began a three-day stay on the moon. The mission’s primary objectives were to “inspect, survey and sample materials and surface features at a selected landing site in the Descartes region; to emplace and activate surface experiments; and conduct in-flight experiments and photographic tasks from lunar orbit.” The astronauts also performed experiments requiring zero gravity and evaluated of spacecraft and equipment.
(NASA)
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