astronauts John Young, Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly landed on the moon 50 years ago today, and to mark the anniversary, iconic images from the penultimate lunar landing have been remastered.Apollo 16 was the second of NASA's three 'J-missions', designed to have a primarily science focus, rather than exploration or publicity as with earlier missions, launching on April 16, 1972 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in . To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16, Andy Saunders, an imaging specialist and author of the upcoming book Apollo Remastered, carefully restored and improved images taken by the crew during their 11 day mission.
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