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The successful Apollo 16 manned lunar-landing mission was the second in a series of three J-type missions planned for the Apollo program. These missions were characterized by a larger scientific payload, increased hardware capabiblity, and the battery-powered lunar roving vehicle. These additions resulted in benefits to the Apollo 16 mission, such as a mission of 11.1 days, a stay on the lunar surface of 71 hours, a lunar surface traverse distance of approximately 27 kilometers, and a scientific instrument module containing equipment for orbital experiments and photographic tasks. The crew were on the lunar surface for 20.2 hours and collected approximately 96 kilograms of samples. During their 71 hours on the Moon, the Apollo 16 crew conducted three extravehicular activities totaling about 20.3 hours on the lunar surface. These EVAs included performing lunar rover traverses totaling 26.7 kilometers, collecting lunar samples at 11 sites, deploying or performing nine experiments, and examining and photographing the lunar surface.