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John Young piloted Apollo 16 Lunar Module named "Orion" to the lunar surface on the moon on April 21, 1972. Young's Lunar Module Pilot for the mission was Charlie Duke who was the Capsule Communicator at Johnson Space Center the day Apollo 11 became the first astronauts to land on the moon. John Young was the Command Module pilot on the Apollo 10 mission which cleared the way for the Apollo 11 landing 2 months later.

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