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Description: Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1). Astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot, took this picture. The Lunar Module (LM) ``Orion`` is on the left. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is parked beside the LM. The object behind Young (in the shade of the LM) is the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph (FUC/S). Stone Mountain dominates the background in this lunar scene. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in “Orion” to explore the Descartes highlands landing site on the Moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Casper” in lunar-orbit. Original film magazine was labeled A,filmtype was SO-168 (High Speed Color Exterior),60mm lens with a sun elevation of 23 degrees.

Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)

Categories: EVA

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: Ground

Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023

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apollo astronaut astronaut john w young commander leaps surface salutes flag descartes site first apollo extravehicular activity extravehicular activity eva nasa astronauts moon surface moon landing lunar module lunar rover lunar roving vehicle command module moon mission apollo 16 grumman aerospace corporation apollo lunar module united states flag old glory star spangled banner american flag stars and stripes images of american flag high resolution ultra high resolution astronaut john states flag command module pilot ground apollo mission astronauts young astronaut charles astronaut thomas module pilot eva 1 duke service modules orion moon original film magazine united states apollo program space program us national archives old magazines archive
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1970 - 1975
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apollo astronaut astronaut john w young commander leaps surface salutes flag descartes site first apollo extravehicular activity extravehicular activity eva nasa astronauts moon surface moon landing lunar module lunar rover lunar roving vehicle command module moon mission apollo 16 grumman aerospace corporation apollo lunar module united states flag old glory star spangled banner american flag stars and stripes images of american flag high resolution ultra high resolution astronaut john states flag command module pilot ground apollo mission astronauts young astronaut charles astronaut thomas module pilot eva 1 duke service modules orion moon original film magazine united states apollo program space program us national archives old magazines archive