AS16-113-18282 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Command Service Module (CSM) viewed from Lunar Module (LM) North of Buisson
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Description: The Apollo Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Casper” approaches the Lunar Module (LM) “Orion”, from which this photograph was made. The two spacecraft are about to make their final rendezvous of the mission, on April 23, 1972. Astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. aboard the LM, were returning to the CSM, in lunar orbit, after three successful days on the lunar surface. Astronaut Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the CSM in lunar orbit, while Young and Duke descended in the LM to explore the Descartes region of the Moon. Original film magazine was labeled A,filmtype was SO-168 (High Speed Color Exterior),60mm lens with a sun elevation of 71 degees. Approximate altitude was 57 km,principal point latitude was 1.1N by 113.7E and the camera tilt was Vertical.
Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)
Categories: Lunar Observations
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023
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