AS16-113-18339 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - 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).
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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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