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AS16-109-17804 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands on the rim of Plum Crater while collecting lunar samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Descartes landing site

AS16-116-18606 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. works at the front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) parked in this rock field at a North Ray Crater geological site during the mission’s third extravehicular activity (EVA-3) on April 23, 1972.

AS16-114-18423 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station No. 1, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1), at the Descartes landing site.

AS16-121-19357 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of the lunar surface north of the Descartes Crater.

AS16-115-18559 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, drives the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) to its final parking place near the end of the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site.

AS16-117-18728 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, exposed this view of ``Shadow Rock`` with his 70mm Hasselblad camera during the mission's third and final extravehicular activity (EVA-3), on April 23, 1972.

AS16-116-18653 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, stands at a big rock adjacent (south) to the huge ``House Rock`` (barely out of view at right edge).

AS16-121-19360 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of the lunar surface north of the Descartes Crater.

AS16-121-19359 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of the lunar surface north of the Descartes Crater.

AS16-116-18647 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, examines closely the surface of a large boulder at North Ray crater during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site.

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Description: Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, examines closely the surface of a large boulder at North Ray crater during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site. This picture was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Note the chest-mounted 70mm Hasselblad camera. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in the Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) “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 E,filmtype was SO-168 (High Speed Color Exterior),60mm lens with a sun elevation of 46 degrees.

Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)

Categories: EVA

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

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

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1970 - 1975
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