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Frame size 43.5 x 47.5 cm
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John Young, astronaut and Navy veteran, salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1). Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, jumps up from the lunar surface as astronaut and Air Force veteran, Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, took this picture.
The Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" is on the left. The Lunar Roving Vehicle is parked beside the LM. The object behind Young in the shade of the LM is the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph. Stone Mountain dominates the background in this lunar scene.
AS- 16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-113-18339
Description: (21 April 1972) --- 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. Stone Mountain dominates the
background in this lunar scene.
Photo: 8X10 in excellent condition. "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on verso
Provenance
Credit: Charles Duke
Vintage chromogenic print on a fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.2 x 25.4 cm
‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks on verso, numbered NASA AS16-113-18339 in red in top margin
[NASA 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). 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 the LM 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.