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Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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A close-up view of the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. View of Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV Traverse Station 13 to Station 10 taken during the third Extravehicular Activity EVA 3 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled F, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 47 degrees.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Dec 8, 2009
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The Lunar Roving Vehicle appears to be parked in a deep lunar depression on the slope of Stone Mountain in this photograph of the lunar scene at Station no. 4, taken during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Descartes landing site. A sample collection bag is in the right foreground. Note field of small boulders at upper right.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=AS16-107-17473&orgid=8
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Two (2) views of one Apollo Lunar Rock. NEG# SAMPLE# DAUGHTER# 32651 60009,3049 33040/41 62255,0 33051/52 62255,0 33056 62255,0 33043 62255,81 10/01 - 11/01/2005
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Jul 14, 2010
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View of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60009.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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View of one Apollo Lunar Rock from Apollo 16 - sample number 62255.0. 10/01 - 11/01/2005
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Two (2) views of two (2) Apollo 16 Lunar Sample fragments. S75-33755: 67915,2 S75-33756: 60017,18
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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A series 16 views of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 68815, including fragments and daughters of 68815.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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AS16-122-19533 (23 April 1972) --- The ascent stage of the Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) approaches the Command and Service Modules (CSM) during rendezvous, with a contrasting background of darkness and the Moon?s Sea of Fertility (Mare Fecundatatis). Taken from the CSM, the photo shows the aft side of the LM during a yaw maneuver. Note the buckled thermal panels. Messier and Messier A (right center) are among the most readily identifiable features on the surface below.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-122-19533.html
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AS16-115-18559 (23 April 1972) --- 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. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, took this photograph looking southward. The flank of Stone Mountain can be seen on the horizon at left. The shadow of the Lunar Module (LM) occupies much of the picture.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-115-18559.html
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Sep 22, 2009
09/09
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NASA/Langley Research Center (NASA-LaRC)
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APOLLO 16 : Lift-off should be stress-free event. From the film documentary 'APOLLO 16: 'Nothing So Hidden'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLO16: Fifth manned lunar landing mission withJohn W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke. Landed at Descartes on April 20 1972. Deployed camera and experiments; performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Deployed P&F Subsattelite in lunar orbit. Mission Duration...
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=LV-1998-00051&orgid=1
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A series of four (4) closeup views of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67015, including fragments and daughters of 67015.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Aug 4, 2010
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Panoramic view of Station 1 taken during the first Extravehicular Activity EVA 1 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled B, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 25 degrees.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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View of Station 11 Panoramic North Ray taken during the third Extravehicular Activity EVA 3 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled E, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 46 degrees.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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A close-up view of the RCA color television camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. View of Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV Traverse Station 13 to Station 10 taken during the third Extravehicular Activity EVA 3 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled F, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 47 degrees.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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A series 16 views of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 68815, including fragments and daughters of 68815.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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A series of 17 views of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 61016, including fragments and daughters of 61016.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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View of the Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV traverse from Station 9 to Station 10 taken during the second Extravehicular Activity EVA 2 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled D, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 37 degrees.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Film taken includes views of Thomas Mattingly and John Young during the trans-Earth Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and various views from the camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Jul 14, 2010
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Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Aug 4, 2010
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View of the Van Gent and Nagaoka Craters. Image was taken during Revolution 18 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled NN, filmtype was SO-368 Color Exterior, 250mm lens with a sun elevation of 20 degrees. Approximate Altitude was 118 km. Principal Point Latitude was 17.1N by Longitude 158.5E, with a camera tilt of 70 degrees and an azimuth of 315 degrees.
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Sep 22, 2009
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APOLLO 16 :Charles M. Duke photographs Cmdr. John W. Young in front of the Lunar Module. From the film documentary 'APOLLO 16: "Nothing So Hidden"', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLO16: Fifth manned lunar landing mission withJohn W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke. Landed at Descartes on April 20 1972. Deployed camera and experiments; performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Deployed P&F...
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=LV-1998-00048&orgid=1
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Sep 22, 2009
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APOLLO 16 : Cmdr Young puts the 'rover' thru a full field test... From the film documentary 'APOLLO 16: 'Nothing So Hidden'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLLO 16: Fifth manned lunar landing mission with John W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke. Landed at Descartes on April 20 1972. Deployed camera and experiments; performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Deployed P&F subsattelite in lunar orbit....
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=LV-1998-00049&orgid=1
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Two (2) views of two (2) Apollo 16 Lunar Sample fragments. S75-33755: 67915,2 S75-33756: 60017,18
Topic: What -- Apollo 16
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Aug 4, 2010
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View of the Leonov Crater. Image was taken during Revolution 18 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled NN, filmtype was SO-368 Color Exterior, 250mm lens with a sun elevation of 28 degrees. Approximate Altitude was 119 km. Principal Point Latitude was 18.8N by Longitude 149.5E, with a camera tilt of 70 degrees and an azimuth of 320 degrees.
Topics: What -- Crater, What -- Apollo 16
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AS16-114-18388 (21 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands at the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployment site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Descartes landing site. The components of the ALSEP are in the background. The lunar surface drill is just behind and to the right of astronaut Young. The drill's rack and bore stems are to the left. The three-sensor Lunar Surface Magnetometer...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Magnetometer
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-114-18388.html
Flight Day 6 was kick-started for the STS-135 astronauts with a special wake-up message from Elton John and one of the legendary performer's greatest hits. "Rocket Man" debuted around the time of the Apollo 16 mission, which sent men to the moon for the fifth time. The 4-½ minute song, which describes a long-term space bound astronaut's mixed feelings at leaving his family to do his job, has been played to awaken four shuttle crews aboard Discovery and Atlantis. "Rocket...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Moon
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AS16-117-18825 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 commander, with a sample bag in his left hand, moves toward the bottom part of the gnomon (center) while collecting samples at the North Ray Crater geological site. Note how soiled Young's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is during this the third and final Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3). The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is parked at upper left.
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Crater
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-117-18825.html
Flight Day 6 was kick-started for the STS-135 astronauts with a special wake-up message from Elton John and one of the legendary performer's greatest hits. "Rocket Man" debuted around the time of the Apollo 16 mission, which sent men to the moon for the fifth time. The 4-½ minute song, which describes a long-term space bound astronaut's mixed feelings at leaving his family to do his job, has been played to awaken four shuttle crews aboard Discovery and Atlantis. "Rocket...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Moon
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AS16-117-18826 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young collects samples at the North Ray Crater geological site during the mission?s third and final Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3). He has a rake in his hand, and the gnomon is near his foot. Note how soiled Young's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is.
Topics: What -- Crater, What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-117-18826.html
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Sep 22, 2009
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APOLLO 16 : Young and Duke head for North Ray Crater From the film documentary 'APOLLO 16: 'Nothing So Hidden'', part of a documentary series on the APOLLO missions made in the early '70's and narrated by Burgess Meredith. APOLO16: Fifth manned lunar landing mission withJohn W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke. Landed at Descartes on April 20 1972. Deployed camera and experiments; performed EVA with lunar roving vehicle. Deployed P&F Subsattelite in lunar orbit. Mission Duration...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Crater
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=LV-1998-00050&orgid=1
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AS16-110-17961 (22 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young replaces tools in the Apollo Lunar Hand Tool (ALHT) carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) on the high side of Stone Mountain at the Descartes landing site. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. took this photograph near the conclusion of Station 4 activities. Smoky Mountain, with the large Ravine Crater on its flank, is in the left background. This view is looking...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Crater
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-110-17961.html
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AS16-116-18653 (23 April 1972) --- 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). Note shadow at extreme right center where the two Moon-exploring crew members of the mission sampled what they referred to as the "east-by-west split of House Rock" or the open space between this rock and "House Rock". At their post-mission press conference, the crew men...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Moon
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-116-18653.html
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Aug 4, 2010
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This 70mm handheld camera's view of the moon, photographed during the Apollo 16 mission's lunar orbit, features crater Bullialdus, located at approximately 20 degrees south latitude and 20.8 west longitude. Image was taken during Revolution 50 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled V, filmtype was SO-368 Color Exterior, 250mm lens with a sun elevation of 12 degrees. Approximate Altitude was 120 km. Principal Point Latitude was 20.0S by Longitude 20.8W, with a camera tilt...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Apollo 16
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A view of the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), as photographed by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Descates landing site. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, can be seen directly behind the LRV. The lunar surface feature in the left background is Stone Mountain.
Topics: What -- Orion, What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=AS16-107-17436&orgid=8
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View of the Lunar Portable Magnetometer mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV which was parked at Station 2 on the Descartes lunar landing site. It was photographed by the Apollo 16 crew during their second extravehicular activity EVA 2, also during EVA 1. Note the shadow of the astronaut taking the photograph in the left foreground. Original film magazine was labeled B, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior, 60mm lens with a sun elevation of 25 degrees.
Topics: What -- Magnetometer, What -- Apollo 16
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Aug 4, 2010
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View of the Kohlschutter Crater. Image was taken during Revolution 18 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine was labeled NN, filmtype was SO-368 Color Exterior, 250mm lens with a sun elevation of 28 degrees. Approximate Altitude was 118 km. Principal Point Latitude was 19.2N by Longitude 149.8E, with a camera tilt of 70 degrees and an azimuth of 305 degrees.
Topics: What -- Crater, What -- Apollo 16
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Partly filled crater north of King. The smooth flat filling resembles mare material except that it is lighter in color. Note the numerous small 'ponds' with similar filling materials that are perched at various levels above the floor in rim deposits of the crater. Similar ponds have been described near Tyeho and Copernicus Craters. The north rim of King Crater extends into the left side of this oblique view westward. Image was taken during Revolution 63 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film...
Topics: What -- Crater, What -- Apollo 16
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A vertical view of the Apollo 16 landing site located in the Descartes area lunar nearside. The overlay indicates the location of the proposed touchdown point for the Apollo 16 Lunar Module. Descartes is located west of the Sea of Nectar and southwest of the Sea of Tranquility. This photograph was taken with a 500mm lens camera from lunar orbit by the Apollo 14 crew.
Topics: What -- Apollo 14, What -- Apollo 16
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The Apollo 16 prime crew mission portrait. The astronauts are, from left to right, Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, John W. Young, commander, and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot.
Topics: Astronauts, Apollo 16, What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2006-000023.html
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Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV just prior to deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package ALSEP during the first extravehicular activity EVA-1 on April 21, 1972. Note the Ultraviolet UV Camera/Spectrometer to the right of the Lunar Module LM ladder. Also, note the pile of protective/thermal foil under the U.S. flag on the LM which the astronauts pulled away to get to the Modular Equipment Storage...
Topics: Who -- John Young, What -- Apollo 16
Film taken includes a wide shot of the Mass Spectrometer experiment on boom, unidentified dark views, and Thomas Mattingly and John Young donning Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs). Also includes the Lunar Module (LM) undocking from the Command and Service Module (CSM) in lunar orbit, view out LM window during lunar landing, and view during Extravehicular Activity. From Apollo 17, film taken includes views of Ron Evans during trans-Earth Extravehicular Activity (EVA).
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Apollo 8
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Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 prime crew commander (right), takes a drive in the One-G Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer in the Lunar Topgraphic Simulation area at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). He is accompanied by John Omstead, with General Electric, MSC.
Topics: Who -- John Young, What -- Apollo 16
This section of a panoramic photograph consisting of 27 separate frames taken by Charles Duke shows the Apollo 16 landing site in the lunar highlands, April 23, 1972. Image Credit: NASA
Topics: Who -- Charles Duke, What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/images/apollo_image_4.html
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The prime of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. From left to right: Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module pilot; John W. Young, Commander; and Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot.
Topics: Astronauts, Apollo 16, What -- Apollo 16
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001134.html
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Aug 4, 2010
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This 70mm handheld camera's view of the moon, photographed during the Apollo 16 mission's trans-Earth coast, features Mare Fecunditatis Sea of Fertility in the foreground with the twin craters Messier at the lower right. Nearer the horizon is Mare Nectaris Sea of Nectar with craters Goclenius and Gutenberg in between. Goclenius is located at approximately 10 degrees south latitude and 45 degrees east longitude. Image was taken from the transearth coast TEC on the Apollo 16 mission. Original...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Apollo 16, What -- Earth
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S72-36970 (23 April 1972) --- The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a speed workout by astronaut John W. Young in the "Grand Prix" run during the third Apollo 16 Extravehicular Activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera held by astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. While astronaut's Young, commander, and Duke, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" to explore the Descartes...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Orion, What -- Moon
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/s72-36970.html
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AS16-109-17804 (21 April 1972) --- 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. This scene, looking eastward, was photographed by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. The small boulder in the center foreground was chip sampled by the crew. Plum Crater is 40 meters in diameter and 10...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Crater, What -- Sun
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-109-17804.html
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descended in the Apollo 16 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.
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Orion, What -- Moon
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-116-18578.html
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AS16-120-19187 (19 April 1972) --- Apollo 16 astronauts captured this Earth rise scene with a handheld Hasselblad camera during the second revolution of the moon. Identifiable craters seen on the moon include Saha, Wyld, and Saenger. Much of the terrain seen here is never visible from the Earth, as the Command Module (CM) was just passing onto what is known as the dark side or far side of the moon. Crew members aboard the CM at the time the photo was made were astronauts John W. Young, Thomas...
Topics: What -- Apollo 16, What -- Earth, What -- Moon
Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo16/html/as16-120-19187.html
