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Apollo 16: John Young driving the LRV

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo16-30017

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 17 cm

(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 highlands region of the Moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Casper" in lunar orbit.

Keywords for this photo:

1972 - APOLLO - APOLLO 16 - ASTRONAUT - DUST - HORIZON - HUMAN - LRV - LUNAR SURFACE - LUNAR VEHICLE - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MOON - MOON DUST - SOIL - SPACE - YOUNG JOHN -