Apollo 16 Mission image - 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 activ
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 Assembly MESA bay. While astronauts Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot; 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 1 in lunar orbit. Original film magazine was labeled E, filmtype was SO-168 High Speed Color Exterior,60mm lens with a sun elevation of 45 degrees.
Apollo 16 Mission image - 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 activ
