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Astronaut John Young drives Lunar Roving Vehicle to final parking place
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Astronaut John Young drives Lunar Roving Vehicle to final parking place

NASA / JSC · 1972-04-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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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) 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.

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APOLLO 16 FLIGHTAPOLLO PROJECTASTRONAUTSEXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITYLUNAR ROVING VEHICLESLUNAR SURFACELUNAR SURFACE VEHICLES
Credit lineAstronaut John Young drives Lunar Roving Vehicle to final parking place. NASA/JSC, 1972-04-23. Public domain. ID: as16-115-18559.
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