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Apollo 16 astronauts take lunar soil sample from Station no.9 during EVA
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Apollo 16 astronauts take lunar soil sample from Station no.9 during EVA

AS16-107-17561 (16-27 April 1972) --- One of the Apollo 16 astronauts scoops up lunar soil at the base of a small boulder at Station No. 9 during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Descartes landing site. Depressions to the right of the scoop were made when a surface sample was taken. This photograph was taken just before the boulder was rolled over. While astronauts John W. Young, commander; and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot; descended in the Apollo 16 Lunar Module (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.

Date
1971-04-22
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Apollo 16 astronauts take lunar soil sample from Station no.9 during EVA" (1971-04-22). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as16-107-17561

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