NASA Photo ID: S72-35611           File Name: 10075868.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/21/72
Title: Astronaut John Young leaps from lunar surface as he salutes U.S. flag
Description:
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, 
leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the U.S. flag during the first 
Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) on the Moon, as seen in this 
reproduction taken from a color transmission made by the color TV camera 
mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar 
module pilot, is standing in the background.                 

Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
CEREMONIES                              
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LUNAR SURFACE                           
TELEVISION TRANSMISSION                 

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