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Astronaut Charles Duke with Lunar Rover on Moon

Astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot during the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle in center background. The lunar surface around Duke was scattered with small rocks and boulders. Other Apollo 16 astronauts were John W. Young, commander (who took this picture), and Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, who remained with the Command and Service Module in lunar orbit while Young and Duke were on the Moon.

 

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Image Number: 72-HC-420

Date: April 22, 1972

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