NASA Photo ID: S71-59357           File Name: 10075799.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 11/17/71
Title: Astronauts Young and Duke collect rock samples along simulated lunar traverse
Description:
Astronauts John W. Young, left, prime crew commander for Apollo 16,  and 
Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, collect rock samples along a 
simulated lunar traverse route in the Coso Hills, near Ridgecrest, 
California. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, right background, prime crew 
commander for Apollo 17, looks on. The astronauts trained at the U.S. Naval 
Ordnance Test Station.                
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
ASTRONAUTS                              
CALIFORNIA                              
GEOLOGY                                 
LUNAR SURFACE                           
SIMULATION                              

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