NASA Photo ID: S71-57999           File Name: 10075801.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 11/29/71
Title: Prime and backup Apollo 16 crew during preflight briefing
Description:
In preparation for their upcoming flight, the prime and backup crewmen of
the  Apollo 16 lunar landing mission meet with scientists at the Manned
Spacecraft  Center (MSC). Here, the group is studying a series of lunar
maps, satellite  and telescopic photographs of the moon. Pictured
counter-clockwise around the  table from far left are Dr. Friedrich Horz,
Geology Branch, Planetary and  Earth Sciences Division; Dr. Stanley Zisk,
Massachusetts Institute of  Technology (MIT) Haystack Observatory;
Astronauts Edgar D. Mitchell (seated,  partially obscured); Thomas K.
Mattingly II; Stuart A. Roosa; John W. Young,  and Charles M. Duke Jr.
Young, Mattingly, and Duke are prime crew; Astronauts  Fred W. Haise Jr.,
Roosa and Mitchell are backup crew.            
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
CONFERENCES                             
CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT)             
INSPECTION                              
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER                    
LUNAR MAPS                              
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS                       
PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
TEXAS                                   

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