NASA Photo ID: S72-30694           File Name: 10075805.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 01/28/72
Title: Astronauts Young and Duke begin simulated lunar surface traverse at KSC
Description:
Astronauts John W. Young, right, Apollo 16 commander, and Charles M. Duke 
Jr., lunar module pilot, prepare to begin a simulated traverse in a
training  area at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Among the experiments to
fly on  Apollo 16 is the soil mechanics (S-200) experiment, or
self-recording  penetrometer, a model of which is held here by Duke. A
training model of the  Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is parked between the two
crewmen (30694); Young  and Duke maneuver a training version of the LRV
about a field at KSC  simulated to represent the lunar surface (30695).               

Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
ASTRONAUTS                              
LUNAR ROVING VEHICLES                   
LUNAR SURFACE                           
SIMULATION                              
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  

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