NASA Photo ID: S72-30166           File Name: 10075806.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 02/05/72
Title: Apollo 16 prime crew aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever during training
Description:
The Apollo 16 prime crew relax aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever
during  water egress training activity in the Gulf of Mexico. They are,
left to  right, Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot;
John W.  Young, commander; and Charles M. Duke J.r, lunar module pilot. The
Command  Module trainer was used in the training exercise.                 

Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
ASTRONAUTS                              
COMMAND MODULES                         
EGRESS                                  
GULF OF MEXICO                          
SIMULATION                              
TRAINING DEVICES                        
WATER LANDING                           

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