NASA Photo ID: AS16-115-18549      File Name: 10075851.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 04/22/72
Title: Apollo 16 lunar module "Orion" photographed from distance during EVA
Description:
The Apollo 16 Lunar Module "Orion" is photographed from a distance by 
Astronaut Chares M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, aboard the moving Lunar 
Roving Vehicle. Astronauts Duke and John W. Young, commander, were
returning  from the excursion to Stone Mountain during the second Apollo 16 
extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The RCA color television camera mounted on 
the LRV is in the foreground. A portion of the LRV's high-gain antenna is
at  top left. Smoky Mountain rises behind the LM in this north-looking view
at  the Descartes landing site.              

Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CAMERAS                                 
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LUNAR MODULE                            
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY                       
LUNAR ROVING VEHICLES                   
LUNAR SURFACE                           
TELEVISION SYSTEMS                      

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