NASA Photo ID: AS16-106-17413      File Name: 10075853.jpg
Film Type: 70mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/23/72
Title: Astronaut John Young looks over a boulder at Station no. 13 during EVA
Description:
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, 
looks over a large boulder at Station No. 13 during the third Apollo 16 
extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site. This was the 
site of the permanently shadowed soil sample which was taken from a hole 
extending under overhanging rock. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar
module  pilot, took this photograph. Concerning Young's reaching under the
big rock,  Duke remarked: "You do that in west Texas and you get a
rattlesnake!"               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
COLLECTION                              
CRATERS                                 
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
LUNAR ROCKS                             
LUNAR SURFACE                           
SAMPLES                                 

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