NASA Photo ID: S72-35971           File Name: 10075867.jpg
Film Type: 8x10                    Date Taken: 04/21/72
Title: Mosaic of Apollo 16 Descartes landing site taken from TV transmission
Description:
A 360 degree field of view of the Apollo 16 Descartes landing site area 
composed of individual scenes taken from a color transmission made by the 
color RCA TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. This panorama was 
made while the LRV was parked at the rim of North Ray crater (Stations 11 & 
12) during the third Apollo 16 lunar surface extravehicular activity
(EVA-3)  by Astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. The overlay
identifies  the directions and the key lunar terrain features. The camera
panned across  the rear portion of the LRV in its 360 degree sweep. Note
Young and Duke  walking along the edge of the crater in one of the scenes.
The TV camera was  remotely controlled from a console in the Mission
Control Center.            
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
MOSAICS                                 
TELEVISION TRANSMISSION                 

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