Apollo 16 [ http://www.nasm.edu…] spent three days on Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in April 1972. The fifth lunar landing mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] out of six, Apollo 16 was famous for deploying and using an ultraviolet telescope as the first lunar observatory [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and for collecting rocks and data on the mysterious lunar highlands [ http://www.nasm.edu…]. In the above picture, astronaut John W. Young [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] photographs Charles M. Duke, Jr. [ http://nauts.com/as…] collecting rock samples [ http://www.nasm.edu…] at the Descartes landing site [ http://www.nasm.edu…]. Duke stands by Plum Crater while the Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu…] waits parked in the background. The Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts to travel great distances to investigate surface features and collect rocks. High above, Thomas K. Mattingly orbits in the Command Module.
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Apollo 16 [ http://www.nasm.edu…] spent three days on Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in April 1972. The fifth lunar landing mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] out of six, Apollo 16 was famous for deploying and using an ultraviolet telescope as the first lunar observatory [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and for collecting rocks and data on the mysterious lunar highlands [ http://www.nasm.edu…]. In the above picture, astronaut John W. Young [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] photographs Charles M. Duke, Jr. [ http://nauts.com/as…] collecting rock samples [ http://www.nasm.edu…] at the Descartes landing site [ http://www.nasm.edu…]. Duke stands by Plum Crater while the Lunar Roving Vehicle [ http://www.nasm.edu…] waits parked in the background. The Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts to travel great distances to investigate surface features and collect rocks. High above, Thomas K. Mattingly orbits in the Command Module.
