NASA Photo ID: AS16-106-17340
Date Taken: 04/23/72
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission,
is photographed collecting lunar samples near North Ray crater during the
third
Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing
site. This picture was taken by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module
pilot. Young is using
the lunar surface rake and a set of tongs. The Lunar Roving Vehicle
is parked in the field of large boulders in the background.