Title

Lunar Flag Salute

Caption

Moon: April 21, 1972
Astronaut Charles Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site during the mission's first extravehicular activity. The Lunar Module and the Lunar Roving Vehicle are at the left.

Date

Apr 21, 1972

Credit line

Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG

Reference

UMG20A15_317

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,2Mb (1,4Mb) / 17,0in x 14,0in / 5100 x 4196 (300dpi)

Keywords

vintage 1 person 1920s Twenties 1927 American flag Apollo 16 Apollo Program Astronaut Charles Duke Jr. Crater Descartes Extravehicular Activity Footprints G-Suit Landing Site Lunar Module Lunar Module Pilot Lunar Rover Lunar Roving Vehicle Mission Moon Buggy Moon Surface National Flag Rover Spacewalk U.S. flag Volcano astronomy flag historical horizontal male man moon one person one person only pilot saluting science single person space standing vintage