Title

Leaping Lunar Flag Salute

Caption

Moon: April 21, 1972
Astronaut John Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he 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_318

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,6Mb (1,4Mb) / 17,0in x 14,1in / 5100 x 4224 (300dpi)

Keywords

vintage 1 person 1970s 1972 Apollo 16 Astronaut John Young Lunar Lunar Module Lunar Roving Vehicle Moon Buggy Moon Surface NASA National Flag Space Exploration Space Mission Stars And Stripes daytime historical horizontal male man moon one person one person only outdoors saluting science and technology single person space space suit standing vintage