Sujet

Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon, 1972. Creator: Thomas Mattingly.

Légende

Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon, 1972. In this photo, the Apollo 16 Command and Service Module (CSM) "Casper" approaches the Lunar Module (LM). The two spacecraft were about to make their final rendezvous of the mission, on April 23, 1972. Astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., aboard the LM, were returning to the CSM in lunar orbit after three successful days on the lunar surface. Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II was in the CSM.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Notre référence

HRM21B20_419

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Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

23,4Mo (817,9Ko) / 23,1cm x 25,4cm / 2730 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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