AS16-113-18289 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Earth rises over the lunar horizon, with the Apollo 16 Command and Services Modules (CSM) to the left of the Earth.

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Description: Earth rises over the lunar horizon, with the Apollo 16 Command and Services Modules (CSM) to the left of the Earth. This photograph was taken from the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" before the two Apollo 16 spacecraft re-joined following the CSM's failure to make the circularization burn on April 20, 1972. Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, was inside the CSM "Casper", while astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, were manning the LM. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in the LM to explore the Descartes region of the Moon, astronaut Mattingly remained with the CSM in lunar orbit. Original film magazine was labeled A,filmtype was SO-168 (High Speed Color Exterior),60mm lens with a sun elevation of 76 degees. Approximate altitude was 57 km,principal point latitude was 108.0E and the camera tilt was 80 degrees with an azimuth of 270 degrees.

Subject Terms: Apollo 16 Flight, Moon (Planet)

Categories: Lunar Observations

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Apollo 16 - AS16-104-17001 through AS16-M-3023