INFLIGHT - APOLLO XVI (CREW), NASA Apollo program
S72-35971 (21 April 1972) --- A 360-degree field of view of the Apollo 16 Descartes landing site area composed of individual scenes taken from color transmission made by the color RCA TV camera mounted on the L... More
Astronaut Charles Duke works at front of Lunar Roving Vehicle
AS16-116-18607 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. works at the front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) parked in this rock field at a North Ray Crater geological site during the mission's third e... More
AS16-105-17118 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Station 11 (STA...
The original database describes this as: Description: Panoramic view of Station 11 (STA 11) and North Ray Crater taken during Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 3 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine w... More
Astronaut John Young collecting samples at North Ray crater during EVA
AS16-117-18826 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young collects samples at the North Ray Crater geological site during the mission's third and final Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA). He has a rake in... More
AS16-105-17216 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Station 11 (STA...
The original database describes this as: Description: Panoramic view of Station 11 (STA 11) and North Ray Crater taken during Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 3 of the Apollo 16 mission. Original film magazine w... More
AS16-106-17336 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Astronaut John Young photograph...
The original database describes this as: Description: Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples near North Ray crater during the third... More
AS16-116-18647 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charl...
The original database describes this as: Description: Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, examines closely the surface of a large boulder at North Ray crat... More
AS16-106-17340 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Astronaut John Young photograph...
The original database describes this as: Description: Astronaut John W. Young,commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission,is photographed collecting lunar samples near North Ray crater during the third ... More
AS16-117-18826 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - View of Station...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Station 10 Sample 349 Rake and 350 Soil. Astronaut John W. Young collects samples at the North Ray Crater geological site during the mission’s thir... More
Close-up view of RCA color television camera mounted on the LRV
AS16-117-18754 (23 April 1972) --- A view of the smooth terrain in the general area of the North Ray Crater geological site, photographed by the Apollo 16 crew from the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) shortly after ... More
Astronaut Charles Duke examines surface of boulder at North Ray crater
AS16-116-18649 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, examines closely the surface of a large boulder at North Ray Crater during the third ... More
Shadow of astronaut seen in front of rock being sampled
AS16-116-18671 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, works at the "Shadow Rock", discovered during the missions third extravehicular activity (EVA) in the area of North Ray Crat... More
Astronaut John Young collecting samples at North Ray crater during EVA
AS16-117-18825 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 commander, with a sample bag in his left hand, moves toward the bottom part of the gnomon (center) while collecting samples at the North Ray... More
Astronaut John Young photographed collecting lunar samples
AS16-106-17340 (23 April 1972) --- 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 extravehic... More
AS16-117-18728 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charl...
The original database describes this as: Description: Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, exposed this view of ``Shadow Rock`` with his 70mm Hasselblad camera during the mission's thir... More
AS16-116-18606 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Astronaut Charl...
The original database describes this as: Description: Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. works at the front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) parked in this rock field at a North Ray Crater geological site during t... More
View of "Shadow Rock" taken during third extravehicular activity
AS16-117-18728 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, exposed this view of the huge "Shadow Rock" with his 70mm Hasselblad camera during the mission's third and final extravehicu... More
North Ray Crater AS16-116-18597-18603
North Ray, Descartes Highlands, 4.4 km north of Apollo 16 landing site, and viewed from the south. This is Station 11 of EVA 3. House Rock is at right.
Apollo 16 landingsite
NASA map shows labeled features as well as traverses for the Apollo 16 landing site. Based on Apollo 16 panoramic camera frame 4558.
Apollo14PSR-Fig18-43-AS14-70-9784-9785
This is an approximate reconstruction of Figure 18-43 of the Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report (SP-272), which has the following caption: Uncontrolled photomosaic of the Descartes region made from Hasselbla... More