NASA Photo ID: S72-35611
Date Taken: 04/21/72
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission,
leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the U.S. flag during the first
Apollo 16
extravehicular activity (EVA-1) on the Moon, as seen in this reproduction
taken from a color transmission made by the color TV camera mounted on
the Lunar
Roving Vehicle. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot,
is standing in the background.