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NASA Photo ID: 108-KSC-72P-126, 108-KSC-72H-438
Date Taken: 04/16/72

The Apollo 16 prime flight crew was joined by backup crewmen and guests at prelaunch breakfast today in their quarters. Seated counterclockwise are Backup Lunar Module Pilot Edgar D. Mitchell; Lunar Module Pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr.; Backup Command Module Pilot Stuart A. Roosa, partially shown; Command Module Pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II; David Ballard, a member of the NASA training support team; Kennedy Space Center security chief Charles Buckley; Chief of Flight Crew Operations at the Manned Spacecraft Center Donald K. Slayton; and Mission Commander John W. Young. The prime crew ate breakfast about 4 1/2 hours prior to the start of their launch to the Moon today.

Source: NASA photo in my possession




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