[APOLLO 16] COMMANDER JOHN YOUNG'S JUMPING FLAG SALUTE. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 21 APRIL 1972.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 16] 

COMMANDER JOHN YOUNG'S JUMPING FLAG SALUTE. 21 APRIL 1972.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS16-113-18339” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning.

An incredibe image of Apollo 16 Commander John Young leaping from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the mission's first EVA. Stone Mountain dominates the background of the lunar landscape, while LM Orion and the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph (FUC/S) are visible just behind Young.