Photographer
John Young (San Francisco, California, 1930 – 2018, Houston, Texas)
Marks
Typewritten in black ink, paper verso, beginning upper left, sideways: [NASA logo] National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Houston, Texas 77058 / No copyright is asserted for this photograph. If a recognizable person appears in the photo, use for commercial purposes may / infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee / of a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if / this photograph is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. / COLOR / 21 APRIL 1972 / AS16-113-18342 / MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS / APOLLO 16 EVA VIEW — Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, salutes / the United States flag during the mission’s first Extravehicular Activity (EVA-1), on April / 21, 1972. Stone Mountain reaches five-sixths across the photo in background. The / Lunar Module (LM) and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) are in the background. While John / W. Young, commander and Duke descended in the LM to explore the Descartes region / of the Moon, Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the / Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar-orbit.
Typewritten in black ink, paper verso, lower left, sideways: PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Handwritten in black ink, paper verso, lower left, upside down: B / DND [possibly AND or PND] / SURFACE / ALL / SHADOWS / ON / LEFT.
