Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 April 21
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                           Apollo 16 Moon Panorama
       Image Credit: [3]Apollo 16, [4]NASA; Panorama Assembly: [5]Mike
                                 Constantine

   Explanation: [6]Fifty years ago, April 20, 1972, [7]Apollo 16's lunar
   module Orion touched down on the Moon's near side in the south-central
   Descartes Highlands. While astronaut [8]Ken Mattingly orbited overhead
   in Casper the friendly command and service module the Orion brought
   [9]John Young and Charles Duke to the lunar surface. The pair would
   spend nearly [10]three days on the Moon. Constructed from images
   [11](AS16-117-18814 to AS16-117-18820) taken near the end of their
   third and final surface excursion this panoramic view puts the lunar
   module in the distance toward the left. Their [12]electric lunar roving
   vehicle in the foreground, Duke is operating the camera while Young
   aims the high gain communications antenna skyward, [13]toward planet
   Earth.

                          Celebrate: [14]Earth Day
                     Tomorrow's picture: our fair planet
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    Authors & editors: [26]Robert Nemiroff ([27]MTU) & [28]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([29]UMCP)
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                           & [35]Michigan Tech. U.

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   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16#/media/File:Apollo_16_crew.jpg
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