SpaceArchive.net | AS16-107-17561 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 astronauts take lunar soil sample from Station no.9 during EVA


NASA ID: AS16-107-17561	Mission: Apollo 16	Taken/released on: 22/4/1971

Apollo 16 astronauts take lunar soil sample from Station no.9 during EVA

One of the Apollo 16 astronauts takes lunar soil sample at the base of a small boulder at Station no.9 during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Descartes landing site. Depressions to th right of the scoop were made when a surface sample was taken. This photograph was taken just before the boulder was rolled over. (Source: JSC)

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