Astronaut Charles Duke at the Descartes landing site, Apollo 16 mission, April 1972. Creator: John Watts Young.

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Astronaut Charles Duke at the Descartes landing site, Apollo 16 mission, April 1972. Charles Duke collecting lunar samples on the surface of the Moon, with the Lunar Roving Vehicle, on the rim of Plum crater, in the distance.

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