Charles Duke (American, b. 1935)

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Charles Duke (American, b. 1935)
Lunar Grand Prix at Descartes landing site, EVA 1, Apollo 16, April 1972. Numbered 'NASA S-72-37002' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.0 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. The rover gets a speed workout by John Young at the end of the first EVA (and not the third as mentioned in the NASA caption) to test how the vehicle handles in the Moon's one sixth gravity. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera held by Charles Duke (NASA caption). "The rover really seemed to be another spacecraft, even though we were operating on the surface of the Moon. Every time we'd hit a rock or a bump, we'd just fly into space. So I estimate we were floating through space a good bit of the time,' joked Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin (quoted in Chaikin, Voices, p. 78).

Literature: Reynolds, p. 189.
Estimate $500-700


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