约翰·w·杨在月球向美国国旗致敬

约翰·w·杨在月球向美国国旗致敬

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Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the Moon’s surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 spacewalk. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, took this picture on April 21, 1972. The Lunar Module Orion is on the left and beside it is the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Behind Young, in the shadow of Orion, is the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph. Young and Duke conducted three surface excursions totaling more than 20 hours, using the Lunar Roving Vehicle for transportation. They deployed an experiment package, collected 209 pounds of rock and soil samples, and set up the first telescope on the Moon. Image Credit: NASA 阿波罗16号登月任务指挥官、宇航员约翰·W·杨在第一次阿波罗16号太空行走期间，从月球表面跳下，在笛卡尔着陆点向美国国旗致敬。1972年4月21日，月球舱飞行员查尔斯·杜克拍摄了这张照片。左边是猎户座登月舱，旁边是月球车。在杨的后面，猎户座的阴影下，是远紫外线照相机/光谱仪。 杨和杜克使用月球车进行了三次总计超过20小时的月面旅行。他们部署了一个实验包，收集了209磅的岩石和土壤样本，并在月球上架设了第一台望远镜。 影像来源：NASA

阿波罗16号的月面全景图

阿波罗16号的月面全景图

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2022年4月21日 Apollo 16 Moon Panorama Image Credit: Apollo 16, NASA; Panorama Assembly: Mike Constantine Explanation: Fifty years ago, April 20, 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar module Orion touched down on the Moon’s near side in the south-central Descartes Highlands. While astronaut Ken Mattingly orbited overhead in Casper the friendly command and service module the Orion brought John Young and Charles Duke to the lunar surface. The pair would spend nearly three days on the Moon. Constructed from images (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 electric lunar roving vehicle in the foreground, Duke is operating the camera while Young aims the high gain communications antenna…

回顾：乔治·卡拉瑟斯博士和阿波罗16号远紫外线照相机/摄谱仪

回顾：乔治·卡拉瑟斯博士和阿波罗16号远紫外线照相机/摄谱仪

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Dr. George Carruthers, a scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, stands to the right of his invention, the gold-plated ultraviolet camera/spectrograph. The first Moon-based observatory, Carruthers developed it for the Apollo 16 mission. He stands beside his colleague William Conway. Working for the Naval Research Laboratory, Carruthers had three years earlier received a patent for a Far Ultraviolet Electrographic Camera, which obtained images of electromagnetic radiation in short wavelengths. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the observatory on the Moon in April 1972, where it sits today on the Moon’s Descartes highland region, in the shadow of the lunar module Orion. Asked to explain highlights of the instrument’s findings for a general audience, Dr. Carruthers said “the most immediately obvious and spectacular results were really for the…