TODAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 16 astronaut John Young with the lunar rover at Shadow Rock on the Moon, April 23, 1972.
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The Moon, 23 April 1972. A series of photos by Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke show the lunar rover where mission commander John Young is aligning the high-gain antenna. At the front of the rover, you can see arc with white spots; that’s the rake basket. Right next to it is the magnetometer. (NASA)
Happy birthday Charlie Duke! At age 37, Duke became the youngest person to ever walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. (📷 : NASA)
Last space shuttle External Tank arrives at California Science Center.
ET-94 paraded its way through the Los Angeles suburbs today, May 21, as it journeyed to its final home at the California Science Center.
The last surviving flight-worthy space shuttle external tank, ET-94 left the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans April 12, where it has been since it was fabricated in the early 2000′s. It traversed the Panama Canal April 25-27, and arrived at Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles last Wednesday, May 19, after a 36-day sea voyage.
Leaving Marina Del Rey at 12:01am PDT with a New Orleans jazz band, the tank encountered more obstacles than expected during its 15.5 mile trek through the city, arriving at the CSC at 7:13pm PDT.
Towed through the streets of Inglewood, the last time space hardware shut down traffic was in October 2012, when space shuttle Endeavour was towed from Los Angeles International Airport to the CSC.
P/c: LA Times, California Science Center.
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April 21, 1972 – Astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke go on the first spacewalk of the Apollo 16 mission.
A NASA press photo shows the Apollo 16 rocket blasting off from Cape Canaveral, April 16, 1972.
ON THIS DAY: Apollo 16 astronaut John Young works at the lunar rover on April 22, 1972. (NASA)
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