Discover – June 2019

JUNE 2019. DISCOVER 49

A Astronaut John

Young retrieves tools

from the lunar rover

during the Apollo 16

mission. The vehicle,

used by astronauts on

Apollo 15, 16 and 17,

vastly extended their

range on the surface.

B The lunar module

carrying Apollo 11

astronauts Neil

Armstrong and Buzz

Aldrin lines up with

Earth as it approaches

the orbiting command

module, piloted by

Michael Collins.

C The Saturn rocket’s

second stage looms

just 100 feet from the

Apollo 7 command

module as the crew

tests rendezvous

maneuvers in 1968.

D The Apollo 16

command module

is piloted solo by

astronaut Thomas

“Ken” Mattingly,

in lunar orbit.

A

B C

D