2019-06-01_Discover

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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
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