On this day 1972 - Apollo 16 EVA 2

This photo shows Charlie Duke next to the rover with a stunning view at Station 4

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On this day 1972 - Apollo 16 EVA-1 John Young and Charlie Duke have set up the ALSEP. Here we see the central station with the Rover and Stone Mountain in the background.

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On this day 1972 - Apollo 16 lands on the Moon, but had a close call in the final seconds before touchdown (sound on) #Apollo16

On this day 1972 - Apollo 16 Enters Lunar Orbit

The crew capture this stunning oblique photo of the Lunar farside showing Van Gent crater in the lower right.

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NASA confirms chuck of metal that crashed into home came from the International Space Station

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On this day 1972 - Launch of Apollo 16

This stunning photo taken from the launch tower shows the mighty Saturn V rocket taking astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke to become the 9th and 10th men to walk on the Moon. While Ken Mattingly will remain in lunar orbit

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On this day 1970 - This stunning Apollo 13 Photo shows the Crater Chaplygin during the crew's precious few moments to observe the Moon close up during their lunar flyby around the far side before heading back to Earth.

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On this day 1970 - Apollo 13 Explosion

After a routine stir of an oxygen tank, damaged wiring insulation caused an explosion which depleted both of the Service Module’s oxygen tanks into space. The crew had to shut down the Command Module and move into the Lunar Module which

On this day 1970 - Apollo 13 Translunar Coast. The view of an ever shrinking Earth from the window. Little did the crew realise what would happen the next day…

On this day 1970 - Apollo 13 Launch

Taking astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert on their perilous journey around the moon.

Good luck to everyone viewing the great American eclipse today! This was my view of an eclipse in 1999 viewed from Northern Türkiye. One of the greatest experiences of my life.
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Would love to have this sitting on my coffee table. A testament to the enduring appeal of mankind's greatest journey.

Apollo 17- Gene Cernan spots something wonderful from the slopes of Station 6

Apollo 17 - Schmitt and Boulder

This photo was captured by Gene Cernan on EVA-3 at Station 7, where Harrison Schmitt is hitting a large boulder with his geology hammer to break off some small samples for return to Earth

20x16 inch glossy photo of the famous Earthrise from Apollo 8, hand signed by Commander Frank Borman with Long Inscription, 'The Moon is a different thing to each one of us. I think that each one of - each one carries his own impression of what he's seen today - Frank Borman,

The incredible distance the Apollo 17 crew travelled across the lunar surface, away from the safey of the Lunar Module

Apollo 14 - Alan Shepard with MET

Captured by Edgar Mitchell, this photo show Alan Shepard holding a core tube beside the MET (Modular Equipment Transporter) a cart the astronauts pulled across the lunar surface carrying equipment and samples

Apollo 16 - Charlie Duke took this photo of the LM from the ALSEP site. This photo is a good illustration of the undulation of the terrain.

In the foreground, we see the Passive Seismic Experiment and in the background the distance to the LM is about 90 meters

Apollo 15 Crescent Earthrise

This beautiful shot of the thin crescent Earth was taken from the Apollo 15 LM window after it had lifted off from the lunar surface and docked back with the CM in lunar orbit.

R.I.P Thomas P Stafford - who passed away today aged 93. Stafford flew to space 4 times on Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10 and was the US commander on the historic Apollo Soyuz Test Project