The Apollo 16 prime and backup crews were the first to check out the newly-completed Grover vehicle. Flagstaff, Arizona. 1970.
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Date Taken
1970
Summary
Figure 78-(a) caption: The Apollo 16 prime and backup crews were the first to check out the newly-completed Grover vehicle on 2 September 1970 at the Branch of Surface Planetary Exploration's Field Test Support facility on East Street in East Flagstaff, Arizona; (a) (l to r) in background: John Young, Bill Tinnin, and Putty Mills (hand on Grover's console); Charles Duke (sunglasses), Fred Horz (MSC/NASA), unidentified, Anthony "Tony" England. Sitting on Grover is Fred Haise (left) and Gerald Carr (right); USGS photo F97044. Published as Figure 078a in USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190. 2005.
Summary
Figure 78-(a) caption: The Apollo 16 prime and backup crews were the first to check out the newly-completed Grover vehicle on 2 September 1970 at the Branch of Surface Planetary Exploration's Field Test Support facility on East Street in East Flagstaff, Arizona; (a) (l to r) in background: John Young, Bill Tinnin, and Putty Mills (hand on Grover's console); Charles Duke (sunglasses), Fred Horz (MSC/NASA), unidentified, Anthony "Tony" England. Sitting on Grover is Fred Haise (left) and Gerald Carr (right); USGS photo F97044.
Published as Figure 078a in USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190. 2005.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Project Apollo, 2013 DENPPH0054 (digital collection, jpegs only).
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