RIP Astronaut John W. Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) – As commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission John leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 EVA

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Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, took this picture. The Lunar Module “Orion” is on the left. The Lunar Roving Vehicle is parked beside Orion and the object behind Young (in the shadow of the Lunar Module) is the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph. Stone Mountain dominates the background of this lunar scene.

[John Young passed away Friday night following complications from pneumonia at the age of 87](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-remembers-agency-s-most-experienced-astronaut).

God Speed John!

panzerkampfwagen: That flag is now white due to sun bleaching.