Group lot of 15 vintage original NASA photographs documenting preflight events of the Apollo 16 mission, each glossy finished, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, with the majority bearing purple NASA caption text on reverse. Images include: the prime crew of Charlie Duke, Ken Mattingly, and John Young posing in front of their Saturn V rocket; Duke standing and delivering a speech next to a large model of the Command Module Casper; Young closely examining a Far Ultraviolet Camera; a Microbial Ecology Evaluation Device installed in the Command Module; Mattingly during an extravehicular activity training session; the crew posing next to a lunar globe; Duke inspecting the stowed and folded lunar rover; and several images of the crew in their white space suits prior to launch. In overall fine condition, with trivial wear to edges. From the M. Edward Thomas Collection.
