Astronaut James Irwin gives a salute on the Moon Irwin pilot of the Lunar Module gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed US flag during the Apollo lunar surface extravehicular activity at the HadleyApennine landing site The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA The Lunar Module Falcon is partially visible on the right Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately metres about feet above the plain The base of the mountain is approximately kilometers about statute miles away This photograph was taken by David R Scott commander of the Apollo mission