Dec 16

Space Rocket History #354 – Apollo 16 – CMDR John W. Young

John Watts Young was an astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He flew on four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command and Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.

Dec 02

Space Rocket History #353 – Apollo 16 – LMP Charlie Duke

“Roger, Twank…Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot!,” Capcom Charlie Duke, Apollo 11 landing.

Nov 18

Space Rocket History #352 – Apollo 16 – Introduction, Crew Selection & CMP Ken Mattingly

cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). Rene Descartes.

Nov 04

Space Rocket History #351 – Apollo 15 – First Deep Space EVA and Splashdown

As the red smoke cleared, Al saw widening holes in one of their parachutes, collapsing it into a useless strip of cloth. “We’ve got a streamer on one,” Al reported.