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The Apollo 16 LRV Grand Prix - stabilised

Apollo 16 - Jettison of the SIM bay Door

A few hours before Apollo 16 entered lunar orbit on 19 April 1972, an explosive charge was detonated which cut off one of the panels on the side of the Service Module. Springs then pushed the panel, or 'door', away to expose a suite of science instruments and cameras to space.
The crew managed to film the departure of the door.

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The Apollo 16 LRV Grand Prix - stabilised

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As part of the engineering evaluation of the Apollo Lunar Rover, a clip of 16mm film was shot by astronaut Charlie Duke of his commander, John Young, taking the electrically powered vehicle for a spin near to their lunar module, Orion. Charlie was none too steady as a camera operator so in this version, his footage has been given some stabilisation. It has also been synchronised with the air/gr...

Apollo 16 landing from PDI to Touchdown

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An annotated portrayal of the Apollo 16 landing on the Moon with captions to explain the various stages of the descent. This is part of the Apollo Flight Journal, Apollo 16 collection. A16LSJ: history.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16.html A16FJ: history.nasa.gov/afj/ap16fj/index.html Other videos in this series: Apollo 11: ruclips.net/video/RONIax0_1ec/видео.html Apollo 12: ruclips.net/video/kFSa6vUix70/в...

Apollo 16 - Apollo Flight Journal