Coverage of the Apollo 13 launch. John Swigert replaces Tom Mattingly as crew member. President Nixon refuses to halt troop withdrawals as his joint chief of staff requests.
Live coverage of the Apollo 16 space mission, the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program. It was the fifth moon landing and first to land in the lunar highlands.
The Apollo 16 moon landing with astronauts John W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles Duke. Live coverage of the first moonwalk April 20th and second moonwalk on April, 21st, 1972.
Live coverage of the Apollo 16 lift off from the moon and return to earth. A faulty engine on the command module plagued the crew's return. The astronauts reestablished radio contact with mission control and landing then proceeded normally.