Apollo 16 Launch (Angle 1)
Video from the channel Mark Gray about Apollo 16, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:29. Language: English. Video type: Launch.
Launch of Apollo 16, the fifth Moon landing mission, on April 16, 1972, seen from another camera angle with the audio from the official broadcast.
In the final minute the spacecraft switches to internal power and John Young announces guidance alignment, the crew's last action. After guidance release, the engines reach about 7.7 million pounds of thrust, liftoff is confirmed, the rocket clears the tower and control passes to Houston.
After the pitch and roll program, around one minute and 12 seconds it is announced that the spacecraft could already splash down in the event of an abort, and at one minute and 41 seconds it passes through max aerodynamic pressure without incident.