The Apollo 16 Lunar Roving Vehicle Grand Prix - stabilised
Video from the channel Apollo Flight Journal about Apollo 16, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:48. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.
Original footage of the lunar surface during Apollo 16, presented in a stabilized version synced with the air-to-ground communications, in which John Young puts the lunar roving vehicle through its paces. He is seen accelerating to full speed, making sharp turns and braking with the wheels locked, while his crewmate notes that the wheels kick up large rooster tails of dust, that the rear end fishtails as if on snow, and that on some bumps the vehicle lifts off the ground. The test was part of the Rover's evaluation: ground control asks for about four minutes of footage and, after several passes, this "Grand Prix" is deemed sufficient.