A “Lunar Olympics” Almost Ended In Disaster For The Apollo 16 Astronauts

16/04/2024 3 min Temporada 6 Episodio 1222

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Episode Synopsis

Today was the launch date in 1972 of Apollo 16, a mission that tried to pay tribute to that year's Summer Games with a "lunar Olympics"... only the astronauts almost had a disaster on their lunar-suited hands. Plus: for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birthday, the story of why he took a role in a famous comedy movie.
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