APOLLO 16 SATURN V ILLUMINATED BY SEARCHLIGHTS DURING CDDT

[KSC-72PC-0150]

  • Photo Number: KSC-72PC-0150

  • Release Date: 29-Mar-1972

  • Keywords: APOLLO 16 FLIGHT,SATURN V LAUNCH VEHICLES,COUNTDOWN DEMONSTRATION TEST [CDDT],LAUNCH UMBILICAL TOWER [LUT],PRELAUNCH TESTS,PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS,UMBILICAL TOWERS
    • Description: Searchlights illuminate the Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle during the ""wet"" or fueled portion of the Countdown Demonstration Test. The week long test was conducted to verify the vehicle and ground support equipment for launch day. Scheduled for April 16, 1972, when astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke, Jr., will be launched on the nation's eighth manned lunar voyage.

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