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TODAY IN HISTORY: Apollo 16 astronauts Charlie Duke and John Young train for the Moon at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, November 30, 1971.

(NASA)

Apollo 16 rollout attracts a crowd at the Vehicle Assembly Building, 9 February 1972.

J: “Charlie. Charlie. Charlie. CHARLIE. CHARLIE. CHAAAAAAAAAARRRRRLIEEEEEEEE. CHAAAAAAARRRLIEEEEE.”

C: “WHAT? Cripes!”

J: “There’s some rocks over there. Heh heh heh heh.”

C: “I hate you, John.”

AH'M A DRIVAH

John Young and Charlie Duke taking the lunar rover for a joyride training for Apollo 16, 1972

(feat. mandatory musical accompaniment)