i ll try a sand shot here. i fantasized about landing on the moon what i was going to do, how i was going to act on the moon. reporter: but lovell would never get the chance to go back. so close, and yet so far. apollo 15 launched july 26th, 1971. apollo 16 launched april 16th, 1972 carrying john young, mattingly and charles duke. they were the first missions to use the lunar roving vehicle. but the apollo missions were winding down. would man ever return to the moon. the astronauts of apollo 17 certainly hoped so. their amazeing and what would turn out to be their final mission after the break. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. i better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn t treat chest congestion. really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion.
it was a failure in its initial mission, but in reality it was a try triumph in the ability of people to overcome adversity. that triumph likely gave allen shepherd, the man lovell switched flights with to walk on the moon nine months later. shepherd made the moon his low gravity driving range launching two golf balls with a 6 iron he smuggled aboard apolo 14. i fantasized about landing on the moon, what i was going to do and how i would act on the lunar surface. but lovell would never get the chance to go back. so close and yet so far. apolo 15 launched july 26th, 1971 with david scott, james irwin and alfred warden uh barred. apolo 16 launched in 1972. it carried gong young, maddingly and charles duke. they were the first missions