Apollo: Missions To The Moon shares rare NASA footage and interviews that capture the mission to land Americans on the moon. Here's the story about how this documentary came together. | National Geographic TV

8.3K views · 157 reactions | Space week kicks off tonight at 9 with Apollo: Missions to the Moon, an archival footage-based documentary following NASA's Apollo missions and their journey to land an American on the moon. | National Geographic TV | Facebook

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/38rKcgh Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, the commander, Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, and Charlie Duke, the lunar module pilot. They lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on a Saturn V rocket and spent three days cruising to the moon. After orbiting the moon for about a day, Y