Page 9 - Apollo 16 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Safe, and you want your employees to be safe. >> interesting discussion. happening now at any moment at the white house, president trump is going to meet up with at least 20 top lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. they're set to speak on immigration reform. both parties are aiming for a deal on the border wall and on dreamers. we're going to bring that to you as it happens. and it is now time for my favorite part of the show, monumental americans, honoring someone who might be deserving of a statue. today it is legendary astronaut john young, a space pioneer who braved six missions, fl...

Became a test pilot. in 1962, he was chosen as part of the first group of astronauts selected after the mercury 7. his name may not be a household one. but many inside the space program believe his accomplishments rival those of shepard, glen and armstrong. >> his legacy in american space history really is in some ways more significant than armstrong's. john's career, with nasa, is over 40 years long. and he was -- he was so important to the entire human space flight program. >> reporter: during that time, about the only thing john young didn't fly was in a mercury capsule. in 1965, he and gus...

Pilot. in 1962, he was chosen as part of the first group of astronauts selected after the mercury 7. his name may not be a household one, but many inside the space program believe his accomplishments rival those of shepard, glen and armstrong. >> his legacy in american space history really is in some ways more significant than armstrong's. john's career, with nasa, is over 40 years long. and he was -- he was so important to the entire human space flight program. >> reporter: during that time, about the only thing john young didn't fly was in a mercury capsule. in 1965, he and gus grissom flew ...

The "bleacher report" next. so not everyone can afford to retire in vail colorado one retired navy s.e.a.l. found a way and a second career. >> i was a member of underwater demolition team 12 and part of the apollo 16 recovery team. a command module popped up. i came out. got the door open the astronaut looks out. it was phenomenal. one of the defining moments as a team guy. my name is larry, i'm a retired navy s.e.a.l. and now i'm run a snowcap in colorado. one of the things i love about driving a snowcap, is coming up

>> 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...