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Apollo 16 mission commander John W. Young appears to be stowing an item in his spacesuit during pressure checks prior to participating in the space vehicle countdown demonstration test today with commander module pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II, center couch, and lunar module pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr., seated in the rear. The trio will be launched to the moon aboard an Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle no earlier than April 16, 1972.