These old Apollo videos literally make me weep... with pride, and frustration, that we gave it all up because pop stars and disco were more exciting to the public than space travel. Funding dried up. Let's hope SpaceX will restore the thrill that we had as young folk in this glorious era.
Space program funding was at a very high level to get to the moon. Cost of Vietnam war, Great Society programs and desire for some to move on to Skylab and Space Shuttle played bigger roles than disco.
Amazing how fast they progressed. In March the lunar module was tested 1st time in earth orbit (Apollo 9), in May in moon orbit and in July they landed on the moon.
All of this work started with Mercury program in 1959,continued with Gemini since 1964..Apollo since 1967,so it wasn't that fast,it was a continuos work since 1959 until 1972.
Paul Abraham Apollo 10 was the third manned Saturn V flight. The first was Apollo 8, the second was Apollo 9. Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo flight, used the Saturn 1B.
What a trip seeing the Earth all by itself in the blackness of space like that. I was 3 1/2 years old in Ohio in that earth shot & sitting here now watching this at 54 years old & the earth has hardly aged.
A truly all star crew. All three men commanded a moon mission and two of them walked on the moon. Young piloted the first Shuttle mission and Stafford commanded the US portion of Apollo-Soyuz. What a crew.
@@nebtheweb8885 August 4, 1965 Senate Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcame Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act. Ninety-four percent of Republicans voted for the landmark civil rights legislation while 27% of Democrats opposed. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent blacks from voting, was signed into law. A higher percentage of Republicans voted in favor. February 19, 1976 REPUBLICAN President Gerald Ford formally rescinded SOCIALIST RACIST DEMOCRAT President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order 9066 authorizing the internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII. September 15, 1981 REPUBLICAN President Ronald Reagan established the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities to increase black participation in federal education programs. June 29, 1982 President Ronald Reagan signed a 25-year extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. August 10, 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for the deprivation of their civil rights and property during the World War II internment ordered by FDR. November 21, 1991 President George H. W. Bush signed the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation. August 20, 1996 A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) to prohibit racial discrimination in adoptions, part of Republicans’ “Contract With America”, became law.
I have always liked Tom for his genuineness and his friendship with Soviet cosmonauts. During a press conference after one of his Gemini missions, he referred to the tracking station in "How-are-ya," a place often pronounced "Hawaii."
So this mission was in May of 69. Apollo 11 was in July. So whatever changes they had to make to computers or other hardware had to be discovered on the mission, studied, fixes devised and implemented in 2 months. And the Apollo 11 Saturn V was already assembled and maybe even wheeled out to the launch pad, meaning they had very limited access to the CSM or LM. Even though I am an engineer myself I can hardly imagine the kind of stress these guys were under. The consequences of a screw up were all very fresh in their minds after the fire on Apollo 1. No wonder none of those engineers never saw daylight for most of the 60s and divorce rates were sky high. Then 2 years later it was all over and probably half of them were let go. It is an amazing thing they accomplished, and they should all be very proud, but in some ways it really must have been hell.
I read that very few people who worked on Apollo at its height - including private contractors nowhere near Houston - ever quit work at 5:00. The prevailing attitude was, "this may be a small component I'm working on, but no way it's going to fail on my account." I wish we could come together toward a common goal in such a way with other things.
Thank you all for your replies. Yes, Apollo 9 was the first time with the LM. That thing looks so flimsy. They are a different breed to go up in such pioneering equipment.
Basicly, aftere seeing those pre Appolo 11 documentaries, I had absolutely no idea about all the preparations for Appolo 11. Thanks for filling that in for me.
Take a look at about 14:35 time... you can see an object passing by at a lower altitude during the shot of the Command Module ... it starts at the lower left and flys straight across the moon in the background
My Dad was NASA Coordinator for Eastman Kodak back during these missions. He had the 16mm movies of these. GREAT to be able to watch them again, it was an amazing time to live in! Thanks for putting these on RU-vid!
@@josephastier7421 Are you nuts. There were thousands of scientists and technicians that found and worked out so many problems the German team hadn't even dreamed about. Besides those Germans were following American Father of liquid rockets Robert H. Goddard.
Exactly! If the landings were fake, how come no one called us out on it? Russia especially had ample opportunities, but has always been silent. See what I mean?
I miss the epic voice over commentaries that NASA had back during Apollo, today we have frat kids from university commenting on SpaceX launches. The gravitas is no longer there. 😥
I'm about 10 years younger and always had the same aspiration. I've written a lot of sci-fi about Earth orbit and Mars missions. I really used those as venues to enable me to sort of achieve my dream.
It most likely deorbited and crashed into the lunar surface, long ago. I'd say 6 months after they ejected the module. Edit: I retract this statement, after further investigation and research LM Snoopy was the only Apollo LEM that was sent out into a heliocentric orbit and is still out there today.
Saw the actual capsule today at the Science Museum London very scorched underneath those astronauts were the bravest of men. Well worth a visit if you can. Coming up to 50 years anniversary :)))
Damn shame that such a technical triumph has wasted away. It will be 50 years this July for the Apollo 11, and almost 50 years ( 47 ) since Apollo 17, and we still haven't been back!
I really hope Buzz Aldrin is there at the celebration. If there is any celebration. Damn. Human species have achieved so much. The moonlandings startedd it all. Consider this. The internet wasn't there if there was no Apollo. I was 7 back then and on my daddy's knees. I watched it. No one can take that away from me. Greets from The Netherlands.
They sure glossed over the fact that the tumbling that occurred when the ascent stage separated from the descent stage was due to pilot error. One crew member set an attitude switch to the correct position. The other crew member, not aware that this had been done, threw the switch again - moving it into an incorrect position.
Yeah, you're right. I wondered if many others in the comments had picked up on it. I guess NASA PR vetted these documentaries and would fudge it at the time to avoid political heat.
@@stevenfoggo3387 I was listening live when that happed. I could tell something was wrong by the language they were using and the concern they had. Cernan said, "son of a bitch" and that was the beginning. It only took a few seconds to correct it.
The SIZE of the balls on these guys!! Apollo: The greatest peacetime acheivement of USA and their greatest mistake was not carrying out the remaining planned flights. Those extra flights could have been an opportunity for USA to make real diplomacy with the then USSR by inviting a Russian cosmonaut on the last two flights. After all, they were planned a joint mission anyway, the Apoolo/Soyuz mission. A real lost opportunity. Great shame. And that is only the political loss...there was also a scientific loss for further research. Maybe there was a fear of something going wrong, like another Apollo 13 type accident or worse, such as being stranded with no hope of rescue. Maybe they thought they just didn't want to 'push their luck' and 'tempt the Gods'. All comments welcome and let's discuss!!
It would have been very neat to see them fly the Apollo 18, 19, and 20 missions, as well as the theoretical missions that flight controllers presented, to go to the dark side of the moon (according to Gene Kranz's book, 'Failure Is Not An Option'). Having at least one Russian cosmonaut be the LM pilot on an Apollo mission would have been great, it would have been a massive positive move for US relations toward Russia. The fact that we gave all this up before we had barely even scratched the surface.. so unfortunate.
Manned lunar landings were a propaganda coup after coming second in virtually every other field of spaceflight. Too expensive, too risky, too useless to carry on. The Soviets had already pointed the way to the future of space exploration with rovers, space stations and planetary landers. Those kind of missions have become the standards of today. Russian space stations and US space shuttles would then turn out to be congenial projects if you remember the fabulous Mir.
@@stonerlemonblues Yes, but they don't prepare actual human beings to the harsh and unforgiving environment of space. Space missions aren't just about bringing rock samples, it's about continuous human presence in space (and eventual colonization of planets or natural satellites that can support human life).
@@IronMan-tk8uc The vision of putting men on a celestial body is an anachronism of the 1950s/60s, although an intriguing one I admit. The science which is put forward on the ISS however shows the lack of relevance of human space presence: brewing beer and watching insects in weightlessness are some of the 'highlights'. Now compare this to a Venus mapping mission or a lunar radio telescope. What could astronauts on the Moon or even Mars possibly 'explore' by now?
@@stonerlemonblues Like I said, with dozens of probes and satellites already doing it, nothing will replace actual humans travelling to other planets and making the research and exploration themselves. Many people say manned spaceflight is costly and dangerous, but given the amount of money the U.S. spends on its military every single year while NASA's budget doesn't reach 1 per cent of the entire American national budget, one can say that space exploration is not priority to politicians because there isn't oil or something similar in other celestial bodies, because if it had, nations would already bases on the Moon and Mars for decades! Mars have water in solid state and the Moon could become a source for mining Helium-3, which it could become an alternative fuel source, but nothing of these spark the eyes of governments, because the profit wouldn't be as quickly as oil extraction.
Gene Cernan was the best Apollo astronaut because he spent more time on the moon than anyone. Neil and Buzz were there for three hours. Gene and Jack Schmidt were up there for three days, doing all kinds of experiments and riding the lunar rover. And they had to fix the fender with a roll of duct tape and used maps
I don't think the 'roll anomaly' on separation of the descent and ascent stages of the Lunar Module was as straightforward as indicated in this film, neither was it a systems failure. During descent stage separation, the lunar module began to roll unexpectedly because the crew accidentally duplicated commands into the flight computer which took the LM out of abort mode, the correct configuration for this manoeuvre. The live network broadcasts caught Cernan and Stafford uttering several expletives before regaining control of the LM. Decades later, Cernan said he observed the horizon spinning eight times over, indicating eight rolls of the spacecraft under ascent engine power. Recordings from the flight do not support this dramatic memory. While the incident was downplayed by NASA, the roll was just several revolutions from being unrecoverable, which would have resulted in the LM crashing into the lunar surface. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10#Mission_highlights See also www.history.com/news/apollo-10-disaster-apollo-11-practice-run www.theregister.com/2019/05/21/apollo_10_part_two/
"Never in any danger" when the ascent stage tumbled???? It was later calculated they were 2 seconds from crashing into the moon when they regained control. The cause was human error on a computer entry. Whoever wrote this script didn't do his homework.
@@brandaoz I think that could be a soviet sat, by that time the soviets allready had sats orbiting the moon. The object at min 20:07 looks more extrange.
No mention of the floating turd? Before the crew ditched the LEM they put all their trash in it, and someone took a crap in the middle of the LEM and right before they closed the hatch. One of the astronauts saw it and asked who did it, but they all denied.
Was 'here' for all this, in fact from 58, through Mercury, Gemini and ETC. So remember most e this, but thank you for the refreshing actual detail. From 🇬🇧, Okeh.
Probably a particle of water ice formed from excess water venting, breaking free due to temperature changes from the reflection of the sun on the lunar surface.
In case they wanted to land and go against orders they didn't put enough fuel onboard of the of the LEM. They wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to the Service Module...
Tom Stafford is an unsung hero of the Apollo program. As an aside, it was amusing to hear him speak Russian with his Oklahoma twang during the Apollo-Soyuz mission in July 1975.
@@TomTimeTraveler There is a video of him doing a talk about some of the stuff in his book on RU-vid. He is a really good speaker and quite funny to boot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vs7HEpmiM7E.html
Why should I make a video. Yours are lame like a dead mouse in a trap. Besides, if they did make a video in the LM like you wanted you’d just find some other stupid point to bitch about because you’re a hoax believer.
I've always gotten the feeling that Gene Cernan and Jim. McDivitt did not get along very well, they had very different accounts of the separation issue.
Hey Tim (EverydayAstronaut); Just a thought... maybe do some historical content. Like, especially the original US flight(s) to the moon. You're creative enough to take that footage, concept &actuarial to turn it into our modern-day vision. :) Cheers from Louisville, Ky.
That's editing. They probably didn't take footage on the way back but the documentary makers wanted a visual while talking about Trans Lunar Injection.
At 21:50 "If it wasn't a different setting you could call it Mt. Fujiyama. Reply: 'Ah so". Was already commented on by daffidavitt ! but the best bit is that "Ahso " is Japanese and translates to i see or i understand !
And "Mt. Fujiyama" translates literally to "Mount Fuji Mountain" so is nonsense. "Mt. Fuji", "Fuji yama" or more correctly just "Fuji-san" would suffice.
Had to give you a 'ThumsDown Dude'! No Closed captioning and I was alive and working when we listened to the astronauts step on the moon. Hard-hearing from too much rock&roll.
@@brianarbenz1329 100% coincidence since Mt St Helen is on the opposite side of the U.S. and not even remotely close to the Cape. Or you could say, Apollo 10 didn't even know Mt St Helen existed. It hadn't erupted since the mid-1800s and they were occupied with their mission parameters and not a volcano. :)
@@nebtheweb8885 I figure it would take 11 years for the vibrations of the Saturn V ignition to reach the opposite corner of the nation. You see, I'm one of those smart people who can't be fooled into believing that totally unrelated events 3,000 miles away from each other 11 years apart have no connection. Either it's because I'm smart or I can't hold a job down and I have lots of time to figure things like this out while sleeping on the couch in my parents' basement.
Apollos 8 and 10 tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photography of the lunar surface. Apollos 7 and 9 were Earth-orbiting missions to test the Command and Lunar Modules, and did not return lunar data because those two didn't go to the moon. Also, just because Apollo was rolled out to the launch pad doesn't mean they can't work on it there.
>Were never in any kind of danger. Huh ? In other documentary they said they nearly crashed to the moon, only have 2 sec before crash. Which one is true ?