Apollo 11: The Complete Descent 

This is the best recording in history. If this doesn't blow you away, you have no idea what you are listening to.

Man I love the "Go" callout sequences. It's so exciting to hear the enthusiasm and lightning fast precision in their voices.

I’ve watched this many times, but it always puts me on the edge of my seat. Everyone involved in this was on top of their game and performed their jobs perfectly. This was one of the greatest achievements in human history. The 3 astronauts of this mission are some of the bravest people of their time and will be forever known as heroes.

the best part to me is the communications discipline, the checklist discipline. The years of training and professionalism by the controllers and crew is awesome and and brings tears to my eyes every time I watch this. Absolutely the best of this country!

My grandmother and grandfather went from riding in a covered wagon to witnessing a man on the moon. Just amazing.

I listened to this as a kid on the radio at 4am with my Dad. I can remember every detail, emotion, wonder, and excitement as if it were yesterday. It triggered a wanderlust and desire to fly that never left me. After a 43-year flying career and now retired, I owe the inspiration to the incredible men and women of the entire Apollo team.

It's been 54 years since I watched this live on TV and it still gives me goosebumps. Absolutely awesome.

Neil went to P66 immediately when he saw the boulder field and became a pilot. With the alarms and the horizontal flying, it was the most stressful of all the landing scenarios, plus being the first. Every commander would have landed in a similar way, but you even hear Buzz complimenting Neil with how smooth he was

"The Eagle has landed" Probably the most significant and legendary statement in human history as the feat they had achieved was mind boggling to say the least. Watching this 52 years later, and despite the fact that various other lunar expeditions have occured, i still get goosebumps when i hear these four words

I still don't understand why NASA only hires guys named Roger.

That was bloody tense even from 54 years out and knowing the end result.

As a young boy who lived as a child this was 1 of main events I got to witness in person because of my dad who was a part of this until he retired from the USAF, my family still loves watching this even today hopefully we'll see Artemis launch and land there on the moon again 54 yrs later. Thanks Neil and John Elmer ARMSTRONG.

Sitting here at my desk, watching this in comfort more than 50 years later I was shifting forward on my seat and biting my lip. Damn, that was intense!

I like the exchange at 13:34 - "Is it converged?" "Oh, it's beautiful!" "Is it _converged_ ?" "... yes."

This landing, a combination of calculations checked many times and coolly managed manual piloting skill, is a perfect depiction of the supreme virtue: *_courage._*

I'm so impressed how incredibly competent all of these guys are

50 years later, I still get shivers watching.

I'll be honest, this presentation is more impressive than any I've ever witnessed. This is very exciting and takes us right there with Apollo 11 and Mission Control!

Seen loads of footage of this historical event, but could never get my head around how the Eagle manoeuvred during the decent. Until now. Brilliant explanation and use of footage. 👌

One of the most impressive and inspirational videos on RU-vid, IMO.

Quite simply one of the top ten videos on youtube.

True story...The moment of the launch on July 16th 1969, I was 8 years old and in the backseat of my parents car on my way to the Hospital to have 12 rotten Baby Teeth removed at the same time.. I was scared to death...but excited over the launch. By the time they were preparing my Anesthesia the crew was preparing for TLI Trans Lunar Insertion (leaving Earth's gravity) ..When I woke up in recovery, they were well on their way. But because of the gas they used on me at the time, I puked for 3-4 days. On Sunday the fifth day I had recovered and went down to my friend's house to watch the landing. ... I went to bed early after the landing because I had school the next day but my Mom & Dad woke me up to watch the Moonwalk about 15 minutes before it happened. I will be 60 soon but I will never forget those 4-5 days..

I watched this as an 18 year old in Britain and it utterly captivated me, it still does.

Can’t believe how nervous I got as it landed. I’m old enough to remember this live

Nearly 70 years old and so pleased I lived through this honesty in science. What a wonderful presentation. Thank you so much.

This is quite extraordinary. Over 50 years later, it's still incredibly gripping

Utterly amazing. Gripping. Every person on there had nerves of steel, but particularly Aldrin and Armstrong. How they remained so cool in the most intense of situations is just astonishing. I know they use the phrase 'the right stuff ' to describe astronauts, but there are realistically very few people who could face those circumstances and not just freak out. I am in awe.

Brilliant piece of video, takes a lot of work to pull all that together. Watching the landing never loses its impact. To think people doubt this ever happened remains baffling. They really put their lives on the line. And for Armstrong to manually take control and then safely land shows why he was the perfect pilot to have at the controls. Cool under pressure doesn't come close to describing him.

Loved the guidance’s “go!” So enthusiastic.

man i have goosebumps... "Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed." Its a piece of history. This video is very important.

Incredible video. I was a high school senior when the landing occurred and the space program had a lot to do with my decision to become an electrical engineer. Looking at this video, I'm reminded that until only a few years ago have I come to understand just how dangerous the moon landings were, and how automated they were. We all knew that there was a computer onboard, but I think most of us thought of it as basically a calculator. I had absolutely no idea how automated the landing was. I think it's only now that we have thinks like youtube that the general public can see what a truly amazing accomplishment this was, and HOW MANY PEOPLE were required to do this. To think of how those engineers were able do so much with so (relatively) little computing power is absolutely amazing. I'm also amazed at how "new" everything associated Apollo appears by today's standards. Is there any other engineering accomplishment 55+ years ago that looks this modern?

Wow! That was great! As long as I live, I will never be anything less than amazed at what they did! We all wanted to be astronauts as kids, back then!

This event inspired me to become an engineer, I was nine years old then. And I listen to JFKs speach, translated into Norwegian, we choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard. The Apollo 11 inspired me so much and I became a master of science engineer, computer and electronics and started my own company, still making electronics for deicers and radar systems. Thanks to NASA

Seriously awesome! The RU-vid world needs more videos like this! My dad was an engineer (one of many) at Grumman who worked on the LM. His specialty was Radiation Heat Transfer, so he managed thermo-vacuum testing of the LTA-8, now on display at “Space Center Houston.” In short, making sure that temperatures could be managed effectively where there’s no ambient air to stabilize heat flow. I was 8 years old when we first landed, so my memories of it are definite, but a little ... imprecise. Our family had just bought our first color TV, in part with viewing this event in mind. Ironically of course, there was no color broadcast from the lunar surface, but the news commentators’ broadcast was in color (not a given, BTW; a surprising amount of broadcasting in 1969 was still B&W!).

I still don't understand how these folks managed to land a chunk of aluminum held together with pop-rivets on the moon and make it back, guided by a computer running 500 cycles/sec. Astounding.

55 years ago, still the most intense an thrilling ride in history. I thank God this happened in my lifetime.

"Tranquillity base here. The eagle as landed" "You got a bunch of guys here turning blue. We are breathing again. Thanks alot." Best comments ever

As a child, this was all so very exciting and fascinating. As an adult, I'm moved to tears and choked up.... Wow! Life is strange.

0:00 Start 0:08 Title and Monologue 1:31 Descent and Programs Diagram 3:05 MC Audio start 3:20 16mm Camera start 4:40 Arm Descent and T-30 5:15 PDI (P63) 9:07 Rollover and Go/No-Gos 10:30 Rollover Complete/Radar Lock 10:37 1202 Program Alarm 13:50 P64 14:18 Go/No-Go for Landing 14:36 1201 Program Alarm 15:28 P66/Evading Boulder Field 15:37 Attitude Hold 16:52 Low Level Callout 17:03 100 Feet/Quantity Light 17:15 60 Seconds to Bingo Fuel 17:45 30 Seconds to Bingo Fuel 17:56 Contact Light 18:13 The Eagle has Landed 18:30 Camera Cut and Panorama 19:00 Shut Up 19:09 Stay/No-Stay 19:40 Audio Cut/End Credits

Such a thrill to re-live those moments! The way this was all edited together was brilliant. Huge kudos to everyone who put this together. Thank you!

Having studied the actual assembly code written for the AGC and started my own reproduction of the AGC itself using a programmable FPGA can attest that this was truly a feat of engineering. Seeing programs P63/P64/P66 in action was simply spectacular. Well done!!

50 years later and still get chills. I love how all the loops were incorporated in the audio. Man's greatest achievement, I'm glad I was alive.

9:26 Guidance is on it! Love the enthusiasm

In 64 I was out of active duty from the army and worked on the Apolo program wiring computers at general electric in Daytona Beach across from the speed way it wasn't till 69 I fully realized all the people that did a little part made it happen. Anyone who did has their name inscribed on a walk way at the launch site I'm proud of that also.

Great video, brings back unforgettable memories. I was camping with some friends on the Baltic coast of Poland. We hiked to a nearby village which had a single TV in a school. We talked our way in and watched all night. I was the only English speaker, and nearly lost it when Armstrong said "The Eagle has landed". A few days earlier my father, the Polish Ambassador, witnessed the launch. He told me about standing near the base of the Saturn V and having trouble believing that something so gigantic would move at all, much less fly off into the sky.

I don't know why, but those go/no go callous always make me emotional. So many thousands of peoples' work behind each of those "Go!" barks. My dad and 3 of my uncles worked on apollo and I know how proud they were of their individual roles in that project. I wish we still did big things.

Gene Kranz for sure was an amazing leader.The ability to keep all the various operations/departments, personnel coordinated,functional and synchronized and make split second decisions was no small feat. Let alone the tremendous internal and external pressures…

I get goosebumps whenever I watch this, and I've watched many, many times! Never fails to impress. I especially like the part where Charlie Duke says everyone should be quiet, as they get right down to the real nitty gritty, (being an astronaut himself, he knew that Neil and Buzz needed radio silence to be able to concentrate and focus, and appreciated first hand what it took to do the hardest part of the job). Then, when Bob (control) calls out P66.... Stunning, both in it's complexity and it's simplicity ❤

This is a great video, with the Controllers loop intertwined with Capcom. The pucker factor was very high just before touchdown with less than 30 seconds of propellant remaining. Externally cool as a cucumber Neil had an internal heart rate of 156 on the last part of that approach and touchdown that he took over and flew to an acceptable landing spot avoiding a big boulder field. As a 14 year old teen at the time, Gemini and Apollo fascinated me and steered me into a 40 year career as an airline pilot/instructor/FAA Examiner on the 747, 787, 757, 767. There were a handful of times in my career I felt that same pucker factor in dealing with problems, emergencies, and weather related issues, Neil was as cool as they come, the perfect guy to be the First Man...

When they got clearance for lift off from the moon mission control said, "You're number one on the runway."

This still brings tears to my eyes listening to it. Everyone was on top of their game that day.

Around 1974 several High School Systems in east Tennessee went together and purchased a computer mainframe which was relocated to an abandoned and retrofitted school bldg. Each participating school had a terminal which consisted of keyboard, wide paper print out and ticker tape memory feed. Advance students from the school would be able to learn about computer programming basics. Within three days they discovered a "game" on the computer they called "Lunar Lander". It gave you flight data (speed, descent speed, remaining fuel, etc) you would input commands for burn rate and attempt to land. We later were told that this was a copy of the program used to train Apollo pilots for the actual moon landings.

Gene Kranz was so freaking on top of his tasks it's unbelievable how well he knew everything

This exact video should be what they show in museums.

I've seen this moment probably hundreds of times. It never fails to send chills up my spine that human beings actually landed on the Moon! Amazing achievement by the three brave astronauts on Apollo 11, and all the other Apollo, Gemini and Mercury missions, not to mention the flight controllers, engineers, mathematicians, physicists and technicians who worked tirelessly to build those spacecraft, help them train, map out their course and guide them to a safe launch, landing on the Moon and return to Earth. They were all heroes. Well done!

Still gives me chills. What an incredible achievement. It’s very moving. Wow! Brave, brave men!

One of the most exciting videos I've ever seen. 'Everybody hang tight' - Kranz is a legend.

Man, this is great stuff! I was 16 years old watching the moon landing with my mom and brother in my parents’ home in the San Fernando Valley. Glad I was alive and old enough to appreciate the enormity of this achievement. I was so impressed with the calmness and professionalism of everyone involved in this mission - truly awesome performances from members of my parents’ generation.

Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed. Probably the most profound words ever spoken from the human race!

When you watch this you realize the "Divine Discontent" that man has that pushes him to constantly enlarge the boundaries of Human endeavor. Like countless Pioneers before them, who explored the far corners of the earth.....these men pushed out into our Universe and really did go where no man has gone before! And doubtless this spirit will be displayed again and again as man pushes deeper into our solar system to the planets and beyond! Neil Armstrong....Buzz Aldrin...and Michael Collins.....courageous men who dared to further mans exploits of discovery!

Apollo 12s decent was so routine in comparison. Amazing how much was learned from this.

The greatest moment in human history. Totally professional, cool headed and on top of their brief, the crew, controllers and back room engineers working as a team.

Wow! It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a video here. It's incredible to have the luxury of pause and rewind to see everything that happened in the sequence that led to the lunar landing. On TV we never got to hear the controllers loop or all of the capcom calls. Mostly it was Walter Cronkite, Wally Schirra, maybe Gordo Cooper (three of my heroes), and the NASA PR guy. This is what I really wanted! Thanks so much for compiling and sharing!

What I like, besides the obvious thrill of the landing, is the segmented flight procedure and abort possibility right up and after landing. The precision of the equipment and planning is unsurpassed for that timeframe. The professionalism of the ground personnel is something to aspire to.

Beautiful. As I stand here 50 years older than the day this happened, I get a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. I thank God that I was old enough to witness this live with Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra on channel 5 out of Atlanta. What a feat in American History. What an inspiration to an 8 year old like me. I’m a physicist and electrical engineer because of this! RIP Neil. Godspeed Buzz and Mike. RIP and thanks President Kennedy!

This was so extraordinary watching all that was happening inside eagle, PLUS Houston, PLUS a window visual view, PLUS a Narrative and height reverence all on one screen. I was a Freshman in high school and in 1969 watching this on TV, all CBS, NBC and ABC could show was visual animation as we listened to radio communication along with the voice over explanation by Walter Cronkite or Jules Bergman explaining to us what all the technobabble meant. The public didn't get to see the landing footage film until the astronauts brought it home for processing, and then the analog was not as sharp as the digital conversion. Now, fifty years later... comparing the experience from 1969 of the landing, this is just incredible!

9:23 guidance’s “go” was so animated lol, he was so excited, 19:08 his “stay” was the same way lol. I love it!

I was 10 and watched this live with my family in our living room. When they landed, my dad said, "They just landed on the moon. Can you believe it?" I don't remember what I said, but I do remember smiling and simply staring, fascinated, at the TV. What a time to be alive.

Every single one of those people on the project from the janitor that sweeps the floor all the way up to The astronauts should be saluted they're all heroes every one of them

I love how you add the exclamation point when Guidance says "go," since Steve Bales basically yelled it!

Never gets old. Incredible teamwork.

It is my belief that the entire Apollo program, but especially 11 and 13, is the greatest achievement ever

This is the very best of the landing loops. It has all the radios going at once. It's great!

I was 16 years old in 1969 and watched this marvelous event. One of mankind's greatest achievements and it hasn't lost any of it's luster after 52 years.

What a great event that I got to witness. The team effort to get there was just unbelievable. It was such a great time in this country.

That is one of the most fantastic things I have ever seen! Having seen the landing as a little boy, so long ago, watching this brings tears to my eyes! Thank you!

Incredible seeing this, again. I was 14 yrs old ... Neil, Buzz & Mike (plus so many more) are truly 20th Century American Heroes !!!

Love watching *extremely competent* professionals at work...

Humankind's GREATEST ACHIVEMENT IN HIS ENTIRE HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations USA.

Wonderful event, never to be surpassed in my lifetime, I was 12 back then, I'm now 65. and I have seen nothing that can touch this Apollo11 mission,

So *that's* what they were doing when I saw this as a nine-year-old kid. Wonderful video. And the 435 people who downvoted this really need to reconsider their lives.

"Do we not live in the Milky Way galaxy?" Henry D Thoreau Raising a glass to you Neil, Buzz, & Mike, this moment in history never gets old only. Hopefully our grandkids can one day visit that plague left by these early explorers.

I suggest the people who say that this never happened watch this and ask themselves, on what grounds do you justify saying that? This was the biggest moment in the history of our planet and there was no reason on Earth to falsify it. I am proud to have watched the event live on British TV. It is a thing that will remain with me forever. Thank you for allowing me to relive it again.

It is difficult to witness such harmonious coordination and action, with built-in windows for initiative where it might be needed, and not shed a tear to realize that I am, nominally, a member of the species that accomplished this feat.

I have watched loads of videos on the landing. This is by far the best. Shows clearly the complexity of the landing. These guys were amazing. What a team.

Love the way Guidance always yelled GO!!! on the go/no go's.

Perhaps the most important 15 minutes that inspired my generation to shoot for the stars. Everybody I grew up with wanted to be an astronaut or a scientist as a result of these men making the impossible seem easy. None of us were able to become an astronaut, though many others did. But we became engineers, teachers, doctors and scientists, and developed the most cutting edge technology of all time. Sadly greed "knee capped" the future encouragement for many. Even worse, this anti-education anti-science sentiment that has been festering through society has produced flat Earthers instead of scientists, and engineers. It's a sad state of affairs.

I was turning 5 when they landed on the moon and I was watching it on our 19 inch Magnavox TV. I looked at my Dad puzzled not fully understanding why my family was excited and I was not. My father looked at me and stated that the Astronauts had landed on the moon. I stated OKAY and continued playing with my toy. It took me several years later to understand the significance and the importance of the event. But now looking at this video as an adult, I look at it as I have looked at it several times before with amazement. Great minds and true heroes at work, the astronauts and the other 400K employees who made this event happen. Great video thank you.

The altitude graphic is a little behind the capcom call-outs. I've never heard all 4 voice channels at the same time before. Thanks for compiling this !!

I just turned sixty and have seen I think some of the best and the some of the worst within those years, from b/w TV's to 70 inch and over flat led , from wall mounted rotary phones to one's that we carry in our pocket, and micro-wave ovens that can cook in seconds. But in all of the wonder these eyes have witnessed nothing compares to when I watched the landing , then going outside and looking at the moon in total amazement. This video brought all that amazement back once more , Thank you

I was a 20 year old Air Force Sergeant stationed at Kingsley Field Oregon. Watched the landing in the Klamath Falls Airport. I wasn't a smoker, but I did light up a cigar. A lot of hugging and cheering going on.

After watching this on the edge of my seat I felt like one of the "guys about to turn blue."! Fantastic video.

Unbelievable. Watching it when I was 8yo, you have no idea of the teamwork involved in such an endeavor. This video is a great tribute to their efforts and stunning success.

And to think there are idiots that think this was faked! Must be the thousand fools that gave this a thumbs down. Just incredible there were no fatalities with all the landings. Still to date, the most amazing technical accomplishment of all time. Bravo NASA!

Apollo 11 is the one manned space flight launch I actually saw in person, on July 16, 1969. While visiting relatives, my brother and I watched the launch from the western bank of the Banana River. Listening to the radio, we heard the countdown and then saw two huge clouds that dwarfed the tiny needle-shaped Saturn V in the distance. After several seconds, we were overwhelmed by the most massive explosion imaginable, that incredible and unimaginably loud blast of lift-off, my brother and I shouting to each other while standing only inches apart, completely unable to hear what the other was saying. We watched as the needle quickly gained velocity and streaked southeastward over the ocean, arcing across the sky with a massive flame following it, the biggest and most violent candle we’d ever seen, gradually turning into flame-only with barely a hint of an actual rocket in front of it, and a distant roar that continued well into subspace. Then, on July 20, my siblings and I huddled with our grandparents around the TV to watch the moon landing and moon walk. As an 11-year-old space cadet, I was in my glory. Until then, I had been interested in the space program, although aware of and haunted by the tragedy of Apollo 1. But Apollo 11 became a catalytic event in my life, creating in me a fascination with what is possible but not yet realized. An enthusiastic pastime grew to an obsession that followed for years afterward.

Also the audio must have been recorded on Earth in Mission Control. Observe that when the astronauts speak, MC responds immediately. But there's always a 2-3 sec gap before the astronauts reply. It's not a big gap - so the speed of light delay is not obvious right away unless you look for it. But it's consistently there. In fact when the 30 sec alarm is sounded, it's 27-28 seconds of fuel remaining on the clock.

The overly energetic GO! from Guidance at 9:24 during the final PDI Go/NoGo poll made me and even iron-faced Gene chuckle! x) It's those little bits that make this already remarkable feat even more awesome, that these steely-eyed missile men were in fact, human, and just as excited as all the rest of the world watching!

Even knowing how it turned out I was holding my breath. A fantastic look into how things go. Thank you!

This short video made me proud to be a human...Oh the things mankind can do if not distracted by evil....

To say they pushed the limits of technology is an understatement. The years of training with these remarkable pilots bridged the gap.