Credit: NASA/JSC This video shows the water landing of the Apollo 13 spacecraft. A computer animation shows the atmospheric reentry of the Command Module. Click to subscribe! bit.ly/subAIRBOYD #AIRBOYD #AvGeek
@@dewadattaa268 I understood that it would be a one way trip as it would be impossible to return safely, the Russians already knew that, as they were well in front of the space race as you callout, and wouldn't risk sending humans with the bombardment of micrometeorites and occasional solar flares which will kill all electronics and humans, but there is no reason for you to stop dreaming and believing.
Never seen this recovery footage. The amount of effort and teamwork just to rescue 3 of the most amazing men that ever lived is an achievement in itself!
@@WHATISTRUTHTV Same here, I think those are astronaut stunt doubles, out on the water, too dangerous & sweaty an activity for the crew. Those poor men...😠😡The swimmers, helicopter crews, & everyone risking themselves in the "splashdown" was the only real danger I saw.
I love when a movie is so good and so spot on that when you watch video from the real thing you have flashbacks from the film, as if it were your own memories!
I remember my mother crying when finaly they made communication . Good on Nasa and the American people for providing the world the greatest feat of engineering and hope this generation has ever known .
This is why Apollo 13 is one of my fave movies just an incredible true story of tension, drama, skill, high intelligence, mental and physical toughness and tremendous calm in amongest a storm of trouble. Astounding achievement to get the astronauts home safely to their families. Thank you NASA and Apollo 13 crew for an unforgettable moment in history!
I am an Italian man. .I was just a child 8 years old watching on tv all this unforgettable story. I am still very interested about Astronomy and Astronautic. Thanks for sharing this video!
I too was 8 years old when this happened, I am planning to go to Chicago to Adler Planetarium and seeing the exbit they have of Apollo 11 and another Apollo mission that Jim Lovel was on (no not Apollo 13) think it was Apollo 8 with Boreman
Hey Mr Rubble, You have no proof either . You have never been to space or flown in a rocket. You only repeat what you have seen on the Tel lies Vision and Books which are controlled by the Rockerfellers !
Ever heard jet pilots go down? Or heli pilots? They've been trained for every contingency, and know every failure that could possibly occur. They've been through THOUSANDS of simulations, in preparation for literally anything and everything that could go wrong. They have already experienced their fears a million times. Thats why they aren't shitting their pants.
Calm under pressure, that's just typical for military trained test pilots. They know one thing is certain, if one panics in an emergency situation they're going to die. Period.
To be able to do dangerous jobs, one has to surrender to a certain extent. You cannot do the job if you allow your fears to consume you. You have to carry on as if everything's exactly the way it's supposed to be, even if it isn't. That's what makes a professional.
Safe return of Apollo 13 was probably the last time the world experienced a really good news story on a global scale: tragedy turned to triumph, brought the world together for a few brief moments and gave us all hope for a better future. It's been doom, gloom and unrelenting tragedy ever since. If someone can think of anything comparable since 1970 please share it.
yeh, agree. That occurred to me much later after I logged-off. 1989, the tantalising prospect of an end to global conflict and perpetual world peace. The euporia lasted about 5 years, then islamo-fascism comes along. History repeats, only the names change. Thanks for your comment almostfm.
It's amazing how people think this is fake. If you want to see something fake watch the WWE. These men are heroes and you can't even respect them? It shocks me how people think the moon landing is fake, that's like saying Michael Jordan never actually played basketball and it was robot playing. Gosh people have a little respect.
+William Bryant If it is a matter of respect...what about respect for the public? Their tax dollars paid for all this and have been given a hand full of pics and space craft that does not measure out capable of carrying all the gear, able to protect gear and crew from 350 degree swing from day to night. There are folks in jail for robbing thousands of dollars. What about robbing tax payers of billions of dollars -- if the allegations are true?
Americans after landings (Gemini & Apollo) walk like there is nothing, in front of cameras and people. Meantime where the Russians after landings can't get up (or we can see how hard it is for them asf), and they needs ~ 3 weeks for rehabilitation. You see difference, do you? But oh a wonder, a bit later (after wonderful Apollo-show) the American Astronauts did have trouble with the Gravity as it should be. Well that happens if no one of American Astronauts have reading Hollywood scripts correctly hahahahahaha
With 13 I ended up staying up all night on purpose for the first time in my life. I was 11 and a half and somehow knew this was history. We watched this live on tv in my classroom. The previous days I had a note to stay home. Dad and Mom understood.Some how I never thought 13 wouldn't make it home. The eyes of an 11 year old child. Well done NASA and 13. Bless all of you.
Did he have any actual evidence that led him to the conclusion this was just a story or did he ignore evidence in favor of belief? Ballet and rocket science have nothing to do with one another.
@Roger Clemons how about this, we send you up into space in a pod that size, have something blow up, and see how real it gets for you, better yet, we remove the suits from the equation...
When I was watching these Apollo splashdowns and recoveries as a kid, I was glued to the set. I don't remember them being so long and tedious! My family kept wanting to watch something else because they had already splashed down safely. It was done. The rest was boring. But almost nothing else was on, so I got to watch everything, even the astronauts in the quarantine trailers! A week in a capsule followed by a month in a trailer - not for the claustrophobic.
Randy Johnson Yeah, along with the 400,000 engineers, scientists, and flight controllers who got them there. I'm sure there are enough brainwashers to handle that many subjects. A conspiracy that big would require more people to be in on the conspiracy than the number of people purported to be fooled by the conspiracy. Take a year each of physics and calculus in college, and you'll understand it would be much easier to go to the moon. MUCH easier. Just expensive. Of course, legions of brainwashers aren't cheap either...
A lot different than Ron Howard's version. Outstanding example of cool headed injenuity and teamwork under the most life threatening, super stressful circumstances.
Imagine riding out that reentry? No idea if the heat shield is cracked or compromised somehow, no idea if the batteries will last long enough to deploy the drouge chutes, and no clue if the chutes themselves will be here blocks of ice. These guys are awesome.
That's why they used test pilots back then. Test pilots have to be totally unflappable because anything can happen when you are flying experimental aircraft.
Thanks so much for posting this! I was a junior in high school when this occurred. I remember being glued to any TV in close proximity just to learn the latest updates. This landing was absolutely one of the most wonderful things I'd ever seen. I can remember very well the collective sigh of relief upon the sight of those parachutes and the spacecraft suspended beneath them. I feel so sorry for those who weren't around to experience the early days of our space program. It was an incredibly exciting and fascinating time. I was hooked by Alan Shepherd's short flight and I've never lost interest. One of USA's finest hours.
I remember being one of the few students in my high school to stay up and watch NASA TV coverage of Mir's reentry. I watched the last Shuttle mission take off and land. I watched as we landed a small car onto another planet via rocket propelled sky-crane. All this makes me envy those of you who watched as men walked on the Moon. If I can see that, I can die fairly happy.
sakar181 So good to learn about your ongoing interest in space travel and exploration. I've been watching right along with you. Let's hope that we'll truly travel in space once again! A return trip to the Moon would be a really wonderful starting point.
Cool stuff, let me assure you this is real. My dear father was he NAVY and was in part of the recovery of this capsule. hearing some of the conspiracy theorist make me laugh, most of you weren't even born when this happened. Not everything in life is fake.
Shasha 11 I totally agree. They weren’t even living at that time. We had this wonderful privilege! And boy was it exciting. My father & I sat glued to the tv - I was 8 at the time. There was no reason to disbelieve this incredible achievement. Thousands involved could have spoken from then until present day & they haven’t! People are so skeptical now. My father’s engineering company in Scotland made socket screws for the space programme. I remember him telling me & I was amazed. It was the best time to be around & everything was so relaxed in society. There wasn’t all this present paranoia & shame of being proud of the West’s scientific & cultural achievements.
I think people dont believe it because they simply dont trust the government. it's really sad cause even if humanity has progressed so much since then, lots of people dont believe in these changes and think everything is fake even if its not. And obviously, this isn't.
union310 Logic does indeed fit neatly into the equation, but not in the way that you mean it. The science behind how spacecraft reenter the atmosphere is extremely well documented. It is employed with ALL space missions that involve a return to Earth, even unmanned ones such as the Soviet Luna crafts, which brought back lunar samples in the 1970s. As for "today's advancement," in the area of computers, there has been tremendous advancement, but in rocketry, not so much. The manned air speed record that was set by the X-15 (4,520 miles per hour) in the 1960s remains unbeaten today. In fact, _no modern plane even comes close._ The Saturn V rocket which was used for the Apollo missions was the largest, most powerful rocket ever launched into space. The Space X Falcon Heavy is powerful, but still can’t touch the Saturn Five. NASA is certainly ready to back to the Moon, what they lack is the money.
Why the hell would they FAKE this???It's bad enough that some people say that the Moon landings were faked, but Apollo 13, (that didn't make it at all)? Really??? BTW, these conspiracy nuts need to get a life; the Moon landings (all six of them) were REAL, and ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!
Except for LMP Fred Haise, who had a urinary tract infection; he was in the hospital for several days after returning, before finally making a full recovery.
Today Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Dems would be on television blaming Trump and launching an investigation of what Trump overlooked that resulted in NASA's failures on this mission.
i was 12 years old when this happend,we were all praying praying for apollo 13 for there safe return,it was wonderful when they splashed down and were safely home
I was in the Army at this time and missed this, as well as the Apollo 11 moon mission unfortunately but I did read about it years later and saw the movie - great stuff.
Watching the last minute of this just shows how far America has changed and not for the better. You could never ever get away with praying to Jesus like that today
+Kurt Mason NASA and the US Navy are both government agencies. Separation of church and state, under the constitution, should prevent their members from promoting any religion. After all, the USA has no national religion.
I watched Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. I also remember Apollo 13 landing in the sea. Both we're miracles thank you to God and to everyone who brought them home safe.
This video is one of the best ever! These men handled a crisis like no other I have seen. They, along with those working to bring them back safely, are heros. Thank you dear Lord!
dks13827 Sorry. Do you happen to have a channel for the video you recommended? I retrieved several, all of which were music videos. (Don't get me wrong. I love music.)
Recovery - not for the faint of heart. My uncle assisted with the Apollo 11 recovery. Those guys from the aircraft carrier have to buy DVD footage to know what happened! They sure didn't get to see much while working.
+Jen Sinclair Well, yeah... Only an incredibly small percentage of personnel aboard the carrier were involved in recovery... Everyone else had a job to do and was expected to do it. What did you think, that they stopped all other operations on board the carrier?
@@ivindvagen8815 --The only thing that is odd is the stuff that goes on in the generally uneducated minds with child-like wondering and toddler like imaginations of psychos like you.
It's amazing how close to the recovery ship Apollo 13 landed. (And, while various movie dramas were enjoyable, the fact is that Apollo 13's telemetry communication indicated early on that the spacecraft had returned successfully.)
Gene KRANTZ I want people in our simulators working re-entry scenarios. I want you guys to find every engineer who designed, every switch, every circuit, every transistor and every light bulb that's up there. Then I want you to talk to the guy in the assembly line who had actually built the thing. Find out how to squeeze every Amp out of both of these machines. I want this mark all the way back to Earth with time to spare. We never lost an American in space. And we're sure not to lose one on my watch!. Failure is not an option!
I was in elementary school when they had the classes go into the auditorium to view the schools two largest TV's to view the splash down. Most of were so young to really grasp the importance of what happened but thinking now I was so glad I viewed this tremendous event in history.
Really dumbass? If this were a hoax, the solviet union would have blown it out of the water! You don’t believe that they were monitoring the communication and telemetry? What an idiot.
I was a young 20 when this happened, and like all Apollo flights, I was glued to it. This for me was a show of how God took care of 3 men in a pretty bad situation, and helped all who brought them home. Amazing conclusion for them all.
I didn't realize this was going on when I was 9. I did rememebr when the newsman was showing the re entry fire how it would be on the heat shield......I then realized "I had lived through a historical moment" and didn't realize it...But hey, when you're 9 you don't think of that.
I think all the apollo missions have the same importance for the mankind History. But the greatest miracle in space history is trully the Apollo 13 mission
It was a damn good ship. The only reason why it failed was because the service module was dropped just 2 inches when it was being built. It messed up some of the piping in one of the oxygen tanks. They call it an unlucky spacecraft, but that’s the damn luckiest spacecraft in my opinion.. it still held together all that way in space
The oxygen tank was dropped; not the entire service module. The tank was dropped before it was ever put into the service module for Apollo 13. If the entire service module were dropped - - even just two inches - - it would have been a major issue and there would have been extensive checks for potential damage of a LOT of components. That's not what happened. Just the tank was dropped - - prior to Apollo 10.
The EC-18 ARIAs (an EC-135 variant) were stationed with the 4950th Test Wing, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base when I was stationed there. Seriously odd-looking birds.
The world held its breath untill they saw the command module with all 3 main chutes open. I was at school watching it and I never new 14yr old kids could be that quiet. We was watching history.
So where did they store these 3 chutes and 3 full grown men with large space suits, plus other equipment and ancient computers, etc. This thing is the size of a tin can!! The parachutes are very large with long cords. Why didn't they burn up upon re-entry? Why did they never show you the tin can entering the earth atmosphere and burning? After all they knew where they were going to land cuz they were there waiting, so they could have easily filmed them burning through the atmosphere. Nothing but a hoax for all you spacetards and Apollotards. Wake up you dummies! Notice at 41:29 there is a sudden edit with the footage completely changing. This is where they put the actornots into the tin can so they could show you them getting out into the raft. If you can't see the hoax you should be in an insane asylum!
I like you Jonny Sevent, ur good people. We owe it to the 17 lives lost in the course of this whole space frontier thing to call.these.idiots.out. Thank you good sir.
Oh really!? How about answering my question about the north star and the constellations. After 6000 years they are still in the same places. Isn't that just amazing? What are the chances!?!
Just what I thought. Just a bunch of blah blah blah without hard evidence. I read it in a science book or Nasa said so. It never ends with you. Earth wobble?! you are a regular comedian. You are definitely a "useful idiot" -------> Genesis 1: 16 God made two great lights---the greater to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. Yes they did know what stars were. Apparently you don't.
Public reaction from around the world too should have been shown. My grand mother, a devout muslim, spent most of the time on her prayer matt praying for their safe recovery. Her reason: they are Gods creation, and they have families. There were people I know, including myself, who wept unashamedly at the safe recovery.
Yes, all those people praying did a great deal to help the recovery... One pair of hands at work is worth a million pairs praying. This god of yours should be thanked for the safe recovery? Why not blamed for allowing it to happen at all? I can't fucking stand people that thank god for human achievements. WE DID IT. Not god.
Matthew Aldred Its religion man. Are you surprised? Just let people be. Whether they are wrong or right, we don't need them judging you or me, so why judge them, or treat them in a mean way?
Matthew Aldred It's an expression of solidarity over ideological and tribal barriers. Even as a non-believer, I'd respect that part of it. Don't be such a dick.
@@mattd6085 The men and women who brought Apollo 13 home would not feel the same as you. They'd be grateful for all the prayers and signs of solidarity. Only people like you would have a problem.
I wonder if the capsule was still piping hot from re-entry. The water would cool it quickly, but there was a lot of metal that must have been extremely hot for a little while after it splashed down. Cool video. What an intense few days that must have been for anyone alive at the time following this accomplishment.
That's what I was thinking! The heat shield must have absorbed the heat and therefore been super hot! I suppose the travel down under the parachute and the water cooled it
+Louis Cissé As far as I understand it the heat shield ablates and doesn't really store the heat for long. If it did it would be a bad insulator. I wouldn't be surprised if you could touch it right after splashdown.
Robin Frischkopf good call. I've seen videos of where they take the tile from the space shuttle, ale them red hot with a blowtorch, and seconds later, while still red hot in the center, someone is able to hold the thing. I'm not sure the name for it, but they absorb massive amounts of heat and then dissipate that heat extremely rapidly.... which is why they were designed for shuttle reentry. Cool stuff alla around.
Actually, inside of the capsule, even after reentry and splashdown was still cold. So a diver opening the hatch could feel a wave of cold air coming from inside.
I was a space nut back then and well remember watching this. Yeah the pics were miserable but that's what we had. We had an old B&W TV but those were crazy times with Vietnam taking the news the most. Apollo was a bright moment during those dark days.
Lots of people forget that these days, and forget all the protests, riots and social turmoil too, hippy counterculture, yippie acitivism, drugs, sex and rock and roll and society "almost" falling apart.......and all the dead and injured guys in 'Nam.
What I notice is the PRECISION flying of the choppers and the accuracy of the swimmers team. I am not sure that today's servicemen are trained this thoroughly and could pull this off. they have gotten soft, IMO Absolutely awesome how the divers and swim and work in the open sea! Great training!.
I have seen Apollo 13 at the tourist building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and took a picture of it. I see the burnt black marks as I have in the picture.This was in July of 1977.Hanging on the wall was the armrest from the LM,I am still wondering why I didn't think to take a picture of that.I have also seen Apollo 11as it toured the country in the state capital of each state,in my case it was in Richmond,Va. and was in December of 1970.I didn't take a camera on the several times I saw it.It didn't seem to be as badly burnt as 13.I don't know why,but that is the way I remember it.I also saw a few small moon rocks. All of this points to it being real and no evidence can be shown to have been a hoax. Hoaxters seem to speak at a kinder garden level and I have followed the space program since Sputnik. Step by step it was all very real including our failures and in some it cost us lives. Thank God not Apollo 13.Apollo 1,Challenger and Columbia were not faked.
Fake... I did not see Tom Hanks stepping out of that heli. :) JK. GREAT video, I am still amazed about the skill and cool of everyone involved in Apollo 13 to get the crew home. NASA´s finest hour.
