I miss Jack. He was at the final launch of the Shuttle in 2011 and we had a great conversation about the past and future of the US space program. I wish he was here to see Artemis I.
I remember hearing the words “we have liftoff at 32 minutes past the hour” (I was 12) and thinking - “I will never forget the time 9:32am Eastern”. I never have. A memory frozen in my brain for 54+ years.
My Father was a Colonel in the Air Force. He retired in 1968. He had some buddies that worked for NASA. I remember going down for Apollo 11 to watch the launch; we lived in Tallahassee. We were about 4 miles from the launch pad wearing our special badges. It was amazing. I was 9 years old. I remember the Ground shaking and how loud it was, and we were 4 miles away. It was breath taking!!!
amazing what you saw up and close !!!! !!! i was like 8 years old .. I was at school in my country , where ALL the kids looked at the tiny B&W CRT TV !! amazing at that age ..............
Thomas Rice And I wasn't even born. You were lucky to have been alive during the absolute pinnacle of human achievement till date. When I was 9 the talking point of the day was Iraq. Wish I had been born earlier. When men were men.
It wasn't just the sheer magnificence of the launch. It was (also) much of humanity watching, worrying, praying, hoping beyond all hope that we could succeed at the most daring and risky and dangerous endeavor imaginable. Thus, the launch still brings tears to my eyes, but so does the expressions I see on the faces of all those who were watching.
Was about to start kindergarten when this took place... family was in Deerfield beach at the pink panther motel...dad was doing underwater welding..best summer vacation EVER!
I had just turned 10 that unforgettable summer of 1969. My father was in the Navy and happened to be in Vietnam during the Apollo 11 mission. I watched Neil Armstrong take those historic first steps with my Mom (who prayed the entire time) and brother and sister. Afterwards my Mom let us go outside and look at the moon. I kept saying "their really up there".... Such a wonderful memory!
I remember we were watching CBS and this very broadcast by Cronkite and Wally Shirah. I was 12. The thing that stuck with me was Cronkite saying "Man on the way to the moon!" Never will forget that.
I’m watching this yet again the day after Christmas 2022 and still feel the thrill and pride I felt that day. Rest In Peace Heroes Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin. You did us proud!
I remember watching it on TV. My folks had a huge console set with enormous speakers. My dad turned the sound all the way up so we could feel the rumble! It was amazing, even on TV! I can't imagine being there for a live launch. The most powerful rocket vehicle ever made!
James Howland It would have been incredible to witness. The Saturn V can kill you by sound energy alone if you’re close enough. And “close enough” isn’t as close as you might think.
I was 4. My family watched it on a little black and white tv in the corner of our den Minot AFB housing. A neighbor whose husband was TDY was over visiting to watch it as she didn't have a tv.
I was 9 years old when Apollo 11 went to the Moon. It was an incredibly exciting, awe-inspiring time; the whole country would stop to watch the Moon launches and everyone was full of pride for the space program! I get slightly teary eyed watching this now.
Hi Mark, I am making a short documentary film based on eye witness accounts of the Apollo 11 launch. Would you be willing to share your amazing story? simon@sorted.tv
Could watch them a million times, and still be awestruck and have a lump in throat. The entire program was an era of pushing boundaries dreamed of for years, and still unmatched by manned flight to this day sadly.
+lunarmodule5 we're going to Mars in 2030, so long as the American people fund NASA. We need fewer sports heroes and reality tv stars, and more dedication to science. We need to overhaul the education system, fund it, for our education system is ailing. Without such scientists, we cannot go anywhere, neither to space or anywhere as a society
@Connor: indeed a kind of disgrace that sport stars and Kardeshians get all the attention and not the science and technology people. Maybe one of the reason we will be surpassed by China.
I and my mother & brother gathered around the TV at 2am to watch the Eagle land and Neil Armstrong hop down to the moon's surface, and I remember we were as awed by the fact that we could watch it as by the fact that they were doing it. It was a wonderful time, memorable for me also because it was one of the few times the 3 of us had such a great time doing something together.
I was 7 when I saw this originally. My father had kept me informed about the mission from Apollo 8 onwards. Whoever was responsible for me being born in 1962, thank you.
Jack King, the voice of the Apollo launches, remarked that he said "All engine running", rather than "all engines running", as he had during the launches up until the launch of Apollo 11, and that it bothered him a little. As a kid, I knew the difference, but didn't know why he said it that way. Now, knowing his history with the program, I can see he was no doubt as excited as everyone else to know that this was the launch to actually put men on the moon.
Brandon Bennetzen Hi Brandon - Thanks for the heads up - mi did hear about it last night and put my comments on the Apollo 8 Full Mission Launch video. RIP Jack - LM5
The NASA voice is the best. What is his name? He was really the voice of the Apollo missions. When we watched it live with Cronkite we really felt WE were onboard with the astronauts-beyond belief!
Sorry you missed it. I was 8 years old at the time, but I was very aware of what was happening. I wanted, more than anything, to someday be an astronaut.
We did this. We really did do this. I watched it when it happened. It now almost seems like it was a different world then when anything seemed possible.
my grandfather worked on the Apollo project at Edwards Air Force Base and directly worked on one of the engines on the lunar lander and later was used on the space shuttle.
The definition of awesome. It boggles my mind that such incredibly complex and hugely powerful machines could be stacked and send another craft all the way and so precisely to the 230,000-mile distant moon. And developed from relatively primitive technology in so short a time, and work. Murphy's law was broken.
I remember watching this live as a kid on our fuzzy black and white 19" TV with the rabbit ears and having to use a pair of pliers to change the channel was so excited just to be able to see it
i wasnt anywhere near born yet for this but i think apollo is sooo badass and gemini an mercury an freedom missions as well. and of course space shuttle. these guys and gals had some serious balls to strap in to these beast of machines.. wish america was what it once was.. we are like the corleone family in godfather part 2.... but god bless America :)
+lunarmodule5 I can't say how thankful I am - and how most of the rest of us are that your channel exists. The amazing combination of video and audio makes it feel like you're really there. Your "onboard audio" vids are especially awesome. I love hearing the astronauts communicate with each other. Thanks for the great work!
Jackson Tyler hi Jackson - thank you for your kind comments...its been a pleasure putting all the content up on the channel over the past few years. I am so pleased that other space enthusiasts enjoy the videos and, I hope, the videos are viewed by people who have no real understanding of the achievements of the space programme. I do enjoy putting the full mission series together...it is a lot of work but I feel its important as its probably the first time since the mission that the whole flight can be experienced. thanks again -regards lm5
+Philippe Sauvie You have to remember that many who would like to watch and comment on these videos cannot deal with the conspiracy cockroaches over-running every NASA-themed video they can find. So they stay away.
At T+61 sec on 5:20 Saturn V rocket broke sound barrier and shock collar or condensation cloud ring was formed on the top of second stage. At around T+90 sec max dynamic pressure max Q was reached. At T+160 sec on 6:59 first stage of rocket separated, 4 outer engines F-5 with regulated vector of trust were cut off one second before separation, while inner fixed central engine was cut off at about T+135 sec to keep total acceleration around 4g. Eight small solid fuel separation motors backed the process to keep first stage away before 5 engines of second stage ignited.
My grandparents woke me up when it was still dark outside (SoCal) and sat me down in front of the tv...b&w tv, that is... and there I sat in my jammies watching history. I still remember listening to Mr. Cronkite. Back then when he was talking everyone shut up and turned to the tv and payed attention. Walter Cronkite is on! Everyone come in.
@@gives_bad_advice Nah, we have barely working self driving cars and you are talking about rockets with absolutely zero astronauts. I think this is just going to be the same with airplanes, there will be probably some kind of autopilot sooner or later but pilots will still exist because even if 99% of the flight is done by the autopilot you still need a person who can land it and do something during an emergency which can occur at anytime in space.
I watched this very broadcast in 1969. Too bad it hasn’t aged as well as one would hope. The sky was a beautiful brilliant blue coming through on the TV, and the Saturn a gorgeous white. Still memorable.
Still can't believe that capsule could fit the balls of these 3 men. Was in Huntsville, al as a kid one day and they fired up an engine. My God in heaven. Still never heard anything like that in my life and I was miles from it.
Thanks for uploading this. Such a wonderful dream come true. Such a wonderful time in history. So exciting to watch even though it was 44 years ago today.
Brilliant brilliant. Engineers who designed the Saturn V were so brilliant. Such a magnificent development. Just thinking 7.6 million pounds of thrust is boggling.
One thing TV could only hint at regarding the noise that sucker made were the very loud infrasonic sounds that not only shook the ground but that were felt in one's body. Even at 5 miles distance.
I was 12 years old at the time of Apollo 11 and we always watched the Space Program on CBS. It is hard to relate these days how big it was back over 50 years when we landed on the Moon. They do not make them like Walter Cronkite any more and have not for quite a while. He was an outstanding journalist but today he would not be considered for a TV Anchor -- not the right look.
It is to bad we have not put a higher value on the space program as a society. Because of the space program and going to the moon, we have advanced technology by 50 years by some estimates. In the history of mankind, the space program is the only driver of technical advancement that didn't involve war, and destruction, or the preparation for war. To me that money is well spent.
"the space program is the only driver of technical advancement that didn't involve war, and destruction, or the preparation for war." Uhhh what? This is bonkers. Most technological achievements have been driven by mundane human needs like hunger, thirst, shelter, etc. Dishwashers were not invented for war, most farming, etc. Most people spend most of their time in the world doing things other than war and thinking about things other than war. Even people who have been to war. If you served in WWII, and survived, that was still a small fraction of your life and motivations.
Not completely bonkers, aside from war, space exploration IS one of the main drivers of scientific and technological advancement, especially in such a short time like it was on Apollo.
Michael Kilbourn I agree with you, but the space race and Apollo came purely from the Cold War,,, Kennedy would’ve never pledged to go to the moon had Sputnik never been launched.
Hi Nicholas, I am making a short documentary film based on eye witness accounts of the Apollo 11 launch. Would you be willing to share your amazing story? simon@sorted.tv
That raw power is still very impressive even after all these years. I can't remember seeing the launch on TV, but I can remember the moon landing. I lived in Australia then and we were given a half-day off school to watch it. After a while when they weren't attacked by aliens I got bored and went out to play with my friends. I was seven years old. We really haven't achieved a great deal since then.
Apollo 11 was grandeur, unalloyed national greatness. Ever since we humans have been capable of thought, the idea of going to the moon has represented the ultimate impossibility. Yet, in July 1969, Americans stormed the heavens not out of arrogance but from the consummate joy we find in what we conjure and fabricate: Annuit Coeptis. Like the Golden Gate, like Bach’s Brandenburgs, like Falstaff, Hamlet, the great equations, in Apollo we take innocent delight in the artifice of our hands and our imaginations. The glory of the human, the penetrating seriousness of high play, to reach for the stars. As with Scott Fitzgerald, we were, at liftoff, face to face with something commensurate to our capacity for wonder.
