Failure Is Not An Option A Flight Control History of NASA
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Based on NASA flight director Gene Kranz' autobiography "Failure is not an Option" this documentary traces the history of NASA Mission Control during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, with special emphasis on Apollo 1, 8, 11, 12 and 13.
While Kranz' book often comes out as overly jingoistic and with an excess of pathos, this documentary strikes a good balance between depicting the historical background of the space race, the technical issues of spaceflight and the emotional impact on Mission Control personnel.
To people very familiar with the events of US manned spaceflight in those years, there is not much new information to be gained from the documentary. There is Conrads difficult Gemini spacewalk, the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 8 going around the moon, the Apollo 11 moon descent crises (Computer alarm and low fuel), Mission Controller Aarons reset of the Apollo 12 during launch and of course the whole saga of Apollo 13. All is told through the eyes of Mission Control, its directors and controllers, with the astronauts only appearing as fuzzy voices on the radio downlink.
The strength of the documentary is that it shows us the faces and voices of the Mission controllers. From the perspective of 2003 they re-tell their stories in a seamless narrative illustrated with mostly original film, but also a little re-enactment, which happily is not too intrusive (even though it does show people watching a Mercury launch in colour on their home TV set..). The contrast between the young faces filmed in the 60's and the present-day aged and haughty demeanor of the same men is a captivating reminder of the passage of time. Working in Mission control was obviously the high point of their lives, so there is a slightly nostalgic note to their account.
Some things about the documentary can be criticized. Space buffs will miss technical details, and not much is being said about the system of shifts in Mission Control, that is, how "colourcoded" teams managed the job of mission control 24/7. Also, the focus is very much on the telegenic Gene Kranz, to the detriment of the other mission directors and controllers. This is probably unavoidable when we're dealing with the TV medium, which needs easy-to-follow stories and a captivating protagonist.
If one wants a true insight into NASA mission control, one has to read books about it. This documentary will however serve as a primer, and a good one at that. It is emotional to hear the story of NASA's crises and triumphs, re-told 40 years on by the men who were actually there. They might not quite be unsung heroes, since their feats are well-documented, but they certainly deserve to be heard once more by new audiences.
Gene Kranz.... you need NEVER be ashamed of yourself for losing it when Apollo 13 hit the Water, and was safely Home!!!! You Sir, EARNED that outburst. You faced impossible odds, with Grace, Passion and Professionalism!
You were triumphant, with your incredible Team, and Solved a problem that NOBODY could have anticipated, and did it brilliantly!!!
Somehow, PoorManRC, I doubt Kranz was the _only_ man who lost it that day!
No human being need be ashamed of crying. It is a normal, even beautiful, expression of emotion. Unfortunately, our society interprets crying as weakness and unreliability. Hence, terms like “breaking down” and “loosing it.” One can trust a man who cries. One is wise not to trust a man who is so insecure that he must maintain a false facade.
Billions of people cried that day. Mostly tears of happiness for the safe return of those men worth saving.
These guys gave me some of my greatest childhood memories. It wasn't cgi or a video game. It was real life Sci-Fi.
The Greatest Generation.
Another True Story..🥺
Sci-Fi minus the Fi part.
RIP Chris Kraft
July 22 2019
The father of mission control he will be sorely missed God speed to
Chris Kraft
He had a suitable name, What a man!
Igor Flexus .....and his middle name is “Columbus”!
@sidgdansk Go back to whatever hole in the earth you crawled out of!
@@kurtfrancis4621 although thre jesuit thing was new to me. you can't blame these idiots for lack of creativity.
He died a day after Apollo 11 50th anniversary.
Did anyone else get chills watching this? 🤔
Dja Think? Totally. This stuff makes me geek out.
Me. Just an incredibly exciting time that I was lucky and privileged to have witnessed. Miss these times a lot.
Oh, yeah. Chills ... yes. And tears, too. A13 was so close to the edge that it was amazing. Every little event was a triumph. I kept up with the mission as best I could but the media didn't provide anyof the gory details as they was happening. As a kid, I never knew exactly how close to death those guys were ... for the entire mission. It was probably for the best.
Millions dead in Vietnam, civil rights movement in full swing, veterans returning home to get spit on and THIS SHIT gives you chills? You are a true American.
I used to , makes me ill now
I fell asleep and woke up to RUclips automatically playing this video. I heard it in my dreams and once I opened my eyes I didn't move until it was finished. One of the best docs I've seen.
```````you are still dreaming, it is a propaganda film to get more bucks for films made by nasa.......
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I was 5 years, 5 months and 8 days old, when I watched John Glenn's Friendship 7 launch. There was a little (20") black and white TV in my parent's bedroom. My brother and I where fully dressed in our winter clothing, to go to school. I will never forget it! I followed the entire space program from that day on. Terrific documentary! Thank you Gene Kranz!
Greetings from Russia! It was interesting to read your memories of that great time in the history of mankind in which you and I were lucky enough to live. I was born in 1960 in the family of a Soviet Army officer. In the 80s and 90s, I was very interested in the history of the development of the space programs of the USSR and the USA. In your comment you mentioned John Glenn, decades will pass and in 1994 he will send me a letter and an autographed photo in response to my letter to him. John Young and Neil Armstrong also answered me. Their letters and photographs are now our family heirloom. Eternal memory to them. In my collection, in particular, there are a lot of articles from Soviet newspapers of the 60-70s about all flights under the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. By the way, I want to say that despite the cold war between the USSR and the USA and the moon race, all the articles that I have are written in a respectful tone and this applies to all NASA programs. We are on the same wavelength if we watch this wonderful movie. Happy New Year! Saint-Petersburg.
Sergei, thank you for your warm, and insightful reply! I forgot to mention that I'm Canadian. My favorite hockey players all time where Sergei Federov and Pavel Datsyuk, true masters!@@sergei6572
Sergei, thank you for your insightful reply. This period in our time was all about people, not politics.@@sergei6572
@@sergei6572landing on the moon was truly a team effort.
Without Gagarin and the Russians the US would not have been motivated to even try.
That competition got us there.
In February of 1994 I crossed paths with President Clinton and John Glenn. Totally by chance.
I shook Clinton's hand. He didn't look me in the eye. He was talking to the girl in front of me.
Glenn was next to him.
I didn't shake Glenn's hand.
Why didn't I? I'm a space buff.
The reason I didn't was because once you shake the hand of the most powerful man in the world, it doesn't get any higher...no pun intended.
@@Downsdddgh Thank you for your interesting memories. Yes, I agree with you that the successes of Soviet cosmonautics largely influenced the rapid development of American rocket science and space technology. Neil Armstrong in 1970, when visiting Star City at a solemn meeting dedicated to his arrival in the Soviet Union, after seeing a large portrait of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, said .
Teary-eyed just listening to him talk. Absolute awesome show. Gene one of my lifetime influences and heroes. I was 17 years old working for NASA under Bendix, and I had the opprtunity towork on the left over equipment from these missions in preparation for the Space Shuttle missions which I was fortunate to start AND finish that program with numerous other types of missions in between, the Hubble being one. That SCE to Aux-type thing I can certainly relate to. I had times where I used the second hand on a watch to time why a computer wasnt running correctly to find an accessory to that computer was taking too long to reply back to the computer, only by several seconds,....eh...not a life threatening thing or spectacular to anyone, but some problems brought out the best in us. The SCE to Aux thing proves tinkering offline is worth it. I can tell you, in tough conditions you'll bond and rely on your coworkers and they'll rely on you to get the mission back on track. As far as the moon, I can say I am from the generation that walked outside, looked up at the moon and realized there were men walking around up there at that moment. Lots of politics though. and NO I was not a Flight Manager making go/no go decisions on safety of manned missions. I can honestly say I was one of the ones who came to the program, after word of mouth of my capabilities were knownto some managers. It was a dream come true. I put to bed some of the equipment used in keeping track of the tracking stations and satellites as they orbited, and people could dial up a series of thumbwheel switches and get a status of where and when select missions would be supported. That equipment talked to the worlds only 360/95 computers, and it was all built around when I was born. Equipment as old as I was. Well, it was an adventure and it really goes beyond the pace I can write it in here. 32 years worth.
Amen to this. Always look at everything, every little anomaly, every potential switch. I remember an issue similar to yours with a processor delay on an IBM LS blade that happened every hour for 2 seconds.
You worked with the entire shuttle program? How does it feel to murder 14 people and get away with it?
Only way for Failure not being possible is by faking, failure is always an option, even if older plane models, you just can not giant leap with fullproof results.
@@narajuna He refused to give it a foothold.
@@EdWeibe HE is god? Sure accepted for APOLLO 1. And #13 badluck....
John Llewellyn was quite a character. 'Mine was leather, but I had one' had me laughing for quite a while.
Read Gene's book (if you haven't already) and you'll get a couple more interesting stories about John.
It's too bad that the History Channel does not make such programs anymore. Now they just make the most stupid and cheap reality programs. Those guys at NASA were most amazing! True American heros.
+terence sommer but but but but, I want to hear about those duck people who appear to have just evolved from chimps.
Keith L. I know. God help us all. They treat us like we are so so stupid.
Bryan Usrey Duck D can kiss my ass. Just think that the Arts & Entertainment network use to have such nice programming too.
+terence sommer The NASA Channel is a huge disappointment too. They have treasures in their audio files, and they only seem to put the most boring recent stuff on the air.
I agree 100%!!! So true!! Now it's Reality-Everything!! So unoriginal and quite simply,..........DUMB.
Gene Kranz is a badass. I don't care about meeting musicians or actors or actresses, it wouldn't phase me at all to see them in person but Gene Kranz I'd get "star struck."
You and me both. I would totally nerd out and probably make an idiot out of myself.
I agree-- he is a GOOD shit...not a "millennial"...that's for sure
@@scootertooter6874 oh yeah you're good at hating Millennials aren't you? Idiot
I love to meet musicians and actors as well
I met Gene Kranz last week. Incredible man. Had this indescribable ‘presence’ and sense of power, but at the same time he was so lovely and genuine. True hero
As an engineer today, I would give anything to have been an engineer with the Gemini/Apollo space program...I don’t care what they paid me, I would have loved to have a part of that program!
My Dad was a Radar guidance Engineer on Mercury/Gemini and other unmanned Redstone and Atlas launches at The Cape from '57 thru '76. I grew up in Cocoa Beach...even as a kid I could tell it was pretty a pretty heady job for my Dad...but he worked boatloads of OT which took a toll on my Mom. As a boy I didn't really put two and two together until I got much older but the job came with consequences, which I learned first hand over my career spanning 36 years (a recently retired Ph.D. Aerospace/Computer Engineer who worked two large American defense contractor's).
Mercury and Gemini SURE! But apollo 1.... not so good.
A lot of guys lost their marriages, got stressed out, and then after apollo 17 they were sacked and nobody cared. It might look rosy looking back but these guys went through the wringer
I am not an engineer but totally get what u mean !..
I'm an audio/video transcription engineer who is 75 and would have loved to be a fly on the wall during any of our 3 space projects: Mercury, Gemini or Apollo
Gene Kranz says not too many people remember Gemini, and that may be true, but I followed it very closely and remember most of it, especially as a step toward Apollo. This is a wonderful documentary.
apollo was proven fake
@@guitar4johnc Go away Loser
@@guitar4johnc Fucking idiot you are...either that, or you're Russian and just don't want to believe that we beat your asses there.
salamanca1954 .....I remember 1969... watching from Canada 🇨🇦.....morning sickness from my early pregnancy...but I was 😆 excited! I grew up in the US and was interested in the space program...now you Yanks have a toddler at the helm who is playing with his Space Force LEGO Set .....
My grandmother worked for (then) McDonnell Aircraft where she retired in 1976.
I always followed Gemini as a kid and wished I could have met the spacecraft's designer, Max Faget.
One of the best videos on RUclips period. That Apollo 11 speech by Gene tho??? All of these guys are legends. This is what America and the whole world needs right now, bring us together with space exploration. I literally get goose bumps watching this stuff. These guys put us on the moon with pen and paper math and very little computing. With our current level of tech imagine what we could do. I'm not taking anything away from our current NASA people and astronauts, they are still making magic happen every day with the bare minimum of funding and support.
.....man you are a weird bird, SPACE brings together? WAR does that to, lot of togetherness in Vietnam while For all Mankind.
Shared some in Cambodia too! NASA has (illegally) cooperated with Military and CIA.
Vietnamese old & young sure got goose bumps as they enjoyed more bombing than the whole WW2 :) Ah the Nixon days 👍
Too much politics these days. They would have to include a disabled transgender non-binary astronaut. And God forbid if you miss gendered her.
@@suziecreamcheese211 Perhaps already done in ISS.... but no wheelchair yet.
We just lost John Glenn, the last of our Mercury 7 Astronauts. And amazing foundation these men built for our space program so sad they are all gone now. God Speed John Glenn.
men, just men at their best. Thank to them humanity rises like sun over darkness. Thank you Mr. Kranz and all of you. You made me much more proud to be a human beeing.
What's a human beeing? a honey lover
I've two of Gene Kranz quotes on the wall in my office that I see everyday; such an inspirational man and what a great documentary - THIS IS what the History Channel should be!
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Failure is not an option was made up by the writers of the film.
Best documentary on the Moon program ever.
This is damn good, but also check out "For All Mankind" by Al Reinert (soundtrack by Brian Eno et. al.) and "When We Left Earth" which is 4 hours of astounding footage and interviews : )
You should watch 'in the shadow of the moon.'
NASA IS A HOAX. Search bubbles in space and NASA chroma, judge it yourself.
I'd vote that accolade to "Moon Shot" (PBS 1994) but there's a lot of competition in the field!
guernica69 "When We Left Earth" in HD is my favorite. It covers everything from the space program.
The Saturn V never ceases to amaze me!! Just thinking about the amount of work that goes into building one F-1 Rocket Engine, let alone five in the first stage, holy shit!! It boggles the mind!! The complexities of it, the propellant/cycle, thrust, mechanics, dynamics, etc. Von Braun had an extraordinary intellect!!
Von Braun was quite similar to Koroliow - an engineer with physics background and drive for space travel. It is evident that he didn't invent these rockets on his own, just as Koroliow, but both were instrumental to space programme.
Arthur Rudolph and Wernher von Braun were the two men, who are responsible for this great achievement! Of course not only these two men built the rocket...
Von Braun was a Nazi. V2 Rockets killed around 5000 people in the South East of England and it has been reported that 25000 slave labourers died developing the V2. Although I totally admire the American space effort, I find it a pity that Nazis scientists were involved.
@Keith Lillss
> Von Braun was a Nazi. V2 Rockets killed around 5000 people in the South East of England and it has been reported that 25000 slave labourers died developing the V2. Although I totally admire the American space effort, I find it a pity that Nazis scientists were involved.
...and I find it a pity that you single out Von Braun for his ties with Nazi Party, but on the other hand you are abolutely fine with Koroliov being a member of Communisty party and regime being as oppressive, murderous and destructive as their german nazi-socialist colleagues. If you want to be so morally pure and just, you should also be honest and consistent.
Haos666 Please.... shut the fuck up!
I can't hear this shit no longer... "Herero... Namaqua"... ahaaaa???? Interesting...?!
In that logic, we as Germans could easily blaim for that reason the state of "France", for Napoleons cruelties of his France soldiers here in Bavaria in 1806, my home state.... lol! Do you understand what I'm trying to bring that message to you?
Oh wait..., we Germans as the "successors" of the old Germanic tribes could easily sue Italy, as the successor of the old Roman Empire for their "crimes against humanity" 2000 years ago on German soil on the innocent Germanic people.... Hahahaha! Or we could sue Sweden for their cruelties against the Germans between 1618-1648...! What about that...?
Fuck off, with this old and absolutely irrelevant stories of "who has done this and that"...!
Please, shut the fuck up!
Nobody is interested any longer in such old boring stories and "accusations", because of things which happened 100 years ago!
"Herero"..... Are you kidding me... you idiot??
After three following generations of children and grand children and 100 years of a completely different history between these two different parts of the world, there is nobody here in Germany, besides some fucking stupid lefties, who still want to blame the "Federal Republic of Germany" for things, the German Empire under Wilhelm II. did more than 100 years ago!
Please shut the fuck up!
Nobody learned it better and harder as the Germans, what it feels beeing destroyed and stand up again... learned by that madness for doing it better an let such things never happen again!
Not every German was a Nazi at that time. That's still the biggest stupidity of fucking Brits and Americans, who are claiming such shit and who still have no fucking clue about the German history and society and people between 1920 and 1945!
And by the way: the catastrophic madness happened in concentration camps was only possible, because of thousands of willing and "helping" people from Poland and the Ukraine, which served these German forces like "Sicherheitspolizei", which organised the cruelties against the jews.
The normal German people here in the German mainland had no clue what's going on in fucking Eastern Europe at that time!
In 1968 we were at Myrtle Beach South Carolina. The family decided we should go down to Florida to see the Apollo launch. We headed down the coast and ended up in Cocoa Beach. As you would guess there were no vacancies at any hotels. We ended up spending the night on the side of the road, with hundreds of others. It was worth it though. We were not that close to the launch pad but we could see it pretty much as soon as it got off the Launchpad. I don't remember how long it was but I know it was probably 15-20 seconds the sound hit us. It was intense. It was definitely the best moment of my Young Life. I was 12.
15-20 seconds? That would place you about 3 to 4 miles away from the launch pad. That sounds about right to me.
@@davidkeenan5642 that would be about right. As it climbed, it started to sound like a crackle.
What a remarkable group of human beings - in a unique time in history! Amazing bunch of humans..
couldn't agree more. we are a fallen nation now. men like kenedy, kranz, glenn, Armstrong and others accomplished the impossible.
now there is no national will to do such things. 😢
It's because our nation now worships at the altar of self-aggrandizement. It would be nice if we could unite around renewable energy and take a leading position on that endeavor.....but as in most categories we're getting our asses kicked.
Woo you rely delusional
Woo wake-up
Courage and ambition.
I was lucky enough to meet Gene Kranz back in 1995 at a Kmart function. He was a great guy and it was a high point in my life.
+Thema inproblem
I believe you and I envy you!
Nice I actually met Jim Lovel last year at our Navy Museum here in Pensacola Florida. They opened a Apollo Wing there and he was one of the Apollo crew present. Nice guy. He still knew a lot of stuff. My girlfriend was teasing me for being a total nerd and marking out but I couldn't care. The dude was great. I love the old Nasa stuff so that was a mark out nerd moment for me.
Good for you. This was truly the heroic age of NASA. I grew up through those years and am so grateful that I did, to meet one of them, well that must be something!
Yeah Jim was actually very nice man. He had some stories to tell.
Gene Kranz may be a nice guy, but that does not make the moon landings real for as much.
If you're even just slightly interested in NASA and the manned space program, you need to read Gene Kranz book "Failure is not an option". I usually read Sci-Fi, but this book has become one of my favorites!
What a time in our history! Nothing but hero's. This is one of the best documentaries on RUclips!
Gene Kranz was born with that flat top and a cigarette.
ganymedeIV4 yes! The iconic vest! What a great American. Ice in his veins.
@ganymedeIV4 The NASA Hall of Fame !
A few more years and it will be the time for it.
Or some "Explorer museum" and include the very early explorations, mountains summit, ect.
But that vest belong somewhere and not in a billionnaire closet.
@ganymedeIV4 His wife hand made a new vest for him for each mission. His Apollo 13 vest is now in the Apollo wing of the Smithsonian's National Air And Space Museum.
@@MarsFKA Lol, lovely factoid! :-)
These men were true heroes, responsible for America's greatest hour. THAT's the sort of "greatness" I long for, not the empty slogans of modern politicians.
PCBacklash _ , and so many aren't merely empty slogans but outright lies people swallow wholesale.
I hope you know this shits is just a hoax right thank you
nasa fake bullshit
Wicked Houston, I'd say you're right but I don't believe you actually exist.
Casanova Frankenstein I heard there were Puerto Rican little-people on treadmills in a secret compartment--inside the rocket. Dude--They didn't even give them parachutes, they told them to jump out at the last minute.
Bless Gene Krantz. We looked up to him because he had our back, always. And thank Chris Kraft because he was the brains.
Hell, I am proud of all in that room.
What we need today is for the Russians to step up and surprise us again.
One last statement: "There was NO loss of interest from the American public. It was a bunch of lying. thieving, politicians led by a crazy jealous president that killed our legacy."
Not gonna lie i cried. This is a symbol of pride and compassion and sheer will. An experience that, I as a 22 year old man, will probably never get to feel and see for myself. But with this documentary, I feel as if I have felt their emotions through their stories.. God bless them all.
It's okay I do the same we get the witness once in a lifetime mankind at his finest
How could you not want to work for Gene Kranz or anyone of those controllers? When Gene said "failure is not an option" the rest turned those words into action
Gene never said it tho. It was made up by the writers of the film. Gene did say he wished he'd said it.
This is one of the best documentaries I've seen!
Then watch way more. This is decent, thorough, up to basic expectations fir the profession, even worthwhile, but not extraordinary. See Nat Geo, BBC, NHK and Deutsche Welles. Then you'll have a frame of reference. I enjoyed it too. Oh, check out the series "Planet Earth (2006)." It will open your eyes.
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On December 21, 2019, I attended a concert at the Grand Opera House in Galveston, Texas. While waiting for the doors to open, a very striking man walked right in front of me by the wine bar. There was no mistaking Gene Kranz, especially since he was in an Experimental Aircraft Association jacket with his name embroidered on it. He was alone at the moment and was also waiting. I took a chance and approached him and he couldn't have been more gracious. He said he was waiting for his two daughters to come in. I expressed surprise that he has remained in the Houston area after his retirement but he said it is where most of his friends, family, and memories are. Wow! I knew he was a pilot so we talked about that. I told him I was a member of EAA also and he asked about my flying. Wow again! He said he grounded himself not long before, being 86 and all. However, he has friends who are aircraft owners that take him up often. I know that many astronauts have personal aircraft based in the Houston area so that's probably what he was referring to. He also mentioned an attraction for a single jet engine Cirrus. I was trying to visualize it and he explained that it has a v-tail with the engine just forward of that on the fuselage. Mr. Kranz is still sharp as a tack. About that time, he saw his daughters so he offered his hand. What a moment that was for me. I'm trying to remember what concert it was!!!
Gene Kranz was the definition of courage: grace under pressure.
Man that must have been so emotional for Gene to go back to that old control room.
well that's what makes a good flight director. you cannot let fear overcome you when the shit hits the fan because your worst enemy in that kind of profession is panic
Johnny Mac Gene Kranz has no emotions. He is a robot designed to kick ass.
Ya, I always thought Kranz was the Man.
A liar
One of the few dramas that are dramatic even without dramatization ...
Thanks for sharing.
so much applied science to reach these pinnacles yet Gene Kranz says destiny guides us to this moment ,a brilliant statement from an open minded practical mission director
it was preplanned destiny
@@ianwilds3139 It was an out-of-work fighter pilot who wasn't ready to give up being scared shitless. (Bless his pointed little head...)
@Craig Wall: I'm afraid I disagree. More like a Steely eyed Missileman!
" Mine was leather, but i had one " Love that Guy !
SCE to AUX should go down in history all on its own, that was a ballsy call, based on some vague recollection of a similar incident years before
These guys were real leaders... Real men...
+Ali Frazier these guys are frauds and cowards......
+Tonezdel That sounds like the words of a jealous petty man who cannot prove a single claim he makes.
Of all the flavors you chose to be over the space program, you had to pick salty.
+Tonezdel how so?
+Tonezdel Moron.
Tonezdel
Okay troll, feel better now? Lay down and take your nappy. :)
These people push science and engineering to the edge of what was known at the time
Gene Kranz is a forgotten Apollo era hero.
I would have given a lot to be a part of the generation that first went to space, but I think it's pretty cool to be a part of the "Artemis Generation" (as NASA is calling it) as well. We are capable of doing amazing things. Don't take it for granted or diminish the sacrifice of the lives, American, Soviet, and otherwise, lost in the endeavor. Some people think we aren't capable of such feats. Some people would forget our ingenuity in the face of perceived dangers and say there's something sinister behind it all. To them I'd have to say that the truth is simultaneously more mundane and amazing than some big plot by alien overlords or whoever you think is behind it.
We went, and now we are going back, and beyond. We would have stayed if the bored public hadn't stopped caring and the politicians hadn't got their grubby little fingers in everything, like they always do. I doubt they even washed their hands first. Ad astra per aspera. To the stars through adversity, even when that adversity is bored, doubting public and politicians who would rather line their pockets than see us grow and explore.
1:10:30 “Conrad broke out in nervous laughter. He laughed all the way into orbit.” Beautiful
THE SATURN V.the most beautiful rocket(by far)ever built.!
+Danny Boggs She really was a beauty. Thirteen launches, all successful. And majestic as she lifted off.
***** Well said. Well said indeed.
For Apollo we were in classic summer vacation mode. In Grandma's house ... all the adults had seats in the chairs and the sofa. We with our cousins, propped our heads up toward the TV as we lay in front of it. And watched it happen. It's a funny thing. We Americans can set about doing whatever we want to do, but having achieved it, our attention wanders. This happens all the time.
That sounds about right. My cousin worked on the main engine bells for the shuttle, and he said that at the time he was there NASA figured on losing a craft once in every 25 launches.
An eternity.
This should be shown to kids in schools
highwayvagrant1 OBSESSED
highwayvagrant1 You are obsessed with the idea of the moon landings being faked. Seems obvious what I meant.
@highwayvagrant1
> How do you conclude I'm obsessed with the moon landings being faked from one comment?
Dunno... perhaps because you claim that plant's atmosphere needs a solid barrier to coexist with vacuum of space?
+highwayvagrant1 Perhaps you not just commented here, but also to numerous other posts her, and Butter Johnson does not only read it's own comments but others too?
I am 10 and I love it
I miss the days when my country, this country, had the best of the best, the best brains on this planet, the gutsiest men that rode those rockets. I was 5 years old when the first Mercury lifted off and Junior High school when we set foot on the moon. Yes, I miss those days and the people that made it work.
Restores my faith in humanity.
Keep dreaming it's a lie godamit wake-up
Don't read the comments then... cherish it.
@@sergefournier6308 Just curious Serge... How would you know it was a lie?
Assuming it WAS all just make-believe, how would YOU know?
Were you involved in the space program yourself?
John Llewellyn is a character. I saw another NASA documentary and they were talking about all the nerds with "plastic pocket protectors." John jumped in and said,"That's bullshit-I had a leather pocket protector."
"i never owned a pocket protetor" - procedes to show all them with their pocket protector
Never met Gene but I worked with a communication director once who had many of the same qualities. We cad a major problem across the US where almost a million circuits were down. The Tech Ops Director opened a conference bridge where he directed contractors and internal resources in 5 states with the precision of a Swiss watch and the authority of a 5 star General, and he did it for 42 hours straight. Never blinked or lost focus. He was as focused in the 42nd hour as he was when he started the call. He was part nice guy and part machine. Never met anyone else with his brainpower.
What he did wasn't on the same level as Kranz but his leadership was a carbon copy. If you ever get a chance to work with someone like that try to learn everything you can because those opportunities are rare.
RIP Gene Cernan. You are a class act! St. Peter will let you pass , no questions asked!
St Peter does not exist.
hunchbacked Neither does a brain in your skull.
One of the best liars right there.. G.C
@@snowman374th You are truly one of the more gifted idiots.
@@hunchbacked You are truly one of the more gifted idiots.
Gene Kranz & my Dad are my Heroes!!!!-Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College and GSU ❤😂🎉
One of the greatest stories ever told
Wow. I knew about Apollo 11 alarms and Apollo 13 problems, but I didn't know anything about Apollo 12 and John Aaron's knowledge of an obscure switch that saved the mission. Incredible people.
The original steely eyed missile man
I was glued to the telly in the living room of the owneress of the bakery around the corner (she had what only a few had in 1969: a black & white TV), I collected any and all kind of photos published anywhere, kept them in meticulously commented albums, and adored my heroes - the astronauts. If I could fly one-way to Mars I would do it in a flash ☺. Biggest future adventure of humanity, I hope to live long enough to see it happen.
I remember being called up from my playroom to watch Apollo 11, and hearing the words from Neil Armstrong. I remember where I was when one of the shuttles re-entered the atmosphere over Central Texas one night, seeing a trail of fire that went the entire length of visible sky before landing in Florida on TV, live, about 8 minutes later. I remember when Challenger blew up (had been in Texas for only a couple of months, in my first ever apartment), and when Columbia fell apart during re-entry over Texas (having been back in my hometown for only a couple of months, returning to my childhood home). I remember seeing the remaining shuttles being sent to their resting places around the country, with trees having to be cut down to enable them to get to those final locations. I've loved the space program, and as an adult, learned so much more with movies like "Apollo 13", and every time the voices are heard as Lovell, Haise, and Swigert make it back after the extended period of silence during reentry, I still cry when the scene of Mission Control erupts into applause of relief. It truly is amazing what was accomplished during times that are now considered archaic. I'm so glad I remember the first moment when Armstrong put his foot on the surface of that rugged, ever-constant rock we see at night.
I was a bit young to remember the first landing in detail.. I was six.. But I remember all the later missions and followed them on TV. It was such an extraordinary event. I was in college when Challenger exploded reading Telecommunications engineering. I took my path due in part to Apollo.
PS Your memories are amazing.
Beautiful just BEAUTIFUL documentary ♥ god I wish that they will someday make documentaries like this again. Someday.....
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I watched SPUTNIK fly across our house at age 10 & I was hooked. GIRLS had no place in space YET but...we started ALGEBRA in 6th grade!...Gemini...high school (Cernan was my hero - I followed astronauts, not movie stars) but SO upset by loss of Grissom, White & Chaffee, I bailed out for awhile, quit reading, Young ppl today have no concept of our fear of Russia. I finally watched the Saturn V. launc.of Apollo 8 & EARTHRISE .This is EXCELLENT.....!
Oh don't worry. Vladdy Putin will have us all in a new Cold War before very long.
-A Gen-x-er who thinks Reagan violated the Outer Space Treaty with his damn SDI
Moon landing deniers and flat earthers are in the same category if you ask me. The sacrifice, courage, and brains of these men was bar none the best we have ever been. Let’s hope not the best we will ever be, or we dishonor what they were and did.
,,,,, no, we that do not believe you went to the moon do not dishonour the "astronauts", people like you and your peers have done that with your lies and fakery.
You absolute moron. People like you and the fake crowd simply are beyond help. I cannot understand how you write comments like that after watching these giants of history & then belittle their accomplishments.. Your comment regarding lies and fakery is most surely appropriate when applied to you.
I received "NASA FACTS" as a kid! I devoured these mailings! Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College,& GSU
These guys were the foundation of the space program in the 60s and 70s. Apollo mission control. What dedicated men.
After reading and watching so much things on space programs how did i miss this gold stuff.....the mission control guys never get the praise and fame that they deserve in mainstream media...most of the people know only about the austronauts....these guys were great
These men were made of different stuff. Badass doesn't begin to cover what they accomplished.
+highwayvagrant1 But way less badass than beeing so brainless to keep on pretending space flight is a hoax.
Different? What about soldiers that have done multiple tours abroad? What about firemen who've run into flames, such as the guys of 9/11? And Doctors (and nurses) without borders? I don't get it. Different stuff how?
I still wonder about that. Don't you think someone involved would have confessed by now though? Then again Challenger and Columbia make me wonder if they can really reach the moon with humans. Probes might be the only way.
These men were in their twenties and look what they accomplished. These days, we are too busy drinking ourselves into a stupor at that age lol
Yes, they were made of The Right Stuff.
Gene Kranz is the very definition of badass ....
and phantom patriot
A fascinating and perfectly paced documentary. Great upload.
1999 changed my life when my Year 2 class (Infants school Australia) changed my life, my Teacher showed me Apollo 13 movie lift off sequence.
10yrs later now I am medical student following to hopefully become a doctor of haematology (blood doctor) because of Apollo 13. Thank you Tom Hanks, Jim and his wife Lovell and Gene Kranz gave me a wonder to start about space.
And they landed on the moon with real mathematics, not common core math.
They used their brains and slide rules.
And the computers had less computing power than today’s cell phones.
1/100th of a degree miscalculation could be the difference between landing on the moon or crashing into it or even whizzing right passed it and into deep space never to return.
These men were geniuses.
You could learn about science if you escaped from USA. Start with mathematics. Newtons, metres and seconds are all you need. Horse power, "pounds" and "feet" will get you NOWHERE!
No scientist on the planet works in "pounds", not one.
hahahaha..."they landed on the moon"...nice one!
Paulie G. ...Too deep for me! I always wanted to be a marine biologist 🧬,but my pathetic math skills stopped me....I wanted to go to the Galápagos Islands 🌴 with Jacque Cousteau but I ended up becoming and RN and bussing bedpans .....oh well...I do get car sick 🤒 and sea sick....but I still dream! ❤️💔⛴⛵️🚘🐢🦎🐦
Paulia G,,,,,,,,, you need to get out more, the FACT is, no man has ever left low earth orbit,,,,ever. So forget your fantasy and grow up
As much as the astronauts were a breed apart, it also takes a special sort of individual to "take responsibility for the lives of the astronauts, the success of the mission and doing it all in full view of the World.".
- SCE to Aux
- What the hell is that ?
motherboard.vice.com/read/john-aaron-apollo-12-curiosity-luck-and-sce-to-aux
+Synthetrix
"By switching the SCE to auxiliary or backup power mode-Aux-Aaron remembered that the SCE would continue to operate under lower-voltage conditions, and the instruments would come back"
This would have made sense if they had said "upper-voltage" instead of "lower-voltage" conditions.
It is an obvious joke from the engineers.
Like the fact that the graph of the sismometer of the ALSEP in the mission report shows a vertical vibration of the impact of the jettisoned lunar module stronger then the horizontal vibrations while the impact was almost horizontal.
The engineers liked to play with contradictions, it was their way to give hints that the mission was fake.
You are so fascinated by Apollo that you can't see the jokes of the engineers.
I loled when i heard that. 😂
How a mission controller becomes a "steely-eyed missile man", that's what. Farmer turned EECOM John Aaron.
@hunchbacked
You do not understand all all what happened at Apollo12 launch, do you? Not a single thing? This is SCE: www.spaceaholic.com/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/42 - what it does - it gathers sensor output and converts it to standard 5V DC current, then it passes it to PCM (to be sent as telemetry) as well as Command Module's displays. When the event struck, Aaron has recalled that what he is seeing on his screen corresponds to SCE not working (no sensor signal converted, no data from telemetry). He asked to switch it to AUX (Auxilary power source) ie - to batteries, to restore the data flow.
Comment about "lower-voltage condition" referred to auxiliary (battery) power, SCE could operate from that, it didn't need full voltage from the main bus. If there is any joke here, it lies within your ignorance... you don't really need a deep knowledge in electronics to understand it.
I remember watching this documentary when it debuted in 2003. Really one of the best TV documentaries I’ve ever seen.
Chris Colombus Kraft.. suitable name! :)
Igor Flexus .....does he make boats 🚣 too?
@@vivianperino5006 -I did, but..
Thank you, thank you for this upload! Just finished watching the incredible “Mission Control” on Netflix and I did not want it to end! This is a superb companion piece! Much appreciated! 👍
Glynn Lunney needs his own movie
These guys were the unsung heroes of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. They paved the way for flight controllers in the shuttle program and today's programs at NASA.
This should REALLY be showed in schools!
I read Gene Kranz's book "Failure Is Not An Option" and STRONGLY recommend it. It tells all these stories in much deeper level of details.
Humankind most amazing story of exploration ... only comparable to the Age of Discovery / Navigations, Marco Polo and when Humans left Africa towards other continents in the pre-historic times
There's a new book called _Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings_ which is also fabulous.
Gotta love that little scene on pocket protectors! I'm such a nerd I actually bothered to track it down, to the second, at 23:13 to 25:05. And love John Aaron grinning from behind his more defensive colleagues at 24:03 :D
“Mine was leather, but I had one”.
1:06:55
What an hilarious moment of space flight history.
" flight, turn SCE to aux...SCE TO AUX"
" what the hell is that!"
Awesome documentary, extraordinary people!
What always got me on that was why -- since Gerald Carr, the CAPCOM for the launch -- was a military pilot, the SCE call wasn't repeated alphanumerically ("Sierra Charlie Echo"). All I can think of was the stress, and that he hadn't been in a military flight environment since joining the astronaut corps.
Wonder if anyone ever asked him before he passed last year.
This story always makes me laugh and basically lives rent free in my head, especially with how John Aaron kind of smirks when telling the story and Pete Conrad laughed into orbit. If I had been in John Aarons shoes I'd have a brief moment of second guessing myself if I heard both my flight controller and com go "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?". LOL
WOW bless these guys. I love watching documentaries like these. I have tears
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Mission Control, without those guys they may have been more Astronaut casualties then what they had. Of course, it is sad that we lost the ones we did. but, lessons were learnt. They lead the way forward and I take my hat off to the guy on ECON who came up with the right answers to the problem more than once. Gene Kranz was a great Flight Controller and he had the respect of everybody in that room. I was only 12 years old at the time when all this happened. My Mum's soul is on the moon so that I can see her from here in Thailand. I am from England. God bless all those who lost their lives then and since then. The world will never forget them. Martin (Thailand)
Im 65 and the Gemini and Apollo missions were my most cherished childhood memories!
I remember Ed White’s space walk and his refusal to get back into the spacecraft like it was yesterday. Finding out he was one of the 3 that died in the fire was the first time I ever cried over the death of someone I wasn’t related to.
It was a time when even kids got to know the names of newsmen as much as they did the name of the mailman, ice cream man and barber.
Truly the best of times and the worst of times. The space missions were the good. The worst of times because my cousin was in Vietnam.
The space missions, the war, the assassinations…..you couldn’t help but be engaged in it…and shaped by it.
Scott Glen is a good narrator for this. He's no David McCullough, but Scott was better suited for this documentary. Both Scott & David lack hype. The events they narrate upon need no bling by excited commentary.
when Scott Glen appeared on the scene years ago my first thought was this guy looks like Alan Shepard
Everyone talking about Kranz, rightly so...but big respect for John Aaron and everyone else. I'm slightly surprised so many of them are still kicking after all that continual stress.
They're in good health because they never smoked or drank. _Oh, wait...._
I think it's because that what they were doing was what they truly loved. You can't work in a place like Mission Control without thriving on high stress and thinking quick on your feet. They were born problem solvers and they were more than happy to use that brain power for their country and for history.
Few interesting facts. Apollo 8 was the first Saturn rocket to fly around the Moon, no unmanned test flight to the Moon was done before this mission, which was kind of a risked choice. Also, the Saturn V was about twice as tall and was carrying twice the payload as the latter Space Shuttle.
Too many facts for this audience to digest. They risked lives just to "be the best on TV". Clearly walking on ice, but just don't care as they had NOTHING TO LOSE!
Neil Armstrong was simply the most experienced Pilot, making him the best candidate to be the Commander for the first moon landing mission. All of these Astronauts deserve to be remembered for their bravery, greatness and as the heroes they are...so does Gene Krantz and all of the Mission Control Team Members!👍🇺🇸💪
Why do you wRite some woRds with caPital letters at the staRt? Are you germAn?
Jim Lovell Is My Favourite Astronaut
Can’t blame you. If I had to pick, I’d say John Young was the ultimate astronaut. Cool as a cucumber.
@@afridgetoofar1818 nice choice
Proof, were it needed, that progress is made when people take ownership of problems rather than blame someone else.
"Try SCE to auxiliary, over"
"What the hell is THAT?"
Mike Roberti
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al bean ins squeaky voice..."I know what that is"
And John Aaron's call, 'SCE to AUX,' became _LEGENDARY!_
What a fantastic documentary, thanks for sharing. These guys are amazing
It's too bad, too, that the FINAO philosophy didn't carry over into the shuttle program. NASA compromised so much on the shuttle design (sidemounted vehicle, no jet engines, poorly designed solid boosters, etc.) that failure was not only an option but a certainty.
Here I am watching this video again 8 months later. I remember sitting up on Christmas Eve in 1968 to watch Apollo 8 on TV as the spacecraft orbited the moon. I had been so bewildered with the violence of that year that I needed something to brighten up my spirits. So, as the spacecraft sped around the moon , the crew read the creation story from the book of Genesis. In the room all by myself came an emotional release that resulted in a flood of tears flowing down my cheeks. Now that I am 66 years old I look back and I know that humanity is still very violent, but there is hope in the Book the Crew of Apollo 8 read from so many years ago.
Incredible documentary! This is how they should be done! I don't mean to brag (I do) but I am friends with Gerry Griffin and we text occasionally. Love him! Great guy!
DECEMBER 1968 APOLLO-8 SUCCESSFULLY IN LUNAR ORBIT THE READING FROM GENESIS: "IN THE BEGINNING.........".....FANTASTIC!!!
Gene Kranz was the epitome of the genius of the finest event in human history.
He wasn't a genius. He's absolutely clear on that in his own book. It was hard work. Trusting and depending on very capable people he selected to compensate for the weaknesses he knew he had in certain areas. As it's just common sense for any manager.
His book by the same title is actually MUCH more interesting and detailed. It doesn't cut so many corners like Gemini 8. And fair to the others. And a bit more open also.
Hard work that included the first hour of Apollo13 crysis. The rest of the direct aftermath and initial decison making was done by Glynn Lunney+Team.
Of course Kranz's team organised the long term managing with the huge backroom staff. But he wasn't the sole hero of Apollo 13, the silly movie makes him out to be.
@@5Andysalive I perhaps phased my comment incorrectly, I meant that the whole event was "genius", although Kranz was without doubt an utterly brilliant leader,
I watched TV from John Glenn onward. The networks would break away for coverage of these missions. For hours and hours on end they would bring expert after expert to explain this or that aspect of what was happening. It was a magical time when everyone came together to watch the latest event on the space race. Hundreds of hours glued to the TV in amazement, thinking wow! they are really doing it! They not only did it, they took the world along for the ride!
There will be no other video I guess which can be more inspring. No words :) Simply all i can say is hats-off to those Engineers.
hats-off? Is you inventen new engliss? you is smart, mann cool. enginEars.
What an epoch program this was... Thank you for presenting this... Just outstanding!!!
Thanks for posting this. I've sent the link to my sisters. My whole family cheered and cried with the space program. It's nice to be reminded of the emotions.
It takes some serious BRAINS, to accomplish what those men accomplished with such little technology! Just Amazing, what they were able to do. Put a man on the Moon, and bring him back safely, with as much technological capacity as today's hand-held calculators. Unbelievable! Very Proud to be an American!🇺🇸
When they reached orbit and he said "now physics takes over" chills
These are the true heroes of our time
Apollo 8 was to be the manned Lunar Landing mission. It was gonna be Borman and Lovell on the Lunar surface with Anders in orbit except that Borman had the brains to conclude that NASA did not have the Lunar landing part of the procedure sufficiently sorted. Borman goes, " We'll do you Lunar orbit and don't be surprised if we get killed, but youse can go away and come back again regarding a landing ".
14:06 "Then management gets involved." Lol.
Man, as an engineer, how I wish I had the opportunity to work during this time.....what a career or even life to look back on .