@@amysuebean Amy, thank you for your support and encouragement on this series. I don't think anyone can understand how you or your family or the families of the crew must truly have felt during critical moments of the mission such as these. It must have felt like time stood still and as each milestone was crossed off and a relief valve opened. It has been an honour to put this series together and to know your acquaintance. I hope that continues for many years to come. Kindest regards Simon
@@lunarmodule5 As a little girl my most vivid memories are the launch, the splashdown, and visiting Dad in quarantine after they returned to Houston. My mom brought him a home-cooked dinner every night. Dad was a picky eater and he lost 13 pounds on the mission. The most of any Apollo astronaut. Naturally they did not want them to lose so much weight.
He seemed pretty skinny to start with !!As I have said to you before - there's a whole book of memories there from you ready to be written and be read by those of us who love this stuff. Thank you again for the support and the memories - Simon
It's very complicated indeed. These early missions used what was called the "coelliptic sequence" which splits the whole process up into a series of many maneuvers, to help account for errors in trajectory. Not only are the two crewmen in the LM doing a whole bunch of calculations, the CSM is also doing similar calculations and preparing to burn "mirror image" versions of any given maneuver, to take over the rendezvous process in case something goes wrong and the LM isn't able to perform a maneuver.
simon thanks for the extras. great work as always, finally the end of Apollo 12. I bet you're happy about that. keep them coming, they get better all the time. Best wishes and congratulations Jim
@@PatGleeson123 it took me hours and hours to get it to synch Pat...a real eye test...the 16mm had to be slowed down so that the TV synched ..it was a real good moment when I got the background to match !
13:00 "Don't panic, we just blew over our S band erect-able (antenna)..." Aww, Pete, why'd you go and do that... Do you need to take another EVA to go set it back up? FUN TRIVIA: Sesame Street showed either this clip of the approach/docking, or another Apollo mission. All of it, and we were glued to the TV watching it.
Paul Weitz also spent some time at the CapCom console on Apollo 12, as well. He was Conrad's pilot on the Skylab II crew. You got the strong feeling that when Pete took over the Skylab office, he brought his friends and favorite co-workers in with him. Plus, then-future Skylab crew members Joe Kerwin and Jack Lousma were featured CapComs on the next flight, Apollo 13.
@@DougVanDorn The story I have heard is that Pete had decided before Apollo 12 to apply for a Skylab command, and during the return flight of 12, during that sort of "work's done, put a log on the fire" time when there's more time to talk, he told Al Bean of this and persuaded Bean to apply also. Not sure if that's what really happened, as legends get circulated. But this could well be true.
@@KevinBalch-dt8ot they did...All started the camera at the right time before liftoff but it stopped...he turned it on again during ascent....they then took an earthrise sequence with it and orbit later....
@@lunarmodule5 I have always been amazed at how the DAC cameras frequently had issues filming the LM take-offs from the Moon, with Apollos 11 and 12 having no through-the-window footage from the actual lift-offs at all. And yet, the gods of chance smiled down upon us, and every single descent was successfully filmed, from at least pitchover through touchdown. And, honestly, if the camera was going to malfunction, I'd rather it be during ascent than during descent.
During the LEM ascent to rendezvous with the CSM Pete Conrad asked Alan Bean if he wanted to fly the LEM. Bean responded that the guys at NASA probably wouldn't like that very much. Conrad replied "We're on the back side of the moon. They'll never know."
@@KarpucMotoring I didn't use KSP for this one It's all AMSO from Orbiter Space Simulator. As for timing...I take 5-10 screen shots of different angles then edit them all together
Never a happier moment than when that LM engine lit!!
@@amysuebean Amy, thank you for your support and encouragement on this series. I don't think anyone can understand how you or your family or the families of the crew must truly have felt during critical moments of the mission such as these. It must have felt like time stood still and as each milestone was crossed off and a relief valve opened. It has been an honour to put this series together and to know your acquaintance. I hope that continues for many years to come. Kindest regards Simon
@@lunarmodule5 As a little girl my most vivid memories are the launch, the splashdown, and visiting Dad in quarantine after they returned to Houston. My mom brought him a home-cooked dinner every night. Dad was a picky eater and he lost 13 pounds on the mission. The most of any Apollo astronaut. Naturally they did not want them to lose so much weight.
He seemed pretty skinny to start with !!As I have said to you before - there's a whole book of memories there from you ready to be written and be read by those of us who love this stuff. Thank you again for the support and the memories - Simon
@@amysuebean I bet he rattled around like a dried pea in a pod while wearing his suit. He' was an astronaut, par excellence.
I am still facinated by this. 55 years ago. Hard to believe we did all this in 1969. Great job putting this together!
@@stevemerrill7430 thanks and I agree... endlessly fascinating
I was nine years old and glued to the TV whenever I could to watch these amazing events in history.
they certainly were - I envy you being able to watch this as it happened - must have been really something
"Roger Pete, we can see your nose from here" 🤣🤣 Got a chuckle out of me indeed. Thanks Simon!
@@Nghilifa you are welcome!
Absolutely fantastic watch, puts me right there with Pete & Al,excellent work sir, thank you
@@DAVIDFARMER-d9e you are welcome
Thank you so much for this. Very interesting. That whole procedure of take off from the moon and docking seems to be complicated
Yeah it was a lot of number inputting into the DSKY...
It's very complicated indeed. These early missions used what was called the "coelliptic sequence" which splits the whole process up into a series of many maneuvers, to help account for errors in trajectory. Not only are the two crewmen in the LM doing a whole bunch of calculations, the CSM is also doing similar calculations and preparing to burn "mirror image" versions of any given maneuver, to take over the rendezvous process in case something goes wrong and the LM isn't able to perform a maneuver.
@CaptainSwag101 yep 👍 amazing work by the ground team too
simon thanks for the extras. great work as always, finally the end of Apollo 12. I bet you're happy about that. keep them coming, they get better all the time. Best wishes and congratulations Jim
Thanks Jim, glad you liked the extras. This one has been a few years in the making...and 8 years on, mission complete! Regards Simon
loving the flight plan graphics...
Thanks mike
YURA WIZ, LM5!!! You've done it yet again!! You'll never cease to amaze me--and us!! :) :) :)
I never cease to amaze myself too lol
Love the side-by-side comparison views between the TV, Film and reconstruction 🙂
@@PatGleeson123 it took me hours and hours to get it to synch Pat...a real eye test...the 16mm had to be slowed down so that the TV synched ..it was a real good moment when I got the background to match !
@@lunarmodule5 The results are clear for us all to see 🙂
@@lunarmodule5SUPER Awesome! Great job LM5
@jeffjeff4477 thank you
Amazing job! And my favorite crew 🎉
Great job - really like it.
@@frankr9728 thanks Frank
Wonderful stuff. Thanks again 😉
@@basfinnis Ty Bas
Great job ( as usual)! Thanks for preserving history!
@@stevendorris5713 you are more than welcome
Good Job LM5 👍🙂
Now Apollo 12 Full Mission is completed!
Godspeed the Crew Of Apollo 12
Thank you! 👍
And that’s a wrap! Pete,Al,and Dick would be proud.
@@campbellmays9900 thanks, been 8 years since start...quite a ride!
A nice surprise in my inbox. Thanks!
@@Vector_Ze you are welcome
13:00 "Don't panic, we just blew over our S band erect-able (antenna)..." Aww, Pete, why'd you go and do that... Do you need to take another EVA to go set it back up?
FUN TRIVIA: Sesame Street showed either this clip of the approach/docking, or another Apollo mission. All of it, and we were glued to the TV watching it.
Superdooper,double fantastic, as dear old Pete Conrad might have said !
@@mikek8249 to quote the man..."Good Godfrey!"
Capcom people Ed Gibson, then Gerald Carr communicating with Pete Conrad and Al Bean in the LM. That’s four Skylab crew members in a few years.
Paul Weitz also spent some time at the CapCom console on Apollo 12, as well. He was Conrad's pilot on the Skylab II crew. You got the strong feeling that when Pete took over the Skylab office, he brought his friends and favorite co-workers in with him. Plus, then-future Skylab crew members Joe Kerwin and Jack Lousma were featured CapComs on the next flight, Apollo 13.
@@DougVanDorn The story I have heard is that Pete had decided before Apollo 12 to apply for a Skylab command, and during the return flight of 12, during that sort of "work's done, put a log on the fire" time when there's more time to talk, he told Al Bean of this and persuaded Bean to apply also. Not sure if that's what really happened, as legends get circulated. But this could well be true.
Gonna be a good watch
I hope you enjoy it
Good stuff!
Thanks!
I just realized that I never saw the DAC footage of the liftoff. Seems like they had problems with the camera.
@@KevinBalch-dt8ot they did...All started the camera at the right time before liftoff but it stopped...he turned it on again during ascent....they then took an earthrise sequence with it and orbit later....
@@lunarmodule5 I have always been amazed at how the DAC cameras frequently had issues filming the LM take-offs from the Moon, with Apollos 11 and 12 having no through-the-window footage from the actual lift-offs at all. And yet, the gods of chance smiled down upon us, and every single descent was successfully filmed, from at least pitchover through touchdown. And, honestly, if the camera was going to malfunction, I'd rather it be during ascent than during descent.
During the LEM ascent to rendezvous with the CSM Pete Conrad asked Alan Bean if he wanted to fly the LEM. Bean responded that the guys at NASA probably wouldn't like that very much. Conrad replied "We're on the back side of the moon. They'll never know."
No. They were in orbit but not on ascent.
1:53:40 - Drop down towards the moon! 😂
@@Christ0pherWade a classic Pete moment
There was a window in the top (roof) of the LM?
@@jaypharmon yes...so the CDR could see the Command Module during docking...it was called the rendezvous window
Is that KSP for the animations? How did you get it to match exactly!?
@@KarpucMotoring I didn't use KSP for this one
It's all AMSO from Orbiter Space Simulator. As for timing...I take 5-10 screen shots of different angles then edit them all together
@ wow frame by frame? That must take forever. Thanks 👍🏻
They bricked the tv camera during this one.
are you going to cover the tv broadcast which al bean talking about how easy to walk on the moon
It's already in this series..day 7 or 8...check the playlist
@lunarmodule5 you made it 4 years ago, my bad.
Now I know why they put the Iron Works out of business. They were jealous of her.
Pete let's Beano gets to fly her back to Dickie Dickie
I listen to these on long KSP Missions. Nice one mate