Mission Commander John Young was the only one of the twelve men who walked on the moon to later fly on the Space Shuttle (commanding two early shuttle flights, including the maiden shuttle flight in 1981). Command Module pilot Ken Mattingly also went on to command a couple of shuttle flights. BTW, the Apollo 16 mission patch featured the American shield, the Eagle from the Apollo 11 patch, and the stylish arrow from the NASA logo.
Think about it-7 lunar landing missions, 6 completely successful. That's a pretty incredible record, really better than the shuttle, which had two fatal missions.
Not really.. Consider how many flights the shuttle had versus Apollo. Almost 3 decades worth, not to mention it was a reusable vehicle. Apollo had one fatal accident as well before it even got off the pad. The shuttle was designed absolutely awful with safety in mind.. However.. both fatal accidents could have easily been avoided without poor choices by management. Both shuttle accidents where also a result of the boosters and components of the External Tank falling off.
Watched these when i was a kid, unbelievable why they ever dismantled the program, this program was locked in and running like a well oiled machine to a t.
@Cosmored They didn't go straight through the belt, they made a point of avoiding the most deadly areas. And the worst kind is easy to shield against (And so they easily shielded Apollo from it).
@Cosmored No, this is clearly different from gravity, or at least Earth's. There is a much greater delay between movements, this is just an example of the astronaut's jostling moving the jacket. A jacket swaying like that is not achievable in a studio. Second one: Point one: No flag on earth will wave on only one section. IF air disturbed it, it would move throughout the whole thing, billowing, at least slightly. It does not billow. Explanation: His arm brushed the flag slightly.
@Cosmored For the wires, the astronauts each had an antenna on top of their suits. It is sunlight reflecting off of these. You seem to have a very poor grasp of how light works. For the feather, it DID hit the ground at the same time suggesting a vacuum. I cannot see what the other video is because "This video has been removed by the user".
@Cosmored For the blast crater: The lunar regolith has a molecular make up that causes it to harden under pressure. This makes a blast crater hard to form, and hard to see because dust settles right away in a vacuum, as it did in the Apollo footage. Next. Oh look, more wires which I already debunked. And apparently speed inconsistencies were mentioned, too. So are you telling me they moved exactly the same speed and jumped at the exact same height for all the missions? Because that's absurd.
The smart-1 probe from this picture I am looking at did not land in the basaltic regions. The Apollo landers did. So one would expect the chemical makeup to differ. Moon rocks are not all exactly the same as far as I know. The percentage of some elements is different. Next. Oh, the stupid C? The "C" is just a fiber/hair that was on the paper when it was printed. Not a marking.
@Betamax101 As are all hoaxers. I mean, take a look at potrodsas's comments in his own wire video. Sure, I DID provoke him, but not a single rebuttal was made. They would rather insult the astronauts and people who support them rather than come up with intelligent rebuttals.
@Cosmored Next: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, right. So on top of this, these people on these forums are nutjobs who think the two countries that hate each other the most would be connected at the top, when there is NO REASON TO DO SO. AND, the Soviets tracked the Apollo missions so they knew they were real. Even our worst enemies at the time wouldn't claim it was a hoax, because they weren't stupid (Hint: That's what you guys are, in my opinion).
Our GREATEST rocket! Can't watch this stuff enough!
I remember missing church that morning to see the launch on TV. And racing home from school the following Thursday to watch the landing.
Thanks for posting! I never get tired of watching those Saturn V launches. The Saturn V was a magnificent launch vehicle!!
An amazing rocket - one the most awe inspiring things I have ever seen.
Never gets old!
Back in the day,when America could do mighty things...
And they did it with pencil, paper and slide rules.
Charlie Duke took his collection of Johnny Cash songs with him on this flight.. lol
Mission Commander John Young was the only one of the twelve men who walked on the moon to later fly on the Space Shuttle (commanding two early shuttle flights, including the maiden shuttle flight in 1981).
Command Module pilot Ken Mattingly also went on to command a couple of shuttle flights.
BTW, the Apollo 16 mission patch featured the American shield, the Eagle from the Apollo 11 patch, and the stylish arrow from the NASA logo.
John Chancellor was the reporter on this coverage, mentioned the 54 RR tank cars of fuel to fill the Saturn V.
Think about it-7 lunar landing missions, 6 completely successful. That's a pretty incredible record, really better than the shuttle, which had two fatal missions.
Not really.. Consider how many flights the shuttle had versus Apollo. Almost 3 decades worth, not to mention it was a reusable vehicle. Apollo had one fatal accident as well before it even got off the pad. The shuttle was designed absolutely awful with safety in mind.. However.. both fatal accidents could have easily been avoided without poor choices by management. Both shuttle accidents where also a result of the boosters and components of the External Tank falling off.
Ken Mattingly is a good astronaut and flew columbia.
Watched these when i was a kid, unbelievable why they ever dismantled the program, this program was locked in and running like a well oiled machine to a t.
To SEE how they wait for the nose is SWINGING away from the tower is incredible.
Watch the angle when lift off ...
great 2nd stage visuals
@Cosmored They didn't go straight through the belt, they made a point of avoiding the most deadly areas. And the worst kind is easy to shield against (And so they easily shielded Apollo from it).
@Cosmored No, this is clearly different from gravity, or at least Earth's. There is a much greater delay between movements, this is just an example of the astronaut's jostling moving the jacket. A jacket swaying like that is not achievable in a studio. Second one: Point one: No flag on earth will wave on only one section. IF air disturbed it, it would move throughout the whole thing, billowing, at least slightly. It does not billow. Explanation: His arm brushed the flag slightly.
In two days it will be 40 years to the day of this launch.
Great!
Very cool 👏
You can see some hints of how launches of the Shuttle would be video taped. Better cameras, better range, better color.
The Saturn 5 looks cute :)
@Cosmored For the wires, the astronauts each had an antenna on top of their suits. It is sunlight reflecting off of these. You seem to have a very poor grasp of how light works. For the feather, it DID hit the ground at the same time suggesting a vacuum. I cannot see what the other video is because "This video has been removed by the user".
160 million horsepower
@Cosmored For the blast crater: The lunar regolith has a molecular make up that causes it to harden under pressure. This makes a blast crater hard to form, and hard to see because dust settles right away in a vacuum, as it did in the Apollo footage. Next. Oh look, more wires which I already debunked. And apparently speed inconsistencies were mentioned, too. So are you telling me they moved exactly the same speed and jumped at the exact same height for all the missions? Because that's absurd.
50 years later and still waiting for a new rocket that compares to the saturn v , suppose to launch the SLS in 3 weeks buts it's years late
40 years ago today!
@Cosmored And by less deadly I mean thinner, to prevent long term exposure.
Chuck Hollinshead at Apollo Saturn Launch Control.
The smart-1 probe from this picture I am looking at did not land in the basaltic regions. The Apollo landers did. So one would expect the chemical makeup to differ. Moon rocks are not all exactly the same as far as I know. The percentage of some elements is different. Next. Oh, the stupid C? The "C" is just a fiber/hair that was on the paper when it was printed. Not a marking.
@Betamax101 As are all hoaxers. I mean, take a look at potrodsas's comments in his own wire video. Sure, I DID provoke him, but not a single rebuttal was made. They would rather insult the astronauts and people who support them rather than come up with intelligent rebuttals.
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Glaube Mut Liebe .
@Cosmored Next: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, right. So on top of this, these people on these forums are nutjobs who think the two countries that hate each other the most would be connected at the top, when there is NO REASON TO DO SO. AND, the Soviets tracked the Apollo missions so they knew they were real. Even our worst enemies at the time wouldn't claim it was a hoax, because they weren't stupid (Hint: That's what you guys are, in my opinion).
Zeus0Moose I watched this launch LIVE as an 8-year-old. It was REAL!!!!
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