From Ep. 9 of our Discovery Channel series "Rocket Science" - The unmanned Saturn Five Apollo moon rocket is test-launched on April 4th, 1968. (www.foolishearthling.com)
I agree, there is no match. I wish it wouldn't have ended with the moon. Well it didn't even end with the moon, it ended with the earth, and now we are trying to get back to where we already have been, the moon...
1:43 They painted the Saturn 5 black and white in a 'tribute' to Fritz Lang's film. No I can't believe that. The black and white markings were surely so that attitude control could be monitored during launch, maybe they got the idea from previous engineering achievements but not in tribute.
The camera was fitted inside the second stage of the Saturn 5. You could see the Earth come into view on the upper right as the second stage began its fall back to Earth.
The greatest vehicle ever built... I'm starting to wonder if civilization will ever top it.
Not these days. We're too busy trying to reset who gets to use which bathroom....
I agree, there is no match. I wish it wouldn't have ended with the moon. Well it didn't even end with the moon, it ended with the earth, and now we are trying to get back to where we already have been, the moon...
1:43 They painted the Saturn 5 black and white in a 'tribute' to Fritz Lang's film. No I can't believe that. The black and white markings were surely so that attitude control could be monitored during launch, maybe they got the idea from previous engineering achievements but not in tribute.
Von Braun.
NOT VON BROWN!!
at the end of that where was the curve .
The camera was fitted inside the second stage of the Saturn 5. You could see the Earth come into view on the upper right as the second stage began its fall back to Earth.