1969 Apollo 11 Saturn V launch, 1969 TV broadcast

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1969 TV broadcast of the launch of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket which carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon. Armstrong and Aldrin landed the lunar module "Eagle" and became the first humans to set foot on another celestial body. Collins piloted the command module "Columbia" in its orbit around the Moon.
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Saturn V Info
~~~~~~~~~~~
Cost per launch: $1.23B (adjusted for 2019)
Height: 110.6 m (363.0 ft)
Diameter: 10.1 m (33.0 ft)
Mass: 2,970,000 kg (6,540,000 lb)
Payload to LEO: 140,000 kg (310,000 lb)
Payload to TLI: 48,600 kg (107,100 lb)
First/Last Flights: Nov 9, 1967 - May 14, 1973
13 launches, 12 successes, 1 partial failure (Apollo 6)
Saturn V First Stage (S-IC)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Height: 42.1 m (138 ft)
Diameter: 10.1 m (33 ft)
Dry mass: 130,000 kg (287,000 lb)
Launch mass: 2,290,000 kg (5,040,000 lb)
Engines: 5 Rocketdyne F-1
Thrust (sea level): 35,100 kN (7,891,000 lbf)
Specific impulse (sea level): 263 seconds (2.58 km/s)
Burn time: 168 seconds
Fuel: RP-1 / LOX
Manufacturer: Boeing
Saturn V Second Stage (S-II)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Height: 24.8 m (81.5 ft)
Diameter: 10.1 m (33 ft)
Dry mass: 40,100 kg (88,400 lb)
Launch mass: 496,200 kg (1,093,900 lb)
Engines: 5 Rocketdyne J-2
Thrust (vacuum): 5,141 kN (1,155,800 lbf)
Specific impulse (vacuum): 421 seconds (4.13 km/s)
Burn time: 360 seconds
Fuel: LH₂ / LOX
Manufacturer: North American Aviation
Saturn V Third Stage (S-IVB)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Height: 18.8 m (61.6 ft)
Diameter: 6.6 m (21.7 ft)
Dry mass: 15,200 kg (33,600 lb)
Launch mass: 123,000 kg (271,000 lb)
Engines: 1 Rocketdyne J-2
Thrust (vacuum): 1,033.1 kN (232,250 lbf)
Specific impulse (vacuum): 421 seconds (4.13 km/s)
Burn time: 165 + 335 seconds (2 burns)
Fuel: LH₂ / LOX
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company
Apollo Command Module (CM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Height: 3.5 m (11.4 ft)
Diameter: 3.9 m (12.8 ft)
Mass: 5,560 kg (12,250 lb)
Interior volume: 5.9 m³ (210 cu ft)
Crew capacity: 3
Reaction Control System thrusters: 12
RCS thrust, ea.: 410 N (93 lbf)
RCS fuel: MMH / N₂O₄
Manufacturer: North American Aviation / North American Rockwell
Apollo Service Module (SM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Height: 7.6 m (24.8 ft)
Diameter: 3.9 m (12.8 ft)
Mass: 24,520 kg (54,060 lb)
Service Propulsion System engine: 1 Rocketdyne AJ10-137
SPS thrust: 91 kN (20,500 lb)
SPS fuel: Aerozine 50 (50:50 mix of hydrazine/UDMH) / N₂O₄
Reaction Control System thrusters: 4 x 4 (16) Marquardt R-4D
RCS thrust, ea.: 440 N (100 lbf)
RCS fuel: MMH / N₂O₄
Manufacturer: North American Aviation / North American Rockwell
Lunar Module (LM)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Height: 7.04 m (23 ft 1 in)
Diameter: 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in) without landing gear
Width: 9.4 m (31 ft) landing gear deployed
Dry mass: 4,280 kg (9,430 lb)
Launch mass: 15,200 kg (33,500 lb)
Crew cabin volume: 6.7 m³ (235 cu ft)
Habitable volume: 4.5 m³ (160 cu ft)
Crew capacity: 2
Descent Propulsion System engine: 1 TRW LMDE
DPS thrust: 45.04 kN (10,125 lbf), throttleable
DPS fuel: Aerozine 50 (50:50 mix of hydrazine/UDMH) / N₂O₄
Ascent Propulsion System engine: 1 Bell / Rocketdyne LMAE
APS thrust: 16 kN (3,500 pounds-force), fixed
APS thrust-to-weight ratio: 19.44
APS fuel: Aerozine 50 (50:50 mix of hydrazine/UDMH) / N₂O₄
Reaction Control System thrusters: 4 x 4 (16) Marquardt R-4D
RCS thrust, ea.: 440 N (100 lbf)
RCS fuel: MMH / N₂O₄
Manufacturer: Grumman Aircraft
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[@EchoesDistant]

"Take a giant leap for mankind. On a distant lunar sea. As you travel across the universe, will you take a step, take a step for me? Will you take a step for me? Voyage of an Eagle. Blasting to the stars. You take the hopes of dreams of men. To find yourself, to find Tranquility. To find Tranquility! Traveled across the universe, and placed the lonely flag. Out there in isolation at the final, the final frontier. The final frontier! The world's in celebration as we wait for your return. You took a Giant Leap for mankind on another, on another world. On another world! Take it easy, take it slow. Don't go fast, don't let go! The Eagle has landed! The Eagle has landed! The Eagle has landed! The Eagle has landed!" Saxon - The Eagle has Landed.

[@richardgritz5027]

Distant Echoes w

[@greateagle2076]

Love it

[@Spectrumlx]

Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven, six) Commencing countdown, engines on (five, four, three) Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff) This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare "This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you "Here am I floating 'round my tin can Far above the moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do" Ground control to major tom

[@kyungheeoh2218]

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[@MRALAINMICHAEL]

Distant Echoes you are asleep. Apollo was a total hoax. Wake up.

[@jakeellis6496]

I was born this day...I know nobody cares, but I think it is cool.

[@benjitkoshorts9577]

Jake Ellis old ass 48

[@Samuel_Wynne]

Nah that's cool!

[@MrAppie9090]

You were alive for the hayday of the space race, you lived through a lot of world changing events. That is really cool!

[@ibizenco]

So, where were you, when Apollo 11 went to the moon? :)

[@davidcole333]

Could be worse...you could've been born on 9/11

[@gives_bad_advice]

The moonshot skeptics don't have much to say about this leg of the mission. But to hear them tell it, the same entity that managed this marvel somehow lost all sense and stages a fake landing with a flag flapping in the wind and a lunar lander made from cardboard and then left a "cameraman"stranded on the fake moon as Apollo 17's ascent module was yanked to the ceiling by a rope. These are their beliefs and I am not exaggerating much, if at all. This would not be of any concern except that some of them may be capable of finding a voting booth and some may be capable of loading and discharging a firearm and a few manage to reproduce.

[@tscooter22]

I was there! My Dad worked at NASA back then and was a higher up that got us access to one of the lesser VIP sections. We had a second home on Anna Maria Island, Florida and I remember driving from there across the state in our brand new red '69 Mustang 428cj fastback. It was my brother's birthday but I was the only kid that was thrilled about it. I've been to space shuttle launches watching from Cocoa Beach, but DAMN the Apollo was so much louder.Yeah, being closer made it louder, but I would think it would still be louder if I sat in the same spot for both launches. What a memory

[@briankoski2532]

tscooter22 That would be way-cool if you still have that '69 Mustang. Happy birthday to your brother!

[@vinerscott]

1 lucky guy

[@spencer6104]

hot DAMN what a life you’ve lived.

[@bennyandersen742]

Saturn V gives me goose bumps every time i see it reach the sky , the most insane creation by man ever, insanely impressive

[@AlHearn]

Such a thrill to watch again. I worked as a software engineer for IBM, a contractor to NASA, at the Kennedy Space Center and can remember the incredible launch experience watching the liftoff from 3 miles away from my perch on the side of the VAB, where I worked.

[@u2mister17]

@@maxsmith695 Pretty sure you are a hoax. Comms. had about 30 people talking to 100 different people. Only one talking to Neil.

[@ToThePointCT]

@@maxsmith695 I feel sorry for you

[@UKsoldier45]

Thank you for your contribution and service to a wonderful programme. Feel justly proud Sir!

[@edbouwman1385]

I am a great fan from the Apollo Missions, I was 14 years those days. Great to hear you was there at KSC as software engineer. I admire this great project in history. Al, you was privileged those days to be part of the team. Kind regards, Ed Bouwman from the Netherlands.

[@AlHearn]

@@edbouwman1385 Thank you very much.

[@LaPabst]

Wow, just wow. I watched this live as an 8 year old boy, I've seen it a 100 times. It will never get old, unlike me.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

It's hard to beat one of the greatest moments in human history!

[@donmoore7785]

The Saturn V is a beautiful thing.

[@vibe6750]

Don Moore Its a cg- jk It is beautiful

[@bruces.parker1856]

Don Moore Got me the four and a half foot tall model. I was 10 years old.

[@bruces.parker1856]

Panther74 Escaping It was my very first model I ever did and when I put glue to the little thruster rockets that are on the side one of those slid down a bit before drying causing the four and a half foot model to appear bent , so I had to rotate the whole rocket so the bent pointed to the rear so you can't tell by observing straight on from the front. Gravity had its day even on that small part and this was long before Houston we got a problem..

[@paulm8780]

yes it is amigo it is ;-)

[@KieuNguyen-uq1ow]

Don Moore so 1 the goi ,việt nam l love U S A

[@basketvector7311]

There is so much material to read on Apollo and it's absolutely fascinating. No hoaxer ever lived who was educated on this incredible achievement.

[@Excelcior58]

You gotta see apollo 11 in theaters now. It's the next best thing. The launch is incredible. IMAX if you can.

[@johnmaclean8136]

Please, use a bit of analytical thought. Don’t just accept what you are told.

[@johnmaclean8136]

C Walden Whilst I find your comment almost too intellectually overwhelming can I suggest that the rocket appears to pass through the cirrocumulus cloud layer at 105 seconds. You being of course an intellectual will know that cirrocumulus clouds are found at 25-30000 feet. At 105 seconds the rocket was reported as being nearly 80000 feet. My question is: Why are NASA fans so aggressively defensive?

[@RawSpaceVideos]

​@@johnmaclean8136 You're full of it, as usual. First off, the cloud layer you're referring to isn't even seen in this video. At 105 seconds all we see is the view from the infrared camera. The clouds you're talking about can be seen in another video, but at 64s, not 105s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4WVpIFthMpqgKMm35s Here is the timeline of the linked video. 12:40 (T - 0) Launch 13:35 (T + 55s) Altitude 2 miles (per commentator) 13:43 (T + 63s) Rocket visibly breaks the sound barrier 13:44 (T + 64s) Rocket punches through thin cloud layer 13:51 (T + 71s) Altitude 4 miles (per commentator) 14:25 (T + 105s) No clouds At T + 64s, the rocket was almost 3 miles high (~15500 feet). That falls within the "alto" cloud stratum, rather than the "cirrus" cloud stratum above 20k feet. Furthermore, "cumulus" clouds are lumpy or fluffy by definition. The clouds we see in this video are best described as a very thin altostratus layer. Incidentally, the timing of the rocket passing through the cloud layer at 64 seconds also corresponds within ~3 seconds to the view from the uncut tracking camera video, linked here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnJfZ15aMyBis0 *In summary, you're wrong on the timing, you're wrong on the rocket's altitude, and you're wrong on your cloud classification.*

[@thefoxamongwolves9843]

the difference between half-assed research and full research. our pal John read that clouds were at a certain height and saw clouds were in the video but at a different height. Raw Space knew enough to determine they were in fact a different cloud layer. Well done @Raw Space

[@71superbee39]

Burning 20 tons of fuel per second and moving at 9000 ft per second ...... The Saturn V ... awesome !!

[@sidewinder666666]

What a nice walk down memory lane. I was 14 at the time and glued to the TV, along with Mom, Dad, and little sister.

[@LasVegas68]

I watched the Apollo launch as a kid and watching it again as a old man. Still as exciting today as it was back then!

[@Tanknuggets217]

Oh that's awesome!

[@nimrodquimbus912]

It is one thing that never gets old, even-though it is....No internet, beginning of color TV

[@EdWeibe]

Somerthing isnt it? same here. I was fortunate to give them 32 years from said inspiration. Very gratifying.

[@TheRhino2719]

Thats awesome!

[@lostastronaut8291]

I wish i could’ve experienced this. Hopefully i will get to see the Artemis mission in 2024. Can’t wait! But nothing compares seeing this historical launch.

[@Wild-Eye]

SpaceX launching rockets like crazy. Check out the live streams

[@bahugtalib123]

Just pray that one day we would launch humans for Mars. Hopefully this decade 🤞🏻

[@atree7509]

@@bahugtalib123 with current progress, it may been sooner than we thought.

[@hamburgerhamburger4064]

Well, Starship might be crazy

[@RuadhanBeggan]

Hi from 2024! Artemis 2 failed and Artemis 3 has been pushed back to 2025 💀

[@bengtwahlstedt1021]

I was eight years old at the time. And i was glued to our television set ! I still think it is awesome !!!

[@UKsoldier45]

Wonderful people, technicians, scientists, controllers, planners, all of whom made all the astronauts world famous. The most marvellous time to have been a teenager. Though a Brit I am so proud to have lived through these historic and truly riveting times. I thank you all for your contribution to the world of science and space travel. May god bless you all!

[@lennyanders1639]

The greatest achievement of mankind, I was 17 and was there to witness it, it was one of the best days of my life.

[@KingSlimjeezy]

with one sentence you made me envious of your life

[@markp.9707]

Well said Lenny! I just turned 2 and wish I had the experience you had. I can never watch the launches enough and never find enough power in a sound system to replicate the feeling I am sure you and million other people felt on that day July 16th 1969. I agree with you it’s the single greatest accomplishment in human history.

[@lennyanders1639]

@@markp.9707 Well, you have another chance come 2024 when NASA's Project Constellation will be sending astronauts to the moon and hopefully we will both be around to see men step foot on Mars.

[@lennyanders1639]

@ThomasG10mtn Hey, it's your head, you get to think whatever you want.

[@JCO2002]

@ThomasG10mtn Don't worry, the 2024 plan is a pipe dream. It was just Trump making noise. The Chinese will be there next before the Yanks. You can adjust your conspiracy paranoia then to deal with that. Unless, of course, you also think China is a hoax, and nothing exists other than a flat "Murrica floating in the void with Uncle Sam watching from above.

[@SternLX]

That camera tracking the flight had one helluva zoom lens to catch that staging at 30 miles down range. Impressive.

[@ionlyreplytosexproposition8972]

One of the tracking cameras from around that time ended up on ebay for about $33,000. but even those dont even hold a sparkler to the modern tracking cameras.

[@idlemessiah]

Curious Droid has a really interesting video on NASA's cameras. What gets me is that the Apollo and even early shuttle launches were filmed before the introduction of electronic tracking and stabilisation. That 30 mile range shot of the staging was done by a person!

[@aemrt5745]

What is also interesting is that Clyde Tombaugh (discoverer of Pluto) developed some of the tracking and optical technology when he worked at White Sands AFB in the 1950s.

[@kevinhodges1862]

They used a Nikon P1000.

[@anonymousstout4759]

@@kevinhodges1862 yep definitely Nikon

[@riparianlife97701]

I highly recommend visiting Johnson Space Center in Houston. There is a complete, un-flown Saturn V rocket in a massive shed, and you can go into mission control.

[@JTRios-oq6dx]

I have been ther it is cool

[@RajithaSeneviratne]

There's one in Kennedy space center as well. It's mindblowingly huge!

[@morskojvolk]

It is _awesome._

[@dpeterson157]

And they have a spell binding presentation/simulation of the Saturn VIII launch.

[@stephenlaporte7111]

Can confirm, one of the greatest things I've seen in my life.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

I watched this live on TV. I may be old, but I saw a lot of stuff.

[@davegoldspink5354]

This video came up in my recommendations. Was at school here in Australia the day of the launch and although I don’t remember a great deal like then watching this is really cool and shows when you think about how far we advanced in flight in such as small amounts of time. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@manriquegarron2362]

Can we stop and just take a moment to honor everyone who worked on the historic rocket that was Saturn V? And also the historic commentary, "3..2..1..0.. All engines running! Liftoff, we have a liftoff! 32 minutes past the hour! Liftoff on Apollo 11!" I just really enjoy the enthusiasm and just plain joy that he has.

[@occamsrayzor]

Amazing - close to 49 years since I first watched this launch, and I still found myself clenching fists and holding my breath, willing that thing aloft.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

[@PhotonBread]

I’ve seen this 15 times today and watching the Rocket peak out of the cloud of smoke still gives me chills. Knowing... they’re off to the moon

[@johnmaclean8136]

PhotonBread There is a question about the time that the rocket reaches the cirrus cloud layer. Was the rocket under powered? Was anyone aboard?

[@johnmilbourn6406]

It was amazing than on a black and white 📺 it took 10 minutes to warm up ha

[@kozmik49]

This Saturn V launch is one of the most remembered event which never fade away from the mind of mankind.Cheers for NASA

[@user-zm1vt3rf9b]

What I would give to see this in person...

[@jimfullton3431]

I saw it live. Was amazing. I was 8

[@joemag6032]

William, from what I have read, it is absolutely incredible to *hear* it in person.

[@5265vic]

I saw it with my own two eyes, at 7yrs old

[@JimPaulJr]

I saw Apollo 15 in person. The sight, the sound, and the feeling of the power is something I have never forgot. There is nothing more breathtaking and spectacular.

[@CoraFaye]

I saw this live and I was 8 years old. Still remember it like it was yesterday.

[@bigrigJim]

Not many things in life impress me , but the Saturn V rocket leaves me stunned. I once stood near the airstrip at Beale AFB and had a SR-71 Blackbird fly over me to come in for a landing , that dropped my jaw as well.

[@merijn0301]

it suddenly occurs to me due to the comment bij bigrigJim : The coolest peaces of equipment (Saturn 5, SR71) were designed and built in a time where Computer Aided Design was virtually non-existent!!! Of course, there were computers : The programming that was required there was real programming : Every bit and byte needed to be accounted for like weight on a rocket.

[@onehitpick9758]

@@merijn0301 I grew up in the era, but remain impressed by what could be accomplished and fully understood in a few thousand bytes. We have no ability to replicate that simplicity and coding precision today.

[@pcdubya]

Exactly, 2 of the most amazing feats of engineering in this century, both mind boggling in their scope.

[@anonymousstout4759]

I heard SR-71 is drawn by hand on ruler without any assist from computer but flew higher and faster than any other

[@Jay-jb2vr]

@@anonymousstout4759 true

[@DavGreg]

The voice you are listening to is Jack King (d. 2015) who was called the Voice of Apollo. His job was with NASA Public Affairs.

[@leftcoaster67]

I prefer his technical and matter of fact voice. When I hear some of the callouts from SpaceX it just seems so lame in comparison.

[@vinerscott]

leftcoaster67 yes I totally agree,listening to this guy today(2020) it’s like actually being there,brilliant

He performed this task from Gemini through the Apollo lunar program. He was THE BEST!

[@waltersantos3190]

RIP Michael Collins. Mike may have never walked on the moon but with the Apollo 11 mission he certainly was part of a history making event.. God's speed mike 👍

[@johncitizen3927]

Was the loneliness man for awhile...nearest human, 200.000 miles away.

[@snapmalloy5556]

Mike was a national treasure

[@jaypaint4855]

@@johncitizen3927except for Neil and Buzz on the surface up to a few thousand miles away

[@emreevo8]

@@johncitizen3927 Wrong. The nearest human was on the Moon. About 100 kilometers away.

[@leokimvideo]

When the world was simpler, we were able to achieve really complex feats. Sadly today over 50 years later it seems impossible to repeat these amazing feats. We are de-evolving!

[@RawSpaceVideos]

We're less willing to accept risk as we once were, technical systems are vastly more complex than they used to be, costs for everything have skyrocketed, the political will and impetus is no longer there, and the public interest has waned. I'm surprised that the Artemis program has even gotten as far as it has, in today's climate.

[@vichy7661]

​@Raw Space don't be so sure. It's just T minus away, we are in preliminary stages and our goals are way beyond the Moon distance of about 238,000 miles. Sincerely, we are going to Mars, cynicism will be left to the cynics. I believe more strongly today this is truly a mission in the works, in my lifetime or so, we are targeting Mars and we will get there and safely home again.

[@waterishdrake8693]

It was faked

[@MarvinClarence]

Yes, you’ve got SLS, Starship and other heavy rockets to get you out there. Of course, they are significantly more technologically advanced than the Saturn V, but take my word: nothing will defeat the beauty of the Saturn V lifting off the pad.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

The two boosters of SpaceX landing in unison comes pretty close imo 👀.

[@tarek42023]

@@louisrobitaille5810 For me actually the boosters landing in synch ist the most beautiful thong… and when super heavy get caught by mechazilla for the first time it will be incredible

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@tarek42023 mechazilla?

[@tarek42023]

@@louisrobitaille5810 the arms of the catchtower

[@louisrobitaille5810]

@@tarek42023 The what now?

[@derrickoakes4879]

Most powerful rocket ever launched. And this, nearly 50 years ago. Still unmatched today. Proof of American superiority in space travel/technology. Awe inspiring, beautiful. God bless.

[@MarsFKA]

The most powerful rocket ever launched - successfully. The Soviet N1 Moon rocket was far more powerful, but was too complicated. Each of the four test flights lasted right up to the explosion.

[@bradleylindsey3540]

@@MarsFKA USSR's N-1L3 had a higher thrust than the Saturn V, but in fact had less payload to LEO (~95t versus ~140t) and was just slightly shorter.

[@MarsFKA]

@@bradleylindsey3540 Thank you. All those facts are known to me.

[@miguelferrandisperez5705]

Ummm where are all those german forenames come from???

[@BLASTxStingray]

Also the soviet soyuz is powerful too and still in use til today

[@betaorionis2164]

I remember Saturn V launches when I was a kid. Still brings goosebumps to me. What an incredible achievement.

[@werksdesign]

I remember watching this lift off. This mission was talked about from beginning to end. Everyone kept up with it.

[@speedracer101]

I turned 7 yrs old in july of 69 and i remember watching this and the lunar landing with total amazement!....remember it like yesterday!

[@larrygoerke9081]

All over the world! Even TV wasn't in every world household back then and all over Eastern Europe, even the USSR, people watched from storefront windows. My wife & I were between 9th & 10th grade in high school. Oh what a mighty time!

[@robtheg]

The 344 dislikes is the Soviet Union disliking lol

[@CoraFaye]

I watched this live in 1969 at the cape with my parents. The roar of the engines are unreal and it felt like someone beating on your chest. Still have pictures of the launch made off slide photography.

[@kentcaylor6629]

I was 12 years old, and so. fascinated with the space program, I gave up a trip to a park to sit and watch this!! 🤓

[@reeve8098]

I was so into the Apollo mission and we will always remember the Apollo one mission.

[@JamesWilson-bw5uq]

Hi people, I was a drafted airborne infantry soldier, landed in Burn HOA air base, Saigon Viet Nam on Jan 03, 1968. In August 1969 I was in my second year of being stationed in camp Eagle, Hue, Viet Nam. I was in the Ash u Valley on a patrol when Apollo 11 launched. We didn't know it happened. Three weeks later while in base camp Eagle, I was able to read about the historic event in the Stars and Stripes papers. We were told about it by pilots and crewmen on our supply choppers. It was an historical mission and I was amazed to read about it. I left the 101 camp Eagle on November 30th 1969. I just today watched the entire mission from launch to splash own on youtube. I'm 76 yrs old and the entire Apollo mission still gave me goosebumps! Those brave men flew to the moon in what I call tin cans. And back home. All of our astronauts had huge cohonnies!! The Saturn 5 was astounding huge, and American made!! Proud of them God Bless America!!!!

[@aaronc.1605]

How did the Saturn V ever take off when it was weighed down by the Apollo crew’s balls?

[@williamkennedy5492]

I am now a 69 year old man and remember this day as if it were yesterday, as an 18 year old the principal of our aeronautical college took all aeronautical students into the TV room telling us on this day you will see history being made we sat there amazed, a few days later my dad burst into my bedroom saying they've done it they are on the MOON ! This was when America knew where it was going, now statues are ripped down its so crazy America seems to have lost its way and needs to wake up. I am glad i saw this launch LIVE the memory stays with me.

[@snowleopard9463]

69 nice

[@WalkrFilms]

Hope you’re not referring to confederate statues being torn down..

[@codedecode878]

america does need to wake up. realizing the Apollo missions were faked is like kindergarten, unfortunately, many like you are still strongly under NASA's spell.

[@hauntified9060]

@@codedecode878 faking it would have cost more than the actual landing

[@codedecode878]

@@hauntified9060 LMAO i hear that all the time from you matrix dwelliers. no it wouldn't, if that were true if they would actually launch into space to film movies instead of doing it in a studio.

[@irpat54]

I remember this like it was yesterday...

[@anthonywilliamson7323]

Remember watching on tv , incredible achievement.

[@EdWeibe]

An Engineers Engineer. Listening to Neil hit the marks spot on. Brave Americans in that ride.

[@K-o-R]

"This thing's redlining..." "Ah, it's fine, don't worry."

[@johnmilbourn6406]

I was 12 years old remember watching this with my dad

[@gives_bad_advice]

sounds like a beautiful memory

[@dcbluez4883]

Drove over from Orlando to watch this take off, my Dad drove, 55 minutes. Watched it take off and with all the traffic took 3 hours to get home. From that point on I watched every rocket from the roof of our house with a good telescope. Very cool to watch.

[@QuantumEffectResidue]

When I was about 11 years old, my Dad took us to Cape Kennedy, and we actually saw the Saturn V as it was on display at the time; it was a popular vacation spot in the 70's. That rocket was huge! But then again I was looking at it from a kid's perspective, but regardless it was a behemoth of a rocket.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

At 363 feet tall, Saturn V was huge by just about any measure!

[@beercommercial1]

Jack King - "The Voice of Apollo" Very cool, and easy to listen to.

[@spearhead787]

Jack had an easy tone to his voice. But also spoke with authority at the same time. Very very cool.

[@peterlyall2848]

I agree with you 100 % on that Jack King was by far the best person ever to call a rocket launch such as the mighty Saturn V. There has been no one yet who's come close to Jack King could do it. In fact I'd say today people seem to lack of any kind of effort in calling a good count down of launch verical that's why I called Jack King the count down king.

[@edelahaye]

I was in England in a summer college, at the age of 12 and I have spent the night watching the TV with the whole college ... It was absolutely fantastic !

[@southernstargazer1951]

I watched this live on TV as a young boy. It's amazing to watch and a huge achievement. Ir proves to me that mankind can achieve anything once they commit and put their mind to it. This was 1969 - incredible.

[@TheMcInturff]

This is the coolest video ever, I was a young boy and about a foot from a huge B&W Zenith console TV. We were visiting friends of the family in PA and the local Esso station was giving away cardboard models of the lunar module. Of course we obtained one and quickly built it. The Saturn V was the greatest rocket of the day, no doubt. Such exciting days for the world !!

[@johnshields6852]

I had just turned 9 years old and this was huge, everything came to a stop, wether you watched on tv or listened to radio broadcast it's one of those moments I'll never forget. Thanks for video. 🙏🇺🇸

[@loro.h9612]

1.500.000 horsepower! And three brave men sitting in top of it. Thanks to them and the 400.000 people who realized this inspiring project :)

[@benjaminsorenson]

Realized? More like worked on it. Only one realized this project and that was Wernher von Braun.

[@ladylynn3613]

160,000,000 million horsepower

[@ladylynn3613]

160,000,000 million horsepower

[@WG-tt6hk]

Starship : 40.8 Million horsepower

[@johndoran1754]

It's incredible being there, saw Atlantis launch

[@gregorym2121]

What a proud day that was I’ll never forget it

[@jamessmith785]

To this day, one of the most amazing machines ever made.

[@incription]

James smith amazing sure, but technologically advanced? Not really when you consider the invention of the modern computer and the internet

[@belkys120]

James smith : YOUR GOD GIVEN BODY , IS MORE IMPORTANT .!!!!!!! . ( THATS A MACHINE );✡️🕎✝️👍.!!!!!!! .

[@CosmosZeroX]

Saturn V & Space Shuttle are surely the most impressing machines ever made...

[@caab0516]

@@CosmosZeroX falcon heavy aswell tho

[@pd.dataframe2833]

@@caab0516 star ship soon

[@8avexp]

I remember all of the Apollo missions. We visited Cape Kennedy a few weeks before Apollo 11 blasted off. My uncle worked at Grumman with the team that designed the life support systems for the LEM.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

That is awesome, @8avexp.

[@dutyboundservant7051]

This is probably THE coolest video on KZbin!

[@aumshreeshah2322]

Probably?🙁

[@truthfulkarl]

and now, we are recapturing that sense of giddy excitement about space, we will be returning to the moon, setting foot on mars, exploring our system like never before. my god what a time to live in!

[@aerotuc]

watched this live in Australia i was in high school aged 13 at teachers house with all the class across the road .

[@Pyrpyr_2017]

And all of this in 1969, just 66 years after Wright brothers first flight. Unbelievable.

[@mikespulligan]

The Saturn V was the height of a 36-story building, about 60 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. The LEM alone was huge, most people don't realize that building a Saturn V was a little like building the great pyramid at Giza.

[@paulrawes]

mikespulligan Rubbish!

[@jedistreaming4006]

The Shuttle did more real work than this beauty.

[@fraserdowd6552]

@@jedistreaming4006 yes but did it get men to the moon

[@jedistreaming4006]

@@fraserdowd6552 ummm, no it didn't.

[@spearhead787]

363 feet from bottom to top . And at launch with millions of gallons of fuel on board weighed as much as a light battle cruiser. 2,950 metric tons,or 6.5 million pounds. !!!! It developed 7.5 million pounds of thrust. Truly mind bending.!

[@lappietova6277]

Amazing time! 6 years old and still remember; with the whole family infront of the tv...and watching...

[@billjensen401]

I was 6 yrs old too, but I remember the landing more clearly days later.

[@randombytes3998]

@@billjensen401 I was 4. Mostly I remember my father pushing me down in front of the TV. "Watch this. It's history!" I was mesmerized a couple of days later when Mr. Armstrong stepped off the ladder. Thanks Dad for your persistence.

[@langietor]

Sixxxx

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I watched this in real time! I was 8 years old! I woke up on a beautiful sunny July morning and walked out to see all of my siblings watching this on our color TV! To those that say it "never happened." screw you! You weren't even alive yet!!!

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

I was so excited to see this live. Glad it was summer.

[@ttv_mxr_btw_sweatytryhard6824]

I would prefer watch the Saturn V launch THERE in person, than watching Artemis, but hopefully, i will be able to watch Artemis mission :D

[@RawSpaceVideos]

Hopefully it launches someday!

[@RahulThakur-dr8vw]

Stupid Then comes most stupid And then finally the one who thinks moon landing was fake

[@paganphil100]

Rahul Thakur: There are always one or two......imagine if they were to breed with flat-Earthers !!

[@js100serch]

I'm here because of the recent Falcon Heavy Launch.

[@greateagle2076]

A Falcon 9 block 5 just lauched 4 weeks ago

[@russells9687]

Welcome to space. : ]

[@MuddyGunns]

I was 2 weeks old the day this happened. What an amazing accomplishment for the human race. I am so inspired to see NASA (along with Spacex and the other private companies) once again heading to the Moon, Mars, and beyond ... to be alive during a time when the human race took our first steps toward becoming an interplanetary species is cool (to say the least).

[@PauloSantos-tl1fd]

34:00 the moment that you were waiting for

[@ninjaxff6893]

Thenks

[@sheehanroy4001]

35:27

[@mylesfinn66]

Nothing without the buildup

[@hankreardon6998]

No Rocketdyne F-1 engine ever failed in mission. Think about that. So complex, working with physics that are off the scale, design started in the 50's. Worked every time, all the time. Kudos to Jeff Bezos for bringing a few up out of the Atlantic ocean.

[@daffidavit]

This July 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary when "mankind" first set foot on the Moon. What I find absolutely astonishing is that out of all the time people have been on this Earth agaze at the moon only a small few of us were lucky enough to have been born just at the right moment to have been witness to one of the most extraordinary events anyone has ever experienced. To be alive and witness the first person walk on the Moon. One would have a greater chance of winning a jackpot lottery than having been born just at the right time in history. That thought never ceases to amaze me.

[@batm38]

A day in history of mankind which will remembered forever...

[@trevorwgratton3354]

Just want to say thanks for posting this, a remarkable piece of history...

[@RawSpaceVideos]

It sure is!

[@nabzduterrier2736]

Still emotionnal 50 years later !

[@MrKmoconne]

I watched this when I was 7 years old. Walter Cronkite was the announcer on the TV.

[@TimSlee1]

And idiots believe this is CGI.. IN THE 1960's!

[@johnclancy2491]

Still awesome all these years later!

[@ltcajh]

I still get a thrill from the final countdown after all these years!

[@LeofromFreo]

Neil Armstrong was so very cool. Always chilled and very much in control.

[@KamaradeKriska]

He used to take some Mary Jane before each fly

[@MsSamtari]

I see this with my eyes in 1969!

[@MrDoneboy]

Jack King's voice just nails this launch!

[@magburner]

Amazing, we have seen the walk on the moon countless times, but this is the first time that I have seen the launch that took them there.

[@BodyWellnessHub]

And to think that in 69 years we went from learning to fly to flying to the moon

[@Mbase-apollo]

cool i watched this live when i was a kid, big party at my house i was 9 years old.

[@derek-press]

38 minutes of my life I do NOT want back, beautiful

[@terrylandess6072]

As an 11 year old I 'grew up' with the space race, and remember how cool those cameras set up like an anti-aircraft gun were.

[@mattaut88]

2019 is 50th anniversary

[@peterzebot1795]

grats on passing grade 1 math class.

[@nickwaller3823]

Yassss dude, I am keen

[@chatteyj]

coolio a Bit of a shame Neil and a few of the apollo astronauts have passed on now however.

[@kellyweingart3692]

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong, John Young, Pete Conrad, Alan Shepard

[@PhotonBread]

Almost there. (03/29/19)

[@rdoggg]

I so love this! I was only a year old at that time. I wish times were like then, now. I miss my dad, he was a soldier in ww2 and passed away in 1972, I was only 4 years old. Momma was blessed with his military pension to sustain myself and siblings. All college grads, now I’m a retired cop. GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🇺🇸

[@sdry]

Rocket launches were truly terrifying back then knowing how "primitive" their technology was. It either goes great or horrific disaster.

[@tomscerbo1588]

An Italian American was head man of Apollo 11 Rocco Petrone! Him & his incredible staff were responsable for this historic event!👌🚀🚀😉🇺🇲🇨🇵

[@dutyboundservant7051]

I love videos like this because I can relive the fascination I had with the space program when I was a child! But lately, I have felt so terrible for the deniers. They will never know how wonderful the universe really is, the way God created it!

[@doomguy1001]

My favourite part is at 36:51, where two guys are casually talking about a warning light and dismissing it. Thanks Ralph! :)

[@009-u1h]

Imagine having to go to the bathroom at the launch, I would feel as if a piece of my life was stolen away

[@surfDaddy]

What an amazing moment it was, I feel, when the crew filmed the transit around our moon and watch the Earth come up on the horizon, as we would the Moon. I was seven. I was very very moved.

[@thepirate5955]

Amazing to relive the excitement - I was a teenager in 1969. Even more amazing is there are folks that refuse to believe this happened. It happened, move on. Incredible technology and effort to make Apollo 11 a reality. Thanks for posting.

[@meuandthelot]

Thru Apollo 17(13 had an emergency landing) 6 times to the Moon and back... truly incredible feat. Now they can't even get the spacesuit right 🤷‍♂️ but they should in due time

[@johncitizen3927]

Should have named it ALICE...."yer goin to the moon, Alice"....

[@haimbenavraham1502]

For me, one of the greatest moments in history. God speed space exploration.

[@marc80s]

35:10 ... there. I just saved you more than a half hour of your life. You're welcome.

[@muffinman8744]

Ghostbusters3 thanks

[@JohnDoe-ne4kg]

Yeah but just watch the whole thing man, this is TV and world history.

[@lvs8768]

No you didn't

[@carlosb8130]

Ty

[@mojo6605]

n3wbskillz activate Thank-You

Nice

[@mohammeddavis]

32:16 "Thank you very much, we know it will be good flight." Goosebumps for Darkness

[@KrustyKlown]

35:27 I remember watching this, for 20 seconds nobody knew if the rocket had exploded or not .. then Apollo 11 slowly rises out of that enormous smoke / fire cloud ... and everyone watching started smiling and yelling ...

[@NihongoGuy]

Well, "they" knew but those of us at home, not so much. Sure seems SLOW compared to the Shuttle and Space-X. Glory Days. All done with slide rules and amazingly primitive computers.

[@JohnDoe-ne4kg]

I think it actually was slower to rise off the pad, had a lower thrust-to-weight ratio than other designs. Impressive to watch it rise out of the smoke cloud though.