Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated

[@Vox]

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[@prestonmartina1118]

Yay

[@algladyou]

But they traveled more than that since they went around the earth and moon to get sling.

[@alphaapple1375]

@Vox, thanks for including metric units in the video. If only you could rely on them more than the U.S. customary units. It is indisputable that the metric system is better, because it is based on the decimal number, 10, as in humans have ten digits on their fingers and toes. The metric system is far simpler and logical. Virtually all countries use the metric system and it is used in every field of occupation. Even NASA and the United States Space Force use the metric system in the fields of astronomy, space science and exploration. Remember when the Mars Climate Orbiter crashed on Mars, due to not using the metric system. 1 kilometer is equivalent to 1,000 meters (1 km = 1,000 m) 1 meter is equivalent to 1,000 millimeters or 100 centimeters (1 m = 1,000 mm = 100 cm) 1 kilogram is equivalent to 1,000 grams (1 kg = 1,000 g) 1 cubic meter is equivalent to 1,000 liters (1 m^3 = 1,000 L) 1 liter is equivalent to 1,000 milliliters or 1,000,000 microliters (1 L = 1,000 mL = 1,000,000 μL) The Celsius scale is the temperature that defines the freezing point of water at 0 degrees, and boiling point of water at 100 degrees.

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@theothertroll]

Never mind all the junk, like LMs, they left in space and on the moon ~

[@afterburnerfox]

Michael Collins The forgotten astronaut

[@thevineyardbandmaconga3425]

Varun sawant kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn-oknd3ob2Ge7s

[@josephlouwerse2105]

He flew in space twice, so whatever.

[@giant7454]

Well without him, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would have been trapped

[@paradisebreeze1705]

Lonliest man ever

[@patsmith2571]

Less well known, but recently did a interview.

[@jonas1015119]

Im still amazed the 180° turn and docking with the lunar module mid flight worked without modern computers.

[@t65bx25]

Imagine docking after the landing. The amount of skill and even luck to get a rendezvous with those ships would be insane.

[@gursimransingh4111]

@@t65bx25 it's not hard it's just rocket science 😂

[@imranrasyid]

*plays no time for caution*

[@kazsmaz]

It was done with pilot skill.

[@ilsunnylo3562]

You need aimbot 9000 and 360 no-scope. But seriously how they reconnect to command module in space with no GPS?!?

[@mubx4323]

Micheal Collins, the most humble astronaut ever

[@therockgodmalaysia]

Curious feel sad for him

[@evanb.5]

I don't understand how he could deal with it

[@DivaInTheWoods]

@@evanb.5 I've often thought of that, but in reality, can you imagine how awesome it would be just to travel through space?! Yeah, I'd have a little moon envy 😁, but he's experienced something so few have. So that's pretty awesome in itself.

[@evanb.5]

Diva in the Woods true

[@mikebronicki6978]

Michael Collins, one of 21 humans to have seen the far side of the moon.

[@tajrian4579]

The amount of math and calculations the engineers had to do in order to make all of that happen in 1 go makes THEM the real heroes !

[@tajrian4579]

@@tahaabusaymeh236 Yep.Exactly They did it completely on their own

[@veritateseducational217]

@@tahaabusaymeh236 By the Apollo missions, they had computers doing many complex equations.

[@sspeedd8809]

@@tahaabusaymeh236 without a single computer, these rockets and the first man on the Moon wouldn't be a big discussion happening on Earth currently. sharpen your mind before spewing random stuff.

[@Colin-kh6kp]

Neil was one of those aeronautical engineers lol, which is a big reason that he was chosen.

[@II-mt9de]

@@tajrian4579 The landing was the only thing done on the first try because before the mission there had been missions with astronauts who went around the moon and back.

[@iman2341]

Whoever did the animation and art-style for this video deserves a raise. This is a beautiful updating and utilisation of the visual style of original program.

[@MosoKaiser]

I was just to make the same comment. Love the art style in the animations!

[@gxexrxmxaxnx]

Beautiful art style but kind of misleading trajectory, the burn at 2:29 would actually send the spacecraft about 90° anti-clockwise relative to what was depicted.

[@krs123247]

bet youre fun at parties

[@twotone3471]

@Quasar, it actually showed 5 engines earlier in the video @ 1:16 so don't know why they made that error in the animation, or dropped the orbital insertion burns. I know they wanted to make it simple, but inaccuracies are not educating anyone.

[@dannygjk]

@@twotone3471 It's 5-6 minutes, what do you want in that time frame? People could go to college or university and take a course on orbital mechanics I suppose that would satisfy you?

[@ThomasG_]

The idea of splitting your craft in half, spinning one half around, and then reattatching the halves - while flying through space at high speed - terrifies me.

[@konseq1537]

The speed of the crafts relative to each other was extremly small while performing those maneuvers. You can think of it like parking your car but even slower. The fact that earth spins all the time and thus moves your car and the parking spot doesn't matter for you, the car, and the parking spot. They and you don't even feel that speed. It is the same as walking around while being on a plane. The plane and thus you are going really fast but you can still walk around and easily are able to move around or sit back down without having to fear to miss the seat because of the speed relative to the ground.

[@ThomasG_]

Konseq I'm aware that they're basically not moving relative to each other, but my lizard brain isn't.

[@kazsmaz]

@@ThomasG_ everything is so large and far away you wouldn't feel any movement.

[@ankush-kl2nf]

lizard brain? oh hello zucc i didnt think you'd be here

[@andrewmirror4611]

The scarest part is the final fall, imagine: Close space You know it's probably melting from the outside You can't see outside You are in a soda can falling from the sky Everybody knows that's almost the most difficult part of the mission if not just the most

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

And I'm watching this video with a computer that is a 100x more powerful than what they used to get to the moon. Amazing.

[@ianbuchanan6444]

Unbelievable, in fact.

[@tanmoysd2721]

Not only 100 probably million times more powerfull.

[@protech1987]

Nah nasa scientists are saying that they can’t return to the moon because they don’t have the technologie to do it like they were in 69 so... world!

[@echezonaazubike8054]

probably a million times

[@protech1987]

Meme Fief hummm!... but they have budget for mars :p

[@BMarie774]

All this footage makes me so excited for when we go back. Just imagine the photo and video quality we will get.

[@7heRequiem]

We're going back again! Check out NASA's Artemis program :)

[@BMarie774]

The Requiem Oh I know, and I cannot wait! It’s so cool. My dad watched the first moon landing as a kid and him telling me stories about it, building model rockets with me, and laying out under the stars and moon is what got me in to astronomy and human space flight. Now I get to see one for myself? And watch it with him? I cannot wait!

[@bilalwaheed1125]

Alas, we need to spend a SHITLOAD of money to go there

[@twandepan]

@@bilalwaheed1125 It'll be worth it I promise

[@bilalwaheed1125]

@@twandepan Yeah I hope the US cuts its military budget for this

[@omarfaruque98xy]

When you're a kid the name Neil Armstrong is one of the first names you learn about in Science class. It's quite amazing the magnitude of what these men accomplished.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Mr. Armstrong was a remarkable man. He wanted NO glory from the mission, insisting that all of the over 400,000 people who were involved with making the mission a success were as important as he was. He chose to be buried as sea so his grave wouldn't become a focal point or "shrine'. Men like him come along once in many years. Glad you appreciate that. Refreshing.

[@WendysFries]

​@@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vyNever knew he was buried at sea, kind of sad too. When Osama got wacked they dumped him in the ocean for much the same reason.

[@ManofOneGod]

Imagine accidentally leaving the moon rock samples in the other module.

[@caav56]

Reminds me of some alternate history I've read, where Soviet cosmonaut DID forget the rock samples on the Moon and only remembered them after blasting off. I think it was either "Ocean of Storms: A Timeline of a Scientific America." or "2001: A Space Time Odyssey", though I might be mistaken.

[@ManofOneGod]

caav56 Lol, depression is real.

[@caav56]

@@ManofOneGod I remember at least cosmonaut was screaming obscenities on the live broadcast upon noticing this.

[@meesveldhuijzen988]

“Here come the multi million dollar boxes” one of the astronauts actually said that when they transferred the boxes

[@dropd1695]

Just hold f9 -KSP joke.

[@himmelsamuel4749]

REST IN PEACE MICHAEL COLLINS 1930-2021

[@shintaro797]

I always felt bad that he and all the other command module pilots never got to walk on the moon

[@JA-yz8eq]

How has his death not been all over the front pages?? 🤔🤔 I didnt even know that

[@galactic4590]

@@JA-yz8eq because most people don’t know he went on the mission. Most people think it was just Neil and buzz

[@an1mw]

@@galactic4590 and then even still, Neil Armstrong gets most of the credit because he was the first to step foot, even though all three deserve attention

[@krishpatel3156]

@@shintaro797 It's not like that. They're all on a mission. It's not about who gets to do what, it's about the mission itself. That is their Directive and they will carry it out. This is basically their mentality.

[@jigsaw2561]

I always wondered, how they returned back to earth, this video made that clear for me, thank you Vox

[@Dangerous2099]

The official story is Sci Fi.

[@AnthonyLocenario]

Right

[@RohitGupta-ms5jt]

Exactly. I also wondered the same.

[@wellingtonrodrigues7654]

They returned by exiting the studio 🤣

[@kirbyvillarico2650]

Exactly. That's what I'm thinking also. HOW?

[@salokin3087]

These kinds of videos, along with borders, is Vox at their best

[@tubester4567]

yea, I thought vox was going to blame the white patriarchy and male privilege for not having any women or minorities go to the moon, and therefore the space program was racist and sexist. But they didnt so thats good.

[@vivigesso3756]

It didnt happen though. Theres not even any stars in the sky.

[@ishanrai1227]

@@ashhk10 Thank you for your service

[@Jermaine_Jones]

This choreographed engineering feat is still amazing to me. Especially given the technology available at the time.

[@TheManuel86g]

You mean like the Zenith TVs still working today? You can got to a antique shop and find many things from the 60's that still work. On/off switches/relays/motors/etc do not need modern computing power.

[@16bittech]

A correction here (3:10). The apollo craft actually had to light its engines and perform an orbit insertion burn once it got to the moon. Otherwise it would have performed a "s̶l̶i̶n̶g̶s̶h̶o̶t̶" m̶a̶n̶e̶u̶v̶e̶r̶ free return trajectory around the moon and returned to Earth. This is actually what happened on Apollo 13, and is what allowed that mission to return home without any propulsion. It is worth noting that setting up this s̶l̶i̶n̶g̶s̶h̶o̶t̶ free return is actually not the most efficient way to get to the moon in terms of fuel requirements, but it was deemed to be worth the offset cost in case something went wrong, which it obviously did during Apollo 13.

[@ZiMZiLLA]

Glad to see someone point this out. I was hoping they'd give some background on the slingshot maneuver because it's pretty interesting.

[@kazsmaz]

@@ZiMZiLLA its not a slingshot but a free return trajectory. A slingshot would add more velocity and kick them off into deep space. Many deep space missions like voyager used slingshots

[@ludwig2345]

Thanks for pointing that out so i dont have to Ps is a gravity brake not a slingshot

[@markofexcellence5209]

You’re correct, sir. The SM engine was ignited to send them on their way.

[@MatthewLuigamma032]

The 2:28 burn is also incorrectly timed. It was on the opposite side of Earth from the moon, to transform the orbit into an elipse (if the moon wasn't in the way). It's the most energy efficient way to make the transfer in this case. Called a Hohmann transfer.

[@matthewclarkson8648]

To think that only 60 years before, we had just invented the airplane.

[@meuandthelot]

In the next 60 years addicted to big pharma, fast food and a phone, and no-one is close to returning to the Moon =(

[@apefromthekitchen]

Only 9 years left before it's 60 years after the moonlanding. Our species are still stuck on Earth. We need Noah's arc to get out of here as NDA strings.

[@jackc008]

Ape from the kitchen of Enki and Enlil. i hope you know we’re going back 2024

[@DarkTheFailure]

@@meuandthelot SpaceX and NASA would love to disagree. They both are building moon rockets currently with NASA planning a test fight for that rocket to be next year

[@taufiqutomo]

25 years before this moment, a massive war and a massive massacre was still ongoing. And launching a rocket from Germany to Britain wasn't even a thing.

[@jeffvines1393]

Neil: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Buzz: "To infinity and beyond!"

[@joedaniels2070]

Neil actually said ‘that’s one small step for A man....’ you can’t hear it but people, and Armstrong, have said he uttered an A. Very funny btw :)

[@paganphil100]

J Vines: I think the phrase "to infinity and beyond" is from the film "2001 A space odyssey". Buzz said "magnificent desolation".

[@jeffvines1393]

Philip Fletcher I was actually quoting Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.

[@mikebronicki6978]

@@jeffvines1393 man, the first comments really took away from your marvelous joke. I guess you had to have kids who watched Toy Story 57 times.

[@jeffvines1393]

@@mikebronicki6978 No kids. I'm actually an animator as well as lectured animation for a decade to university students. I actually saw Toy Story in the cinema when it first came out in the 90's ... and YES ... a simple joke over analysed :p

[@kartikajaya886]

Every single KSP player have done this so many times

[@t65bx25]

Check yo staging!

[@makemake9247]

I don't want to gatekeep but try doing this in RO/RP0. I played stock for 560 hrs and it took me at least 20 hrs to land on the moon in RO/RP0.

[@TheCoquifrog]

I can make it to the moon but can’t make it back to my planet lol

[@ReyhanJoseph]

Bruh 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@manetarofl]

First time I recreated Apollo was an amazing feeling. Doing the 180 maneuver is hard even on a game. The actual Apollo mission is a feat.

[@riadinrisanto4766]

PLEASE DO MORE SPACE VIDEOS

[@hafsa7951]

r_risanto I second that

[@madeonearth3429]

JEAH

[@chickenmon]

Agreed. More space, less politics.

[@YggdrasilVer101]

yes!!! more space stuff please

[@whosjulez1157]

No, leave it to people who understand something about that stuff

[@ArizonaJewell]

What’s really astounding about the Apollo missions is the Saturn V was engineered and built by hand. Calculations were done with pen & paper, there weren’t any computer simulations that could be run to see if it would work. The engineering that went into the Saturn V, as well as all the other components of the Apollo missions, is absolutely incredible.

[@delfininsjezus]

ikr

[@bradwooldidge6979]

They had primitive computers.

[@ArizonaJewell]

@@bradwooldidge6979 That's correct, but nothing powerful enough to run simulations of how the Saturn V engines would perform or how it would perform in flight, to my knowledge. From what I know most of the calculations were done by hand, but I could be wrong.

[@gelatinous6915]

Also, those F1 engines (which are still the largest and most powerful liquid-fuel engines ever built) were welded by hand. No fancy machines, just impeccable perfect craftsmanship.

[@ArizonaJewell]

@@gelatinous6915 Oh definitely! The rocketdyne F1 is an absolutely INCREDIBLE work of engineering.

[@Mr.SneakyShadow]

Just think your smartphone you are currently using to watch this video has vastly more processing power than apollo,

[@coloredimagination1650]

The moon landing is faked on the moon.

[@johnanna6047]

it does. how can a small device be powerful than a big device.

[@johnanna6047]

the moon landing is fake and the earth is flat. wake up people.

[@adamgiunta3594]

@@johnanna6047 stfu

[@fabianheden8596]

John Anna just f off

[@blacksabbath1022]

The news in 2154 NASA - "We're finally going back to the moon by 2160."

[@ojjoooooo]

SpaceX - "We're going to the moon this afternoon."

[@trillianmcmillian2660]

We went back 13 times one time taking a buggy. Look it up.

[@trillianmcmillian2660]

I think 11 people have walked on the moon.

[@radioaktiv2531]

@@trillianmcmillian2660 12. All of the missions landed 2 men.

[@AviChetriArtwork]

2024 for annual trips

[@chromearome798]

Flat Earthers have left the chat

[@Megan-gx4wv]

chrome Arome 😂😂😂

[@The_Reality_Filter]

what has this got to do with flat earthers?

[@responsibleparty]

@@The_Reality_Filter A lot of them are conspiracy theorists and also believe that Apollo was a hoax propagated by our government.

[@phantommedia9964]

Flat universers lol?

[@responsibleparty]

@@commanderhandicap Very good. Did you want to explain why I seem like one, or are you in the habit of making random statements like that?

[@lexusdriver1963]

Even though Michael Collins was all alone onboard the CSM he's always part of the team and still plays the important role of the Apollo 11 mission, piloting the CSM to the Moon and back to Earth.

[@WendysFries]

It's unfortunate how he's forgotten quite often. And unfortunate he never walked on the moon. To sacrifice that opportunity for the sake of all three makes him worthy to wield Mjolnir

[@ben1797]

oh man this video would have been awesome a week ago when i had to give a presentation on apollo 11 in my english course

[@violante1421]

F

[@TR2000LT]

*F*

[@madebyawosika2061]

*F*

[@przemek8068]

F

[@ben1797]

Jacek Placek wow guys what do you all mean?? that my english is bad and i should get an f? lol i don’t get it hahahaha

[@RainierKine]

Yay! Non-partisan, non political, non social justice videos that everyone except moon landing deniers can enjoy!

[@fochiqui]

Ernest Choy moon landing is partisan; those that deny it come from the right

[@scared4704]

just because someone's right-wing doesn't mean their opinions are political. your point makes no sense.

[@pambrosnan577]

IKR this is the Vox I subscribed for!

[@Cotonetefilmmaker]

dude, reporters can talk about issues that certain political parties disagree with, its not journalism's fault.

[@bretharrell9795]

I strongly agree! Excellent video - thank you for this without a liberal agenda!!!

[@NoCluYT]

Those famous words: One small step for man... "I didn't get the second phrase"

[@mostafanahid4669]

A giant leap for mankind

[@lapdogs]

GOAT One Small Step For Man ..... One Giant Leap For Mankind

[@EnigamiNetshinobi]

LOL!

[@indeo8309]

it‘s actually „one small step for a man“. without the „a“ it wouldn’t even make sense if you think about it

[@oddodyssey7231]

Indeo “Man” means people in the context of the quote

[@elliot7753]

“Michael Collins, the forgotten astronaut” Not very forgotten if he’s mentioned in the top two comments

[@LibShitted]

The world isnt 2 million people its 7 bill

[@aawqaq620]

@@LibShitted the world isnt 7 billion it is 7.594 billion

[@Justabadplayer12]

@@aawqaq620 the world isnt 7.594 billion its 7.8 billion

[@siamandhaniya2083]

haha

[@scarecrow108productions7]

And sadly...Collins is no longer with us. 😳

[@BradThePitts]

Armstrong: "The Eagle has landed." Aldrin: "Great, I have to pee!"

[@jshepard152]

Aldrin: "Can't freaking believe I'm not gonna be first"

[@ppwrecker8028]

peepee lel

[@noelgonzalez06]

They wear diapers

[@slimmerslimeGameplay]

r/wooosh

[@hrh_pethan7886]

Collins: "cool"

[@jamirimaj6880]

"So why didn't we return to the moon then?" I can tell you a 150 billion dollar reason why.

[@jamirimaj6880]

@@bruhmentum4034 If Elon Musk can pull that off, that's obviously not only great, but game-changing. But if there's anything I learned from these space explorations, it's that safety has no price.

[@bruhmentum4034]

@Nature and Physics bet

[@BGCflyer]

We DID return. We returned 5 more times. Apollo 17 was our last time physically on the moon but it didn’t get a lot of publicity.

[@jamirimaj6880]

@@BGCflyer Exactly, no publicity. And the fact that scientists practically confirmed what moon is: basically a giant rock. That's why it's better for it to become a destination for civilian travelers, which will happen in a few years.

[@BGCflyer]

@@jamirimaj6880 ...so, your question was why didn't we return to the moon? you gave the impression that you didn't realize we have returned several times after Apollo 11, thus my response in stating we have. Anyway, the current NASA plan is to land on the moon again with human astronauts, then launch from the moon to Mars. They're hoping we can achieve this by 2024. It would be great if we did achieve getting humans to Mars in 2024 but I'm not sure if that's a realistic time frame or not.

[@savagesooner4891]

Lance Armstrong, Buzz Lightyear, and that other guy...

[@wildwalkeruk]

haha, nice one Savage.

[@zoppie]

Barnabas Collins?

[@daviddoyle1158]

Tom Collins

[@airhabairhab]

Michael Jordan

[@DeadlyLazer]

Phil Collins

[@paradoxward2533]

Even though I was just a kid when this all happened, it is really no excuse. I am ashamed to admit I never really understood how the moon landing was accomplished until right now. The creation of that spacecraft was truly ingenious. I am embarrassed that I ever even entertained the possibility that the non believers could be right. That there really was no moon landing. I think we all have watched a little too much X-Files..., wonderful show as it was.

[@ice-tgaming4609]

You just assumed or did a theorist tell you that?

[@sanjeev9581]

What it’s real

[@kimiesta]

This is a fake. Everyone k ows the moon landing was actually on a soundstage in Mars

[@widget3672]

IN Mars? Wow, must've been those evil sky lizards trying to get at our sweet sticky brain matter....

[@mitchplays9295]

😂😂😂

[@wholetthedogsout2941]

5KYM0L3CUL3 fake moon wtf?

[@uss_04]

No, it was Europe. That is why we are to attempt no landings there. Been that way since 2010.

[@mobukar]

😂😂😂. Thank you.

[@Kludgeware]

What an absolutely amazing feat of engineering, human determination, and the ability to do what no other had done before. Simply breathtaking.

[@ZY-vw6xl]

Music?

[@sprtplt]

It didn't happen.

[@x-creator4460]

Indeed, it would have been an amazing feat of engineering.

[@robbieaulia6462]

Very true because the payload wasn't humans but it's actually a nuclear bomb

[@laurinnn]

@@sprtplt it did

[@nlgpro]

What they were able to do is absolutely incredible. I don't think most people, including myself, can comprehend how this was accomplished.

[@MarvelGamingEDKV2]

Just one correction. 2:57 The third stage(S-IV B) was not 'Useless', It was deliberately crashed to moon to study moonquakes by seismometers left on the lunar surface by astronauts . So that stage was smashed to the moon for SCIENCE!

[@ХареКришна-т7г]

No

[@robertsanchez8132]

Харе Кришна yes

[@antoniasalinas513]

They started that experiment with Apollo 12.

[@YuriyBraterskyy]

What if they’d accidentally kicked moon out of its orbit? 😱🧐

[@George.Coleman]

No, it was done more so to prevent the Russians from getting their hands on it

[@Lianthian]

I don't understand how some people cannot be in awe of such an accomplishment!

[@markwilding3828]

Because it's clearly ludicrous.

[@wset-13archive27]

@@markwilding3828 How is it ludicrous? It's the Apollo 11 moon landing. Well-documented. What's ludicrous are the claims that the world is going to end in 2030. That is what's unbelievable.

[@jonahsuddeth5893]

@@markwilding3828 "They built offices worth of blueprints we all saw the rocket launch it was broadcasted live billions were spent 3 lives were lost by that point it would just be easier to go to the moon" Neil tyson

[@prem_tamilsiddha8987]

Why did Armstrong dislike the moon restaurant? It had no atmosphere.

[@awiseseal7559]

nice

[@tomservo5007]

there's a book we had to read in school, titled: 'this place has no atmosphere' - on the cover, a moody teen girl -- it took place on the moon.

[@Yuglooc]

Why would there be a restaurant on the moon

[@tomservo5007]

@@Yuglooc where else can you get Moon Pies?

[@paynepersons6147]

Ba dum ch

[@bobcharlotte8724]

If you wanna go to the moon get a VR headset and a game/experience called Apollo 11. Mind blowing stuff.

[@interstellarguy1434]

bobcharlotte i just got that game and I cant land the landing module but anyway really awesome game

[@scottmead854]

What the clip didn't mention is how many tests and trials were carried out before that success, it costs the lives of quite a number of astronauts along the way. May they rest in peace.

[@nicolaskiefer8350]

​@edward king Don't say that when you have no clue how any of this even works. It's all pure talent and physics (oh, and a bunch of the national budget)

[@nicolaskiefer8350]

@edward king You could technically go to the moon without computers, it's kinda like flying a plane but 1000x harder. Space exploration is just very expensive, the reason why we haven't gone back is because the general public doesn't see a need for spending so much money on it. Even with our much more advanced rockets there are alot of things that have to happen for a rocket to lift off. Don't you think something like SpaceX, which can freaking land rockets isn't WAY more advanced than what we had in the 60s?

[@jonahsuddeth5893]

3 heros lost their live in the 1st apollo 1 but as. Apollo 1 commander Gus Grissom said sometimes exploration for the good of humanity is worth the cost of human life

[@DivaInTheWoods]

I can't even fathom the level of ingenuity this entire feat required! Just amazing.

[@aspiknf]

It's not that amazing

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

Arran Vid I keep telling people this. The moon landing was, if anything, the _opposite_ of amazing. When they ask me, what then _is_ amazing? I say Arran Vid, whose mere existence is just too impressive to put into words

[@aspiknf]

@@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158 Thank you dear Emperor, you are the true Emperor. Your words are full of wisdom and knowledge, I bow down to you Oh Great One for you know the truth.

[@DarkTheFailure]

@Dan Shetler the descent engine had no where near that much thrust

[@DarkTheFailure]

@Mike Dias landing on the moon is a much easier task then earth due to no atmosphere and lesser gravity. Also these guys are test pliots that have been doing this kind of stuff for most of their lives

[@Aurora666_yt]

No, I don't believe we went to the moon... I *KNOW* we went to the moon! Knowledge ≠ belief

[@RealDrCohart]

Fax

[@abraxamovic]

Literally watched Apollo 11 (2019) yesterday. One of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen. Also it instantly tied with Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s Home (2009) as my all time favorite documentary

[@Ragingcap1212]

Is this the greatest piece of human engineering ever?? I agree...anyone with me?

[@atlas8827]

Yes.

[@Ragingcap1212]

@@atlas8827 this, aeroplane and antibiotics are the greatest science marvels of 20th century..

[@nusratparveen82]

Yes

[@GH-oi2jf]

It’s many pieces. It was perhaps the greatest in that it employed the greatest number of engineers for a single project. But why try to rank great achievements. I prefer to recognize any achievement for what it did. The Panama Canal was a great achievement which was a far greater benefit to humankind than the Apollo Project. The defeat of the Axis powers in WW II was a great achievement, in large part due to engineering.

[@ChristianMcDonald1]

The moon's gravity didn't pull them into orbit...they had to fire the CSM engine on the far side to slow down enough to enter lunar orbit. Otherwise, they would have just returned to the Earth...hence the concept of "free-return trajectory"

[@robertproctor7771]

GRAVITY=THEORY=BULLSHIT

[@realdeal5712]

True. That part in video is ridiculous

[@kipplox7377]

That's how Apollo 13 made it back, normal missions used what is called a retroburn to slow themselves down. That's how they got into orbit. If they didn't do that they would have slingshotted around the moon back to earth.

[@KYCCCGuy]

@@kipplox7377 Actually, Apollo 13 was the first of the Lunar Missions (8, 10, 11, 12) to NOT be on a free return trajectory. Not shown in the movie is the fact that just after the explosion, they had to complete a burn to put them onto a free return trajectory.

[@rajatsingh2956]

So you mean even at very near the moon, the earths gravity has more pull? Then is there a moon orbit at all?? Because everything would just slingshot towards the earth instead of orbiting around the moon! Trying to understand the concept here.

[@ApolloWeiss]

Man imagine leaving your phone in the other part of the Rocket that detaches

[@geetikaverma5683]

as an engineer, I am amazed like a baby by the engineering that rocket had at that time !!

[@salehahmed9222]

Huge respect to the scientists and engineers involved in Apollo 11. Now let's hope for the best for the Artemis. 🚀🚀

[@jessiewarain2796]

im watching this after the Endeavor SpaceX launch and docking

[@charliepea]

Even if it's on 1969, the engineering of the project is astonishing. This is the best space project ever proposed.

[@greetenmax]

Michael Collins was not only a nice man but also a very good well balanced astronaut. He originally was destined to be the CSM pilot for Apollo 8 but due to health issues had to give up his place to Jim Lovell who almost made a catastrophic mistake during that flight by punching a wrong button of the computer. Not without reason he was chosen to be the CSM pilot for Apollo 11 and being so was second in command! He was the actual pilot for the mission as were all the csm pilots. Very underrated position with all the attention going to Armstrong and Aldrin. I felt sad by his death.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

Jim Lovell's error was not catastrophic. It wasn't "almost" catastrophic. He punched something in the computer that made the computer think it was on the launch pad which caused it to change orientation. It also caused the guidance system to lose its orientation. The simple fix was to use stars to punch in the correct orientation, and they had prepared for such a condition and that's precisely what they did, and it fixed the issue. It caused zero actual problems that could have resulted in a catastrophe. Lovell was subsequently selected as commander of Apollo 13, so obviously no confidence was lost. In fact, Lovell had to do the exact same thing to reorient the platform due to the explosion on Apollo 13, so his "error" actually made him uniquely qualified to utilize the very procedure he had on Apollo 8 to realign the Apollo 13 guidance platform.

[@Retarmy1]

I was 9 years old in 1969 and I can remember watching the landing on a black and white TV in the kitchen with a TV that had rabbit ears for the antenna 😊

[@chandankumar-lv7jc]

Hats off to all the Engineers, Scientists and Astronauts involved in this mission 🙌🏼 Greatest accomplishment of Humankind🚀

[@lily-xj3hv]

actually mad how they do all this i cant imagine how stressful redocking with the columbia must have been it looks so complex!! also micheal collins deserves so much praise for being able to orbit for that long completely on his own id be so scared

[@avatansdubey]

It indeed is rocket science 😄

[@Aurora666_yt]

The science denial in these comments is a horrible stain on the legacies of both John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson. What a load of disrespect to all the hard work and dedication they put towards this monumental accomplishment!

[@Xernive]

Tell that to science & gravity

[@Aurora666_yt]

@@Xernive Exactly, that's my point. The people in these comments don't believe in science nor in gravity, and it's hilarious! 😂😆🤣

[@Xernive]

@@Aurora666_yt Right! It's amazing how both seem to be disregarded in most topics lol

[@RealDrCohart]

@@Aurora666_ytong they are the type of people who failed in school.

[@modelcitizen1977]

The return trip is even more impressive than the landing. What an incredible feat of engineering from NASA and execution by the astronauts. "WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON!"

[@exoplanets]

I recommend watching the movie 'First man'

[@theredstonehive]

Me too!

[@fallenleavesamv776]

FYI for anyone who wants to see First Man, its more about Neil Armstrong than the moon landings. So beware. Dont expect a documentary type story cause its nothing like that. More of a character analysis. Beautiful movie though. Ending killed my little heart.

[@moegreene3192]

I reccomend you get a lobotomy

[@danieldossantos5868]

Nah they took out the American flag, one of the most important moments in the landing, signaling the US defeating the USSR at the space race.

[@Twister915]

Daniel dos Santos the movie is still super patriotic. I’m not sure why they removed the flag, if they did so intentionally, but the rest of the movie accurately reflects Armstrong’s patriotism and the race against the USSR. It also portrays America in a very positive way.

[@Biffchicken]

They weren't "pulled" into the moons orbit, they had to perform a separate burn with the SM Module engine twice around the moon in order to get into a circularized orbit. The SM engine was actually fired 6 times in total.

[@Reignor99]

Hey Vox, keep making this kind of stuff and I'll watch it all day.. even share it too.

[@IsmashedtoRedbone]

Most people forget about Micheal Collins but in reality his job was just as important, documented his findings and did crucial system checks. Micheal Collins actually quit NASA after Apollo 11 because of the strain it would cause on his family.He could’ve gone on Apollo 17 but instead basically left while he was ahead. He stayed married to his wife because of this and is one of the only astronauts to actually stay married after the mission.

[@stephanhaak50]

Collins knew it was a Hollywood cartoon. He couldn't lie anymore.

[@addaccount9246]

Fact since the US flag was bleached by the sun the moon is now an official province of france

[@OF01975]

I like Dark humor :D us flag is probably not even sanding suns rays took it off the map

[@allanrichardson1468]

Actually, one of the flags was planted too close to the spacecraft, and the exhaust gases from the ascent stage engine blew the flag over. IIRC, that was the one broadcast by the remotely controlled camera left on the Moon to view the liftoff. The others, last I heard, are still standing, but the flags have indeed been bleached white.

[@nishantkamat7492]

Hahaha 😂 underrated comment

[@addaccount9246]

@@veeeks2938 a bit of am ironic thimg but im moving to canada at Quebec but i need to spesk french

[@Black_Corey]

It's almost like the noon surrendered. Unless flags, as symbols, have different meanings on the moon.

[@KiddKoalaz]

The background music sounds like the Stranger Things theme lol

[@siddharthnandi8567]

KiddKoalaz let me guess you're 11?

[@gabrielmarchiori5503]

@@siddharthnandi8567 was that a joke?

[@WhoisVinnie]

I think it does. I'm listening to the theme right now

[@mawlinzebra]

@@siddharthnandi8567 LMAO. I know. As soon as people hear synthwave, people say it sounds like stranger things soundtrack

[@WhoisVinnie]

If you mean the last song in this video, then you're correct

[@vinzent1992]

Such an amazing feat of engineering. I take my hat off to the engineers who made all this possible even without the aid of modern computers.

[@TheBadMoJoe]

I still can’t wrap my mind around it! Every calculation had to be absolutely precise and all those complex pieces of equipment had to function flawlessly.

[@vrixmorr]

Just from this video I can count twenty things that could have gone wrong with this whole operation. This remains the biggest science and engineering feat of all humanity.

[@ManAndMachine23]

Dhruv Goel yup except it was all a hoax

[@albertguo868]

@@ManAndMachine23 ahhhhhhhhhhhhh No

[@sciblastofficial9833]

ManAndMachine "prove" it and we can unprove it. give us what you got, moon fakers!

[@stifler4eva1]

Biggest Sci fi movie of the century.

[@stifler4eva1]

@@sciblastofficial9833 use common sense, with 5 kb of memory they managed to go to moon returned back, transmit signals, clicked photos, videos. Moreover. While launching a satellite to space all countries failed and it takes 10 attempts to do so.. That too when we have all facilities on earth. And with such poor technology they managed to launch satellite from moon? 🤣🤣 And succeeded to return back to earth. Use some common sense. It was just a hoax, a movie directed by USA govt to win space race

[@NYFL2156]

A beautifully highly accurate and concise narration of the whole mission in a nutshell. Thank you.

[@TheStuport]

Fifty Three years and two days after this happened...and I STILL LOVE watching anything and everything about this historic Flight, Landing and Return! Mt Dad was a 30 USAF Officer with 12 of those years as a Pilot. He actually knew quite a few people who were immersed in NASA. So when my Parents had some Military friends over to watch "The Original Moon Dance", me and my siblings watched too. This was Tattooed on my heart and soul back in 1969 and forever a staple of my youth! Cheers From The Home Of Neil Armstrong....OHIO!

[@bhogeshwarjadhav3362]

Cool bro ! I would like to know more about ohio...

[@ByMerch]

This is seriously amazing. The amount of calculations, work, genius and imagination that made that all come together. Perfect plan executed perfectly.

[@fanshi5302]

And all of them made by hand!

[@VyacheslavAzarov]

Ok, I've been playing KSP long enough to understand, that retrograde burns after the injections are missing in this video.

[@kevinshull5856]

Also the injections in the video are shown to be done at the wrong time

[@J.D....]

I think thats mostly for ease of watching for non experienced people.

[@Watchparty123]

IKR

[@CurtisDensmore1]

Yep

[@ImJustAHacker123]

the fact that Captain America also missed this spectacular event is horrendous

[@Agarwaen]

MCU cap didn't miss it..

[@Mark-Wilson]

@@Agarwaen really?

[@daffidavit]

We, (they) were geniuses. The NASA Apollo mission also launched a large group of "Astronaut wannabees" who went to schools in droves like FIT in Melbourne Fl. and other places. Little did we know as 18-year-old freshmen that the Apollo years were over. I went to FIT (Florida Tech) to obtain a degree in "Space Technology". Yeah, they actually had a curriculum in a field of study called "Space Technology". I was accepted as a student in 1970 to become an astronaut. I was so prepared I even had my private pilot's license by age 17 after having soled at age 16. In fact, my mom had to drive me to Caldwell Airport, because I was too young to drive there myself. After 1972 as a student at FIT, it became clear the space program under Apollo was over. I was proud to have been a student but too bad it didn't work out. However, after watching the "geniuses" in these videos, like Gene Krantz, Rocco Patrone and the like, I'm so honored to have lived during a time I "almost" had a very slim chance of becoming an unlikely astronaut.

[@tanodonduty4649]

Go to sleep liar

[@kasheem1747]

then u woke up

[@ARichardP]

I remember watching this launch, moon landing and splashdown in 1969 as a young lad. It was fascinating then and still is. Never could get enough of it.

[@praveenram686]

Kudos to the person who made this video...simple and straight

[@ajithmnx5601]

Great work. Well explained without stretching.

[@joseph4500]

"that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.".... Chills down my spine..

[@NessieAndrew]

Thanks for bringing more attention to space travel. We really need to make people excited for the future.

[@kasheem1747]

yeah right

[@olamilekanfitfammartialart6515]

You did justice to the video, kudos👏

[@andreasc9570]

I'm blown away by the fact that they actually pulled this off back then with a calculator running the spacecraft and when the smallest mistake would cost their lives. Nerves of steel. Legends.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

The comparison of the Apollo Guidance Computer to a modern calculator is pretty absurd. A calculator would be incapable of the tasks the AGC did. Clock speed is the only metric used when people make this comparison. That's the "power" they refer to. The I/O capability of the AGC makes it far better at the specific task of guiding a mission to and from the moon than a calculator. It was a phenomenal piece of equipment designed for an extremely specific task, and it did it very well. The "smallest" mistake COULD cost their lives, but it depended entirely on the circumstances - because TONS of small mistakes were in fact made. The notion that there was zero room for any error whatsoever is patently false. This is not to take away from the nerves of steel bit, because they did have those. The circumstances just weren't nearly as dire as you are attempting to make them out to be.

[@kenzokenzo]

In b4 people saying the moon landing is fake.

[@ginasabater6861]

Well how did they land on the moon if the moon didn’t exist

[@MEzZ117]

@@ginasabater6861 woaaahhh whaaaattt???

[@uss_04]

Took place on a soundstage on Mars.

[@kimiesta]

@@uss_04 c'mon breh?

[@bojidarmartinov5949]

@@ginasabater6861 i know you probably think you made a funny comment..but no, your comment was not funny

[@thenomad9963]

Okay, but what's gonna be the first quote on Mars? Ahahha, that's gotta be a lot of pressure. Neil's moon landing quote is beautifully concise and legendary!

[@DarkTheFailure]

" another step for a man , another leap for mankind" might be something like that idk

[@pascalcalixte1583]

This video should have won some kind of award. Really well done.

[@mathbrown9099]

Really well done. Very faithful to the facts of the vehicle and the journey of the astronauts. Truly grateful for the work done on this momentous feat.

[@Abhi-cb7eh]

This is the best video explaining the moon landing that i can find on KZbin. Kudos Vox.

[@NatureShy]

I met Buz Aldrin once when I was very young, by chance. It was at the Evergreen Air Museum in Oregon.

[@jshepard152]

Awesome. I ran into Armstrong in an airport about ten years ago.

[@rajatsingh2956]

Pics or it didn't happen! 😜😜

[@avatansdubey]

You are so lucky. Happy for you 🙂

[@avatansdubey]

@@rajatsingh2956 there were no cell phones those days

[@joesantamaria5874]

I am one of millions of people that have glanced into Columbia, and marveled at how tiny it is, and how claustrophobic it might have felt, especially for Mike, orbiting to Moon alone. Wow.

[@Tintoycar]

1969: "Went to the moon, took 1 picture", 2019: "went to the bathroom, took 7 pictures"

[@aestheticaltwat]

50 years of ‘evolution’.

[@scoot5150]

ah yes, boomer humor

[@mohammedsog7039]

1969 : went to the moon in aluminium ships . 2020: can't seem to pass the van Allen belts of radiation . ... makes sense

[@aestheticaltwat]

Nonagon Infinity, hey! You’re the one with an Akira profile picture!

[@radioaktiv2531]

@Genes I think you mean they took thousands. Check out the Project Apollo Archive on Flickr. It has every single moon photograph taken.

[@Joseph254b]

The artwork is so well done👏🏽

[@allthingsfascinating]

Capitalising on the release of First Man? Nevertheless, thanks for making top notch content and inspiring small KZbinrs like me. You guys are just too good.

[@NickMattia44]

I just subbed pal :)

[@DOUCH3AG]

FFS Don't subscribe to vox media.

[@nrabchenuk]

the 50th anniversary of the moon landing is in 8 months. Everyone is capitalizing on it.

[@jeffersonnoble8921]

me too

[@NickMattia44]

@@DOUCH3AG I subbed to his channel not Vox 😂 I know vox has some faulty information.

[@tlotpwist3417]

Armstrong is something else. To travel to the moon, win 7 Tour de France and be a legendary trumpetist with peak physique and alchemist powers...impressive

[@LordHeath1972]

This was a perfectly condensed version which was explained very well. It's incredible to think how, when you look at it, this actually happened!

[@Incomudro1963]

I've been searching for something like this - and it is exactly what I was looking for.

[@kahukura5154]

Vox: So what actually happened between here, and here Me (who plays ksp) Let me explain

[@zllky6241]

true

[@zoppie]

Few people know this but Alice Kramden was the first actual person to land on the moon. We don't like to talk about how she got there.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

zoppie Wait, who?

[@theboss3541]

no

[@personguy6868]

the dust Do you know what they’re talking about? Is it meant to be a joke?

[@Chorkaloopa]

POW!!!

[@happy_trails]

one of these days, Alice!

[@sanD-xq8nb]

After being looking for details about this travel, this video gave me the best answers till now.

[@bingo4519]

I got chills watching this. Can't remember the last time that happened.

[@davidcopson5800]

When your central heating broke?

[@0ctoLover]

Make a video debunking all the theories that claim it didn’t happen.

[@callummack7098]

we don't have to, anyone with a shred of common sense would know that it did happen

[@Wingo537]

The right be like "NASA don't science good, they hoaxing bout climate change"

[@JesusProtects]

Impossible, there is too much evidence for their fakery. Better learn to let go your space fantasies.

[@JesusProtects]

@@callummack7098 how's so?

[@shortkari]

Van Allen Belts, cosmic radiation and solar flares. Nuff said.

[@AshwinT24]

We never heard of Michael Collins. In fact he is the guy who got Armstrong and Aldrin back home.

[@Timesofstem]

Micheal Collins, Forgotten astronaut. In 2017 i had a small talk with him later he followed me on instagram(maybe his team did idk) he was a kind heart. I miss him afterwatching this as he is no more in this world.

[@hootsifer-darling]

For All Mankind is a great show about an alternate history where the Apollo missions established a moonbase, y'all should check it out

[@TheLiamster]

It amazes how 50 years ago we were able to go the moon.

[@kasheem1747]

lol in your dreams

[@physicalivan]

but now they can't 🤣

[@AriePratamaSatriadi]

Soviet union: First object in space First dog in space First man in space First woman in space First space station First object orbiting the moon USA: First man in the moon Winner the space race

[@justsomevikingwhodiscovere1026]

(I know this is a meme but...) The Soviet Union did successfully land an object on the moon with no humans. so technically the Americans won when Russia tried landing on the moon. and its also a race to prove who has better technology. so going to the moon is the only way to prove it which is at least 240,000 miles from Earth and putting humans there is one heck of an accomplishment.

[@alexsiemers7898]

First object, dog, man, and woman could be done with the same rocket, and a modest one at that. And sending probes without means to return wouldn’t take much more rocket power. But three people to land and return from the moon is a major step up.

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

tu tu There was no pre-designated end point, was there. The space race ended when everybody got tired and public enthusiasm disappeared. By the end of the space race, the Americans were the furthest along, which is why the Americans are considered the winners of the space race

[@caav56]

@jimmyfly The finish line was wherever a contender got the furthest. We've stopped at the Moon. But there were plans (and even hardware) for Mars missions too.

[@TheAmateruAstronomer]

That was the goal tho