How America Won The Space Race (Apollo Documentary) | Spark

In July 1969, the crew of the Apollo 11 was preparing for the United States' first attempt of landing men on the moon. In just 9 years, the country has gone from Space amateur to technological hyperpower. This is a story of how the Cold War paranoia and an incredible expenditure paid off.
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[@scibanana3542]

Whenever I see pictures of the people of the space age, alive and dead, the least I can do is give a humble salute and nod my head in respect, both for them and their work and the efforts they went to for what they believed in.

[@kenpalmer1965]

Amen to that! They literally had the right stuff!

[@gives_bad_advice]

agreed

[@georgejones7732]

I watched the whole Apollo program live. Changed my life. Totally spectacular achievement.

[@kevinheard8364]

I sincerely appreciate the British take on this experience; which was, without doubt, the iconic event of my lifetime. Super job, LittleDotStudios

[@YdOntYaCryAboutIt69]

How does it feel knowing it was one of the largest hoaxes pulled on human species ever? If you'd do more research than just trusting government to do it for you, then you'd see why we haven't gone back to the moon, why we CANT go to the moon and why NASA states we are Unable to return to the moon. It's all one giant compartmentalized show for the masses to absorb a facade of workmanship and intellectual achievements, thus creating billions of dollars of income for the government to provide nothing but some pictures and some depressed ex astroNOTS who repeatedly tell us the truth when they can(i.e. interviews, albeit extremely rare) but those astroNOTS also tended to live pathetic lives after their amazing "accomplishments" supposedly completing one of man kinds greatest achievements. Ask yourself why Neil Armstrong said what he did during debriefing and during the one press conference after they "returned". They couldn't even keep their lies straight, some saw stars and some stated stars are not capable of being seen. They were depressed, alcoholics, solemn and didn't represent the type of men who actually went to the moon and accomplished something never done before of such magnitude. It's sad that even 10 year Olds can see through the B.S. that Nasa promotes as reality. Grown adults are so indoctrinated they will go to their graves actually believing we can go into "space". Get a telescope and look for the 28k satellites flying around us, you won't find them. Do some research please and then seek answers to the reasons why they would do such a thing as to cause this belief system for billions of humans. They control everything you think you know and they always will with such intellectually ill-equipped individuals within our society.

[@residentfelon]

it can't possibly be brainwashing though

[@YdOntYaCryAboutIt69]

@JZ's BFF Living with love does not equate to pandering to lies that continue to be perpetuated amongst generation after generation. But i agree with your sentiment. Conspiracy also does not equate to falsehoods, it merely means a group of individuals conspiring, and if one believes that those in power do not conspire for their own agendas, then they have much to learn. Noone knows it ALL, however to see the forest for the trees is a wonderful take on these scenarios throughout the world.

[@davidarmstrong7628]

Sadly, anyone that's actually thinks we walked on the moon is a fool. It was all made up in a movie theater by Stanley Kubrick. Wake up!!! Shame on this channel for continuing to perpetuate this lie!!

[@kenpalmer1965]

This historic Apollo program was the most incredible achievement our nation has ever accomplished. We had every right to be proud of what we did and to this day, it is still a huge part of our history that will never, and should not, be forgotten! God bless all of the men and women who took part in this remarkable chapter!

[@gives_bad_advice]

yes, July 24 should be celebrated as a national holiday, in my opinion (that's the day Collins, Aldrin and Armstrong splashed down)

[@paulparker8298]

What the day they lied to The world 😂!! Americans are compulsive liars

[@colbey79]

peak USA! Sad to see the decline happening today in American culture/society.

[@rockyranger9362]

Nope it's not us is still the boas​@@colbey79

[@MarcoVallentin]

What a pleasant voice-over, not every day you can enjoy this on KZbin.

[@TesterAnimal1]

It was a real “come from behind” win though. Korolev and the Soviets had the edge for the first two decades of space exploration.

[@AlbertLebel]

Yes, we must give them credit. They did a damn good job. We took that as a challenge to it also. But yes, they led the way.

[@andrewsmactips]

I've been following spaceflight for fifty five years, and this documentary is one of the best I've seen on the subject.

[@wwe412]

THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING WAS 53 YEARS AGO AND I STILL WATCH THE LANDING OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE SCIENCE IS MY NUMBER ONE THING I THIS ENTIRE WORLD

[@TheGrumpyEnglishman]

No need to shout.

[@albertandearthie7138]

Stop being rude,@@TheGrumpyEnglishman. I like science too.

[@fransschepens3]

Its all fake

[@eduardspanjer]

Big words for you, you are like our big trusty friend from aids and covid, the rheumatologist frauxi. The biggest liar in the entire world. I hope you become an independed scientist, non governmental please. I am more than tired being lied to I work my ass off for taxes than goes into gov't pockets. Have a nice scients life. ✌️ Peace.

[@eduardspanjer]

​@@fransschepens3I think so too. Nothing from gov't is honest or true. Look this last 1e Biden term and I hope the last.

[@liquidbraino]

1:19:15 It wasn't a software engineer that solved the 1202 problem. It was a flight controller named Jack Garman. The term "software engineer" didn't even exist at that time because the person who coined the term "Software Engineer" was the woman who wrote all of the software for guidance computer - Margaret Hamilton... the first actual software engineer. Other than that ONE little detail this was a great documentary; well done.

[@speedingatheist]

Why do male feminists always try to turn females into Mary Sues? No important piece of software was EVER designed, implemented and tested by ONE person. She was an influential engineer on the frontier of IT but not a singular genius. Your white knighting is bad for women in STEM.

[@General5USA]

I think this program is just as limited as the others. It doesn't mention me in the the capsules in almost all of the missions since 1960.....faaaaact!

[@gives_bad_advice]

i like hearing about the mistakes that were made. make me more willing to make a few and go easier on myself when i do.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I remember how cool we thought the astronauts were and how we kids all hoped to go to the moon one day. And the night of the landing, my parents let me stay up late to watch the landing. I remember how happy we were when the Eagle landed and how proud of our astronauts we were. Still one of the great memories of my teen years 53 years on.

[@AlbertLebel]

Same here. That was a time to remember forever. A very proud moment for sure. I think many of us were shocked when they stopped the shuttle program and decided to hitch a ride with Russian Cosmonauts. I am so proud of E. Musk for getting us back to space and back safely and for less.

[@JamesOberg]

"my parents let me stay up late to watch the landing." == So you were in Europe?

[@jmpayne333]

@@JamesObergmoon landing was at almost 11pm eastern standard time so most likely he wasn’t in Europe.

[@JamesOberg]

@@jmpayne333 Are you sure? I recall hearing the "One small step" comment in the faculty lounge of Northwestern U in Chicago, in late afternoon [oops! -- it was evening!]

[@expls]

​​@@JamesOberg The first moon walk was 02:56 UTC or 9:56 pm EST.

[@davidrapalyea7727]

I am 74 years old and this bringes back big memories. I had been drafted to light combat duty in Vietnam and listend to the landin while stationed in Pleiku. Light combat means I quarded the forward maintenance facility. We routinely receivied 122 mm rocet attacts, never more then about 35 in a row. These would make a hole 4-5 ft deap and maybe 6 ft accross. I never new anyone injured but had several VERY close calls!

[@aussieaeromodeler]

hi , I'm 66 , was in the 8th grade in '69 , I remember us all getting sent home at lunchtime to watch the moon landing , I must have been the only kid in my class that actually watched it lol .......everyone else decided playing football was the go . That was also the one and only time in my life I ever bought a news paper , for the front page and the center lift out on the moon landing , I still have them in a folder somewhere , must get around to going through the drawers and find it , history right there

[@JamesOberg]

@@aussieaeromodeler =="I remember us all getting sent home at lunchtime to watch the moon landing , " -- check what day of the week was July 20, 1969.

[@aussieaeromodeler]

@@JamesOberg we're 18 hours ahead of you in USA

[@JamesOberg]

@@aussieaeromodeler == Got me!! Didn't see your location. My oops.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Thank you for your service. My parents let me stay up late to watch the moon landing and I remember how excited and proud of our astronauts we were.

[@miguelabrigo2059]

All the hardest efforts paying off, well deserved.

[@EricHowl]

I just wanna thank the Brits for making excellent documentaries about American accomplishments lol :)

[@gives_bad_advice]

lol!

[@marios3202]

How can anyone watch this and think that we didn't go to the moon? It wasn't just test a few times then fly to the moon, it was extensive, slow, expensive, painstaking, incremental testing that eventually ended in the most historic technical accomplishment of our species. It's so offensive to say this didn't happen.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

It's not offensive really if you understand that they are just uneducated. It's like a grown adult being offended because a 3-year old calls him a "poo poo head". Meh, he's just a toddler. That's the level we're talking about here when it comes to moon-landing-deniers.

[@moxy5708]

What a brilliant doc. Unbelievable what was achieved in under 10 years.

[@hansjeveemhof2913]

notting just kost A lot of $$$$$$$$ Fake moon wake

[@moxy5708]

@@hansjeveemhof2913 shadow banned comment not showing up. You probably said something like it was a hoax? Or even worse space is fake? 😂🤣

[@markmengelkamp1392]

With less of a computer than I'm watching this documentary on. Amazing!

[@caramelstoner]

It was ordered by president they had no choice but to do it ...

[@bootburner4544]

It’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled

[@MrRadio1610]

why dooes everyone insist this is fake... im baffled at the stupidity of people

[@JamesOberg]

They probably got beat up for their lunch money at the school bus stop by a skinny nerd in a NASA T-shirt. This is their revenge.

[@paulparker8298]

I’m baffled at the stupidity of you morons who think it was real !

[@zardock420]

men who accomplished nothing will try to attack and tear down men who have accomplished everything

[@AlbertLebel]

I would love to see a launch some day up close. It must be an awesome sight. I can only imagine how fantastic it must have been in these earlier days when it all started. As they mention on this video, so many things must operate flawlessly for a safe flight. My hat is off to all that made this possible and to those that continue to make it even better.

[@igorflexus9493]

Oh mee too!!! And I agree 100%

[@EvilSnipa]

It's something you wont ever forget. I still remember the sound and the rumble of the Shuttle launches. Can't wait to watch SLS and StarShip.

[@harrietharlow9929]

My friend witnessed a couple and she said it was awesome, with the rocket rising, the ground shaking and the roar of the engines. I would love to witness a launch myself.

[@EvilSnipa]

@@harrietharlow9929 It's Unreal. We are lucky to live here. I watch the launch online and 15 seconds after lift off i can see it out of my bedroom window.

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@EvilSnipa That sounds super-cool.

[@bent3084]

They killed this documentary with the music

[@mattdrummond9087]

Love the doc.... the background music is like im watching a golf tournament...

[@barneypaws4883]

The Saturn V is such a thing of beauty. How can NASA improve on perfection?

[@hansolowe19]

Can you please give some more information in the description when you upload a video? - narrator - year of release of documentary - original name, if not used here - name of documentary maker etc Please? Thank you.

[@kovy689]

Exactly. I was looking for this comment. Their videos are always lacking details.

[@override7486]

This video is one of the dozen "space doc" on YT. Just on this channel I've seen it several times, just with changed title. It's not new video at all and some scam-fuckery of Spark going on here.

[@stingingmetal9648]

And the song titles

[@raphaeladolini222]

...it used to be that way 🤷 don't know what happened

[@brettjacobi7752]

The most memorable day of school in first grade .

[@kerlondepaixao]

Chris Blackwell - Kirov Renewed. EPIC!!!

[@TheEnigmaUniverse-vt2pm]

Your content never fails to amaze me and ignite my hunger for knowledge about the universe. Thank you for sparking my curiosity.

[@Technoid_Mutant]

The idea that the LEM was 'short-fueled' on mission 10 is not as I've understood it. I gather that Grumman had a LEM they could get TO the moon, but not a lander which could then take off. It was too heavy. Still, since 8 was not to actually land, the lander available was fine for dress-rehearsal. For 11, obviously the LEM was the lightened, lunar-rated vehicle. There were no efforts to prevent an unauthorized landing except the full knowledge on the part of the astronauts that the lander was overweight , a suicide if used.

[@JamesOberg]

There was no LM on Apollo-8.

[@AlbertLebel]

Oh ok, so this is news to me. Thank you. Ya, I always read that they made it short on fuel so the astronauts would not be tempted to try and land on the moon since they were so close.

[@liquidbraino]

That was Apollo 10.

[@Technoid_Mutant]

@@liquidbraino Oops. I do believe he's right. I stand corrected. I did mean 10.

[@gunternetzer9621]

@@Technoid_Mutant I believe the Apollo 10 lunar module was too heavy to land on the Moon, it had been built before Grumman's super weight saving programme.

[@michaelhart7569]

39:15 I guess that is a "waist tether" then for the EVA, not a "waste tether". Had me going for a moment there.

[@PeterPete]

what a dream!

[@robzone3304]

I like how this video comes with more encyclopedia with more information like this is very strange

[@JimLovell-np4pv]

it's because You Tube is infested with flerfs

[@bankvisutkan]

Thank you

[@danielash1704]

Even space craft wobble to a point like a football spinning out of control scary.

[@Rmack137]

One thing not mentioned about Gemini. A real good reason that they switched back to an escape tower is because if any of the Gemini crews had used the ejection seats, it's probable that after soaking in pure oxygen for hours they would have become two Roman candles flying over the saw grass.

[@Christ0pherWade]

40:14 41:13 54:57 55:16 55:52 57:59 1:02:00 1:05:04 1:06:24 1:08:20 1:12:15 1:17:40

[@jimdraper4776]

POW ! To the Moon !

[@oliversparks1459]

Freaking Awesome

[@takudzwamashamba7453]

failure is intergral to success. dont be scared to try something new. fail and try again'

[@scottgibson6735]

The cojones,it took for alan shephard to climb into that rocket,must have been immense .I think more of the rockets at that point blew up,instead of launching Good show. Thank you for the video

[@bugsbunny8691]

Yes the Astronauts in the 1960's were true men, hero's compared to the OSHA protected ones today.

[@bootburner4544]

It’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled

[@yassassin6425]

@@bootburner4544 *_"It’s Easier To Fool People Than To Convince Them That They’ve Been Fooled"_* Hilarious that this is parroted by so many dumb conspiracy believers that have zero comprehension of irony.

[@projectnightshift6488]

Well, people already had done it before him

[@yassassin6425]

@@projectnightshift6488 What do you mean 'people'? Not on a Redstone there weren't. And there was only one before him - Yuri Gagarin (Vostok 1) atop of a rocket derived from an ICBM, the R7. Shepard would have been the first man in space because MR-3 (Freedom-7) was originally scheduled for April 26, 1960. It was postponed five times by unplanned preparatory work and Gagarin, who launched almost a year later, took the accolade much to Shepard's irritation.

[@danielash1704]

In the experience of the experiment of space we are still learning.

[@mangramangranius1696]

Amazing documentary! 👌💯

[@17837]

Apollo, when we were still America !

[@karinkesel5577]

Perfectly said!!!👏👏👏

[@thebotformalityknownasdale2564]

I think nasal owes it to VonBraun despite his past they whent a hell of long way to the moon that they quit posability never have made it with out a lot of lives or a great deal more cost with out whom they never would have kept a dead presidents mission statement. I think something substantial should be named in his honor !

[@dmann4683]

And we Never went back? All the telemetry data disappeared? Virtually no latency in comms? A funny thing happened on the way to the moon (book title). Psalm 19:1 engraved on WVB marker. Maybe he is trying to tell you something.

[@tombystander]

​​@@dmann4683 ya that ur a lunatic who refuses to accept history. Do u not find it even remotely strange that the USSR or Russia never once challenged the US on the achievement? Their main rivals and not once did they say a word. Why is that?

[@WarrenPeace007]

Superb documentary thank you. Music too loud

[@michellesullivan2198]

i love history very much...❤❤❤

[@TeW33zy]

Not to mention another change in the command module was it eliminated using pure oxygen and instead a mixture of 40% Oxygen 60% Nitrogen

[@garythorsell5061]

I hope they can find the directions to get back there once again 😊it's been a while

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

NASA is operating a program called Artemis right now. Artemis I has already happened. It was an unmanned mission around the moon and back. Artemis II will be that same basic mission profile, but manned. Artemis III is set to be a manned lunar landing. It HAS been a while. It's time to go back. There was a race to the moon in the Apollo era. The U.S. won. The National support for a lunar program dwindled, so congress voted to cut funding for that program. It costs money to send men to the moon, so things settled down for a long time. And now - a new generation who wasn't around to see those lunar landings is excited to go do it again, and there is a public push to do it again, so they are doing it again. The large gap between Apollo and Artemis makes perfect sense if you're not just an unthinking nutjob.

[@user-kl2qh9kb8i]

27.33 - знаменитый момент - перчатка в открытом космосе!

[@bruceli9094]

One small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind.

[@certifiednobody7313]

With Hollywood camera men!

[@Ian-mj4pt]

Just to think in less than a hundred years humankind went from the first aircraft to landing on the moon 🌙 true achievement no matter how political some of it really was and sadly politics still getting in the way of a concerted effort without some idiots making it about something else. I applaud all who got us their.

[@larrybethune3909]

And in less than 10 terms like "human" kind became popular. Gah-Lee!

[@elysiumdevice]

this a historical documentary about humankind's modern ambition and first known successful steps off the planet and into the beyond. There's no know telling of the advancements ongoing in some classified southwestern desert hanger these days, regarding super advanced designs and systems. However, be it space and then possibly time itself within reach. The question might soon be, apart from the unending wealth and ambition of governments even collaboratively, who can do it best for the least expense, ie most efficiently?

[@eetuandersson4229]

That british pronunciation of "schedule" bugs the hell outta me 😂

[@garrygreen4814]

John glen my hero

[@stingingmetal9648]

What's the song from 15:00 on?

[@juanmagm]

Amazing story! Go NASA go!

[@MrGreg771]

PIGS CAN FLY!🤣🤣🤣

[@samwalton4598]

I was 8 in 1968 and watched with my family the moon landing on our black and white RCA with Rabbit ears. Dad smoking his filter less Chesterfield Kings and Mom in her horn rimmed glasses. Dad went from praising American ingenuity and guts on one channel to cussing hippies and Communists on another channel. “Those GD SOB’s are ruining our country”!! I use to laugh at him as a kid and a teenager, then he died one day when I was in college and now I completely understand his concerns and I’m not laughing anymore. He was a Naval officer in WWII and fought in the Pacific against Japan. As soon as he graduated from the Naval Academy he went to war!! A different world from the one he raised me in. He was a tough bastard but I am grateful to him. America is the best place on the planet. Period. 🇺🇸👍

[@JarekGmrcy]

the pictures 1:22:57 in above video are LIES

[@JarekGmrcy]

THE VIDEO IS MADE ON EARTH IN STUDIO

[@JarekGmrcy]

LIGHT FROM LEFTHAND SIDE BACK IS WHITE FROM ELECTRICAL BULB.

[@JarekGmrcy]

NO SUN LIGHT

[@JarekGmrcy]

NO LIGHT FROM OTHER SUN LIKE STARS AS A SMALL DOTS ON BACK HORIZONT

[@AureliusR]

I absolutely love that the Brits did away with the intentional mispronunciation of "Gemini" ... one of my pet peeves about the American space program.

[@moxy5708]

Jim a knee lol

[@liquidbraino]

Yeah but they still say "Shedule" instead of "Schedule". They can't even speak their own language right so we fixed it for them.

[@NanaJerome]

It was the American's project and space program, they can pronounce Gemini how they choose. Has Britain ever even been to space...?

[@bangalactic8427]

I think the only flaw i would label "serious", is the inattention to audio levels while playing classical music. One second you're listening closely to the soft spoken narrator, and the next you are blasted with 200 decibels of Russian melodrama. Ouch!

[@AureliusR]

This is why I always, always have a compressor/limiter on the audio coming from my browser.

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

Shall we say Won the moon part of the spacecraft race so to speak

[@chakalouis9489]

This globe is too small to have so much division.

[@Rykiz_Vidz]

At like 22:40 minutes why does it sound they are playin some oceans 11 type theme rofl

[@sohelhawlader9325]

It's an great job by the way NASA created such a great thing

[@MastahZen-fr9ko]

It's real easy to win a race when you keep pushing the finish line further down the track every time your opponent beats you.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

It was always a race to the moon. The goal of every single NASA mission was to further advance the program on the ultimate goal of putting a man on the moon. Both Russia and the U.S. had their share of firsts - and nobody denies Russia's firsts. It was back and forth for a while, and the U.S. started pulling away, and then ultimately won by putting a man on the moon. That was always the finish line. The "space race" was the whole journey. The finish line was always putting a man on the moon. It's why to this day Russia still hasn't put a man on the moon. I can assure you, they could have if they continued running after the United States crossed the finish line, but they stopped running - - - because the U.S. crossed the finish line first, and the race was over. The finish line was absolutely landing a man on the moon. It's why Russia stopped running.

[@j121212100]

Why was Neil Armstrong the first civilian in space? Wasn't he a military test pilot for the X15?

[@liquidbraino]

No he was a civilian test pilot. Also reached the edge of space in the X-15 and bounced off the atmosphere so technically Yuri Gagarin wasn't the first human in space.

[@JamesOberg]

@@liquidbraino -- Neil wasn't high enough. Yura deserves the title.

[@ulazygit]

@@liquidbraino ak-chu-lee …

[@liquidbraino]

@@ulazygit ROFL!

[@bruceli9094]

@@liquidbraino Very true. History needs to be revised.

[@waxogen]

WAXOGEN, A high pressured first stage rocket fuel for the future

[@ubaidrehman8954]

What is the of the background music ? Anyone please ?

[@frazemac8625]

I tried to find this out also, Epic tracks throughout this documentary,

[@kerlondepaixao]

Chris Blackwell - Kirov Renewed

[@user-if2fc7ef4j]

Artemis 1 Launch In November 14 Monday 2022

[@runfayalife]

VERTICAL Assembly Building. It's the Vertical Assembly Building.

[@ahuachapan2]

What about the salsa soundtrack?

[@Kiteflyer-pi2sg]

Won it and now buried it deeper than the mariana trench

[@meanstavrakas1044]

The British really understand music better than us here in the States.

[@danchamberlain6069]

For many years I did not know that the U.S. was behind the Russians in the race . When I learned that fact I was very surprised . If it hadn't been for the great explosion of one of the Russian space vehicles the race could have been closer and who knows which country would have been first on the moon .

[@scottiethegreat74]

Had to laugh at the title, how America won the space race. Yeah, maybe, but only because they defined the finish line!! The USSR beat the Americans in almost every aspect of the human races attempts to explore beyond our planet!! And who said the race is over?? China, The European union, and now India might beg to differ on the idea of the race being over!! America trailed all the way, and only "won" because they decided going to the moon would be the finish line!! But regardless of my little pet peeve on the video title, great video!! Very informative, I have read a few things on the exploration of space, but lots of new information here for me!! Great work to all involved in creating this video!!

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

Every program NASA operated, every mission - had the ultimate goal of putting a man on the moon. Every mission had a goal to achieve some aspect of a final mission profile to the moon. That was ALWAYS the ultimate goal. Every mission's goal was putting a man on the moon. The finish line was always clear. The Russians were trying to put a man on the moon just the same. They knew what the finish line was. Why have they STILL not put a man on the moon? It's not because they couldn't have - because I can assure you, the Russians could have put humans on the moon by now, so why haven't they? Because they stopped running toward the finish line when the U.S. won the race. That's why. And saying the USSR beat the Americans in almost every aspect is absolute nonsense. They BOTH had their equal share of firsts. It was very much a back and forth race until the Apollo program started, and then the U.S. started pulling away pretty fast, and then crossed the finish line with Apollo 11.

[@boblongdickder6178]

Back when gas was under a dollar a gallon.

[@paulscotchsmychannelyourch9940]

Mr Kenedy said in his speach ......"quote" "and the other thing" "unqute" What did he mean by that??

[@TheGrumpyEnglishman]

You really don't know what quote and unquote mean? It means he's specifically using words that somebody spoke. Oh by the way it's speech not speach.

[@karinkesel5577]

Me too 😂😂😂

[@laraineryan983]

There was no way there should have been a deadline. Fortunately no one got killed due to it.

[@gives_bad_advice]

I agree that Kennedy made a mistake when he issued a deadline. and sadly, three Americans were killed in the Apollo 1 capsule. there were also three Russians killed in the vacuum of space. but, yeah, about the deadline--i'd never thought of it that way until i read your comment.

[@joeygarcia6783]

I wanna complain about the burger king in Vallejo California the employee are treating the customers rudely even my order was wrong and the employee threatened me if I wanted to complain about it. And yes now I wanna complain about my order it's not what I wanted

[@joeygarcia6783]

Not just once I had problems here but the FBI has problems here too

[@potraz7821]

Music is way too loud

[@brianpencall4882]

The Tsar Bomba was detonated on October 30, 1961, over four years after Sputnik.

[@Ewr42]

It didn't. They simply declared victory after continuously losing the space race. First man? Soviet First satellite? Soviet First animal? Soviet USSR won the space race in every single aspect but the moon. The US then decided everything else didn't count because only the moon counts(bc that's the only one they won)

[@triscuitbiscuit7173]

Even when I was kid, I always thought one of the most fascinating aspects of the space race was how openly embarrassed the US was by the Soviets and that even to me as a child with literally not an ounce of bias towards Russia thought that ourselves crowning our own country as the victor was just blatant historical revisionism and propaganda.

[@triscuitbiscuit7173]

@@1911acolt1 Your only example is seriously just docking maneuvers? They launched and built the first space station that required docking maneuvers for start, they sent the first probes to the moon, Venus, and Mars, and not to mention designed the most reliable and common use rocket that's still used today, the Soyuz rocket which had it's first launch over 50 years ago. They also actually made more astrophysics discoveries and breakthroughs than the US. They didn't just do "flybys" lol. You say the US came up with better rocket designs yet the Soyuz launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome was the only way for US astronauts to get to the ISS for almost 20 years. Not to mention the pride of US rocket technology (the Saturn V) was designed by Werner von Braun, not even an American.

[@John_Redcorn_]

@@triscuitbiscuit7173 do you realize how many thousands of ppl it took to build and operate the Apollo program? So tired of ppl acting like von braun himself built every peice of the components

[@triscuitbiscuit7173]

@@John_Redcorn_ He literally helped design the critical components of the Saturn V. Another Nazi, Arthur Rudolph was the project director of the Saturn V. There were also other Nazi engineers that worked in all sorts of other fields in relation to the project. There was absolutely notable Americans, but If it took thousands to build and operate the Apollo program, why did they need to outsource their top level designers to former Nazis? The answer is that without them, the US would of no doubt achieved far less in the space race, possibly even losing the moon landing to the soviets. NASA themselves have deemed these individuals "crucial" to America's success in the Apollo program.

[@John_Redcorn_]

@@triscuitbiscuit7173 the program had over a dozen companies and almost 400,000 ppl working on various parts. The lunar module was designed and made by Grumman: von braun had no part in that. GM made the ‘moon buggy’, IBM made most of the computer systems, and Black & Decker made tools. Another company whose name i forget made the space suits. Once you look at how vast the Apollo program was youll see how narrow-minded it is to think the rocket was the only aspect that made it possible.

[@mehrunnissashaikh-ez2br]

Apollo documentry

[@bootburner4544]

Can someone tell me the formula for calculating the distance of the moon from earth. I am not looking for a googled fanboy answer of 240,000 or 252,000 miles, but how the distance is calculated, and specifically how it was calculated in 1950.

[@ArKritz84]

There’s no formula, since it’s not a fixed distance, but constantly changing. The Wikipedia article “Lunar distance” has a good segment on history of measurement. By the 1950s they used radar, and got the uncertainty down to less than a mile.

[@bootburner4544]

@@ArKritz84"no formula .. radar" hahahaha!

[@ArKritz84]

@@bootburner4544 yes?

[@kitcanyon658]

@@bootburner4544 : Lol. I guess you don’t know how radar ranging works! That a classic fail.

[@bootburner4544]

@kitcanyon658 I know how radar works. There is no way you can measure the distance of an object *in space and 240,000+ miles away* from earth using radar! 😃😆

[@dimetronome]

America won the space race?

[@ABanksy]

the clicking music during some parts is sooo loud and annoying.

[@jamespalmer4945]

I hate to break you all’s heart but man has NEVER landed on the moon. We can’t get passed the van Allen belt . And that’s it

[@aapple3595]

They Did went to the moon. They where only in the Allen belt for a few hours They where also Covered by the whole Rocket and they went home with a few amount of radiation.

[@boblemon8337]

And never will.

[@aapple3595]

​@@hycoperosity5843 Nope That clip was taken out of context. He was telling the 8 year old we didnt went to the moon for 50 Years and He really wanted the Moon Missions to happend again And they did they started artemis I was actually in Cape Canaveral during that time and I was sad to see it got scrubbed.

[@dmann4683]

Space may be the final frontier but it’s made in a Hollywood basement. Lots of truth in this lyric from The RHCP. :)

[@anyaehiegbujo]

Foolishness

[@juliancrooks3031]

50 wasted years not going back, just think how much more we could have learned if we had kept going.

[@John_Redcorn_]

We havent went back because we learned all we needed about the moon. Pretty uninteresting celestial body compared to other moons/planets

[@boblemon8337]

They did keep going. The public wasn't informed. That's from Gov. Intel not me. Have a great day

[@joeygarcia6783]

And about you too ❤

[@corrinflakes9659]

No, they lost the Space Race but moved the goal post to become the Moon Race where they would win. The goal post of the Space Race was to enter outer space's official boundary and return to Earth safely, which USSR won. For the moon landing, the US won the Moon Race doing the same thing but with the surface of the Moon and heading back involved. These are still magnificent achievements of mankind, but we can’t just erase the accomplishments of rivals, just swallow the bitter pill and establish the new race upfront, like I just retroactively applied “Moon” Race.

[@gives_bad_advice]

You don't think Apollo was part ofc the space race?

[@NicholasNerios]

Back when Nasa was on top of the world.

[@jacuzzibusguy]

This is a fantastic documentary except the music makes listening to nails on a chalkboard.

[@stigrlarsen3822]

Vhy dont they shov us that flying ufo before landing the fyrst landing.

[@JamesOberg]

The one reported in the 'National Enquirer'??

[@dannywalters2365]

Who did the first poo ??

[@kellywenzler4503]

I liked the documentary but the monotonous background music was awful..same track played over and over.

[@jimlidgard8295]

Is that a space craft observing the Saturn 5 at 45:40 to 45:49 ?? Or a helicopter and we can't see the blades ?

[@liquidbraino]

That's a helicopter, looks like Marine 1 (presidents helicopter).

[@scottdorfler2551]

I couldn't stand that background music🤯😖😫🤬😤 So I turned the volume down and turned on the close caption. Much better 😌

[@allones3078]

We won the space race? outside if the moon what did we do?

[@gives_bad_advice]

U.S,. was first to return a geological sample from the moon first terrestrial rendezvous and docking first lunar rendezvous and docking and the U.S. never had a man die in space. the Soviets had three (R.I.P.)

[@BrickSallday-yw4km]

No one asks why didn't Russia go to the moon. They knew it couldn't be done. Still CAN'T be done.

[@gives_bad_advice]

Why not?

[@dansv1]

Pretty much all of the no-one-asks statements are about things that have been asked and answered thousands of times over the last 50+ years. The Russians did not go to the moon primarily because their heavy lift rocket, the N1, did not work; the US heavy lift rocket, the Saturn V, did work.

[@rkgsd]

The irony is all these accomplishments were in the name of each country's government trying to one-up the other for egos and bragging rights, not in the name of finding out what's beyond earth.

[@krbailess]

National Security. We could not give free reign to control space - orbiting satellites watching us. America will never allow another country to control our destiny.

[@hupekyser]

That's only partially true. The scientists and engineers themselves, didn't care about political egos. They sincerely cared about discovery and advancement. For the scientists, political ego was just a good garauntor that budget would always be available.

[@mikealvord55]

@Basketball-American dumb comment

[@paulolisboa88]

Never give donations 2 unicef it’s a big?

[@neinundnein6358]

And how it will loose now!

[@BamBamBigelow.]

Saying we 'won' is disingenous. Who said the Moon Landing was the finish line?

[@Chris-hd3yc]

Kennedy