Launch from inside an Apollo capsule (restored in 4K/30 fps)

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Main resources:
- The Apollo Parachute Landing System (Northrop Ventura Corp.)
- Post Launch Report for Mission AS-202
- AS-202 Postflight trajectory
- Apollo Command Service Module system handbook
- CSM Displays & Controls (logistic training)
- CSM Earth Landing subsystem
- Et many secondary sources for all the details.
Music: Huma-Huma - Eureka

[@markbarry9945]

Bro, the amount of work you put into this is amazing and much appreciated by all of us

[@fredfred2363]

You did an amazing job putting this video together. Wow. Just wow. How many hours of work? Outstanding. 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@FrenchSpaceGuy]

Approximately 300h.

[@AlanFogartyIRL]

amen!!

[@abc5228]

yeah, I'm Flabbergasted !

[@adamgre6819]

@@FrenchSpaceGuy Legend. Thank you.

[@baxtermullins1842]

This really shows the dedication of the young to older engineers, pilots, team to build a machine that took us to the moon and back and I know a few of them and their 100+ hour a week they worked! Most are now gone but deserve our awe!

[@rxw5520]

@@DaveP-uv1mlgood thing you weren’t around for the Apollo project. Or any other tremendous human achievement. Go back to your obscurity.

[@williamcaton8432]

@@rxw5520Have a day off, mate.

[@alexdissieux5137]

C'est qui qui a filmé l'image en bas à droite ?

[@FrenchSpaceGuy]

C'est des images 3D que j'ai faites avec le logiciel Orbiter pour illustrer ce qui se passe. Comment ne pas comprendre que personne n'a "filmé" ça ?

[@alexdissieux5137]

@@FrenchSpaceGuy c'était amicalement pour rire bien sûr.... j'aurais dû, j'ai oublié le....😹😂😹!!!..... bravo pour votre travail et merci 😍 vous nous faites voyager !!!!

[@constellation982]

I have no words to describe what You did. It is little short of a miracle. Outstanding job sir.

[@FrenchSpaceGuy]

Oh wow, thanks for the comment.

[@TheNameOfJesus]

I agree, but I will confess that I enjoyed myself more once I turned the playback speed to 2x.

[@Unbaguettable]

wow. didn't think i was going to spend tonight watching a 37 minute video of an Apollo Launch but here we are. amazing video

[@WannaB321]

I've been an aerospace engineer over 30 years and never saw anything like this. Fascinating footage. Your descriptions and the data window were amazing. I was 6 years old when this film was taken. Thank you for all the very hard work. I appreciate it! 🙏🎖️

[@prestonburton8504]

i am as well - awesome work!

[@alexdissieux5137]

Qui à filmer l'image en bas à droite ?

[@rsikes2]

Now 72, I don't know which was/is more amazing....The incredible effort that designed/built the original Apollo program..or your ability to share these amazing works of art/history. Thanks for the your dedication in bringing this to the rest of us.

[@channelthechannel]

You're comparing the amazement of a KZbinr uploading videos to literally designing and building Apollo itself? Okay.

[@jeffreyhutchison3045]

I am at a loss for words to do justice to the interest, effort, care, and quality represented by this film's creation.

[@FrenchSpaceGuy]

Thanks a lot

[@mrjaycam18]

Creators like you are the reasons I’m watching less and less TV. Simply amazing what you did here.

[@dcolb121]

Amazing. I was born in 1953. Saw the launches in real time on the TV. The complexity of all this is mind-boggling.

[@DaRoosterSee]

This is the type of content I feel should be on KZbin. Top notch work and amazing skills. Thank you!

[@hyperthreaded]

Yeah, obviously something like this would never be shown on broadcast TV. Nobody would put in the work, and if someone did, they wouldn't dare sending it -- too many "scary" technical details and not enough fast-paced cuts and hyperventilating voiceovers lol

[@adamgre6819]

I remember back in the early 90's when the Internet was was just being introduced to the masses - this was indeed the type of thing we envisaged it would be used for...

[@jerk_store]

But instead, the YT algorithm promotes pedo content and race baiters above content like this.

[@seanbaskett5506]

I absolutely love these small passion-project space channels. Some of the best stuff you could ever hope to find. Kinda like Homemade Documentaries.

[@Professor_Sex]

true that

[@w5cdt]

I love this detail as an electrical engineer and pilot. The mainstream media never elaborated to this level of detail. Thanks for your work!

[@chiphalvorsen4252]

Dare I say it? PERFECTLY DONE! The best approach and delivery of an Apollo mission that I have ever seen. This is coming from the nephew of one of the engineers for propulsion at NASA during that time and later retired from Martin Marietta! He is in a home for the elderly, but I am going there next week! I am pretty sure what we will be doing! Holy Shite, Incredible!

[@Bob3519]

This was beautifully done. Thank you for your work on this project. I was 9 years old and remember watching the moon landings on TV live.

[@steenrumbenak]

My parents placed me in front of the black and white tv to watch the launches and landings. I was 4 years old but still have small memories about it

[@ryen7512]

I'm glad someone found this footage and create a video for all of us. Otherwise it would be rotting in the archives and one day the film would be decayed beyond repair. This is our history here.

[@edwardpmayjr6957]

Excellent video. My dad worked on the Apollo moon program. He was a clean room operator for North America Rockwell in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Peace!

[@unityxg]

This is phenomenal, and I cannot express to you enough my appreciation for the time you have put into this for the sake of it just plain being cool and sharing with others. You've got my subscribe.

[@noelomaolchraoibhe3911]

Everything about this is phenomenal but I was really surprised at how moved I was watching the restored onboard view of the stage separation you tagged on at the end (and which was superbly done); seeing Earth come back into view made me reflect on the trillions of everyday things that were going on down there that day as this astonishing thing was happening above - on the 25th August 1966, I was 2 1/2 years old and my mum & dad were alive and well. Of course I had no notion of this at the time but would grow to become obsessed with the Apollo program a few years later. This video is a gem; thank you SO much for your dedication to put this out there. Hopefully the algorithm directs it to Everyday Astronaut, Marcus House etc so they can promote it.

[@moleisrich1]

Dang man that’s the Most insanely put together video. Lots of dedication. Thank you!

[@VimyScout]

Wow, this was an excellent piece of work. Thank you for sharing 👍

[@LJSpit]

Masterpiece. History saved. Thankyou

[@MrFang333333]

Instant sub. You did what I always wanted to do. Literally every question that popped in my head you answered the next frame. From the vibrations to what tools you used. Well thought out. Congrats. This is a piece of history.

[@hughlion1817]

2:55 the sound of that stage separation and the subsequent rockets firing was absolutely epic

[@jonjimihendrix]

Wow. This is incredible. Amazing work. Thanks for your dedication.

[@Afterburner215]

This is a truly incredible achievement! You should feel immensely satisfied with what you've done here.

[@FrenchSpaceGuy]

Thank you so much.

[@vicbrava2410]

Thank you so much for making these videos, they are absolutely amazing. There's no better way to get a sense for what happens in spaceflight than these all-encompassing compilations. Mérci beaucoup pour tous la travaille, j'ai l'impression que montage des vidéos est tellement fastidieux mais pour vous c'est un travail d'amour!

[@robertlyon8876]

From an old aviator, thank you . Outstanding. I also saw every launch

[@eracer1111]

I was lucky enough to see the Apollo 11 liftoff in person from my aunt's house in Cocoa Beach. I was 10 years old, and it kindled a lifelong interest in spaceflight. Cool video.

[@Johnfsu]

Awesome

[@aztec0112]

Absolutely fascinating! You took us to space and brought us back, safely! Thank you for the trip!

[@SternLX]

I'm sitting here staring at those panels and the only thing I can think is: "There must be an ungodly amount of wires back there." Having seen the back side of control panels of an F-4 fighter many times and the amount of wiring behind them it boggles the mind at how much wiring must have been in the Apollo CM.

[@snowinbham]

Fantastic work! It is astounding to see all the restored and explained imagery and videos from Apollo and learn about the back stories for the history we saw growing up. Thank you!!

[@jozsefolasz8702]

I have no words for this. Excellent.

[@neilturner216]

I think I just had a geekgasm! Amazing work sir, thank you.

[@dexio85]

Awesome video, really brings you back into that era! Thanks for restoring and editing all this.

[@davethesoundguy]

My dad worked on the 1B at Marshall in the 60's, and was very proud of the work he did. He would have loved to see this video. Thank you!

[@jackgilley7425]

I am risk averse and the first 5 minutes of this video confirms that space travel isn't my cup of tea. This video would be a great was to weed out timid space cadets before any time is invested. Nice video for others who are interested too.

[@jascott62]

That was an absolute masterpiece. I can't begin to imagine the effort required to put something like this together. Thank you so much for your efforts and sharing with us ❤

[@anordenaryman.7057]

I just spent half an hour absolutely riveted to an instrument panel. I could almost feel being there. Well done!

[@vanlife4256]

Thank you for your hard work, dedication and attention to detail. This is a huge contribution to all the Space enthusiasts! I can't thank you enough! This is astonishing!

[@elliotcurrie7143]

This is incredible, I never imagined it existed

[@Rell6000]

The video is very informative, if you learn everything, you can go to the moon.

[@Pleiades721]

Impressive as always. I knew I wouldn't be disappointed when I saw it was Fench Space Guy. Great production. I will be thinking about this for a long time.

[@kristenburnout1]

This video is absolutely amazing, great work on the sounds, visuals and explanations!

[@SirDrifto]

You are incredible for putting this together in such amazing format. I felt like I was in the seat, I learned about things I never knew about in flight gauges. Thank you for this.

[@thierrydayrose]

Ça change de 99% des chaînes KZbin. Bravo ! Quel travail de recherche, de montage et de pédagogie. On sent la passion…contagieuse et qui nous fait rêver. Merci 🙏🏻

[@adamdapatsfan]

Awesome footage, and superb explanations! It is a shame that during some of the more dynamic moments, like chute deploy and splashdown, there isn't enough information in the original 5fps video to make smooth interpolation possible. Still, on the whole, fantastic!

[@mtryambon]

Thank you very much for posting this. Truly appreciated

[@adamgre6819]

This is amazing work Sir. Thank you from Australia, and the World Wide Community that thrives on this. Job (very) well done, mate. Liked, Subscribed, commented and... Set up a Patreon...

[@barkbark7397]

Truly amazing! Great job putting this together and being so technically accurate!

[@P-G-77]

FANTASTIC JOB, AWESOME!! Thanks, many thanks, you restored important piece of history first to completely out of any mind...

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Very well done and your 'tour guide' comments are a nice touch.

[@ManoSmriti]

I rarely comment, but dude what an effort. Hats off.

[@BeechSportBill]

WOW! So much UNDERSTANDABLE detail!

[@Galaxius2117]

This is amazing! Now if only there were footage of one of the Saturn-V launches viewed from inside the Apollo Capsule.

[@emmettjones5165]

What an amazing compilation of data from disparate and unsynchronized sources, cleaned up and woven together to give us all a view of the early, unmanned Apollo missions of which we have seen so little. So much data like this that had been collected has been lost, or waits uncollated without context. Thank you for this.

[@Wretbornify]

At engine shutoff and seperation you made me say out loud "Wow!", nice job on the audio!

[@marcuswhewell793]

What an amazing video, and a great explanation of the various processes that were taking place during the flight - thank you!!

[@jimwinchester339]

Thanks for explaining everything in such copious detail. Really makes one appreciate the complexity of all the plumbing, electrical circuitry, and the indispensability of automatic/computer controls in a modern spacecraft.

[@rael5469]

This is incredible beyond words. It's like being here onboard an Apollo mission. Back then did we EVER think we, the average, ordinary, person would get to see such a view of the mission? NEVER !

[@dkbb12]

Amazing amount of work you did! Thank you for creating this!

[@marlow769]

Thank You for putting this all together and posting it. I was between 7 and 12 years old during the Apollo years and I was glued to the t.v. for every bit of coverage on every mission, even though each mission after Apollo 11 received less and less coverage - something I noticed as a kid and even then was disgusted with how quickly most people lost interest in the most amazing endeavor of humanity up to that point in history.

[@roliveira2225]

Excellent! Congratulations!

[@TonCKroon]

Thank you for a beautiful and impressive piece of work. Enjoyed it very much!

[@yvesluyens5427]

This is amazing! Thank you for the work! As I was watching I reflected on the fact that this is only 63 years after the Wright brothers and 19 after the first sound barrier flight!!

[@cconnors]

Wow this is truly incredible. Never in my life would I think I would get to "see" what an Apollo astronaut saw and heard during a launch and re-entry. Beautiful work. I can't wait to see the Apollo 6 window videos!

[@Crobertg10]

This has got to be one of the BEST VIDS i have ever seen!!! Thank you

[@chriscourtland6405]

Thanks for showing that getting home was as incredible as getting there. Great job with the RCS sounds and displays that you pulled from graphs ! What a ride it must have been.

[@jacksonespeut3692]

Really neat video, I learned a lot from the re-entry portion. I thought the title was a little funny, CSM Pilot Michael Collins wrote in his memoir that it bugged him when people called it a capsule. I think he preferred ‘spacecraft’ even for the portion that re-enters. He wrote: “a capsule is something you swallow!”

[@TH33QUALIZ3R]

Well, that was bloody fascinating. Well done.

[@charlieromeo7663]

Simply remarkable work here. I grew up on the Space Coast and witnessed every Apollo launch as a child. I was 9 years old for Apollo 11 and remember it well. Most classmates in elementary school were children of the men and women that worked Apollo at Kennedy Space Center. Even as a 9 year old it was a grand time in Cocoa Beach and Merritt Island. I wish my father-in-law was alive to see this video, he would appreciate your efforts. He worked on Apollo and was actually a Space Craft Operator, or SCO, that worked inside all of the CMs during testing in the VAB and at the launch pads. I’m certain this video of the glow of the indicators flashing would put a smile on his face. I have a great photo of him standing inside Apollo 11 CM looking out of the side hatch. He was fortunate to work on project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle. He had a glorious career and our family is proud of his contribution to NASA’s programs. Thank you for your efforts on producing this video.

[@vonJaerschky]

It would be interesting to see a rolling countdown of the mass of the rocket, through fuel burn and staging. Great video!

[@williampollock1274]

Good Job! That was a lot of work you did to create this very informative video.👍

[@crypto1701]

Awesome job.. it's obvious that you spent an incredible amount of time on it, and it definitely paid off! Personally, I had never seen any of that footage.. so thank you very much for sharing it with us in such an incredible way!

[@dias_se]

Thank you! This is absolutly amazing. I can not think of a better way to preserve history. This is space archeology at it's best.

[@robertbraun7155]

This is the fantastic part of technology as far as upscaling and cleaning up footage. I can still see a slight vibration in the onboard, but I love that.. Thank you so much for making this. Ton of work but that's why all of us that love this part of human history and truly understand the significance. I grew up in the Antelope Valley California during the space shuttle age and have always been fascinated by every bit of it and what they were able to achieve with such antiquated equipment that at the time was beyond cutting edge. I really hate that the organic human equation is being filtered out more and more. The cape at launch is still the largest and most organically eloquent super computer made up of may very smart individuals in charge of their specific task at that time.. That element is still there but not in that scale. Truly amazing what human ambition achieved during those times.. Regardless of It being the USSR or The United States. Thank you for making this. Watched it twice already. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ScenicDepot]

I really enjoyed this, thanks. I've been a NASA nut from the beginning. It is so sad to think about the large numbers of people today who think that the Apollo program was somehow faked. What a terrible insult to the intelligence of the hundreds of thousands of dedicated scientists, engineers, and technicians.

[@togowack]

It was real and faked. A large number of people see the truth. They landed and filmed things were were not supposed to see. Whats so hard to comprehend that it was both, and large amount of surplus space equipment was manufactured because they landed on the moon more times than told to the public.

[@timmyjones1921]

Awesome Job Space Guy.

[@gertsy2000]

Love it. Well done! So informative and intriguing. Tres bon!

[@stephengarrity9702]

This is amazing! I always had some questions about the change in atmosphere inside the spacecraft at launch and splashdown and this explained everything beautifully. Tremendously informative.

[@XmegaPresident]

Thank you for putting up both metric and imperial units!!

[@MrWATM]

Awesome video! (Even if I'm slightly disappointed I didn't get to see the vibration I was hoping for...)

[@paleghost]

Fantastic job - thanks for the incredible effort.

[@sliploot]

The end mad me teary eyed

[@StefanKramperth]

Simply: WOW! Great work!

[@zzww7835]

wow, well done! well done indeed. Learnt more about practical manned rocket missions in this video than anywhere else. Thank you. I know i will be watching this many many times.

[@rogersadowsky5179]

Incredible! Thank you for your time and skills putting this together.

[@famkis8680]

Man, it's impressive how it keeps increasing the g-force during the first stage.

[@royhahakawa6682]

Amazing! I can't imagine how many hours you spent on that. Well it was worth it!!

[@guilhem3739]

That is crazy ... Quel boulot, merci!

[@ianbrown4242]

Just wow. Thank you for this.

[@skrypthobbies]

'You sir, are a steely-eyed missile man.'

[@MB-ye4el]

That was absolutely amazing!

[@dinlist3173]

Thank you so much for this amount of work. You've done a masterpiece my friend.

[@hyperthreaded]

Fantastic work, much appreciated! 😍

[@daytripperhd]

Scientists, Engineers, Technicians, Safety Teams, Communications, Test Pilots. Thank you all! and 🤔 umm. the guy who made this video

[@paulbenoit6195]

Brilliant! What an amazing work!

[@FrenchSpaceGuy]

Thanks

[@DomDom-tw5jk]

C'est impressionnant d'avoir pu créer de telles machines dans les années 60, époque où les calculettes HP venaient à peine d'être inventées...

[@DirtyLilHobo]

The best thing I remember about the Apollo missions was that practically everyone was involved in some fashion with the Space program. It was a National effort, a monumental engineering program to put a man on the Moon. The desire to beat the Russians was unprecedented; every one was intent on seeing America reach the Moon. In 1968, I worked at Beech Aircraft in Boulder, Colorado, where the oxygen tanks were manufactured. I saw those tanks in a clean room, packaged and prepared to be shipped to NASA. I was on the ground in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta when Apollo 13 had their mishap.

[@theomen8142]

Amazing! Well done on a great video. Thank you!

[@GDuncan8002]

What a fantastic achievement. I can't believe I didn't know this video existed. Thank you for your efforts.