Apollo 15 - Moon Landing (50th Anniversary 1971-2021)

Apollo 15 - Moon Landing (50th Anniversary 1971-2021)
The lunar landing for Apollo 15. Dave Scott and Jim Irwin in Lunar Module Falcon and Al Worden in the Command Module Endeavour.
30th July 1971 - 22:16:29 UTC
Thanks to Dutchsteammachine for the use of his excellent upscaled footage of the landing - find his great content here / dutchsteammachine
Thanks also to Steve Taylor for technical advice
All video/audio and photos courtesy NASA
Orbiter Space Simulator is used for the main visuals.

[@F-Man]

LM5 has really been on a tear lately with a whole ton of awesome content.

[@lunarmodule5]

I still need to take t hat break but anniversaries keep happening!

[@gregv79]

I was thinking the same thing ..lot of anniversaries lately. This is beautiful 😊

[@oper12m]

Apollo 15 my favorite landing site! If we ever go back to revisit a site this should be on top of the list.

[@oper12m]

@Sidney McDavid Mainly because of Hadley Rille, skimming over the mountain tops during landing and the discovery of the Genesis rock. Don't get me wrong Taurus Littrow Valley is very cool too, but for me I would pick Hadley.

[@oper12m]

@Sidney McDavid I watched the Apollo 15 episode today. LOL Comment on all the landings if you like, I like hearing other people's perspectives on the missions. And your right the J missions get little attention. Hell most people don't even know about them.

[@philstevens3821]

I’d choose 11 just for the significance of the place! Then the rille

[@gregv79]

The still shot of the LEM at the beginning is a thing of beauty. Starting this gem as i write 👍 LM5

[@armysaber]

I was 12 when Falcon landed on the Plain at Hadley. Thanks for brining back wonderful memories. Awesome work!

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks Chuck - glad you liked the content

[@MarkAMMarrk]

Great video! Look at how hard it is to get back to the moon now, and then contemplate how hard it was 50 years ago!! They had primitive computers, but it was really all PEOPLE!

[@neilhaas6024]

Apollo 15 happy 50th anniversary. Happy 50 years, the moon landing that's amazing in space exploration. Thanks lm5 nice video of apollo 15.👍👐😀🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lunarmodule5]

Thank you very much!

[@brianstacy7228]

Great animation! You really get a feel for the dramatic terrain they were dropping into!

[@lunarmodule5]

it really helps to give an idea of what it would have looked like

[@gregv79]

It looks so real.....so awesome

[@markfrench8892]

Takes me back. It's like it I was watching it 50 years ago. What a time machine. These were the good times at NASA.

[@dieterjaehn8886]

This is the first LM5 video I casted to my family room TV. All I can say is WOW!!!!! GREAT WORK. ALL HAIL LM5

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks Dieter

[@williamhastie5056]

Loved that landing. Dave Scott & James Irwin sounded super cool during the descent. Thanks once again Simon for putting this together.

[@lunarmodule5]

Welcome, again and always!

[@thomasrednour8857]

Beautiful job! When we watched it live 50 years ago, all we saw was a simulation (with models) and Walter & Wally talking over the NASA guys. I always admired Dave Scott for talking the time to do a quick Stand-Up EVA. He really took the geology part serious and wanted to scan the area to get their bearings and see what was there before going out. Plus, they had the rover! Seeing this from a new perspective was great. Man, those mountains were close! Thanks again, Simon.

[@lunarmodule5]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@basfinnis]

And looking forward to this too 😉

[@lunarmodule5]

Hope you liked it Bas

[@davidmoser3535]

Ed Mitchell had to be the calmest, most efficient Capcom ever. He would have made a great overnight FM radio announcer with that voice.

[@jawoody9745]

I watched all of this mission on television as I was visiting my cousin in Minot, ND. He was in SAC. He wore the nuclear launch key around his neck, with his work buddy. Our family obtained government clearance to go down into the silo and see SAC Command Center. It had 10 ton doors you could move with your baby finger. I watched Apollo 15, whenever or wherever I could, typically on CBS or NBC. I was 10.

[@nerdtronaut]

One of the things about spaceflight I love is that you can say: exactly 50 years ago in this second, at this position this has happened!

[@jamesfrangione8448]

Another mighty fine job, Simon! Anyone else wearing their Bulova for this anniversary…specifically for EVA 3?

[@lunarmodule5]

I wish !

[@VISATcomms]

Yep. ! Been waiting for this to get it out the box Great vid thanks.

[@dskyyksd]

I've always thought that the hard landing even though they were only going 1 fps at engine shutoff was because the engine bell contacted the ground as Scott observed shortly after getting out the next morning. That was like bottoming out in a car. The shock absorbers aren't going to take the punishment, the whole vehicle will. The front landing leg barely contacted the ground during touchdown, if at all.

[@fuckednegativemind]

Clearly my favorite mission considering the landing, skipping between those mountains! Thanks for your work!

[@lunarmodule5]

You are welcome

[@nguyendailam6703]

Another great upload. I always marvel at these later missions how the Landing Radar locks on and the Delta H read out is given out so smoothly compared to Apollo 11 at this point. They learned so much on the fly as it were perfecting each missions a little more as they went along. Makes you wonder what they could have achieved if they hadn't been curtailed.

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks

[@mckeevertom1927]

This was an exciting landing. The LM had to fly low over the high mountains , clearing them by 10,000 fett. The surrounded the west sdie of the landing site. Then start the decent and could not over shoot or else they may have been heading into Hadley Rille.

[@friendlydispatch6283]

If only the public had kept interest, maybe we could have gotten _at least_ Apollo 18...

[@BlisterHiker]

But damn politicians were talking about cancellations during Apollo 12 already...

[@nolancain8792]

@@BlisterHiker even before 11 they were.

[@knownpleasures]

@@BlisterHiker maybe for the sake of the life of astronauts?!?

[@henrivanbemmel]

And 19, and 20 ... the country had invested a fortune in this technology. The later J missions were so much more scientifically valuable. To not follow through is really a shame.

[@henrivanbemmel]

​@@BlisterHikerIt was JFK's program during Nixon's white house. The Viet nam war had split the country. Three horrible assassinations in less than 5 years and Apollo didn't seem to matter any more.

[@henrivanbemmel]

The dust cloud at landing was really cool ...

[@dskyyksd]

Dave is now the only living person who has landed a spacecraft on another world or driven on it.

[@renejean2523]

Did Jack Schmitt not get to have a go at driving on the Apollo 17 mission then?

[@dskyyksd]

@@renejean2523 As far as I know, the CDR's never let their LMP's drive the rover during the missions. The LMP's job was observation during the Rover traverses and the CDR's had all the training time to get them from one station stop to the next as quickly as possible. For whatever reason, Apollo 17 didn't take a motion picture film camera outside. Schmitt spent all of his Rover time making observations and taking Hasselblads in place of the sequence camera footage.

[@davidmoser3535]

@@renejean2523 No, he didnt get to drive

[@renejean2523]

@@davidmoser3535 - Okay, thanks, Dave. It makes sense I suppose, because Schmitt was there to observe and look out for interesting geological finds to investigate. Can't do that if you're trying to avoid potholes!

[@jeffjeff4477]

Great episode Stunning views on this mission

[@jonny3801]

Awesome

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

The 'glitch' on this mission was serious: a physically overtaxed crew. Scott and particularly Irwin experienced heart rhythm irregularity caused by dehydration and their exertions on the lunar surface. It's debatable, but Irwin may have suffered permanent damage to his heart after this mission.

[@Dutchsteammachine]

Beautiful! beautiful!

[@lunarmodule5]

Thanks Dutch

[@T_Mo271]

LM. The least glamorous but most attractive space vehicle ever created.

[@lunarmodule5]

I dont feel unglamorous lmao!

[@Astronut54]

Please do a Full Mission soon! My favorite Apollo mission and landing site. Met Al Worden at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey Ca. for his speaking and book signing tour 10 years ago.

[@lunarmodule5]

I would, if all the audio was available. However, NASA has only released audio up to TEI

[@carljosuagaming9742]

Wow

[@robbhahn8897]

The flight when Apollo reached full maturity

[@lunarmodule5]

totally agree

[@pinedelgado4743]

Another great video under your belt, LM 5!!! You do such MARVELOUS work!!! Keep it up!!! BTW. I want the number of that one person who DIDN'T like this video. I have a few choice words to say to him/her. :) :) :) :)

[@lunarmodule5]

We will never know!

[@apocalips8008]

The truth is even though this mission was shown live on TV across the globe interest in the Apollo missions had largely waned....

[@dskyyksd]

Dave Scott was taking pictures from the top hatch 50 years ago as I type this.

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Our savior, LM5, we thank you for your endless gifts!

[@lunarmodule5]

LOL NOW you are overplaying it

[@MrHichammohsen1]

@@lunarmodule5 Never

[@antoniogodinho9624]

excelent work tks!

[@lunarmodule5]

Thank you

[@JohnRineyIII]

We had gotten *so* good at landing on the Moon by 15. It would have been blisteringly expensive, but we could have had a lunar outpost by the early-mid 70s.

[@erichaynes7502]

I think every moon mission had close calls, Apollo 13 being lucky we didn't lose the crew. Apollo 11: Almost couldn't lift off from the moon because either Neil or Buzz had broken the "liftoff" toggle switch. Also less than 30 seconds from aborting the lunar landing Apollo 12: The Saturn V was struck by lightning during liftoff, the crew had a hard time finding the right toggle switch to bring the guidance computer/data back on line. Apollo 13: Fuel tank EXPLODED. Astronauts barely came back home alive. Apollo 14: Landing radar broke. A faulty switch almost caused an Auto-Abort, which would have prevented a lunar landing. However, Shepard landed closer to the desired landing spot than any of the other Lunar Module Pilots. Apollo 15: Water leaked all over the Command Module, could have cause dangerous short circuits. Almost tipped the lander over by landing too hard on the moon. During lunar liftoff the CSM pilot Al Worden accidentally had the Air Force song piped back to mission control, which piped it to the astronauts as they took off, which could have distracted them enough to crash or not make lunar orbit. CSM Pilot Worden forgot to reattach seat and when he raised the CSM orbit his seat did not provide any support he almost could not reach the instruments to stop to ascent. LM Pilot worked so hard during training, on the moon etc. that he actually heart problems during the mission. He had a bigger heart attack once he got back to earth and eventually several more heart attacks and collapsed on the side of a road in Houston, dead of a heart attack at age 61, Apollo 16: multiple problems with the main engine, the lunar module shook during certain maneuvers..almost denied permission to land on moon. Forced to come back to earth one day early. Apollo 17: While on the moon Harrison Schmidt landed very hard on the back of his spacesuit, almost causing it to fail/leak which would have killed him instantly. Crew asked for a moonwalk extension, mission control was so worried they would run out of luck they denied the extension and told them to come back home instead.

[@thewildcellist]

"What appeared as nearly flawless missions to the Moon were, in fact, a series of hair-raising near misses." - from _Failure Is Not An Option_ by Gene Kranz

[@campbellmays9900]

What’s the noise I can hear on the CAPCOM loop after Mitchell says “Roger,roger,Falcon”? Just after the landing.

[@lunarmodule5]

applause in mission control

[@BlisterHiker]

I wish NASA were kind enough to send a *webcam lander* to nearby mountain overlooking Apollo 15 landing site, to give us live views of the area! That would have been a wonderful feat and what a PR gesture from an agency which has been rather stiff for last few decades.

[@19ARSENAL100]

Is the lunar background LRO imagery? looks like it.

[@lunarmodule5]

yes

[@ruthfieldbeck8299]

I listened closely several times to the landing. Jim has been accused of saying Damn! He claimed he said Bam! I heard: Man! What do you think?

[@lunarmodule5]

I always here Man! but I guess it's open to interpretation

[@renejean2523]

I've always heard "Bam!". Never even considered it was anything else.

[@ruthfieldbeck8299]

@@renejean2523 I knew Jim and was a supporter of his ministry High Flight, he even included in his testimony that I heard in person a number of times that he said Bam! So I never questioned it before this time either. Now? It does sound like Man! It also sounds a little clearer. Better filter to clean up static maybe?

[@ruthfieldbeck8299]

Evangelist Nicky Cruze did muddy the waters a bit in giving Jim's eulogy by saying that Jim had indeed said Damn. Joke or Revalation? It did get a laugh, so I am not sure. In my opinion, I now hear Man! Good people can disagree. Happy 50th anniversary Apollo 15!

[@davidmoser3535]

@@lunarmodule5 I vote MAN

[@yenery6022]

Can we see the Rover ;)

[@keithfitzpatrick4139]

How did you get film footage of the falcon landing? It doesn’t seem like the command module , Could be in position to film it?

[@lunarmodule5]

That's all done on Orbiter Space Simulator...no way the CSM could have seen this event and the only film of the landing is seen on the upper left of screen nearing touchdown. That film was taken from inside the LM

[@keithfitzpatrick4139]

For that matter, who’s filming the command module? Did someone say this is a simulation?

[@jorge9312]

Me suscrito a tu canal, que suerte haber llegado hasta aquí. América debe ser otra vez pionera en el programa lunar y nada ni nadie debe pararla como hizo Nixon con el programa Apolo y sus misiones 18, 19, 20. China aprieta fuerte y prevé un alunizaje en el 2029 y tiene ya diseñado su programa lunar de exploración.

[@hubbsllc]

Simulation sure is rendered dark, especially compared to the real film footage.

[@PoliticalCineaste]

Well done! Thank you for this Simon.

[@lunarmodule5]

My pleasure!

[@thexyzasphaltnitro9321]

Please make apollo 11 too 20th July is comming

[@lunarmodule5]

Apollo 11 Full Mission is already on the channel

[@thexyzasphaltnitro9321]

@@lunarmodule5 oo thanks

[@halverde6373]

All with slide rules. Your telephone has more computing power than they had onboard.

[@stephenpage-murray7226]

You forgot the mainframes on the ground.

[@markgrecodrexel]

No quindar tones?

[@lunarmodule5]

Nope for some reason they are not always heard on the NASA tapes

[@n.r.2258]

Isn’t it funny how easy everything was, 50 years ago, what today seems tobe difficult ? Something’s wrong.

[@Ed-eq8ui]

Easy? Are you serious? Grab a brain

[@TimeMasterOG]

Ah yes easy that's why it took 7 tests before apollo 8 to get there. And that's why every mission had something go wrong. Because it was easy..

[@1992limet]

Lama Rabi Alardi Dini Endavur Esa Kunis Alim

[@helpme4024]

والقمر قدرناه منازل صدق الله العضيم 🌹

[@spacecoastz4026]

The descent engine hit a rock on landing.

[@jagdishacharya1438]

Now in 2020. I couldn't get proper signal from antenna tower near to my House. I am wondering how come NASA is getting such clear audio from Lunar spaceship. I bet our Pvt telephone operater co should give contract to 70*s NASA .

[@stephenpage-murray7226]

Totally different technology

[@rodneyrhew6501]

☎️