The Twelve Gemini Missions - HD recreation, NASA 1967 documentary, Gemini Program Flights

[@dirtydave1889]

Born in 62 and this was my childhood. All my toys were space related.

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

I was born in 1960 and I had my G. I. Joe Space Capsule

[@Shadowkey392]

Born in 1992. My favourite toy was a replica Space Shuttle, which included a separable orbiter with a functional Canadarm, and possibly a satellite? I still envy you though; I would have loved more space-related toys.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

The 1980s Shuttle kits from Revell! Remember the Power Satellite?

[@andrewstamford1988]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver I recall mine was emblazoned Columbia all over the box. You can still get the '40th Anniversary' kit which is the Columbia, but it's almost as if printing the name on the box is disrespectful. It's a shame the newer iterations of the Revell shuttle kits have either labelled them as Discovery or Atlantis, but to be fair they do allow you to create other versions and offer decals of Challenger and Columbia. I only wish I had bought more of them at the time - always had that, I'll get it later mentality. You can get other kits still in production from the 70s but space seems to have fallen out of favor. Gemini being an example.

[@solooutdoorfitnessclub9329]

I remember that our classrooms would set up TV sets so we could watch the news broadcasts of the launch coverage.

[@jamesfrangione8448]

Fabulous footage and imagery…unbelievable clarity! Great job!

[@jesus4400]

Here is the truth 10:59. Space is FAKE.

[@SodaAnt7]

Gemini 3 flew on my fifth birthday. I remember watching it on TV along with all of the Gemini and Apollo missions.

[@barneyevans6940]

Very cool. I remember these missions back in the day. Especially loved when Gemini 6 & 7 flew, read about it in Life Magazine and National Geographic.

[@spacexrocks1041]

Great restoration, the extra effort really shows. Gemini Rules!

[@SpaceResources]

Thanks for this ! Love the engine view of Gemini launch ;-)

[@rgerber]

8:25 that view is just too cool with that little reflection on the helmet

[@sidv4615]

My dad was born in 1967, I have seen a video of him when he was barely a year old. Considering the fact that this video is as old as that, I’m quite impressed by the clarity.

[@fork9001]

The video was upscaled, it doesn’t even look close to the original. It’s like taking a 8k image but you’re looking at it using a 1080p display.

[@RetroSpaceHD]

The video was recreated, placing new copies of the original footage (most of it in HD) over the original. It is cut the same, respecting original editing. Framing was adapted for 16:9 when possible, without cropping any important image details.

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

5.6k resolution video has essentially existed since the late 1800s since that's the effective resolution of 35mm film

[@danielwillens5876]

Beautiful re-creation! Couldn't help but notice how defensive of "manned" spaceflight the narration is. Robotic satellites can take photographs of the Earth, too. Planning for the first Landsat was probably already underway.

[@RetroSpaceHD]

You have to consider competition with the Soviet Union and their manned firsts. Manned flight was important.

[@danielwillens5876]

@@RetroSpaceHD From a purely pragmatic point of view, the principle justification at that time for putting human beings in orbit was that they know whether or not it would be worth photographing what they are passing over. Corona was supposed to bring back pictures of Soviet installations, but mostly they brought back blurry images of clouds. Blue Gemini was a secret program to militarize Gemini for intelligence gathering, which is why many photographs from the public civilian program are still classified. (They were testing how effective orbital espionage could be, utilizing various targets, etc.)

[@peraltarockets]

I'm building a scale Titan II kit so these videos are a great resource!

[@rizmid]

What a beautiful piece of art, technology and achievement! A fan and an admirer from Pakistan.

[@wadewilson524]

Nicely done! You are doing great work…

[@nickhobbs9936]

I learned a lot and enjoyed the slow, calm pace of this older documentary style! Love that the shot of the Moon - is that fake, a diorama?

[@fredamber8238]

Between 1966 and 1967 NASA sent five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft to the Moon. The image was taken of crater Copernicus on 24 November 1966 by the Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft.

[@drewmooncat7754]

@@fredamber8238 Originally called the "Picture of the Century." This was before the Apollo 8 earthrise picture ...

[@RetroSpaceHD]

As others explained it's an actual photograph. I tracked down all photos used on the documentary, and replaced them with nice clear copies.

[@FiferSkipper]

@@fredamber8238 Lunar Orbiter 2, wow! My guess was an early Surveyor mission. Thanks for the input... I'm on my way to look up more of the Lunar Orbiters' images.

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

Fantastic ready for Apollo 12 launch.

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

and the first Atlas Launch.

[@Dbag5000]

I wonder if I was the only one laughing when they summed up what happened on Gemini 8 with "unrelated to the successful docking" 🤣

[@kellyweingart3692]

lol

[@RetroSpaceHD]

Any trouble is usually minimized in period documentaries.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Now we're back to batteries and solar panels and water tanks.

[@sheltongolden4394]

I appreciate your efforts in restoring this film.

[@ryancool-pq5vu]

Wonder what the ride was like on a titan missile. Grissom only got 3 orbits around the earth and only 5 minutes on his first flight.

[@drewmooncat7754]

"Lt. Gen. Tom Stafford - Project Gemini" is a YT video wherein Stafford compares the rides on different launch vehicles, inc. Titan II, Saturn IB and Saturn V.

[@brettteeter3461]

Actually 15 minutes on Mercury.

[@shannonjaensch3705]

SWIVEL HELMETS ON SPACE SUITS......Interesting?

[@tgstudio85]

Yes it was interesting from engineering point, it was magnificent piece of work. I have somewhere on my old HDD blueprints how they sealed it, from what i recall most pressure seals are nowadays constructed in similar way.

[@paulward4268]

@shannonjaensch3705 - Swivel bearing joints on pressure suits were not unusual. SR-71 crews have always used this feature on their suits since the '60s, as well as U-2 pilots.

[@Soacwiththaface]

🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🚀🌌

[@jimhowaniec]

A great program, I wish this video had shown some of the difficult things that happened, especially the Armstrong crisis.

[@fightingforthefuture2941]

I hate it when people pronounce it Gemin-I- instead of Gemin-E-. Or when I say it correctly and someone says I said it wrong.

[@walensmithers]

Gem-in-knee

[@setituptoblowitup]

Tell Scott Manley he seems confused 🤔

[@tedpeterson1156]

Who is the narrator for these? He’s got that great vintage Space Voice.

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

Great space documentary.