The Launch | Apollo 13 | Screen Bites

[@titanictx883]

I wrote Jim Lovell a letter about a month ago and sent a DVD along with it asking if he'd sign it. He's 94 now and, according to a forum I read, he quit signing things through the mail so I didn't really expect anything back. I was shocked and sooooo happy when I checked my mailbox yesterday and saw that he had signed it and sent it back to me. I already loved this movie but now it's amplified even further!

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

Lucky you ! :)

[@G274Me]

He probably has people that sign stuff for him

[@titanictx883]

@@G274Me Maybe, but I was able to track down his private home address and sent it directly to him before he sold the home a few months ago, and comparing it to authentic signatures online it looks authentic. I think it's real but I'm not an expert. It looks awesome, though.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@titanictx883 dont listen to that cynic. He still talks as brightly and enthusiastically about how they got through that time as much now as he ever did. He is probably delighted that people still remember him for it and i seriously doubt if he has people signing his signature, he doesnt seem like the type who would allow that

[@titanictx883]

@@paulinegallagher7821 Thank you 🙂

[@juvandy]

The movie was 25 years after the events. We're now 26 years since the movie.... mindblowing

[@lousanto1054]

Agreed. I had this exact thought today as I used lines from this movie in a job interview...where I later in the day got the job.

[@lousanto1054]

@SFS-AstroCat several, including failure is not an option, I dont care what anything was designed to do, I care about what it can do, and the 'with all due respect sir, i believe its going yo be our finest hour.

[@arslansheikh9493]

Movie name?

[@mdfarhad3666]

দূব৷৷

[@roberto9719]

It is true! I can't believe it! I feel old

[@jermainehaslam5634]

Ed Harris is incredible in this movie, he's very convincing as the guy in charge of the people in the NASA room and that look of fear and worry on his face when things start to go wrong for the crew, amazing acting!

[@dsny7333]

he also portrayed John Glenn in The Right Stuff

[@dace938]

"Failure is NOT an option"

[@jefflockaby702]

@@dace938 in his autobiography Krantz summed up the responsibility he bore as Flight Controller...he pointed out that thousands of different people in the NASA program could say you can't safely launch that rocket ..but that he was the ONLY person who could say Yes, you can launch it

[@perfectionbox]

Yep, Ed Harris is the man. I'll never forget his eyes in Enemy at the Gates.

[@rothbj1]

A lot of his dialogue is verbatim quotes from Krantz.

[@lawrencemanning]

For some reason the bit that gives me chills is when Hanks says "the clock is running!" Its just how he says it, with almost childlike glee.

[@dsny7333]

Those were John Glenn's first words on the radio when he lifted off as well.

[@AkbarKhan-tt4jp]

💚💜🖤💙

[@AkbarKhan-tt4jp]

@@dsny7333 🌹🌹🌹

[@jackfralick268]

It's my understanding that it was a part of the Saturn V flight plan that letting the ground know that the clock was running as part of the assent instructions. I believe that it came right after the instruction to enter V75 but not hit enter on the DSKY in the flight procedures. However, this isn't to take away from the comment- It gives me chills too.

[@megumin2761]

@@dsny7333 ok;

[@9114SouthCentralAv]

An absolutely thrilling sequence. Masterful editing, sound mixing, and visual effects. RIP James Horner. His incredible music drove this scene.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

I guess I didn't pay attention enough to realize James did the music for this movie but I should have. His score absolutely MADE Star Trek II

[@davidhaynes3126]

I’m 64 years and I started to cry during this clip. Incredible I cry every time I see it.

[@deanwalker9605]

Yes, pure cinema right here 👏👏👏

[@veritypickle8471]

@@davidhaynes3126 Same. 56.

[@davidhaynes3126]

recently I found in a community library and read “ failure is not an option “ gene Kranz Not an easy read, but great detail about Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. Loved rewatching Apollo 13 for like the fifth time.

[@x-celsius5905]

I got a birthday present from my aunt this year. It was the book "Tough and Competent" by Gene Kranz, who was the flight director on this mission. My aunt lives near Kranz, and was able to get him to sign the book for me. This is what he wrote: "Dream, aim high, never surrender. Failure is not an option!" Even as someone who was born in the mid 2000s, i like to look back on the Apollo program, and i realized that this quote is what the Apollo program was doing. They dreamed big, aimed high, and they never surrendered to challenges. Apollo 13 was one of the biggest challenges those NASA guys faced, but they pushed through. That's why i love this movie so much. It really showed the impact of the teamwork and passion of everyone at NASA. It was Gene Kranz and the people of Apollo who have inspired me to want to join the space program. Space is incredible, and i look forward to seeing the next chapters of our journey through the stars.

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

This is absolutly awesome, you got an autograph from a living legend! Protect this book at all costs, it's a treasure

[@MAnuscript421]

3:37 I love that shot of the Saturn V as it soars into the upper atmosphere and the vocals from the James Horner score.

[@TheLordofDarkness1995]

I'm kind of confused at why they decided to make the launch look more dramatic, as if a rocket the size of a skyscraper shooting into the sky at thousands of miles an hour wouldn't be dramatic under any circumstance.

[@Phantom121904]

Agreed, probably my favorite shot in the whole movie.

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Yeah, it didn’t last longer.

[@melpn5241]

Green

[@blackbliz8246]

Me too

[@ab8jeh]

0:52 "Abort abort! We got a guy out there that's driven a Corvette next to the pad. Hold hold!"

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

2:43 This moment right here. With that beautiful music and the rocket taking off... will always give me goosebumps and wet eyes. Perfectly done scene and movie.

[@DDAVO7]

Gives me goosebumps every single time! I agree 100%; they couldn’t have done that scene any better!

[@rachelolvera9435]

Exactly

[@aaronwhite3119]

I prefer 4:03; summarizes the excitement of the whole thing.

[@Alex-jn3cc]

Altitude's on the line....velocity right on the line

[@dunkelwalde695]

This movie is an absolute masterpiece. Timeless. They simply do not make movies like this anymore.

[@NormAppleton]

Best thing Ron Howard ever made and he made some good ones. My closest friend casually said "why make this movie, we know how it ends". Same guy loves this movie and admitted he was wrong.

[@Haisecooked]

The closest is First Man They never got the achievement ever again.

[@jorklind]

I remember when I was a kid, I went to a space museum. In the gift shop, they sold hats with all of the mission patches available. I reached for Apollo 11, but the guy in the museum said "you know, they are making a movie about Apollo 13" - I thought that sounded cool, so I got that instead. I was so excited for this movie to come out and I remember wearing that hat when I saw the movie.

[@johnbraun1607]

Spot on.... Hollywood would make it Woke and ruin everything

[@hansolo631]

You're being melodramatic, they still make big historical pictures. First Man for instance. I prefer Apollo 13, but it's still a great film. Cinema is in an annoying period where alot of budget is being sucked up by Super-hero films, but that fad will end eventually.

[@anakiyacreates]

When his wife started crying , always gives me chills. I can almost feel her emotions.

[@dragonrabbit7410]

the part that always gives me chills is the bit where the first stage cuts off and you see it fall away towards the earth while the french horn plays. such a great scene!

[@johndoe-qg7jp]

He had about nine kids by then and his wife was worried if her husband was coming home alive! Oh, and she was pregnant again! When she cries, so do I!

[@johndoe-qg7jp]

That's when NASA was NASA!

[@Seek1878]

Being preggo sucks.

[@dars5229]

Well, she was hormonal AF so I figured her crying was relief that it didn't explode on the launchpad and that her husband (who is still with us as of February 2022, by the way!) finally got to go into space. For him and Swigert (Kevin Bacon) it was their first (and last) time in space. And, of course, she's already missing him.

[@gregdark5203]

Man, I watch this terrific scene and I notice Bill Paxton's reactions. This guy was in so many successful, iconic films and now he is gone. But because of the films he chose to appear in, he will be remembered for as long as people enjoy watching them. What a terrific character actor he was.

[@mansurik1922]

You forgot to mention Gary Sinise excellent performance !!

[@gregdark5203]

@@mansurik1922 for sure. You can almost feel his frustration not being in the capsule with the guys he trained with. It's all in his eyes. But he wishes them well.

[@luke8957]

The thing that always gets me about this scene is the intensity of the launch in the later stages when they jettison the tower jet into the engine 5 cutoff. The intensity of the moment and the calm teamwork between the astronauts and the flight controllers on the ground is so subtly inspiring to me. What a masterpiece this movie was.

[@ginskimpivot753]

I agree, however the S-II centre engine cut-off happens in all missions. It wasn't a glitch. They also missed the Valsalva device off the suits, but I'm just an Apollo nerd who looks for details. Howard'll never top this. Nobody can.

[@Banditrcn24]

@@ginskimpivot753 actually the Centre Engine cut off 135 seconds before it was suppose to throwing the Trajectory off a bit.

[@joshuahudson2170]

It gets funnier when you remember what the abort lever does. Move it one way and it activates the tower (which isn't there anymore). Move it the other way and it diverts control of the Saturn V away from the guidance computer to the guy who just moved the abort lever.

[@ginskimpivot753]

@@Banditrcn24 *_"the Centre Engine cut off 135 seconds before it was suppose to..."_* Yes - my oversight. They never completely cured pogo on the 'X' beam, did they?

[@johnhallett5846]

This is the movie that should have cleaned up at the Oscars. AN incredible story told incredibly well with so many stand out performances by excellent actors. and by the way seeing the Saturn V launching from the pad is a truly majestic sight The scene at the end of the movie showing the capusle reentry - flame and smoke and everything else- is just as gripping.

[@imetzl9340]

Not a single Rocketdyne F-1 Rocket Engine ever failed in an operational launch. the design by Wernher Von Braun and the engineering done was absolutely flawless. And they had pencils and paper to do the math on it all. Truly remarkable people

[@patrickd9551]

Yes so flawless that it took quite some time for the engine to go from totally unreliable to "completely" reliable for the apollo missions. Welllll, except for Apollo 6 (unmanned) where pogo induced so much damage the rocket pieces fell off. Apollo 13 suffered an engine failure mode, technically a decision made by the computer. And combustion stability being the biggest risk factor in an independent NASA fellowship study. It wasn't a perfect an engine you might think it to be. Fact is, we didn't have the computers and analytic capabilities we have today and it was pretty much trial and error back then. The lack of catastrophic failure isn't a testimony to engineering per se, but also a significant amount of luck.

[@Delta-V-Heavy]

@@patrickd9551 The engine that shut down prematurely on Apollo 13 was a J-2, not an F-1. It is true that because of Saturn V's tragically short service life, it's difficult to accurately calculate the reliability of the F-1. But, particularly given how fraught the F-1's development was--solving the combustion instability associated with such a large combustion chamber took quite a bit of time, effort, and many test articles going boom--it is still rather impressive that it performed so well. How much of that impressive performance was luck, no one can say, but comparing the lineup of exploded test articles to the record of flawless flight performance, I would postulate that engineering prowess and ingenious problem-solving skills were still major factors in the final outcome.

[@Delta-V-Heavy]

@@patrickd9551 The engine that shut down prematurely on Apollo 13 was a J-2, not an F-1. It is true that because of Saturn V's tragically short service life, it's difficult to accurately calculate the reliability of the F-1. But, particularly given how fraught the F-1's development was--solving the combustion instability associated with such a large combustion chamber took quite a bit of time, effort, and many test articles going boom--it is still rather impressive that it performed so well. How much of that impressive performance was luck, no one can say, but comparing the lineup of exploded test articles to the record of flawless flight performance, I would postulate that engineering prowess and ingenious problem-solving skills were still major factors in the final outcome.

[@patrickd9551]

@@Delta-V-Heavy Oh I definitely agree that the engineering departments of old were top notch. And yes, you are correct that it was the J2 engine that failed. But in essence, the F1 and J2 were the same engine, used the same design, fuel, components and was developed by the same company. And both suffered from pogo. It was the F1 that failed on Apollo 6 and J2 on apollo 13, but pogo was known for both engines (as they were the same) and I believe it took them until Apollo 14 of 15 to fully resolve. As such, all manned missions up to that point used engines that were known for being faulty. All in all it was a miracle that nobody died.

[@Delta-V-Heavy]

@@patrickd9551 Sorry, but the F-1 and J-2 are very much *NOT* the same engine. Not in the slightest. They do *not* use the same fuels; J-2 runs on hydrogen, F-1 kerosene. As such, J-2 is fully cryogenic, F-1 semi-cryo. The engines are different sizes, and I don't think there is any commonality in the components used. They *are* both made by the same company, modern day Aerojet Rocketdyne, who also make the RS-25, AJ-10, and RL-10--which each have about as much in common as the F-1 and J-2, ergo not much. If I'm not mistaken, J-2 and F-1 both use the gas-generator cycle, but that doesn't make them the same engine, any more than being oxygen-rich staged combustion makes Blue Origin's BE-4 and Russia's RD-180 the same engine.

[@ericknopik2852]

This scene really captures the power of the Saturn V rocket. What a machine that was.

[@jonessoda4me1]

Thank you to the men who build those, what incredible inventions🤘🏼.

[@dars5229]

She's an absolute beast. And still the biggest thing ever launched into space.

[@andreabindolini7452]

@@dars5229 The russian Energia was slightly more powerful but has slightly less payload capacity, at least in the configuration that flew (twice).

[@marcschneider4845]

But here's a note. The original plan to go to the moon involved having the entire spacecraft with all three astronauts landing. NASA eventually decided to use the Lunar Module concept and rendezvous around the moon to reduce weight. The original plan would have required an even more powerful booster than the Saturn V.

[@andreabindolini7452]

@@marcschneider4845 Saturn C8. Or Nova Rocket

[@macsenpuma]

"Looks like we had our glitch for this mission." Oh, you _wish_ that was your "glitch" for this mission.

[@arianebolt1575]

I know- there's always a bit of "Jimmy, you have no idea"

[@TRTF5]

Ouch

[@arunyelam6133]

@@TRTF5 reqlies

[@CommyPlayz]

Little did they know it just startedjust started

[@runyanpiano]

"Looks like we just had our glitch for this mission." Oxygen Tank No. 1: "Hold my beer 02 number 2.

[@rogermouton2273]

Just brilliant. The effects looks as good as they did 27 years ago. Really puts you in awe of the Saturn V.

[@KGKraetzerMedia]

Yes have watched this movie 100 times, still brings chills, amazing music backing up the film. Had an uncle work for Grumman on LEM part of mission.

[@carlosprietocarlosprieto8950]

Great on your uncle!

[@jeffaitken7287]

My uncle also worked on the LEM - ascent engine. The Grumman character reminds us of him!

[@michaelairton3723]

The vertical shot of the access arms retracting as the ice shatters and falls off the rocket is still incredible to watch, all these years later. I showed it to several of my kids when they were quite little, and they always asked "is the rocket breaking?" :)

[@Nighthawk5210]

Totally agree, this particular moment gives me chills.

[@jeremycox2983]

This film was the best way to show the younger generation of where we came from when regarding Apollo. Now after Artemis 1 launch it was like watching a combination of a Saturn V and a Space Shuttle Launch put together.

[@danzstuff]

i understand why they would ask "is the rocket breaking"

[@danzstuff]

@@jeremycox2983 for real

[@ВоваИванов-г5с]

​@@jeremycox2983новая ракета на 500 тонн легче и может возить 5 человек Вот насколько Сатурн 5 неэкономичен и одновременно аварийный

[@Selona1983]

James Horner...wow what a composer. Rest in Piece you genious

[@sky_professor3051]

On par with John Williams in Jurassic Park.

[@garrystubbs4891]

Genius*

[@operation1968]

You can tell Tom Hanks had the time of his life filming this scene. Good for him

[@ameliapond1916]

Jim Lovell loaned his Naval Academy ring to Tom Hanks for the movie. Hanks is wearing the ring that was worn during the actual events of the movie! That warms my fan-girl heart❤️🚀🌕

[@operation1968]

@@ameliapond1916 Nice 🙂

[@19TheFallen]

@@ameliapond1916 He also played the Navy Captain who shook Jim Lovell's/Tom Hanks' hand and saluted him on the recovery ship at the end of the film.

[@bfg1836]

In 2004 a friend of a friend who was a big shot at NASA gave us a tour of the Houston space center. Not the normal tour; a special tour. We’re in the Apollo command center and he takes us down a little hall off to the right and stops at a door. He tells us when he opens the door we are not to set foot inside. He pulls out a key and opens the door and I’m looking at a little room with a couple of tables covered in old blueprints. Coffee mugs with evaporated, mummified coffee are laying around. Everything is covered in dust. I asked what we were looking at. He said, “This is where they saved Apollo 13. After splash down they locked the door and nobody has stepped foot inside, since.” They preserve it as a shrine to NASA engineering.

[@GabrielGonzalez-kd9hf]

😯

[@neldevlmao]

I wish i had a friend that had a work at nasa or even i had a work at nasa

[@cometasporelcielo]

@@neldevlmao If you're ever visiting the Washington DC area, the local rocketry club launches model rockets at NASA Goddard Space Flight center in Greenbelt, MD on the first Sunday of every month. Guests can show up and watch NASA engineers and space geeks shooting model rockets. It's awesome.

[@neldevlmao]

@@cometasporelcielo the sad thing is i live in south america and i would have to travel to see it, and i dont have money

[@borntoclimb7116]

That's incredible

[@veritypickle8471]

I don't mind admitting that the crescendo of this scene brings tears to my eyes every single time.

[@viviengirard7501]

You're welcome... and me too.

[@CarolineSaysStuff]

Me too!! After all these years, and viewing this movie so many times!!

[@maimoneattia]

Great film. And great memories of seeing it in theaters. Summer of 95.

[@535phobos]

Funny thing is, the engine failure wasnt even recognized as a failure by the crew at that time. Number 5 is supposed to shut down earlier (to reduce the G-load a bit). They noticed it and reported it like they were supposed to, and only in orbit were like: "wait, that was way too early." Ground Control of course noticed. After all not too big of a problem. Apollo 6 lost 2 engines and still soldiered on into orbit.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Apollo 6 limped into orbit, but not quite the orbit intended, and then because the third stage was also damaged it couldn't do the TLI & abort test is was supposed to perform.

[@Nighthawke70]

AS-502 (Apollo 6) was a wiring goof, AS-508 (Apollo 13) was an ongoing fight with a nasty longitudinal resonance called pogo. It oscillated around the 50-60hz range, so it was a toughie to pick up on and resolve. On later missions, they installed helium filled suppression buffers on the fuel lines and de-tuned the engines to operate at different, non-resonating frequencies that reduced, but not completely eliminated the pogo problem.

[@andreabindolini7452]

If memory serves, the problem (determined by pogo oscillations) was severe, actually more than depicted in the movie.

[@spectre111]

The incident was an example of NASA's design philosophy of redundancy paying off. If I remember; three engines could give you enough thrust but you would have to push them to their absolute limits which would be dangerous, so they added a 4th one to ease the strain. Then they added a 5th just in case one of them stopped working. Like he said "we're all right as long as we don't loose another one."

[@geomodelrailroader]

Pogo is still an issue today if pogo happens the flight computer shuts the engines down and Capcom will say Press to ATO which means the remaining fuel will be diverted to the good engines and the dead engines will be shut down until the fuel tank is empty and that stage is discarded.

[@dsny7333]

Young ,Swigert, and Duke were the original back up crew for "13" meaning they would have been named the prime crew for "16" following 13's flight. After Swigert replaced Mattingly as 13's CMP Mattingly was named CMP for 16 .While Charlie Duke did indeed walk on the Moon along with Young on 16, he was probably best remembered as the CAPCOM who was talking with Armstrong and Aldrin when Apollo 11 accomplished the first manned Moon landing on July 20,1969

[@graeme9668]

This scene as the rocket thunders off with that music and the panning to the faces of the emotional family members watched on a VMAX cinema with awesome surround sound that sent vibrations through the building is truly one of the few times I ever felt emotional at a cinema. IT was as if you were right there in that capsule or they were your family on board. Just sent the hairs on the back of your neck upright. One of my all time go to scenes for inspired film making moments.

[@Nan0uk1]

the amount of goosebumps i get from this even after all these years is just mind boggling. I LOVE THIS

[@mansurik1922]

A good Actor Kevin Bacon who performed excellently in the movies " X Man " and "Tremor " and also mind blowing performance in " The Hallow man " !!! But why didn't he choose western movies ? No idea !!

[@SLMdirtfan]

God it must have been simply amazing to watch a Saturn V launch in person.

[@45thnewsbrigade-tacticalop60]

And just wate till NASA will rise again with the launch of the SLS system its like the Sat V all over again :)

[@redbovine]

Go to Boca Chica TX. SpaceX will be putting on a show soon. Starship is going to be amazing. SLS will just be playing second fiddle.

[@ryancool-pq5vu]

@@45thnewsbrigade-tacticalop60 It will be hearing like hearing the Shuttle launch all over again.

[@josephastier7421]

Starship is bigger, heavier and more powerful than the Saturn V.

[@jeremycox2983]

I look forward to seeing Starship liftoff from OK Chica Texas

[@iammaxhammer]

*4:05** bringing those horns in with that shot of Earth confirms James Horner was an absolute genius. He captured the essence of humanity's ability to conquer all frontiers, including space, in those few seconds.*

[@eliaspeter7689]

Yes! I love that scene and glad to see I'm not the only one!

[@RealEmerald]

Fun Fact : The launch scene was so realistic, that when Neil Armstrong saw it for the first time he asked how they got the launch footage

[@rogermouton2273]

I wonder why Armstrong was concerned about what they brought for lunch.

[@RealEmerald]

@@rogermouton2273 Very funny

[@HO-bndk]

It was Buzz Aldrin who asked about it actually.

[@operation1968]

​@@HO-bndk Yes he asked director Ron Howard if they got it from some vault or something and he told Buzz they created it from scratch. So Buzz said 'Wow that's good. Can we use it?' 😅😂

[@Ror0009]

Is the launch footage not filmed? When it happened?

[@mathiaspurr3955]

Jesus, I watched the movie in a movie theater almost 30 years ago, but everytime I watch the launch of the Saturn V, i get the chills and sometimes even tears are running. Great music and pictures! And the pure power of the rocket... Hard to imagine.

[@fromnorway643]

Each of the F-1 engines in the first stage had a *_55,000 HP fuel pump_* powered by a gas turbine comparable to that of a fighter jet engine.

[@SuperWIDEgaming]

That first stage separation, when the french horns kick in . . . makes me heart swell.

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Need to find the rare gold edition of the orchestral movement of this soundtrack. It’s on KZbin but I’d love to download it proper

[@tim_davidson6344]

Totally agree...

[@psps6623]

0:24 When you hate your little brother but you still gotta acknowledge its existence. The way he says "FAO" 🤣

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

True lol

[@eliaspeter7689]

I can't stress enough how much I love the soundtrack and cinematography at the first stage separation, just such a satisfying moment, cannot get enough. 4:05

[@davidcook5705]

I remember these liftoffs being televised when I was a kid. It was always very exciting.

[@dsny7333]

imagine what it would be like today watching a Saturn 5 launch on high definition TV with surround sound-next best thing to actually being there at the Cape!

[@BillyWunebuger]

@@dsny7333 we can only imagine

[@dace938]

I had a portable reel-to-reel and recorded a ton of Apollo 11. Liftoff (Cronkite), lunar orbit, landing, "one small step", etc, etc. I thought (at the time 14 years old) I have these to look (listen) back on any time I wanted. Little did I know that all I need to do 53 years later was type in Apollo 11 on my laptop....... and there it is !!!

[@dsny7333]

@@dace938 yes but what you have is homemade and still valuable, much like those who collected newspaper clippings of the Kennedy assassination - they are heirlooms today. I actually recorded the launch of Gemini 5 off the radio broadcast on a reel to reel recorder unfortunately its been long lost but I remember it like yesterday.

[@dace938]

@@dsny7333 Birds of a feather !. However, my tapes are also loooooonnnngggg gone. (Thanks Mom for cleaning out my "stuff" when I enlisted - USN 73-77)

[@donaldgregg9250]

Tear up every time I watch this, representative of such a spectacular event, and respectful to the dedication of so many folks that made these launches happen...

[@gildavis8266]

This is truly one of the best scenes during the movie. The detail of the launch in action has to be as close to the real thing as any film company could get. And one of my favorite moments was the look on Kathleen Quinlan's face looking with pride has the rocket left the tower sums it all up for me. I would like to believe that the real Marilyn Lovell did the same thing. It was watching a great moment.

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

Except the time the Saturn takes to actually to be launched in the flick. This would never happen in real life because all the pressure that was building-up under the vehicle would destroy it due to the massive vibrations of the engines.

[@glasgowc1]

The special effects on the launch sequence were so well-done that Buzz Aldrin asked director Ron Howard where they'd found the stock footage of the gantry sequence, because he'd thought he was already familiar with all of the real-world Apollo launch film on file. Aldrin was astonished to find out that those were SFX shots the movie had done themselves. That is how good the effects were in that scene, they literally /fooled a man who had himself been part of the Apollo program/.

[@marcschneider4845]

@@IronMan-tk8uc My understanding is that the ignition sequence began at T-minus 8 (although it was six in the movie). The rocket had to build up enough power to launch. It takes longer in the movie because they do a slow motion of the clamps holding down the rocket. But it did not launch immediately.

[@StormsandSaugeye]

@@IronMan-tk8uc Legit go watch some historic launch footage, even watch space shuttle launch footage. The launch sequence is accurate to real life and is a frame by frame reproduction of 1970 apollo 13 launch. @Marc Schneider the sequence began at 8 seconds where you could hear the sudden whirring of the turbopumps spooling up and the fuel flow at 7-6 followed by ignition at 5 is accurate to real life.

[@clays1507]

All done with a model!!! Amazing. Google it

[@geomodelrailroader]

Nothing like the launch status check always gets my heart pumping and Opie Howard hit it right on thats how they do it.

[@dekirkbride]

3:18 Ken Mattingly: Come on, baby... c’mon! Like coaxing it to make it.

[@edmmitch]

The Apollo Missions were by far the greatest ever accomplished by mankind.

[@StormsandSaugeye]

So far

[@StormsandSaugeye]

@Rockwell Rhodes oh please grow up. Seriously believing conspiracy theories despite all the evidence that the event happened is just sad.

[@TheRipperxX9]

@Rockwell Rhodes the spending is there. The rocket launches were there. The whole infrastructure was built. Billions of dollars spent. The work of engineers, geologists, pilots, scientists was there. Pretty far fetched to believe that it was all staged by Hollywood.

[@TheRipperxX9]

@Rockwell Rhodes ok so where’s the evidence that proves it didn’t happen? So far there’s much more evidence that says otherwise. It’s a much greater leap of faith to ascertain it was all staged than believing it actually happened. Also how could it be that Soviet intelligence didn’t notice that the American space program was a farce? It’s just nonsense. You can’t provide a single verifiable argument that proves your point.

[@TheRipperxX9]

@Rockwell Rhodes so I suppose that, according to Rockwell Rhodes narrative, anything that you haver never witnessed firsthand cannot be believed in. That’s a pretty positivist point of view. Only the things available to your knowledge are to be believed, so somehow you must be in complete possession of the evidence that makes you believe that it was all staged for your argument to be supported. Therefore people like Aristotle and Plato were nothing but bigoted religious zealots because they couldn’t empirically prove there was a natural state of things in the universe, it was all mere conjecture and should easily be ruled out as false. Still, you’re saying the space program narrative is suspect but you’re not providing any evidence to support that statement. It is true that the general public is subject to be gullible but that doesn’t automatically rule out the possibility that it was indeed true. You don’t seem to have any interest whatsoever in exploring that possibility. What if we come back to the moon to places like the Sea of Tranquility and find the lunar landing modules left behind by the Apollo missions? Would we still be unable to say that the lunar landings were real because we are not the astronauts seeing it with our own eyes? I try to stay as open minded as possible and as critical and skeptical as I can be towards whatever is presented to us by governments and authorities, as I believe is our inherent moral duty as individuals, but how can you categorically claim that something to which independent evidence has been provided (that doesn’t necessarily make it true) is false? That’s also a leap of faith. And if you can’t see that it is, unless, as I’ve said earlier, you’re in complete possession of the sensory evidence that makes you make that claim, you’re the first one that’s blinded by their zealotry.

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

The look in Lovell's eyes as the engines start to rumble. He's a stoic professional and a vet when it comes to spaceflight, but after more hours in space than anyone at the time, it never loses its thrill. Tom Hanks showing his chops here.

[@SayYes2Scorpions]

2:52 I love that! She's so proud of him!!

[@ChristopherMurphy1969]

The freaking Saturn V. An absolute beast of engineering. Words fail to adequately articulate the herculean feat behind the design and production of this incredible machine. And this scene captures the Saturn V in all its glory absolutely perfectly.

[@rogermouton2273]

Indeed, it's almost hard to believe that they could build such a thing well over 50 years ago now. Just the fact that they accelerated something that weighed as much as a naval destroyer to 25,000 mph is fairly astonishing.

[@robertmcceney4171]

"Looks like we just had our glitch for this mission." Jim, you ain't seen nothing yet.

[@njmvcsp2575]

"fuel Pumps" "this is it a few bumps and were hauling the mail" Greatest line ever!

[@adespade119]

nail ?

[@johnstuartsmith]

I love that during the Go/No Go roll call, the flight surgeon is the only guy chain-smoking.

[@lightandsalvation40]

2:45- Bruh the music, the suspense Can make a grown man burst into tears

[@RogueShadows]

Though we make movies for a thousand years, there will never be a better rocket launch sequence.

[@Storm7289]

checkout first man

[@Amberlynn_Reid]

checkin last woman

[@Argumemnon]

@@Storm7289 I'll be entirely honest, the launch in that movie is a mix of not-great CGI and stock footage. I get the budget issue, but it doesn't look as good as this, especially without Horner's music.

[@borntoclimb7116]

Agree

[@charlessmith263]

@@borntoclimb7116 Usually, the pattern of most American space rocket launches is this - you see the flaming release of rocket fuel at the bottom of the spacefract at T minus 5 seconds to liftoff, and the rocket goes up exactly T-minus 0 seconds to liftoff. But why was there a delay in the liftoff after the T-minus 0? It actually took about 20 seconds to 25 seconds for the rocket to finally blast-off.

[@sammencia7945]

3:58 True. This is why they strapped them down so tightly. Those who took this ride said it was as though you were hurled into the instrument panel. They went up to a very shallow parking orbit of 100 miles, took one or two parking orbits to check everything, then lit the candle for the Moon.

[@bojandolinar1535]

This scene bothered me for many years because I wondered why were they decelerating so hard. It turned out this was a very short jolt, so this scene is only partly true

[@macbuff81]

I was a kid when I watched this movie with my mom. She passed away over 15 years ago now. Watching this scene is both beautiful and painful at the same time

[@weemissile]

"Looks like we just had our glitch for this mission." Aaaand he jinxed them. Good job Jim.

[@hillefoozy]

The music in this movie is excellent

[@Orcafilms]

You can thank James Horner for that

[@blanchjoe1481]

At 363 feet tall ( the height of a 36 story building ) weighing in at 6.5 million pounds ( that is 3,250 tons US ), and with and over 3 Million parts ( failure of anyone would have been lethal ), it was a testament to the dedication of the men and women who made up NASA and the contractors and subcontractors that this machine worked, and that it worked well.

[@vibes8930]

The affects in this movie are still great to this day, and this came out in 1995!

[@dodgeman4360]

"Surgeon?" "Puff, puff, go, puff"

[@fredhayes6162]

This scene was so amazing to see on the big screen, you could feel the rumble in the sound!

[@kepler240]

2:51 she's looking straight up and the rocket hasn't even left the pad. They must be standing 10 ft away from it. The other woman has her eyes closed to keep the exhaust from burning them out. Smart woman.

[@westnoble1020]

When the editors are drunk..

[@GreysonGabble]

Well it’s pretty tall to say the least

[@kepler240]

@@GreysonGabble not from 3 miles

[@TRTF5]

Hmmmmmm............

[@minatimurmu9798]

@@westnoble1020 hahahaaaaa 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@billparrish9200]

"Looks like we just had our glitch for this mission". Famous last words.

[@davidlloyd3116]

My earliest memory aged 4 years old was watching a B&W TV with my Mum ironing in the lounge. It was 1969 and Apollo 11. My Mum told me that brave men are going to the moon. That night we looked at the moon, and she said there are people there now. Maybe that’s why I became a scientist.

[@dsny7333]

that is so cool! Many folks were inspired to take up engineering and science careers by the Apollo Moon landings

[@Vindix007]

RIP Bill Paxton. Greetings from Brazil.

[@tailhookmd2546]

The scene that always gets to me is when they’re suiting up. It reminds me of watching me dad, who was an AF fighter pilot, put on his flight suit in the mornings and the awe I felt.

[@wrightmf]

I see many inaccuracies (tech details) but I would not change this in anyway because how it was assembled (like the swing arms moving from top to bottom) really gives it dynamic feelings even though I have never rode a Saturn V or worked at LCC or MOCR. Sy Liebergot (his character played by Ron Howard's brother Clint) said the stage set for MOCR was so well done and felt so accurate to what it was, it was somewhat scary. All those binders used for props actually had pages of procedures the controllers used. They could have stuffed them with just blank paper but no they went the extra effort.

[@bigbob1699]

I love the start where they have to get an OK from all the super nerds to launch . They rule !

[@janusli8820]

@Cyclone Freak Capcom were astronauts

[@Nghilifa]

"super nerds" lol. They were engineers! Hehe. Also, that go/no-go poll was how it went, so it's accurate.

[@bigbob1699]

@@Nghilifa made in the USA !

[@pierzing.glint1sh76]

Nerds don't lead though that's the thing. You can have all the super nerds you want but they'll just squabble amongst each other as is shown when things start to go wrong. They need to be led

[@inigobantok1579]

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 even if they are nerds they are one hell of a bunch of nerds mate

[@Nighthawk5210]

Such a great scene, I watch this part over and over.

[@72mossy]

Scene never gets old, the fantastic, beautiful, majestic Saturn 5 rocket

[@waynecornwell3998]

Growing up in that generation I'm always impressed and even with a tear my eye to see a Saturn 5 launch whether it's special effects like a tear or an actual filmed launch the Saturn 5 never let them down all the launches were successful even the tests

[@sepphuber7434]

Stunning this movie was made almost 30 years ago and absolutely mind blowing this actually happened over 50 years ago.

[@oldprankster7606]

"Looks like we had our glitch for this mission". The understatement of the movie.

[@indyhotdog7652]

Understatement of that Century!

[@wikiuser92]

And the best part, it's what the astronauts basically thought too at that moment.

[@spencerriggs9741]

The launch of Apollo 11 in the movie First Man is equally stirring!

[@powerfulstrong5673]

I don't think the movie First Man can compare to this movie!

[@abbaszaidi8371]

@@powerfulstrong5673 completely agree. I’ll throw in Al Shepard and John Glenn’s launch in The Right Stuff

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

True, but the atmosphere of that launch is very different, more desperate, and while the emphasis here is on the awesome majesty of the Saturn V, the emphasis in "First Man" is on how the astronauts were being shaken up like rocks in a blender, as well as on Neil's feelings towards his family(I think). They're both equally awesome, don't let me get you wrong, but featuring the Saturn V is the only thing besides awesomeness that those scenes have in common.

[@mgwilliams1000]

I wept when I saw this at its release. I watched all the Apollo launches as a ten-year-old. You have to remember how much impact Gemini and then Apollo had on society back then, especially us kids. EVERY mother had Tang on her shopping list. Every boy had an astronaut GI Joe. Most of us had the Revell Lunar Module model kits... and more.

[@lancer525]

Ah, those were the halcyon days... All of us wanted to be astronauts. Now, we have to deal with idiot twentysomethings who think it never happened. Gotta feel sorry for them, though... They have no clue.

[@tim_davidson6344]

I had the Mattel Major Matt Mason astronaut action figures (they were about six inches tall and made of rubber). There was a lunar station play set and a lot of accessories that could be purchased. I think there was an assumption by many in the US that lunar missions would continue on and that we would eventually build permanent lunar stations. The book and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey made that same assumption.

[@harshtech3804]

Can't wait for Artemis mission 😍❤️

[@Rahul39920]

TRue

[@victor0039]

Every time I listen to this soundtrack I get goosebumps what a great movie

[@KGKraetzerMedia]

The music in this movie is so well done.

[@raymundomartinez7469]

Ed Harris should have been nominated for an Academy for best support actor. His best performance if you ask me

[@freddy2B]

He was! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@starguy2718]

As John Glenn, in "The Right Stuff"?

[@donaldgregg9250]

Spectacular, awe inspiring, jaw dropping, heart throbbing, tearful.....what a kick in the pants that must have been

[@sgt.monkolphotakul7041]

Hi

[@donaldgregg9250]

@@sgt.monkolphotakul7041 Sergeant, glad you said 👋 hello

[@ricardoluiscigana2746]

Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris... Qué actores 👋👋👋

[@princessozmaofoz5242]

Don't forget Bill Paxton 😉

[@ricardoluiscigana2746]

@@princessozmaofoz5242 Es cierto 😂🤣😂

[@js-wy8fg]

Went to theater to see that movie when l was 18th, without even knowing the story behind. Then comes back to another theater to see it again. Then read books about Apollo program and other NASA programs, then read and watch everything what was possible about Soviets manned and unmanned missions, then learned about the most iconic NASA unmanned missions, then travel to US to the Johnson's Space Center in Houston to see the Beast, Saturn V rocket laid flat on her belly, then came back there for another 3 times, in the meantime get involved with astronomy and astrophysics and so on and on. This movie changed my life entirely, after I saw it nothing was the same to me anymore. Now l am passing my love to the space exploration and cosmology to my kids and can't wait for summer to go hunting with a scope. Can't tell how many times l saw this movie so far but l estimate for about 25.

[@juliancrooks3031]

I remember when this happened my family always followed the space program basically the whole country shut down for a few days while we watched every scrap of news about the astronauts and everybody was praying for their safe return it was the biggest celebration we got them back

[@dj3114]

An incredible scene - even having watched it several times, I still shake my head at the both the brilliance of Ron Howards filming and the fact I'm guessing it was pretty accurate. I'm sure technical advisors saw to it.

[@darreleddings5901]

4:24 He felt engine 5 cut early. Most time in space of any astronaut at that time. He'd know. Yes, Mission control saw it too, but he felt something was off way before the system alerted that it was out.

[@NateL1884]

Still blows my mind to this day that they were able to get people up into space with computers that weren't even 1/10th as powerful as your average smartphone nowadays. Incredible.

[@GunterDierickx]

0:14 Surgeon? "Smoke! eeeuhh Go flight!"

[@sibtainsonglistzafar1298]

Ed Harris own this movie Tom Hanks as usual a dominante figure but Ed has proved that if a person stays positive then he can do anything even if people are stuck in space 🚀 they can come back home alive.

[@dawg3415]

I remember I watched this Movie when I was 7 years old But it still my favorite Movie about Space, Especially Apollo 13

[@Nunavuter1]

Time plays its endless game on you. This movie is now older than the events depicted were when I went to see this movie. It will happen to you.

[@gaius_enceladus]

I **can't wait** for the **Artemis** program to get going so that humanity can go back to the Moon! It would be **AWESOME** for humanity to have a base there! A perfect test-bed for technology to be used to go to Mars!

[@danko8983]

or the starship, the 2 are awesome

[@AzureDefiance3701]

And dont forget blue origins mission. We should have as many companies and administrations working together rather than competing.

[@dreambim2446]

@@AzureDefiance3701 Competition is good. Makes them push harder for progress. It's just a haman nature.

[@dabigcheezprod]

@@dreambim2446 Haman?

[@dsny7333]

couldn't agree more-lets go NASA, Space X, Blue Origins to the Moon, Mars & beyond!

[@mastercontrolprogram163]

If you have ever looked up failed rocket launches montage. You’ll understand how significant it is that we could safely launch humans into space.

[@dsny7333]

considering how many rockets blew up in the early days, its a wonder they could find anyone to volunteer for the astronaut corps

[@jani9804]

Jjww

[@jani9804]

Jeksksksk😢🙏🏼

[@twistedyogert]

@@dsny7333 Those men were experienced test pilots. The Apollo spacecraft was just another potentially dangerous flying machine.

[@electrikoptik]

Gene Kranz is a legend

[@2013venjix]

From Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle, Kranz is A NASA legend.

[@Cybernaut551]

This was the best scene in cinematic history.

[@gavrifalcao]

Scenes like this makes me jealous of the Apollo astronauts (yeah, I know they almost died in this particular mission but, man, what an accomplishment nonetheless).

[@arianebolt1575]

I know, right? What the adventure

[@lawrencemanning]

Who cares about dying when you can do that?! Maybe when your in your 20s....

[@michaelcooper3171]

Seen this many times still make you sit on the edge of your seat enthralling

[@proscapedesigns]

This is almost 30 years old but holds up better than 3 yr old CGI

[@84MadHatter]

25 anyway , but yes it is great and even 80s movies with real sets look better then most CGI

[@richarddarlington1139]

No amount of CGI can replicate the sheer, awesome power of a Saturn V launch.

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

"Surgeon"..."Go flight" exhales cigarette smoke. 🤣

[@starguy2718]

Back in the day, cigarette companies ran ads, with medical doctors smoking, telling people how *healthy* smoking is. For real.

[@FirstPrinciplesFirst]

This segment of the movie is so well made! Me and my wife watched it together. At 2:53, there were 3 women crying, 2 on the screen and one beside me!

[@manstarxranx9209]

The Apollo mission is the most complex and greatest in the history of mankind. and the greatest page in US history! Even now it is amazing!

[@olentangy74]

A great sequence, but a couple of inaccuracies. Ken Mattingly would never have been permitted to be that close to the launch pad, as the minimum safe distance was 3 miles, not a couple of hundred yards like is shown here. Secondly, Ken Mattingly wasn’t even at the Cape during the launch. He had flown back to Houston the previous day.

[@CodenameE9]

U forgot that when the Saturn v launched. As soon as it went up all the arms went away at once. This one all the arms went away one by one. Also when they reached space when he looked out the window, it should have been blocked out from the tower thing

[@mattbartley2843]

@@CodenameE9 They drew out the last part of the countdown by a good 20 seconds or so. As I remember from watching Space Shuttle launches, one of the exciting things was how fast everything happened in the last 10 seconds or so. And knowing that every moment had been planned out months in advance, and if anything looked wrong, abort! at least until the solid rocket boosters lit off - then they're going flying, ready or not.

[@olentangy74]

@@CodenameE9 Oh yeah. In the actual launches it was around 13 seconds from liftoff to tower clearance. In the movie it is almost a full minute. They would have been at 10,000 feet already.

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

@@CodenameE9 Wasn't the launch escape system jettisoned before getting into space?

[@dansims7586]

@@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy Tower Jett is actually a tiny bit early. The LES was jettisoned around 20-30 seconds after S2 ignition. The 'BPC is clear' call is in completely the wrong place as this would only be called after the LES jettison, and then the EDS would be switched to manual for aborts after mode 1C.

[@Syrastro]

Im only 38 but both my mom and dad watched this mission. Truly an engineering masterpiece

[@goldenretriever6440]

5:25 Yeah hold onto that thought there buddy

[@jamesbarr516]

I would watch this again on the big screen in a heartbeat! Release it again!!