Project Apollo Program HD Resource Reel 1966-1972 (2012) NASA; Silent Highlights from Raw Footage
Project Apollo playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7D6A4FBE35C88581
Project Apollo silent high definition highlights reel released by
NASA in
2012 for use by television program producers.
Approximate "chapter" times by
Apollo missions:
Apollo 1: 2:32
Apollo 8: 9:39
Apollo 9: 13:15
Apollo 10: 19:02
Apollo 11: 25:33
Apollo 12: 44:19
Apollo 13: 49:33
Apollo 14: 55:47
Apollo 15: 1:02:56
Apollo
16: 1:06:23
Apollo 17: 1:12:24
Public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
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Project Apollo, the
American space program to land men on the moon, originated in 1960. On July 28-29, 1960, the
Apollo program was announced to US industry representatives. On
September 1,
The Apollo Project Office was formed under the
Space Task Group (
STG)
Flight Systems Division. In late October, Convair, GE and
Martin were selected to prepare feasibility studies for the
Apollo spacecraft.
Numerous committees were formed within the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop lunar mission concepts. On
February 7,
1961, the final report of the Low Committee (
Manned Lunar Landing Task Group) outlined "A
Plan for Manned Lunar Landing" within the decade using either
Earth Orbit Rendezvous (
EOR) or direct ascent technique.
On May 5, STG completed the first draft of Apollo spacecraft specifications, and on May 22, the 2nd draft was completed. On May 25,
President Kennedy proposed a manned lunar landing within the decade to
Congress. On June 10, the Lundin Committee recommended the Earth Orbit Rendezvous method using the conceptual
Saturn C-3 (S-IB-2 4x
F-1; S-II-C3 2x
J-2;
S-IV 6x
RL-10) launch vehicle to accomplish the manned lunar landing mission.
In August, the
Heaton Committee (
Ad Hoc Task Group for
Study of Manned Lunar Landing by
Rendezvous Techniques) recommended Earth Orbit Rendezvous using the conceptual
Saturn C-4 (S-IB-4 4x F-1; S-II-4 4x J-2;
S-IVB 1x J-2) for the manned lunar landing.
On
November 1, 1961, the Space Task Group was renamed as the
Manned Spacecraft Center. On
November 28,
North American Aviation was selected as principal contractor for the Apollo spacecraft under
MSC direction. In December, the configuration of the
Saturn C-5 (Saturn-V) lanuch vehicle was determined. Boeing had been chosen as prime contractor for the first stage, and
Douglas Aircraft as prime contractor for the third stage.
The prime contractor for the 2nd stage was not announced until
November 7, 1962:
North Amerian Aviation (
NAA). This choice was surprising, because NAA had already received the Apollo
Command & Service Module contract, and because the Rocketdyne division of NAA was prime contractor for the F-1 and J-2 engines which would power all three stages of the
Saturn V launch vehicle.
America's first manned orbital flight was accomplished by
John Glenn in the
Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on
February 20, 1962. In March, the
Apollo Spacecraft Project Office was relocated to the Manned Spacecraft Center near
Houston, Texas, and on July 20, NASA announced that the
Mission Control Center for Apollo would be located at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
On July 11, 1962 NASA announced that the
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous mode would be used the manned lunar landing mission, and that the Saturn C-IB (Saturn IB) launch vehicle would be developed to test the Apollo spacecraft in
Earth orbit missions
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