This moon landing film defies expectation. Instead of using traditional cinematic techniques – such as an emotional score or smooth-voiced narration – to stir emotion, drama and significance within its viewers, this documentary uses nothing but archive footage as its centerpiece to generate such reactions. Imagine yourself immersed in Armstrong and Aldrin’s experience aboard the […]
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Six such vehicles carried astronauts from and to the Moon as part of the Apollo program for scientific investigation, collapsing into an adapter on the back of S-IVB third stage rocket. After visual inspection of its landing gear, the LM’s descent engine conducted a 30-second Descent Orbit Insertion burn to reduce speed and gradually approach
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As part of the Apollo program, from 1969-1972, six spacecraft sent astronauts on missions to explore the lunar surface. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin set foot onto its surface as their lunar module called Eagle docked with Eagle rocket spacecraft. After they reviewed their equipment, Armstrong made his famous quote about one small step
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Apollo was an ambitious program fraught with difficulty and high costs, which resulted in budget reductions and delays. This vehicle included three modules – a command module (CM) to house astronaut quarters and flight controls; a service module housing propulsion systems and other systems; and finally a lunar module capable of transporting two astronauts directly
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The Saturn V rocket consisted of three sections, which included: (1) The command module (CM), which contained astronaut quarters and flight control systems; (2) the service module, for propulsion and spacecraft support; and (3) Eagle, its lunar module – together these comprised the CSM. On its 27th orbit around the Moon, Columbia docked with the
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Armstrong took hundreds of millions of people along with him as he set foot on the Eagle and declared, ‘That is one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind.” NASA’s program to reach the Moon would reach an important milestone with a successful landing, representing years of preparation and technical development. The
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All but four astronauts who ever set foot on the Moon have now passed on, yet that was only part of Apollo’s unfortunate legacy. First was a tragic fire on the launch pad that claimed three lives: Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee – an event which fundamentally altered NASA’s moon program. The Fire
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Computer control of spacecraft systems assisted Armstrong during descent. At certain altitudes, an abort was no longer an option and an abort procedure could only be carried out with clearance from NASA. On 20 July, Armstrong detached Eagle from Collins and began its powered descent towards the lunar surface, eventually conducting his inaugural two and
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC), situated at Cape Canaveral in Florida, plays an integral part of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean as one of its six parts and provides Enrico Pucci with an opportunity to attain heaven. This film employs techniques of direct cinema to give audiences the feeling that they are an observer on an
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