Apollo 9 had two primary objectives. First was to test command module and lunar module rendezvous, docking and reentry functions in Earth orbit. To this end, several SPS engine firings took place along with tracking landmarks, experiments and photography tasks performed by its crew. Armstrong kept a cloth bag of LM parts hidden for decades…
Director Todd Douglas Miller crafts an engaging, inspiring film from newly discovered 65mm footage. From Walter Cronkite’s newscast oratory and frowning chain-smoking technicians in Mission Control – to massive crawler transporter hauling the Saturn V rocket from Cape Canaveral launch pad all the way back home – his picture is both grand in scale and…
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic landing of Earth’s natural satellite on July 20, 1969 was a triumphant achievement for America at the end of an eventful decade that had seen both revolution and warfare. The astronauts embarked upon their 2-and-a-half hour moonwalk, where they conducted experiments, photographed their surroundings, and set up an American…
Mission Control had just instructed Aldrin and Armstrong in the LM to “go long” on their return home from space, in order to move themselves away from the Command Module and allow their service module to reach Earth before them on its reentry path. By doing so, Aldrin and Armstrong could potentially gain more time…
With 65mm footage and 11,000 hours of audio recordings, APOLLO 11 provides an immersive and detailed depiction of what it took for man to take “one small step for mankind and one giant leap for humanity”. Distributed by Neon in partnership with CNN Films. Apollo 11 differs from most movies by not relying on flashy…
Engineers, technicians and factory workers like Gerald Blackburn had to solve numerous challenges to reach the moon. Engineers, technicians and factory workers all played a crucial role in making sure every piece worked – right down to nuts and bolts! An enormous Saturn V rocket successfully delivered a 50-ton spacecraft into lunar orbit. It included…
Two years after Apollo 13 nearly ended in disaster, Young and Duke anxiously anticipated their next moon voyage – Apollo 16. This mission would serve as a trial run for an entirely new generation of space flight. Geologists had high hopes that the lunar highlands, 30 miles north of worn crater Descartes, would yield volcanic…
Today marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history by landing on the moon, beginning their mission with John F. Kennedy’s Rice speech and completed by his successor. Their accomplishment unified our nation. Reaching the Moon was no simple endeavor. Teasel Muir-Harmony, an historian, unearthed documents that revealed its associated political turmoil….
Red Velvet member Jamie (also known as Jimin Park) writes this track about pursuing your dreams and striving to reach for the stars, with lyrics that demonstrate her confidence and desire for success. This timeless song was inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey and serves as a metaphor for being away from…
