Apollo 11- Day 3 (Full Mission)
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- Apollo 11 - Day 3 (Full Mission)
18th July 1969 - This video starts at GET 43h 29m and covers the third day of the flight. This includes photography of the earth and a TV transmission to check out the lunar module. Passive Thermal Control (PTC) problems result in the crew having to stop the spacecraft rotation and start PTC again. The video ends at GET 62h 30m.
Timeline
00:00:19 Night time PAO announcements through to
00:11:29 Wake Up
00:39:07 Frank Bormans Press Conference ref Luna 15
00:47:20 Flight Director (MW) calls Home
00:48:00 Flight Director (MW) calls the film company
00:56:10 The Morning News
01:17:10 TV Transmission - into the LM
03:45:16 PAO - Crossing the sphere of influence and goodnight
With grateful thanks to Robin, Pat, Ben, Stephen, Dwight, Britt and Vinny and Ed without whom this project would not have been completed or be so complete in coverage.
All Video/Audio/Photographs courtesy NASA
I highly recommend following the series whilst reading the Apollo 11 Flight Journal - history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/i...
and the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/
Other great sites to link to which I have sourced for information or material in the making of the series-
The Apollo Audio Collection - archive.org/details/nasaaudio...
Virtual Apollo Guidence Computer Homepage - www.ibiblio.org/apollo/
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator - orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/
Apogee Books - www.cgpublishing.com/
Facebook Groups
Mercury, Gemini & Saturn/Apollo Era!! Facebook page - / mercurygeminiapollo
Apollo 11 Facebook Page - / apollo11celebration
Space Hipsters Facebook Page - / spacehipsters
The following books were invaluable in the making of the series
Apollo 11 The NASA Mission Reports (Parts 1, 2 and 3) - Robert Godwin
Footprints in the Dust - Colin Burgess
A Man on the Moon - Andrew Chaikin
Carrying the Fire - Michael Collins
Failure is Not an Option - Eugene Kranz
First Man - James Hansen/Neil Armstrong
Forever Young - James Hansen/John Young
Last Man on the Moon - Eugene Cernan
Rocket Men - Robert Kurson
Man on the Moon - Peter Fairley
The Invasion of the Moon - Peter Ryan
Chariots for Apollo - Courtney Brooks/James Grimwood/Loyd Swenson
LEM Lunar Excusion Module Failiarisation Manual - Grumman
How Apollo Flew to the Moon - David Woods
Apollo - A Chronology 1 to 4 - NASA
Growing Up with Spaceflight - Apollo Parts 1 & 2 - Wes Oleszewski
Live TV from the Moon - Dwight Steven-Boniecki
If you would like to donate to this and future projects (any money donated will go towards purchasing hardware/software for use on these series) paypal.me/Lunarmodule5 - any donations are received with gratitude and thanks!
The Full Mission Series Production - An Explanation of the Process
Production began in February 2018 with the intention of release on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's launch day (subsequently the pre and post flight press conferences were added). Each video took between 1 and 3 months to produce. Full Mission videos start with editing of the available audio for that particular day, sometimes split bewteen 3 tracks of audio (air to ground/flight directors loop/crew onboard tape). Once that process is completed the available TV transmissions or other associated video is positioned along with 16mm film taken by the crew. Photographs are placed in the mission timeline aprroximately near to where there were taken in the mission. Captions are then added to give pertinent information. The gaps that are left visually are filled with screen captures of the spacecraft from the Orbiter Space Simulator. Positions of spacecraft are approximated to what would have been seen on the mission, but during TLI, CSM RCS and SPS burns (LOI etc) the orientation is as near as I can get it to the actual (with sage advice from RW). Once these screen captures are in place the Apollo Guidence Computer (Virtual AGC) screens are captured. This involves setting the AGC time to the PAO announcements during the flight, screen capturing them and then transferring them to the timeline. Finally the title sequences are added.
Final editing of the whole video takes place with a run-through of the whole thing before the render of the video. Video sizes vary from 4 to 24gb. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Apollo 11 - Day 3 (Full Mission)
18th July 1969 - This video starts at GET 43h 29m and covers the third day of the flight. This includes photography of the earth and a TV transmission to check out the lunar module. Passive Thermal Control (PTC) problems result in the crew having to stop the spacecraft rotation and start PTC again. The video ends at GET 62h 30m.
Timeline
00:00:19 Night time PAO announcements through to
00:11:29 Wake Up
00:39:07 Frank Bormans Press Conference ref Luna 15
00:47:20 Flight Director (MW) calls Home
00:48:00 Flight Director (MW) calls the film company
00:56:10 The Morning News
01:17:10 TV Transmission - into the LM
03:45:16 PAO - Crossing the sphere of influence and goodnight
With grateful thanks to Robin, Pat, Ben, Stephen, Dwight, Britt and Vinny and Ed without whom this project would not have been completed or be so complete in coverage.
All Video/Audio/Photographs courtesy NASA
I highly recommend following the series whilst reading the Apollo 11 Flight Journal - history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/index.html
and the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/
Other great sites to link to which I have sourced for information or material in the making of the series-
The Apollo Audio Collection - archive.org/details/nasaaudiocollection
Virtual Apollo Guidence Computer Homepage - www.ibiblio.org/apollo/
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator - orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/
Apogee Books - www.cgpublishing.com/
Facebook Groups
Mercury, Gemini & Saturn/Apollo Era!! Facebook page - facebook.com/groups/MercuryGeminiApollo/
Apollo 11 Facebook Page - facebook.com/groups/Apollo11Celebration/
Space Hipsters Facebook Page - facebook.com/groups/spacehipsters/
The following books were invaluable in the making of the series
Apollo 11 The NASA Mission Reports (Parts 1, 2 and 3) - Robert Godwin
Footprints in the Dust - Colin Burgess
A Man on the Moon - Andrew Chaikin
Carrying the Fire - Michael Collins
Failure is Not an Option - Eugene Kranz
First Man - James Hansen/Neil Armstrong
Forever Young - James Hansen/John Young
Last Man on the Moon - Eugene Cernan
Rocket Men - Robert Kurson
Man on the Moon - Peter Fairley
The Invasion of the Moon - Peter Ryan
Chariots for Apollo - Courtney Brooks/James Grimwood/Loyd Swenson
LEM Lunar Excusion Module Failiarisation Manual - Grumman
How Apollo Flew to the Moon - David Woods
Apollo - A Chronology 1 to 4 - NASA
Growing Up with Spaceflight - Apollo Parts 1 & 2 - Wes Oleszewski
Live TV from the Moon - Dwight Steven-Boniecki
If you would like to donate to this and future projects (any money donated will go towards purchasing hardware/software for use on these series) paypal.me/Lunarmodule5 - any donations are received with gratitude and thanks!
The Full Mission Series Production - An Explanation of the Process
Production began in February 2018 with the intention of release on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's launch day (subsequently the pre and post flight press conferences were added). Each video took between 1 and 3 months to produce. Full Mission videos start with editing of the available audio for that particular day, sometimes split bewteen 3 tracks of audio (air to ground/flight directors loop/crew onboard tape). Once that process is completed the available TV transmissions or other associated video is positioned along with 16mm film taken by the crew. Photographs are placed in the mission timeline aprroximately near to where there were taken in the mission. Captions are then added to give pertinent information. The gaps that are left visually are filled with screen captures of the spacecraft from the Orbiter Space Simulator. Positions of spacecraft are approximated to what would have been seen on the mission, but during TLI, CSM RCS and SPS burns (LOI etc) the orientation is as near as I can get it to the actual (with sage advice from RW). Once these screen captures are in place the Apollo Guidence Computer (Virtual AGC) screens are captured. This involves setting the AGC time to the PAO announcements during the flight, screen capturing them and then transferring them to the timeline. Finally the title sequences are added.
Final editing of the whole video takes place with a run-through of the whole thing before the render of the video. Video sizes vary from 4 to 24gb.
hello hope you are fine ... I was not even born but that time but is interesting to hear these audios
The trust in the team. These may be the bravest people I’ve ever known ………watching these guys when I was a kid inspired me to become the simple engineer that I am…….god speed Neil and Mike! And thank you Dr. Aldrin.
The Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs are the coolest thing humans have ever done. Incredible. It would be so insane to walk on the moon
Well, that’s just great…now I have to quit my job because I can’t stop watching this!
These videos are absolutely awesome - Thank you SO MUCH for hosting them !!!! ... Been part of my routine for the last few days ;)
Glad you are enjoying the series - plenty to come - just wait for day 5....!!! - regards LM5
2:45:44
"11 ,Houston ,if that's not the Earth we are in trouble"
That is definitely one of the best CapCom jokes I have heard.
If you listen to these recordings ,you can find many unique pieces of dialogue ,from daily life affairs to jokes and laughs
It’s fascinating, it’s soothing, it’s amazing. I first found this about 3 years ago. I keep coming back to it.
Wow, thank you!
You're sooo right !
Why watching random BS on YT when we have HQ content over here.
This chanel is a brillant in a pile of waste.
I was a kid during Gemini and Apollo. This channel has brought back memories and allows me to experience the missions as an adult.
Thank you for the quality videos.
I've been interested in Apollo for 44 years (since I was old enough to understand what ASTP was all about), and I've only seen and heard a fraction of the content presented. Your series will be my go-to archive for years to come! Love the use of the "Orbiter" sim, which I've never been patient (or smart) enough to actually use past the tutorial missions.
Thanks Pitts!
Never gets old!!
It's always amazing to watch these brave men at work!!
A very neat little detail that I knew you'd nail... The barbecue roll is entirely imperceptible in real time, but then you scrub through the footage and sure enough... There it is.
You're a dead set perfectionist and I love it.
Yeah I tried to slow it down for this series, more to what it actually looked like. The Sim wants to do it faster and I think I missed it a couple of occasions, just plainn forgot so PTC will seem too fast then. Great spot BTW - I wondered if anyone had noticed!¬ regards LM5
Good morning Apollo Control, good to have you back.
That's great how he calls his wife from the console asking about lunch -- 47:20
It is a fun bit of the audio - It makes you realise that there were still normal everyday things going on despite the flight etc regards LM5
"Get me A Pot Pie"!!!!
ZenZaBill
One of the funniest exchanges on a mission, one of the astronauts realized he'd forgotten to file his income taxes. He informed mission control and they started laughing. He was serious, and they got him an extension to file, as he was "out of the country".
I remember that!!
That was Jack Swigert on 13
WOW!!!! Can not get over this !!!!
Glad you are enjoying them sky
Such amazing work! I WISH I was alive to witness this!
Lunarmodule5, your work on day 3 is exemplary, as were/was day(s) one and two. Thank you once more.
Thanks Steve appreciate your support and encouragement - regards LM5
Here we are on S11E03 with another crazy episode with Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins.
S11 is turning into quite an adventure isnt it...
This is quite a good anime, indeed.
Not to mention the guy calling his wife
man, does anyone even remember season 2 anymore?
The long TV show was just as much fun as the moonwalk! Just great!
Outstanding work. Greatly appreciated.
Thanks Melvin
Amazing to see so much interior footage while in flight
I was 8 years old, during Apollo 11. I remember the house we were in watching this on 📺 tv
Another GREAT one, lunarmodule5!!! Thank U in bushels!!!! :) :) :)
Welcome Pine - regards LM5
Brilliant stuff LM5 thank you again,
Congratulations from Italy. Great job.
Thanks Nicola
Thank you very much sir, your work is very much appreciated.
As are your comments Yassine regards LM5
What an incredible achievement!
Barely an inconvenience!
Thank you so much for sharing this video.
Mike: "How about that! It's like a refrigerator!" A very amusing description of the LEM. He was the most down-to-earth of the three, I think. Isn't that an ironic way to describe a high-flying astronaut? 😅
44:14 "Can you tell us why you held up the information this long?" God I wish I could have seen Frank Borman's face. This is why I hate the media folks.
Amazing thank you.
Really enjoying this series. Sterling stuff.
Thankyou lm5. :)
Thanks Rusty - regards LM5
Day 3 in the bag. Great footage from the LEM, my favorite spacecraft. The Black team is now in charge and they told me to hit the sack...
Goodnight Juha...we will keep an eye on the systems...
13:15 I cannot IMAGINE waking up and realizing that we are really going to the moon!
Think Again!
There is a lovely interaction on the lunar surface during Apollo 17's visit where one of the crew says "We will have covered this entire valley" and the other, in so understated appreciation of the work, says "That was the idea"...
It would be great if you can complete all the Apollo missions in the manner that you have done this mission and several others that you have already completed. There are a lot of people still around who saw these missions as they happen between 1968-1972, and thought they would never see them again. You have made the presentation even better, by adding all the transmissions and eliminating the commentary from tv anchormen. The transmissions from the astronauts and Mission Control is what we really want to hear. Excellent work, keep it up.
It is the intention to complete as many as possible - they are a long term project! - regards LM5
Who made the phone calls at around 50:00 in? Who's Milton? What film? I'm nosy. Love it when she said a "long distance" phone call. HA! Ahhh, the good ole days.
Milton Windler - Flight Director - to his home and to the place he wanted to get the Apollo 8 films from.
Wudda took years to find an downlosd from NASA thank you for your effort - Kudos.
You're welcome
Great stuff, LM5! My inner geek is so grateful for your hard work! Did the crew actually sleep that well? Did they use sedatives to help rest?
Day 3, the moon is looming out the window and over in the corner is Buzz, always posing for the shot. Sunglasses and Omega Speedmaster. I get such a kick out him!
How was the sequential color SSTV feed restored for this wonderful presentation? Is this a modern digital composite based on the monochrome R/G/B frames?
WOOHOOO!!! Good job!!!
Thanks YKW - glad you are still enjoying these - regards LM5
Excellent !!
Glad you liked it 68... regards LM5
Great job.
Thanks Thomas - as always - kind regards LM5
@2:39:48 is my favorite part of Apollo 11 communication.
The astronauts get told the whole world is watching basically, at this moment in human history.
"Roger, understand thank you" is the most engineer / test pilot reply ever, lol
This is such a great idea. Very cool.
Btw, the MIT films on the various guidance equipment, computers, sextant, etc. is an excellent accompaniment to these.
Thanks Pockets... regards LM5
This is fantastic. Where does one get the original film from all of these? Is there a government website that makes this all available?
I'm just glad that the Earth wasn't blown up by a Vogon starship to make way for an interstellar highway....
You get comment of the week...
And yet there are still ppl who think the man didn't land in the moon.
They're angry, dysfunctional children, who are contemptuous of any form of authority, in this case, NASA and the scientific community.
@@Stogie2112 90% of them are trolls. The other 10% are complete idiots.
A donation is on the way to you sir. Again..I cannot thank you enough for all your work. Cheers and please use it as you see fit. Joseph F
Hi Joseph...I received your very kind donation. Thank you it is very much appreciated regards LM5
Yay! We are getting closer to the moon. ;)
Tomorrow..
45:00 Chris Kraft: "Yeah it says it's a Lunar Orbit Mission". Man I would hate to have to deal with the press and their STUPID questions.
It sure hasn't improved any since that time.
@@tedpeterson1156 No, it hasn't. It's one of the reasons Dr. Phil Plait created Bad Astronomy dot com, to counter the really bad science reported by the average journalist in most media outlets. They wouldn't get into so much trouble if they didn't sensationalize everything.
Was all this color TV footage done in standard NTSC?
Some may scoff at the video's, but remember this is 53 years ago, over a half century ago technology. Simply amazing what they (we Americans) accomplished back then.
Don’t forget the Germans who gave the US all their WW2 rocket technology, you know the stuff they used to kill thousands of civilians V1 and V2 rockets thanks to the genius of NASA’s ex Nazi Wernher Von Braun.
Far out man, this is totally spaced out!
This is why I can't do video games. That's just a bunch of guys sitting at computers making something look super real. But THIS IS REAL. And watching it in real time in 1969 was more fascinating and magical than any video game could ever be.
This is great! WOW! We can all relive this wonderful historic event in human history!
I'm going to record every second of every minute of this voyage! IM recording using my stand alone DVD recorder. The recorder is set to the 6 hour mode for burning this audio to my DVDs. I'm taking the audio directly from my phone then into my recorder. My PC computer is broke so all I have is my phone with its charger plug in. If I had my PC or laptop working -I would have used a flash drive to download quicker than burn it to dvd.
Enjoy them when you get them! Regards LM5
how did they film the apollo 11 module and the l.e.m in space? where was the camera that filmed this scene?
Hmm, so what do YOU think…?
@@nonamewithoutacause192 The people who ask these questions have no imagination whatsoever. It's like asking "there were only 2 astronauts on the Moon - who held the camera?" Uh...that would be the 3rd astronaut, T. Ripod...
At 2:44:50, Charlie Duke says that Mike Collins needs to "...keep his hands off the switches (of the LEM)". What was Mike's response?
Mike asks that his crewmates should keep their hands off his "DSKY" - the Display and Keyboard of the Apollo computer inside the Command Module. The joke being that he was the Command Module Pilot and if he couldnt touch anything in the Lunar Module then Neil and Buzz shouldn't be touching anything in "his" CM....hope that makes sense - regards LM5
lunarmodule5 makes perfect sense, thank you! love Mike's sense of humor.
@@JenA2145 Not only a sense of humour. A great communicator. I hope you've read his "Caring The Fire"
I wonder how they could get that high of a quality image for the filming the lm and SM.
?
@@lunarmodule5 you know when they film for the television. The SM is the service module.
@@TheEpicFace007
Give us a time mark what you are referring to!
They had 3 methods
* ordinary photography
* super-8 16mm film cameras
* TV camera
Of course this video you are watching is edited to use what is available from the original footage. During most of those conversations about housekeeping, there is no movie-footage available. However they took photos. eg. of earth. LM5 used those to show something during those conversations or would you prefer starring at a black screen?
ANd for the spacecraft: those are computer animations because logically there is nobody outside the spacecraft to film it. Common sense of what sequences are animations to fill in the gaps.
Anyone know what the story is with the telephone conversation recordings starting at about 47:15?
That is Flight Director Milt Windler calling home and then calling a company about Apollo 8 film he wanted....it was picked up on the FD Loop. On the last day he calls a flag company seeing if the US flags he had ordered would be ready for the splashdown in the MOCR - Hope that helps - regards LM5
Thanks LM5. I keep these NASA mission recordings running in my shop during the day as inspiration and just happened to get my curiosity piqued by the phone recording. You seem quite knowledgeable - were you NASA-involved, or an enthusiast?
@3:45 How are those numbers different? Earth referenced vs moon referenced speed in ft/sec?
I noticed that too.... They seem to switch around ... Ground to Apollo 11 maybe having a slight off time communication.
No. Actually speed is measured from the celestial body whose gravity is affecting the spacecraft. Like Geocentric and Lunacentric speeds.
Speed is relative.
KaiserRedGamer Can you point me to a reference that will explain that to me?
This makes me proud to be an American
How many hours of the allocated time did they actually sleep?
They often said they got less sleep on the way to the moon than on the way back - I think they all averaged 5-7 hours per sleep period - they do give morning crew reports where they go over that data
Más o menos por el 1:32:40 entra luz del sol por la ventanilla. Y otras veces es oscuro. Si no debiera haber ni día ni noche, ¿ Porqué ocurre esto ?.
What is the call at about 47 minutes?
I would have to check the Journal
I’m a long way behind everyone by the look.
Keep going.....a lot only watch bits...if you are watching it all bravo!
lunarmodule5
Ripping through the data everywhere I go lol.
Great stuff again 👍
why isn't this tv color camera used?
used when? on the surface?
lunarmodule5 yes!
It is a very interesting question - and would take me too long to explain the history of it all. For the real in-depth story I recommend a copy of Dwight Steven-Bonieckis book Live form the Moon - by Apogee books -it expalins the history of the Apollo TV system perfectly and the reasons why Black and White TV was used on Apollo 11 for broadcasting of the EVA. In a nutshell - 2 different tv systems used - one by RCA and the other by Westinghouse - RCA type used on Apollo 7 onwards - Westinghouse colour system used on Apollo 10 (all internally in spacecraft) - RCA Black and white system selected for Apollo 11 Lunar Module (and even that wasnt completely certain to fly!) - Westinshouse camera used in CSM only and could not be used outside even if they had taken it with them (the RCA TV camera unit was housed in the descent stage of the Lunar Module and not taken to the surface by the crew "down the ladder" as it were - it started working on the throw of a switch and when the MESA was released by Armstrong as he descended the ladder. Buy the book - its better at explaining this all than I am !! :) But hopefully you got the basics!
lunarmodule5 i would like to thank you for answering my question in great detail !! i love apollo mission and your videos.
1:26:46 must be really cramped in the spaceship. Many, if not most, could NEVER do this.. :)
I know I would be freaked out by claustrophobia, but I could see submariners(especially the older WW2 ones) and deep cave divers would have the ability to put up with that.
3:17:11 Music playing onboard the spacecraft
1:55:46 who is that guy talking?
What's the situation when Buzz removed the shades from the LEM windows ? Because they're far out of the Earth's atmosphere wouldn't there be a real danger of getting a high dose of shortwave and medium Ultra Violet radiation ?
I'm going to take a stab at this. All the way to the Moon from the docking maneuver, the docked spacecraft were in a PTC - the infamous barbeque roll. I'm going to say their exposure to direct sunlight through the windows in both craft was minimal. Also, it's very possible the windows were coated to reflect a great deal of what they were exposed to - just as their visors on the Moon were gold-coated. I welcome corrections to what I've written. I'm just taking some educated guesses.
3:08 the Earth. I think this would be about the time I fainted. Just toooooooo far away....
What's that phone call at 48:30? A woman asking her husband when she can expect him to come home?
Imagine what some invisible alien might think while looking in at 2:24:40 while the camera mount was being put in place. LoL
I live 15 miles from Corby the home of the famous porridge eater!
thankfully those lose screws and washers weren't vital.
Seems like Milt Windler was on shift at that time.
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Walt's wife sounds pissed at him.
47:20 Yeah I love it. He's calling his wife.
Yeah it was a cool moment - and then he calls the film company wanting to know if Apollo 8 film is in stock ready for him to pick up....loved this moment
Glaube Mut Liebe.
2:40:56 How can they see Japan? Isn't that a little far? WOW
Rose Maria they could probably see it through the sextant telescope or the other scope they had. 😊
Captain Neil armstrong`s reverse gear is not applicable....R.I.P.
I believe that he is the last true explorer.
3:16:57
I thought it takes 10 secs for the transmissions to reach the moon. Did I miss something?
Science class? No, it takes a little less than 1.5 seconds each way. Only slightly less time than it would've taken you to google that.
2:20:50..........H.A.L. .....is that you?....be nice!
Such a pity NASA wiped over the tapes, deleting the technology. Now we can't go back. Should have been more careful with that invaluable technology.
"deleting the technology." Are you kidding? How would erasing a video or audio tape erase technology? Do you really suppose these missions aren't and weren't totally documented? Do you suppose we've forgotten how to build rocket engines? That we've forgotten celestial navigation? Do you suppose aerospace engineers, who have already developed 4 or 5 successors to the North American Command Module including SpaceX, Boeing, and Blue Origin have forgotten how to build spacecraft? Do you suppose they couldn't design another Lunar Lander?
When we go back - what, do you suppose we'll resurrect the Saturn V rocket when we now have smaller rockets designs to take us there? Do you suppose we'll be knocking on Grumman's doors asking them to re-create the Lunar Module as it existed then, rather than design a whole new lander?
The regurgitated talking points you people pass around are for the birds, man. You must have no interest whatsoever in what NASA is building, launching, and testing to make such a statement. All you have to do is visit their pages for an update. I don't know if Project Artemis will get us back to the Moon by 2024 bu the Orion spacecraft, the official choice of a successor to the original Command Module is nearly ready for crew tests in orbit by 2021. In 2020, the non-crewed orbital abort tests should be ready.
Seriously..."...wiped out tapes, deleting the technology." Did you even consider what a ridiculous statement that was before you typed it or are you just a troll? The Apollo project ended; we moved on to Skylab, the Shuttle, the ISS and a whole bunch of wonderful projects that visited the outer planets including Pluto. We landed on a comet, man.
What are you going to write next, "yeah, that's why we have to hitch a ride with the Russians." In fact, the Russian Soyuz has been an awesome workhorse for 50 years - its an incredible craft. They got to take advantage of our tech aboard the ISS in the same time and allowed us to move from the Shuttle to a new high-orbit vehicle. You Science Deniers are an incurious and unimaginative lot. You proceed from the idea, "I don't understand how it works. Therefore, it can't."
Deleted nothing. Every blueprint is on the web. Sotheby’s even auctioned off a set of telemetry tapes last year.
We are going back to the moon next year