How did NASA get those great film shots of Apollo and the Shuttle?
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- Ever wondered how NASA got those amazing film shots of Apollo and the shuttle launching and the boosters falling away from rockets as they fly into space, then here we find out what cameras and techniques they used.
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No dramatization, no useless suspense, no clickbaits. Amazing job. Your video shows all the research and hardwork you put in there for numb nuts like me. Now i believe in the sanity of the world, that it got over a million views.
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@@Pune122 thanks buddy
I remember when The History Channel would have programs like this. I miss those days.
@@cj20080 I can't argue with that my friend hahaha 👍🏽
Now we have Kardashians and love island. 😔😔
@@ArkadyRenko1 dont forget ancient aliens
yeah, but who watches tv anymore?
Back when we actually learned things on history channel. Now all we learn is aliens are trying to rape us all and rick harrison can only do 20$
My father's company, D.B. Milliken, built a lot of those 400 fps cameras used throughout the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and beyond programs. In the early '70s the company was sold to Teledyne. Many of the Milliken cameras had specially shape housings to cram in the tight spaces of the command capsules. You can see the elongated oval logo sticker in several of the shots in this video. It was always a fun evening when my dad would bring home footage of testing procedures! I certainly remember the films of Col. John Stapp as he was strapped into the rocket sled to study high-G effects on humans.
Robert, I am a long time owner of many Milliken 16mm DBM series cameras. (I use for sports photography). Where did the name "DB Milliken" come from? BTW, Alan Gordon Enterprises has a special built DBM with a "twist" in the housing that I believe is identical to the one seen in many photos of John Glenn inside Friendship 7.
@@jimpalmer2704 Donald Booth Milliken was the designer of that stop-frame drive and founded the company. I don't know when the company was started. And yes, there were several models with housings specifically designed to fit in the very confined spaces inside the space capsules.
I have some "Space Bucks" which were placed inside the camera housings used to film that ubiquitous footage of stage separation everyone's seen so many times. The cameras were jettisoned and recovered downrange from the Atlantic Ocean. The bills are signed by members of the various crews involved either in launch or recovery.
D B Milliken was located where please? The USA?
@@michaelrmurphy2734
D. B. Milliken Co.
131 S. 5th Ave.
Arcadia, California, USA.
The 210 freeway now goes over what used to be that address.
@@truesdel Used to? Hmm... Next stop Street View.
This is one of the most interesting and informative videos that I’ve watched on TH-cam. The level of detail presented and the fluent, articulate delivery is superior to some of the Nat Geo or Discovery shows.
Yup. What he said ^
Check the TH-cam chsnnel RealEngineering he gets really complicated.
That's what passion does.
Love the videos. My uncle was chief photographic engineer at Kennedy and worked there from the late 50’s through the 90’s and was responsible for positioning and setup of the launchpad cameras for all the launches. He even got to meet von Braun on several occasions to discuss camera positions. He told some great stories about cameras being rattled to pieces inside their protective cases. Few people understood how difficult it was for them to get many of those shots, especially the big Saturns later on in the program.
destroying cameras always makes for great footage when they survive
@@Leafyfpv Whaa...? That's kind of funny. ;-)
@@thethirdman225 some of the cameras up close were probably sacrificed even in protected casings im thinking at least a few were lost... though this video focuses more on the tracking camera system which is itself a pretty wild make.
Thanks unky!
Leafy fpv The cameras themselves were not directly exposed to the rocket exhaust. It was usually done by a series of mirrors. Back in the film days, the film itself would not have survived if the cameras didn’t.
I had no idea that launches were so closely and extensively filmed. This was an extremely interesting and informative video. Thank you for bringing it to TH-cam.
Check out NASA's "best of the best" video, where a couple engineers go into extensive detail on the footage, explaining every sequence in a Shuttle launch. th-cam.com/video/vFwqZ4qAUkE/w-d-xo.html
Not saying this because I'm a sucker for aerospace.. but this is probably one of my favourite videos of this channel!! Stunning footage, thank you for creating this and thanks to all of the people involved in the content over the decades!
Amazing technology and ingenuity!
I RESPECT YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT...
my favorite by faaaarrr is the falcon heavy boosters landing in unison. i know it didnt take super specialized gear to film but what an amazing launch to be alive for.
I was just about to say the same.
James Sullivan haha damn you are so woke. poor guy
Dude what happened to your amazing aviation videos.
Thanks dudes! Life sort of got busy for me. I started a contact maintenance company which is going great and I'm now flying full time for compass airlines as a first officer on the e175.
I don't get it, why was this particular launch "amazing to be alive for"? Did they send someone to alpha centauri? Or just the photog?
I'm pretty sure that guy filming the v2 had balls too big to run with.
He had a sniper aimed at the back of his head , and knew it !
@@micknolan3753 This was Germany, not communist russia.
@@micknolan3753 Not quite. It would have been done out of absolute passion for his craft. Those guys were smart and motivated.
@____ Never said they were good. Ethically disgusting, but smart and motivated. You do know the nazis had their shit so together they managed to go from a hyperinflated enconomy (wiemar) in 1923, the nazis take power in 35, and everyone goes from being poor and starving to having a mini industrial revolution which let them conquer europe by 1942. They were flying rockets into us in the UK by 1944! Oh yeah and the usa nicked all their scientists in 45 so they could go to space and make nukes.
As i said, not good, very unethical but they were very competent as a political class. If you want to be triggered go read about stalin and mao, the communists. Way higher civilian kill counts.
@Gavin Quick They got shit done. I would love to live in a society that was as unified, althought for a much different cause.
I took a job last year operating a Contraves mount on the launch complex at Vandenberg Air Force Base. We still perform launch tracking with similar procedures and increasingly more sophisticated camera systems. It’s wonderful to see the capabilities of our fellow mobile optics technicians receiving some accolades. Thank you.
I'm sorry to hear they removed your video. Thanks for sharing it with us again 😊
They.... Can go to hell!
You distill so many videos into an understandable compilation. Fantastic research. Thank you
Agreed! Thanks for the content.
5:29 I used to do business with NASA back during the early days of the Space Shuttle and often got within a few feet of those binocular optics used to optically track launch vehicles. They had massive objective lenses. I was an amateur astronomer and would drool when I got a good look at those optics.
Another absolutely wonderful piece. Thank you.
My favorite footage: the first stage separation on the Saturn 5. First of all it just looks so stunning and violent, it's hard to believe such a massive essentially hollow structure could withstand the forces at play.
Still watching again, this is so well done! 👍
AGREED
They never put cameras on the helmets of the space walkers I wonder why?
Yes they do. I have seen footage of many different spacewalks that were shot by the astronauts actually doing the spacewalk. You just won't ever see that kind of footage if the astronauts are working on something that is classified.
@@John.M.Gannon
Yes, yes they do.
@@John.M.Gannon TV cams on the helmets and on the MMU's of the 80's Gemini astros carried handheld cams on their spacewalks
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Watching F1's ignite and come up to full thrust is still completely amazing to me.
I subbed to this channel a long while ago and am still being rewarded by recommendations of (years old, but) awesome documentarys that outmatch many of their TV production counterparts.
Very well done ! No computer animated voice just a man that speaks clear English with a nice accent thank you !
Technical videoes will never be the same after this!!! I got SO much more out of it without that droning animated pretend voice... For bless ya for that. Beautiful work!
Michael Peterson
I love any angles looking down at Earth from the rocket. I think there's one here on YT called "Riding the Booster". Like taking off in a plane except you just keep going until the sky is black, so surreal looking!
the space shuttle booster right?
I'll have a look for that, thanks.
@@attaat The channel "Tanks in Space" has great booster videos
6:01 6:29 The footage of the rocket stages separating with the earth in the background are among the most amazing images I have ever seen.
My grandfather RIP was one of those people taking those photos. He worked out of Vandenberg Air Force Base. Of course they took photos of many other things that the air force was developing, most of which he couldn't talk about.
When I was a young boy my grandfather took me out on the base one day to see the Thunderbird's, a newly formed aerobatic squadron. They we're putting on a show for the purpose of getting some promotional shots. Selected personnel and their family members where invited to attend. While waiting for their arrival my grandfather put me in the operators seat of the mount and let me control it. You looked through a view finder shaped like a pair of goggles and controlled the motion of the mount with a control stick much like an airplane has with buttons that fire the various cameras instead of Gatling guns. I got to swing the mount around a little bit. It was pretty cool.
My gramps worked on all of the big projects of the space race. I have some pretty cool photos of his that have never been seen before. I avoid publishing them due to possible conflicts with classification but most of them are of things that have been declassified like what's shone in this video so it most likely wouldn't be a problem but who knows. I don't want to take the chance.
It is ALL intoxicating footage to me, but the rise of any of the rockets/vehicles off the landing pads, and the subsequent cameras that catch "the blast off" really are the most-magnificent pieces of footage that move me to tears still to this day. Having seen both Shuttle and ATLAS Rocket launches (John Glenn's Return to Space, and a night ATLAS launch) I feel terribly fortunate to not only having been able to see a pre-9/11 launch, but to watch as technology fosters more adaptation, inspiration and results. It is a grand time to be alive. Thank you for sharing so much knowledge. It is appreciated and know that it will be shared far and wide.
It's amazing to see how NASA recorded the footage of the launches. I remember going to Cape Kennedy to watch the Columbia blast off in middle school. I took the yearbook photos of the launch, with a lot of advice from the science teachers. I borrowed my brother's 35mm and used 1000 ASA film, which was a really big deal for an 8th grader. It's mind blowing how advanced the professional film was in comparison. Thank you for posting a wonderful video!
I was not one one the amateur videographers to film any of those beautiful launches, but I was inspired by those videos so much that I am now recording all of the launches out of Cape Canaveral FL. My last video was crappy as it was out of focus a bit for the liftoff stage. But I will be sure to do better for the rest of them. Those videos are the only ways many around the world will ever get to see a rocket launch. I truly believe it is an experience more people should have. I hope you all have a great day/night and as always, Keep Smiling
....just want to thank you for the work you're doing; no hype or bs...just solid, great in-depth information presented in straight forward fashion...quality work all around
As a kid in the 60’s I had “Thunderbirds”- 50 years plus later “Falcon Heavy is go”- and it lands on its tail!!!! It’s about time.
It's about time,
It's about space,
About strange people in the strangest place.
It's about time,
It's about flight,
Travelin' faster than the speed of light.
@@andyman8630 I was going to say the same thing!
Elon Musk has enter the Chat
Superbly researched and well-written, with great footage. Thanks for one of the most densely informative videos on YT.
My favourite footage is the slow-motion launch of Apollo 11 from various angles, simply because this was the most important technological event in human history. Half a century after the fact, I still find it deeply moving to watch, and I still find it incredible that, in the first few seconds after being released by the hold-down arms, such a gargantuan and heavy rocket could be kept in perfect vertical balance by computer-controlled reactive gimballing of the F1 engines.
Sheer technical mastery!
I'm with you on the Apollo Saturn V launch footage - high-speed camera E-8 footage of Apollo 11 is my absolute fave. The way the flame billows out of the launch trench; the shards of ice falling from the sides of the launch vehicle, the incredible exhaust of the F-1 engines. 500 frames per second of pure power. th-cam.com/video/DKtVpvzUF1Y/w-d-xo.html
Another favorite is camera E-19 of the Space Shuttle launches, where you see the cascades of sparks below the Shuttle main engines. The details of the flow of the exhaust in the SSME, the sheer power of the SRBs...camera E-8 on Shuttle launches watches the explosive bolts that hold the SRBs down and is pretty cool too. th-cam.com/video/wlz5u1OBe_c/w-d-xo.html
Bravo! Point well made!
Rob Stuart มา
I'm a 64 year old Norwegian amateur photographer. I had NO idea of the scale of all this. Fantastic video and presentation!
For many years and probably even now the technologies used in photographing things like this was all classified top secret. There where some high speed cameras that where used and not even mentioned who's capabilities are still not known to the public. We're talking large format film cameras shooting thousands of frames per second.
SUCH a fantastic video, man! Thank you for taking the time to research & find all the clips that you used for this. Absolutely spectacular!
The advancement of the camera systems to record this amazing footages is just as fascinating as the rockets themselves.
Quite the most interesting and informative youtube video I have ever seen. Incredibly well put together thank you. Subscribed.
I was quite impressed by how much of the Apollo program was shown live (I was 9 when we landed on the Moon) from space. The videography that most impressed me was when the lunar rover camera followed the live liftoff of the assent stage of the LEM. It was mind blowing to me we could watch our most distant exploration live on television. The live video was also testament to how dedicated they were to doing the space program right. The most recent live views that truly excited me was of the first flight of the Falcon Heavy. The two side busters landing next to each other was rocket science porn. It was also amazing seeing SN9 swing sideways and come down in the skydiver maneuver, something never done before with an orbital class upper stage, from the onboard cameras. The excitement continued with the relight and flip upright with the Raptor engines only failing in the remaining seconds of the landing attempt. I knew that final green that showed clearly on camera was not boron.
Me too!! I was that same age, and was always glued to the TV during the launches and missions! When the space X boosters would come down and land vertical was amazing! I would say, "this is Buck Rodgers!" It would always disappoint when the footage would skip and we would miss the landings!!
What a spectacular collection of footage and very interesting narrative. Keep up the good work. Thanks!!
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Great work curious droid. Deep research and access to footage, keep giving us high quality documentary.
My favourite is at 4:24 on the ground. Sunny sky, the staff in white shirts, the cars of the sixties and the Saturn V in the background. This was the spirit of that time...
My favorite launch footage is actually landing footage of the space x boosters. It's chilling to watch a booster land. It's one of the most exciting things I have seen live in my lifetime.
Right! Boosters landing, and now the starship flipping itself upright and landing!?!?! I am closing in on my 50's and I am speechless watching that shit. Space x launch and landing brought to us by PIXAR!.. lmao
A lot of great details I never knew about in my years of fascination with the NASA space programs thank you for this superb video!
I’m so glad that a total coincidence let me find this channel.... the amount of work put into these really superb videos is overwhelming... I just love watching these videos and I hope to see more to come in the future.
Fantastic work, guys, I wish you all the best!
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Excellent work, just came across your channel. Quality like this is rare - Thank you.
My favourite is the one at 11:30 , because of the awesome effects you can see as the exhaust plume changes colour and makes this weird electrical-looking plasma. Second favourite is at 13:18 , as you can see the sheer force of the ignition followed by the nozzles vectoring inwards, and then the clamps disengage and the thing just lifts up like it's nothing! Of course I like a lot of other shots, the separation of the Apollo booster in space and the long shots SpaceX have been doing recently where you can watch from a rocket's POV the entire journey up into space and back down to Earth. I'm so glad they stick cameras on these things, as you said, you get to see things that normally no human would be able to safely observe with their own two eyes, and it's always the most awesome parts of a launch!
Can't remember any specifics, but my fav was a tiny frog that had somehow got onto the launch platform. It was blasted into the air when the SRBs ignited. Poor frog, but pretty memorable.
An excellent production, suitable for any University classroom. Thanks for sharing.
wow this topic totally blew my mind. Never gave an honest thought to the camera tech for the launches.....awesome vid
wow..never thought it’s complicated to capture the moment, until watching this video. thank you!
Fantastic! Learned many new details about the launch footage.
Very, VERY well done....no nonsense, no dramatisation, and to the point. If only the History Channel would take note!
The History Channel is history
One of the best YouTUBE channels around with a Great presenter !
I truly love your videos. you and your team do a wonderful job. I'm assuming team because it's all done so well. The speaking, the script, the timing. The editing. No fluff, just the great info. Thank you so much and again GREAT channel. Long time watcher
Thanks for re-uploading. I'll just re-watch because it was great!
That was so inspiring thank you for so many beautiful shots of rocket engines, explosive bolts, and enormous propellant doors. You don't see these detailed clips on just any channel...👍🏻
Thank you! That was very informative. I watched it all the way to the end!
This is so cool! Thank you for posting this. I've seen 90% of the footage shown, but the 10% stuff is still SO AWESOME!
What fascinating information! You have put a lot of time and effort into researching and putting this video together. As an armchair rocket scientist, I wish to express my gratitude for all your hard work.
Thank you
Favourite launches were the saturn-5 rockets. I don't know why, they just looked cool going up. A lot more graceful than the shuttle
the shuttle wasnt a rocket it was a jet plane, you can hear its engines when it comes in to LAND!
Mr Westie it used rocket engines?
SRB Stands for Solid Jet Boosters.Obvious enough? Brilliant....
@@rowdyyates4273 What?!? There are NO jet engines on the shuttle and NO thrusters are firing during landing approach!!
@@rowdyyates4273 Wrong. The shuttle glides in to land, completely unpowered.
My favorite footage is of the early Apollo missions where the cameras are sitting at the launch pad filming at a high FPS...watching the fuel mixing and burning in slow motion as those giant F1 engines spew millions of pounds thrust is still awe inspiring :0)
Agreed! The ultra high speed cam footage that runs about 10 minutes is astounding. The only 'improvement' IMHO would be if the actual sound was recorded and added in. Of course it would have to be corrected for pitch. Can you imagine 10 minutes of thunderous subwoofers pounding in combination with that? Neighbors might get a little bit ticked... lol
@@bigbaddms you had me at "thunderous subwoofers" :)
This is typical of the wonderful, informative programmes you may find on TH-cam . Thank you so much for posting !
One of my favs would be the video, sound, and telemetry from the SRB's and external fuel tank during shuttle launches and the re entry of the SRB's and fuel tank. The viewer is actually able to experience what it's like to reenter the atmosphere.
+1 That's also my favorite.
3:58 - 4:02 It clearly shows the *curvature of the Earth* . This is gold. Especially in the rise of flatearthers all around.
Antonio Nešić it's all camera distortion by the nazis #flattroll 😂😂
Caleb Gulder 😂😂😂😂
Fish eye lens .. Nice try. Its flat.
HEY, GET ME BACK UP. I JUST FELL OFF!
+Antonio Nesic: That camera was no more than 121,000ft up..roughly 23 miles, the same as a normal-lens-balloon cam of today. The only thing that would make that footage show curvature is a convex-lens, similar to todays fish-eye lens..easily done. Theres plenty of footage out there with a normal lens..25 miles up, edge-of-space, and once the balloon/cam have stabilised, it shows a flat disc/plane with horizon still eye-level....It is what it is....
That was a well collected information. Thank you so much. I am so mesmerized. People usually give credit to the Rocket scientists but not to the camera people or other people who indirectly support these missions. Had these camera people not captured the snags and mistakes, it would have been very difficult for NASA and other space agencies to figure out the issues. Thank you once again for sharing such amazing information. Appreciate it. Thank you. :)
this was the first video that i watched of yours. now we are here again 5 years later
Outstanding mini documentary! How is it that I've only just now stumbled upon this channel?!?
Just gives me a reason to watch it again. This is such a great educational channel Paul. I will be promoting this channel on our streams. Great work!
I will never forget seeing the space shuttle Challenger disaster, only my classmates and I saw it outdoors from the school playground. Being accustomed to launch delays, we always waited until it cleared the launchpad and then ran outside to watch. It was very cold that morning in Central Florida and something about the launch did not look right. We were all rather puzzled and went back inside to watch it on TV.
Later that morning, the school held an impromptu prayer service.
Excellent video... Truly amaze at the technology and development of these awesome telephoto lens over the years. Thank you for posting these clips.
Really enjoy these videos. Thumbed up and shared. Thank you.
Great documentary on the amazingly complicated task of visually documenting rocket launches.
This is really good footage, with an intelligent explanation of what is going on. Well done, I really enjoyed and appreciated this.
Always great videos from your channel. Better than anything on TV today.
My favourite is the Saturn V footage from camera E8. It's just amazing!
Watching again because this was a damn good watch the first time.
Yet another exceptionally fantastic video from Curious Droid. Thanks a lot and keep them coming
Thank You Paul. A perfect video, like You always do!
Agreed on your format, very different for TH-cam, keep it up, thanks for the knowledge!
Yep, hes just as good as discovery or history or science channels
This video is so informative and very well done!
OH! This was an amazing 16 and one half minutes! l wish l could find more videos as good as this! Great work!!!!
Woooow that footage at 3:49 is so amazing! To think that that was the first time humans ever saw images of the earth from space.
Thank you sir for this beautifull footage and brilliant explanation.
The Saturn 4 separation video fascinated me as a child.. still does
Fascinating stuff! Thanks for putting together a great video.
This is the best video I've watched all month! Good job, mate! Subscribed and I am going to binge-watch the channel for a bit. Cheers!
Forget to say - well done Curious Droid for having the curiosity decades afdter the event/s to refocus on what where sights never seen before by humans and the importance of imaging.
this bloke is great..always watch his explanations.
Absolutely brilliant video and magnificent footage. Thank you very much for sharing !
Awesome channel. I always learn something from each video.
I didn’t comment on the first vid. I would say my fav is the Apollo 11 and the iconic countdown. I wasn’t alive at the time but seeing it and the importance of it just blows me away.
I like this video because it show how pepole converted a military device someting more paceful ting
Launching satellite into space, now we have evidence of directed energy weapons. .
A more peacefull thing. ?
Great! So much of information about cameras used years ago. Thank you
Great job on this project, important to me, My Father and Brother worked at Johnson Space Center from the day it opened until 15 years ago. I have so many great memories from their stories. I cherish the mission patches that i have which were given to contractors that were flown on the shuttle. I Love your project. Thanks
its amazing how far the technology come in such short time
They did it with a camera
WOW! I would never imagine that!
Big if true
Justin Y.
Bruhhh you're here also?
I thought you only watching meme videos.
this is true i was the camera
Pics or it didn't happen
The rocket breakup at the end of Koyaanisqatsi is the most amazing camera work to me.
Very well done. Thank you for your efforts and diligence.
you are such a great teacher, 10 star commentary
Fascinating video… extremely interesting… you have the balance of speech and music just right, unlike some videos which overpower the video with music… I don't have favorite part, I just was enthralled watching the whole thing…
Thank you for this informative video! I've always wondered how they captured those amazing shots and really enjoyed the in-depth history.