I love the additional details in this video. The ullage rockets during staging are a nice touch. All the angles that you never see from the old film footage. It's going to be amazing when we get manned missions beyond LEO again with digital cameras, video, and HD resolutions.
This is the best Apollo video ever its even better than the actual footage of the landings from Nasa. Fantastic graphics that the "Apollo 11 VR Experience" doesn't have. Its vary creative that you chose to make the Apollo 20 mission. I love the camera angles and the view points that shows different prospective during flight.
Very nicely made! 🙂👍 One minor detail, there are no billowing dust clouds in a vacuum. The descent engine exhaust gasses, and the moon dust, spread out in straight lines when the exhaust hits the moon. Interesting fact, the blown away moon dust could travel half way across the moon before settling down again because of the tremendous speed of the exhaust gasses.
They should have done at least one more apollo moon mission, given that they had a fully functional CSM, LM, and Saturn V which were built for the original Apollo 15 'H' mission. They probably could not modify the spacecraft for another 'J' mission, but it was such a waste to not use those already-built spacecraft for one more mission. They're display pieces now.
I sure hope that in this fictional event, Jim Lovell sits in it together with Frank Borman. How those two never made it to the surface of the moon is beyond me.
With Lovell it was bad engineering. Apollo 13 had a tank that was accidentally dropped, misaligning the drainage tube. As the thermostat, designed to the specifications for in-flight power levels, was not compatible with the higher voltage used on the ground, an unorthodox method of draining the tank, using the heaters, was used. Problem was that the higher voltage was applied welded the thermostat shut and due to improper instrumentation, caused the tank to reach temperatures of about 1,000°C, destroying the Teflon insulation on the wires. Once filled with LOX and then when nearing the Moon, all was needed was a spark from the cryo stir, and the rest was history. As for Borman, it was mainly due to being away from his family. He was on the Cortright Commission that investigated the Apollo 1 fire, and served as the astronaut liaison between NASA and North America Aviation (CSM manufacturer). With that, plus the training of the original Apollo 9 "E" mission, which eventually became the Apollo 8 "C-Prime" mission, it can take a toll on somebody, especially when Apollo 8 could have either make or break the entire Apollo Program. Out of those that flown on Apollo, only a few astronauts were able to keep their marriages intact. All three of the Apollo 8 crew members are still married to this very day.
Seferino, can you please tell me what textures you use for the Moon? Specifically the one that enables that kind of elevation and terrain! It looks amazing. *EDIT*: Read some comments down the line. This is Orbiter Beta 2015. Will try your method! (Is the staging noticeable from the interior? I usually stick to interior on launch anyways).
I actually wrote an online alternate history novella called "The Tycho Calamity" about a fictitious Apollo 18 mission that follows exactly what this flight layout was! However, I did take liberty with the landing location, in that I had my LM touch down inside the crater rather than near its rim.
+Félix Bachiller, the Surveyor visited by Apollo 12 was one of the "pathfinder" Surveyors; to see if the Moon's soil was hard enough to support the weight of a man, let alone the LM. Surveyor 7, like Lunar Orbiters 4 & 5, was a purely scientific mission, intended to study the Moon in the same manner the Viking landers did on Mars 10 years later (except look for signs of life).
As a camera for some time I use an add-on called orbflyby ... I just found that is not found anywhere. I will find out why it is very useful because it creates an invisible spaceship that can be positioned around a spacecraft and used as an external camera.
Don Lind was also the pilot for Skylab Rescue for Skylabs 3 & 4 (Vance Brand was commander; later was CMP for ASTP, and Commander for STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35).
I have been thinking that you should definitely do a video about the first roundtrip crewed mission across the Solar System, visiting Venus, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto or whatever you would like to explore. It's alot like the BBC film Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. Just saying it would be a fun watch as well. :)
In the finnish juveline scifi book Avaruuslentäjän Arvoitus, a finnish boy encounters an Apollo 20 astronat who tells him about his weird adventure on the Moon.
In later missions, why did they open up a panel on the service module? I know that wasn't the case with earlier missions. Would love to get a solid answer on this. What equipment was used, for what purpose, etc.
Nice video but I have a question. After LM extraction this video shows the CSM/LM stack continuing to lunar orbit 'backwards'? This would probably make sense as they would then need the SPS to be leading to enable them to fire it to drop into lunar orbit. However, I assumed (or have read) they performed another 180° turn so that the LM was leading (and they could see where they were going) and then turned around again to use the SPS to drop into lunar orbit. Which is correct? One way they fly blind to the moon, the other they burn up valuable fuel.
+thenovylen There's actually a trick on video. I made the mission "Orbiter 2010," I install AMSO in "Orbiter 2015" and copy the esenarios. The launch in 2015 gives an error in the separation of the stages, but the rest of the mission work without problems ... provided they do not eject any stage.
+Rseferino Orbiter Filmmaker Thanks for the information , in my case AMSO make a several error when i execute it at Orbiter 2015. I'm trying to install it archive by archive but still the trouble . I hope AMSO make an update in the future . Greetins :)
Nice video! Why would they jettison the LM on the orbit around the moon though? Was that a part of the planned Apollo 20 mission? I've always thought it makes sense to keep the LM as long as possible. (living space, consumables, backup, etc.)
Dietrich Louw You can download it here: orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html There is the basic simulator add-or any ship is in: www.orbithangar.com/index.php To support and forum: www.orbiter-forum.com/index.php
Gerber Jenkinson Originally, Apollo 18 would go to Vallis Schroteri, and Apollo 19 the crater Copernicus. Although the landscapes, would like to repeat Apollo 20.
tygoo7 The video is a mix of versions 2010 and 2015. The mission around and over the moon is in Orbiter 2015. AMSO in 2015 gives problems orbiter during launch, and that stage is in Orbiter 2010.
If only. I'm torn between the ability of seeing Saturn Vs at KSC and JSC or having at least three more lunar landings. More lunar landings and building some more Apollo Saturn Spacecraft and boosters to fly to Venus would have better.
I love the additional details in this video. The ullage rockets during staging are a nice touch. All the angles that you never see from the old film footage. It's going to be amazing when we get manned missions beyond LEO again with digital cameras, video, and HD resolutions.
This is the best Apollo video ever its even better than the actual footage of the landings from Nasa. Fantastic graphics that the "Apollo 11 VR Experience" doesn't have. Its vary creative that you chose to make the Apollo 20 mission. I love the camera angles and the view points that shows different prospective during flight.
Well done!! Brings back the same excitement! All I missed was Walter Cronkite!!
I was born on July 31st 1974, oh what could have been!
The astronauts are so excited for their new rover
Probably the greatest science contributions of the Apollo missions would come from this one.
Incredible talent you have. You really have something here, thanks!
Very nicely made! 🙂👍
One minor detail, there are no billowing dust clouds in a vacuum. The descent engine exhaust gasses, and the moon dust, spread out in straight lines when the exhaust hits the moon.
Interesting fact, the blown away moon dust could travel half way across the moon before settling down again because of the tremendous speed of the exhaust gasses.
They should have done at least one more apollo moon mission, given that they had a fully functional CSM, LM, and Saturn V which were built for the original Apollo 15 'H' mission. They probably could not modify the spacecraft for another 'J' mission, but it was such a waste to not use those already-built spacecraft for one more mission. They're display pieces now.
It's cool watching this, especially after writing a novella about an Apollo mission to Tycho.
I sure hope that in this fictional event, Jim Lovell sits in it together with Frank Borman. How those two never made it to the surface of the moon is beyond me.
Xxxii
With Lovell it was bad engineering. Apollo 13 had a tank that was accidentally dropped, misaligning the drainage tube. As the thermostat, designed to the specifications for in-flight power levels, was not compatible with the higher voltage used on the ground, an unorthodox method of draining the tank, using the heaters, was used. Problem was that the higher voltage was applied welded the thermostat shut and due to improper instrumentation, caused the tank to reach temperatures of about 1,000°C, destroying the Teflon insulation on the wires. Once filled with LOX and then when nearing the Moon, all was needed was a spark from the cryo stir, and the rest was history.
As for Borman, it was mainly due to being away from his family. He was on the Cortright Commission that investigated the Apollo 1 fire, and served as the astronaut liaison between NASA and North America Aviation (CSM manufacturer). With that, plus the training of the original Apollo 9 "E" mission, which eventually became the Apollo 8 "C-Prime" mission, it can take a toll on somebody, especially when Apollo 8 could have either make or break the entire Apollo Program.
Out of those that flown on Apollo, only a few astronauts were able to keep their marriages intact. All three of the Apollo 8 crew members are still married to this very day.
As always, amazing video. So much detail, better than a real launch ;)
Alexander Backlund Thanks :)
excellent video and music. thanks.
Beautiful art.
Seferino, can you please tell me what textures you use for the Moon? Specifically the one that enables that kind of elevation and terrain! It looks amazing.
*EDIT*: Read some comments down the line. This is Orbiter Beta 2015. Will try your method! (Is the staging noticeable from the interior? I usually stick to interior on launch anyways).
Excellent video
All the videos you make are amazing!!!
Keep it up.
PS: FIRST!!!
I actually wrote an online alternate history novella called "The Tycho Calamity" about a fictitious Apollo 18 mission that follows exactly what this flight layout was! However, I did take liberty with the landing location, in that I had my LM touch down inside the crater rather than near its rim.
Is it available as hardcopy or...do you have a link for it? I am intrigued and I would like to have a look haha.
If I were to be the one on EVA observing Surveyor 7, I would have teared up from the emotion of visiting something so historically important.
They visited a Surveyor probe on Apollo 12.
+Félix Bachiller, the Surveyor visited by Apollo 12 was one of the "pathfinder" Surveyors; to see if the Moon's soil was hard enough to support the weight of a man, let alone the LM. Surveyor 7, like Lunar Orbiters 4 & 5, was a purely scientific mission, intended to study the Moon in the same manner the Viking landers did on Mars 10 years later (except look for signs of life).
William Gilbert and you have have a blob of water on your face..
Brandon Smith ,no,the tears would be less "tear shaped"
Not with that angry Rhino music blasting in the PA, nonstop.
Pure epicness.
winged i will susbcribe you on yt
Yet, Jim Mcdivitt once said, "You will fly to Tycho over my dead body."
Why did you turn the ratings off? I always like your videos.
I love all your videos! :)
I have a question that i wondering for some time. How you use Orbiter camera for your videos. And i really wan to know how it works. It's really good.
As a camera for some time I use an add-on called orbflyby ... I just found that is not found anywhere. I will find out why it is very useful because it creates an invisible spaceship that can be positioned around a spacecraft and used as an external camera.
+Rseferino Orbiter Filmmaker so how it possible and how to do it?
Try this one:www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3657
Great video! Music got a bit tiresome after a minute, but that's ok. :-) Easy enough to use my own.
Great sir....
It would be great if you could make a N1-L3 video ;)
+Rodolfo Octavio Velez Montes I want to use Velcro N1 to this and other missions, including the Soviet version of missions to Mars with the N1
Ha! Battlestar Galactica music. Awesome!
Commander was Stuart Roosa,
LMP was Don Lind and CMP Jack Lousma.
Don Lind was also the pilot for Skylab Rescue for Skylabs 3 & 4 (Vance Brand was commander; later was CMP for ASTP, and Commander for STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35).
thank you so mach for returning my mail going to download it try to go moon nother times thanks
very nice
Apollo 18 should of been the last Lunar Voyage.NASA could of delayed Skylab for a few months.
I have been thinking that you should definitely do a video about the first roundtrip crewed mission across the Solar System, visiting Venus, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto or whatever you would like to explore. It's alot like the BBC film Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. Just saying it would be a fun watch as well. :)
Phillip Leavenworth I was just planning the mission Voyage to the Planets, will not only video but I'll be doing in several parts.
That's fantastic! Can't wait to see it!
It's AMSO (Apollo Mission Simulator for Orbiter) who makes the moon to have 3D "landscape". (But it's more a "Moonscape")
In the finnish juveline scifi book Avaruuslentäjän Arvoitus, a finnish boy encounters an Apollo 20 astronat who tells him about his weird adventure on the Moon.
Back then we were really doing something! Unlike today when we are just endlessly circling the Earth and hitching rides with the Russians!
In later missions, why did they open up a panel on the service module? I know that wasn't the case with earlier missions. Would love to get a solid answer on this. What equipment was used, for what purpose, etc.
Fifty0ne They launched a mini satellite from there.
+Fifty0ne It was to expose science instruments,like magnotometers,and to launch a small sat in LLO.
+Fifty0ne It was to expose science instruments,like magnotometers,and to launch a small sat in LLO.
+Brandon Bennetzen It's during these "Trans-earth EVAs" that the current altitude record for a spacewalk was established.
You forgot the Trans-Earth EVA.
Nice video but I have a question. After LM extraction this video shows the CSM/LM stack continuing to lunar orbit 'backwards'? This would probably make sense as they would then need the SPS to be leading to enable them to fire it to drop into lunar orbit.
However, I assumed (or have read) they performed another 180° turn so that the LM was leading (and they could see where they were going) and then turned around again to use the SPS to drop into lunar orbit.
Which is correct? One way they fly blind to the moon, the other they burn up valuable fuel.
Thanks you , the video is amazing . How did you integrated AMSO to Orbiter 2015 ? greetins ;)
+thenovylen There's actually a trick on video. I made the mission "Orbiter 2010," I install AMSO in "Orbiter 2015" and copy the esenarios. The launch in 2015 gives an error in the separation of the stages, but the rest of the mission work without problems ... provided they do not eject any stage.
+Rseferino Orbiter Filmmaker Thanks for the information , in my case AMSO make a several error when i execute it at Orbiter 2015. I'm trying to install it archive by archive but still the trouble . I hope AMSO make an update in the future . Greetins :)
A favoritos de cabeza!
You can see Stu Roosa and Jack Lousma in the LEM windows
Nice video! Why would they jettison the LM on the orbit around the moon though? Was that a part of the planned Apollo 20 mission? I've always thought it makes sense to keep the LM as long as possible. (living space, consumables, backup, etc.)
The CSM could not send the extra weight of the LM out of the lunar orbit to Earth.
how did this guy did the map thing at 3:36
With an add-on called "Videnie orbit drawing"
cool thanks
where must i click download for the file.
thanks
did you do the music yourself too
Pritomkumar Dibrugarh Assam India Nice video
hi how can i download Orbiter Space Flight Simulator
Dietrich Louw You can download it here: orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html
There is the basic simulator add-or any ship is in: www.orbithangar.com/index.php
To support and forum: www.orbiter-forum.com/index.php
+Dietrich Louw You can go to this site:
orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html
This craft is Auto flight thingie or manual?
Do apollo 18 and 19
Gerber Jenkinson Originally, Apollo 18 would go to Vallis Schroteri, and Apollo 19 the crater Copernicus. Although the landscapes, would like to repeat Apollo 20.
Hey where can i get a 3d terrain for the moon in orbiter 2010 like what you had in the video?
Does anyone know who and in what region should have been flying on the canceled Apollo 18, 19, 20 missions?
Could you tell us what software you use to plot the orbit trajectory? Thanks!
Videnie orbit drawing www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4864
ThankUU:))
Docking with retracted probe?
Yes, everything is not perfect, the idea is not God's perfection.
How did you reentered from the Moon?
Huh?
What mod makes the moon have 3D terrain?
tygoo7 The video is a mix of versions 2010 and 2015. The mission around and over the moon is in Orbiter 2015. AMSO in 2015 gives problems orbiter during launch, and that stage is in Orbiter 2010.
And where is the button of the map?
The map button of orbiter
Ok it will help
Videnie orbit drawing www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4864
I want to go
Apollo 20 was cancelled because they wanted to reserve its Saturn V for launching Skylab.
Austin1987VCR actually no it was cancelled after Apollo 11 because of the budget NASA had after Apollo 11
Son Nguyen
After 17. The last moon landing was in 1972 with apollo 17.
Don't you guys get sarcasm?
Vilhelmas now some one gets it!
Three years later
I was waiting on the cylons lol
What mod?
The moon phase isn't right. We usually launch near the new moon and arrive in the first quarter.
Bear McCreary - Prelude to War
自分が生まれてあとになりますね。
born to same day for ichiro suzuki
Do SOHO next
What is the game name?
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2010
If only. I'm torn between the ability of seeing Saturn Vs at KSC and JSC or having at least three more lunar landings.
More lunar landings and building some more Apollo Saturn Spacecraft and boosters to fly to Venus would have better.
did u know that it takes 90 mins to orbit around the earth w the space shuttle.
It takes 90 minutes to orbit the earth with _everything_ if you are only a few hundred kilometres up.
You forgot Apollos 18 and 19 and where they were supposed to end up on the moon
I did not forget them, he just did not do them.
Apollo 18: Copernicus Crater
Apollo 19: Censorino Crater
I felt a spectacular landing on Tycho.
How to LM up
You should do the TAU mission.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAU_(spacecraft)
darkminer64 I am preparing an interstellar mission to Alpha Centauri
Rseferino Orbiter Filmmaker How?
+Augustus Probably Orion Nuclear Propulsion.
10/10
Are you from the past
Sad thing about this mission, even
if it did happen. Nobody would've watched it :(
During Apollo 20, they found a dead woman alien in a flying saucer on the moon.
+Xdarkshadow10 Apollo 20 never flew. To which you mean a bad report by an Italian journalist bit knowledgeable about the history and astronautics.
Hah, ignorant! Apollo 20 was cancelled together with Apollo 18 and 19
Battlestar Galactica for the win
lol its fucking herloius that nothing we can build today can top the mighty Saturn V not even the ares
I also want to become an astronaut to 😄😄😄
why did they stop the apollo missions why nasa why!!!!!!!!!!!
Because Nixon nixed it.
where can i download this game
2019: apollo 119
Sadly no
o sorry 1 more thing is it easy to play and stuff.
Fake austronut