There is so much to get from this documentary but can I just say how cute these two are? Like they are just so happy and you can feel their almost child-like joy exuding from both of them. I don't think I've ever smiled so much watching a doc before.
Genuine joy of adventure science engineering history geology humanity all those wrapped into an ultimate peak human experience. And these guys are used to remaining calm in situations
@14:09 That is my wife's grandfather Joseph who was geologist who assisted in choosing lunar landing sites exclaiming a volcanic mix when Astronaut excitedly discovered orange soil. She was so proud of him. Now she is with him in heaven. I love you Pattyann.
That's so cool! I was actually starting to wonder because he really stood out to me! Seeing him so excited over orange soil on the moon is just so honest and pure! It kind of broke my heart a little bit to see him go from unbottled excitement to dissapointment when the flight director said "What we go is what we got." He looked like he really wanted to say "Just a few more minutes, the others can wait..." 75 hours on the moon seems like a long time, but when there's so much to see and explore, it's almost no time at all. Thank you for sharing! My grandfather, Sandy was also a geologist :)
Going to the moon must've been such a bittersweet experience, for one knowing you've been somewhere no person has been before must be awe inspiring, but the sadness of knowing you'll most likely never return to the moon must be deep. Still, would give anything to have had that experience myself.
Hands down the best Apollo doc ever made. I don’t really care about how many foot lbs of thrust the F1 engine had, I want to know what it felt like to be there. This one answered all those questions.
@Flat Earth Continuum Looking at your handle, do yourself a favor, get a pair of binoculars, go outside, and watch the ISS fly overhead. Why don't you learn how to think, instead of what to think. You can't even spell 'studios' properly.
The fender on the lunar rover. Fixing that with the maps they had and some clamps is all the proof I need. This by far, is the best documentary of all the Apollo missions. It is just so phenomenal, so spectacular, so incredible, it should be mandatory for everyone in high school to watch and have an exam the next day to see if the students can fully comprehend and appreciate what it took to accomplish- in my opinion, the greatest achievement in the history of the world. Mankind's ultimate quest to touch another world. Just so beautiful. So utterly magnificent. I don't know what created all of this- the moon, the Earth, and the stars, but whatever it is, it's so beyond our ability to comprehend, it's so profoundly complex, yet I feel it admires our courage and curiosity. We will probably never understand how this was all created, but at least we have been given the tools to try.
GOD created it all...that's why you feel the so called it admires our courage and curiosity... because GOD created US and at times he is proud of us ...and at times he isn't
The ending was so beautiful, but also so sad. All put together you as a viewer feel like the third explorer with Cernan and Schmitt. You go on this incredible journey into the unknown, see it all up close, almost as though for yourself. Look back at our fragile blue marble in the sky void. Yet you know where it all went, and we've been stranded in low orbit for nearly half a century. Reach out mankind, touch the stars.
I too dream of the sky and stars. Hopefully humanity will soon learn how amazing it is and actually changes and focuses all of its power towards going out there and exploring the unknown.
The Apollo program what a great accomplishment, certainly ranks up there as one of mankind's greatest achievements, a wonderful documentary that celebrates the expertise and ingenuity of NASA and especially the bravery of all the astronauts, one thing that surprised me was the way Eugene Cernan (R.I.P.) and Harrison Schmitt seemed to be enjoying their experience on the Lunar surface.
I mean seriously. Imagine walking on the moon! Its so far away but still feels so close. It seriously as to be one of the coolest things to experience. Amazing what we can do. imagine what we can do in 1000 years if we can keep ourselves and our planet together.
I don't think I've ever seen a documentary that told the story of Apollo with such poignant grace. A high watermark in storytelling for a high watermark in human achievement. Thank you.
I echo that sentiment. And extend it to all the great moon walkers whom we have lost recently. They wrote their names into the history of humanity for all time. !
WOW!!! Hands down, one of THE BEST documentaries I have EVER watched!! If ever I had a doubt about man on the moon, this put doubt to rest!!! Absolutely incredible!!
I imagine all of us since we were children have gazed up at the moon in wonderment. Something we still do on occasion, I can’t imagine being someone who eventually ended up standing on the moon looking back at earth! What a rare treat!
Truly the best and most comprehensive documentary of an Apollo mission I've ever seen. Congratulations to all involved in this beautiful work, I applaud you... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I remember Apollo 17 lifting off from the cape in '72 . R.I.P. Gene Cernan what a memory seeing you . What a awesome trip on the moon cruising the rover. I m glad growing up in this era with Apollo. God bless all those space crusaders.
Very nice documentary! it make feel us like we were there. It incredible what those guys have lived. When I look the moon, I always think about that. The fact that no humans set the foot since 1972 make the next moon landing more special, like a second first one :) I can't wait this day!
Do you like the crescent? I kind of like these: www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-44-6548HR.jpg www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-44-6549HR.jpg www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-44-6551HR.jpg
Next time Americans return from the Moon, if someone says a prayer to thank God for the crews safe return, there will be a special councel and possible jail time for them. I was 5 when they the crew of Apollo 17 returned. I remember a little and what I remember was a completely different country.
@John D How I see it from the other side of the pond is that back in the sixties America was a country with high goals and aspirations. Nothing is left of that. Ideals have long since been lost. Nothing wrong about SpaceX and its rivals here. What I mean is that the spirit of America is different, or maybe even lost. It is all about money nowadays, and I mean BIG money. Seeing the decay of moral makes me sad. Hope things will change for the better, but I do doubt it.
Amazing two part documentary. I recall watching the Apollo missions with absolute awe as a child. Incredible what NASA achieved technically all those years ago when computers were still very large and slow. Such a tragedy that NASA is now a mere shadow of it's former self. Annoying music and dubbed sound effects - no noise in space.
I saw a very interesting documentary titled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon" directed by Bart Sibrel. Have you seen it? It's quite the game changer.
Yes and astronaut john young,devised a fix back at mission control. Using only the things available in the space craft. Radioed the procedure up to the crew, and it was sorted out. I think the improvised fender is in the Smithsonian museum. If memory serves. 😊
None of the hoax-believers could possibly have any ability to rationally reason like that though. If it was "impossible" to go to the moon, then why fake it 6 times, PLUS make it out like Apollo 13 failed their mission? Why not just fake it once or even just twice for good measure? Seems like the more video you put out, the more possibility someone exposes your lie, huh? Again, the moon-hoaxers are bereft of logic...
@@ragzy02 Very excellent points!!! the more you really think about everything the more it all makes perfect sense. There has been so many things revealed to me that just reinforces one of man's highest achievements. Sounds like our cognitive abilities are working just fine.... All flat earthers and Apollo mission deniers accuse us of being guilty of "cognitive dissonance", but that is just their cop out attempt to make them feel better about their "confirmation bias". is it okay to hate them?
The fender on the lunar rover. Fixing that with the maps they had and some clamps is all the proof I need. This by far is the best documentary of all the Apollo missions. It is just so phenomenal, so spectacular, so incredible, it should be mandatory for everyone in high school to watch and have an exam the next day to see if the students can fully comprehend and appreciate what it took to accomplish- in my opinion, the greatest achievement of the history of the world. Mankind's ultimate quest to touch another world. Just so beautiful. I don't know what created all of this- the moon, the Earth, and the stars, but whatever it is, it's so beyond our ability to comprehend, it's so profoundly complex, yet I feel it admires our courage and curiosity. We will probably never understand how this was all created, but at least we have been given the tools to try.
@@ragzy02 31:57 The sun reflection on his helmet is way too big. Compare to visor reflections of the sun in jet pilot helmets, for example. That cannot be the sun's reflection, my friends.
What a marathon of extreme field geology. Excellent presentation. Background music got a bit loud in parts making it difficult to make out the comms chatter but image quality, particularly the hi-res stills with the calibration strip was really excellent. Shame that the programme was curtailed early.
I just walked my dog and looked up at the moon and the little orange dot, Mars. And to think we have rovers on both, and they’re actual physical places we can go to!👍
What a documentary!!! Please share this how great the Gemini and Apollo missions were. The men and women who made it happen. Bravery to step into the unknown and deal with problems and fix them. I watch this and think about apollo1 and their spirit that was with them. Like stated before it is a privilege to watch this!
@@09rgs While the Leftists in the West are navel gazing, and wasting trillions on a redistribution of wealth, utopia for all fantasy; China just put rovers on Mars and the moon. If we were a united nation, we would have had hotels strewn all along that Massif, and moon tourism booming by now.😊The private sector with Musk, Branson, Bezos, and others may make that happen, but the West and our great nation is sadly collapsing.🙏🇺🇸
Magnifico, magnifico este gran documental, gracias Nasa por estas misiones Apollo, gracias América por cumplir un sueño pero no paréis volver a encender los corazones y el espíritu de la exploración. Gracias por publicarlo y un saludo desde Badajoz.
A lo mejor deberías explicar "al mundo" dónde está Badajoz. Ya sabes, no todo dios conoce la geografía española. Otherwise, thanks for your input and insightful words. And thanks to the 🇺🇸 for all they did (and still do) for space exploration out in the black yonder of our solar system and galaxy.
That's right Robert, and we know that any of the old film was not sped up or slowed down because that would be an easy one to catch, especially for the Soviets....
@ZX7R Melado The way the dust moves is an absolute proof that the EVA's were filmed in vacuum. If there was air on the "set", dust clouds would have formed. Questions to hoaxers: - Is there on earth a vacuum chamber large enough to install a movie set big enough to film the EVA's of Apollo XI to XVII ? - How do they explain that there is vacuum at ground level, and at the same time enough air 5 feet above ground to make the flag "move in the breeze"?
it's so sad that we even have to keep defending this amazing accomplishment. Even more sad that you'll never change their minds. Whatever, people can believe what they want, but I hate when they insult these men.
I saw part of it and once again these images are so great. Currently I'm reading a lot on Apollo missions and all the story is also so great. You know, it's kind of what God entrusted to us human beings to peacefully conquer our world, our existing world and - why not, others too.
If you have any interest in the Apollo Moon missions, take a look at 47 minutes of rare actual footage in this documentary many people have never seen. It is really interesting. th-cam.com/video/xciCJfbTvE4/w-d-xo.html Another rare documentary shows how the Moon missions affected astronauts after returning to Earth, and the impact it had in their lives. Contains rare interviews with astronauts many have never seen. th-cam.com/video/Qr6Vcvl0OeU/w-d-xo.html
When I was a kid in the 80's I was an Eagle Scout. I received congratulatory letters from both Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan. But at the time I was only "Neil Armstrong"! Who cares about anything else? Then in the 90's with Apollo 13, both the book and movie, was all the rage. Yet now that I've had decades to reflect on the science-side of going to the moon, I find Apollo 17 to be the most interesting. I'm so grateful that I got that letter from Gene and wished that I would have appreciated it more at the time. This documentary expertly covers the "why" America went to the moon. Probably one of the best documentaries on any subject that I've ever seen.
Cernan is (was) definitely one of the best ones to talk with. The man knew exactly how much detail to give when answering your questions. He put everything in very laymen terms if he was talking with an average Joe. He could easily switch to speaking at an engineering level if he was talking with someone about very technical things. His mind was intact well into old age (unlike a few of the others). And, of course, he spent more time on the lunar surface than any other astronaut. As for the missions themselves, it's a little bit like picking your favorite pair of shoes. It can change with mood. It's easy enough to dismiss Apollo 12 and 14, because they weren't the first, but, they weren't J missions like Apollo 15/16/17, which stayed for 70+ hours and had the rovers. Apollo 11 was the most "vanilla" mission, traveling the least distance away from the lander, flattest terrain, only one EVA for a couple of hours. But, it was the first, so they just wanted to get there and get home safely, no bells and whistles. So, if you didn't want to be first, and you just wanted to have longer stays on the moon, and see more grandeur, yeah, you need to go with Apollo 15/16/17. In today's mood, my favorite is Apollo 15. Hadley Rille is just such a spectacular site. But, yeah, Apollo 17... truly amazing site also. Maybe in tomorrow's mood.
@@rockethead7 I think that they're all exceptional because of the incremental challenges and/or purposes of them. I certainly will look into more of 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 & 16 at some point. There's a great documentary on Apollo 8 as well. Sometimes I put on apolloinrealtime.org and just listen to mission audio in real time. Oh to have been part of that when it happened (granted almost most all of it happened just before I was born)!
@@gregstauffer8922 Yeah, I was too young during Apollo to have been involved. But, if I had been born in the right decade, I'd have been doing everything possible to be on one of those landings.
Amazing crew. This is my favorite moon landing. They had a incredibly good team work and they had a blast like small children in a play ground..Extraordinary this occurred 8 years before i was born. The whole apollo program was an gigantic human achievement ever in history. Good bless them all 🌚🌍🌞❤
Americans walking on the moon has been the highlight of accomplishment in my 61 years alive so far! The seemingly impossible became a reality in spectacular fashion!
Hopefully some time we’re gonna go back there. I heard that some time this year we might go back, but who knows. It’s just an amazing feat, and one that could never be topped.
39:25 This particular scene showing DSKY is not from actual mission. You can see ALT, VEL, NO DAP and PRIO DISP lights are missing. Looks like it was filmed in LM simulator or so as the DSKY on actual Apollo 17 flight had those 4 extra lights. 2 of them (NO DAP and PRO DISP) were added for later missions (i think Apollo 15-17) as those extended stay missions used modified software for both AGC and AGS.
at 34:06 we see an image recorded on huge film with the finest camera and lens we zoom in and read the small print... only in vacuum could you see that and that far ridge out there is in vacuum too! of course we did it six times
I hope humanity unites in the future, makes fighting wars so pointless when we could be doing more of this. When people wonder why past humans were good at cutting precise rock, and then we got this which is millions more times more impressive.
Such a privilege to be able to watch this anytime we want!!! So awesome, if someone told me this is all fake to my face I'm pretty sure I would... [ deleted comments about stupid non believers ].
The internet has spread wonderful knowledge, but it's also given very low intelligence people the ability to find each other and reinforce each other's anti-intellectual ideas. And once you find other people who believe falsehoods, it makes it MUCH easier to justify believing in them yourself.
Yes for that time it's true,but there's much much more to come in the next three decades. Things are starting to move.It's now time to go out there again, and eventually all the way out to mars. "Americas challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." Those words were and still are spot on.
I was only 13 years old when Apollo 11 lfirst landed on The Sea of Tranquility almost 50 years ago and I was living in Guatemala City. By the time Apollo 17 returner from the Moon I had a tremendous desire and hunger for everything related to Space. Apollo - Soyus followed and Skylab went into Earth Orbit as our first Lab In Earth Orbit. But nothing compares to The Spirit Of Apollo that remains intact in my memory and my heart even after 50 revolutions around the Sun. so I just want to salute the men and women that took part on this fantastic journey almost 50 years ago and to All The Apollo Program Astronauts that executed their missions with Honor and in Good Faith for The Benefit of All Mankind . They came in Peace and left a tremendous legacy for All future generation to continue the exploration of the Lunar Surface and beyond. This Nation has been directed to Go Back To The Moon in 5 years and I believe we can do it once again only this time we will not abandon The Moon ( The Spirit Of Apollo Is Still Alive) any more and we will find better and new ways to reach distant destinations and Know We Are Riding On The Shoulders Of Giants.
I was there at launch. I was very young hardly remember much except it was late. It was delayed and my mother woke me up past midnight. We had press passes my dad got from a friend at the news. Special memories. What’s strange is my very first memory on earth was Apollo 11 landing. My mother put me in front of tv and elaborated on important the moment was. Because she highlighted it before watching I somehow am able to remember it. I was 4 1/2 almost 5.
So awesome, watched it with so much nostolgia. I love the part “The heavens declare Your Glory or Lord, the planet, moon, the sun and the stars which You set in place. In humble gratitude, we thank You for the safe returns from Your heavens of these pioneers in faith. May their achievements contribute to the unity of mankind, and peace to all your people in this Holy season, Amen.”
This is a devout lie from this video. 8:16 This man is a marionette. Look what's hanging around his neck. And look how this man stands. Slanted. They keep the ropes in the air. Don't fall forward.
Ian- you are absolutely correct. It is so remarkable, so inspiring, so completely gutsy and balls-out phenomenal, every time I watch this, I just want to go too. Oh, how I wish I could go to the moon. It's just so beautiful.
This is the “Apollo 11” of Apollo 17, if not better. It is a pity that the general public will usually only see Apollo 11’s ghostly black and white images from the lunar surface. The stunning beauty and audacity of Apollo’s lunar surface exploration was best captured during the J-missions, because of the landscape, Rover television and the occasional DAC movies.
I love watching Apollo 17 footage. Better cameras, longer mission, the rover, and the awesome mountainous terrain. Neil and Buzz were first, but Gene and Harrison had more fun.🤗Coming up on 50 years!😮
Who or How is the movie camera able to move about where they are if it's only showing them two. How can the camera know when to zoom out and in and slightly move when the Astronauts move in and out of the viewing so it makes sure we see them as they move away from the ship and rover..how are these movie pictures able to get close ups and just at the right time. ( ? )
I thought this was excellent. Really good. And a shame you can't get the DVD anymore. The image at 28:59 is Mount Hadley from Apollo 15, though... (I suspect someone has noted that already.)
I am reading "A man on the moon" and together with the book, these images are so amazing to see. They mention one very interesting experience the crew had during a lunar walk. According to the book, in one of the Apollo missions (posterior to 11) the astronauts were so happy and talkative that Houston had to ask them to stay a bit quiet. Hahahaha. It must have been an incredible experience for these men.
I remember being in 2d grade and running home because they only had an hour of coverage on public television in the afternoon. I was so mad that nobody cared. The first couple of missions were wall to wall coverage. I would sit about 6 inches from the TV and marvel at the lunar rover, the space suits, the moonscape. Now the biggest fascination in my life is whether Tay Tay will fly to the SB to watch her boyfriend play.
The most scientific and fun apollo expedition. I can't wait for the people to come back to the moon. I hope they will learn and have fun there. And that they will have better recording equipment :) and better spacesuits
I remember this, I was about 2800 Meters stationery right above these guys, a number of us thought we'd come witness the occasion, oh, did he ever mention seeing,... We were sure, they saw us out of the module window that day.
The rover's routes were done backwards. The went to the farthest point of interest first, and then worked their way backwards. Those are the tracks they made in the outbound leg of the trip. This was to minimize the chance of running out of consumables when you are farthest from the relative safety of the lem.
K M . See, this is the kind of stupidity that is downright embarrassing! If it was faked do you really think they would do a “ retake” and not cover their old tracks?? This is the kind of stupidity we all have to suffer through with the conspiracy theorist. While watching a video of the greatest achievement of mankind we get to listen to the lowest and stupidest of our species with comments like yours.The irony is not lost on me.
when asked why we haven't gone back NASA states they threw away the technology... right... don't give it to the smithsonian for prosperity... and it wasn't theirs to throw away, it is the tax payers information.... total hoax on those grounds..... faked period!!!!
There is so much to get from this documentary but can I just say how cute these two are? Like they are just so happy and you can feel their almost child-like joy exuding from both of them. I don't think I've ever smiled so much watching a doc before.
Genuine joy of adventure science engineering history geology humanity all those wrapped into an ultimate peak human experience. And these guys are used to remaining calm in situations
@14:09 That is my wife's grandfather Joseph who was geologist who assisted in choosing lunar landing sites exclaiming a volcanic mix when Astronaut excitedly discovered orange soil. She was so proud of him. Now she is with him in heaven. I love you Pattyann.
That's so cool! I was actually starting to wonder because he really stood out to me! Seeing him so excited over orange soil on the moon is just so honest and pure! It kind of broke my heart a little bit to see him go from unbottled excitement to dissapointment when the flight director said "What we go is what we got." He looked like he really wanted to say "Just a few more minutes, the others can wait..." 75 hours on the moon seems like a long time, but when there's so much to see and explore, it's almost no time at all.
Thank you for sharing! My grandfather, Sandy was also a geologist :)
No words can describe how uplifted I feel after watching this documentary . I'm proud to be human. Thanks Apollo
you're not alone !
Except for nobody under the age of 50 can remember it or was born.
Time to go back with HD color cams now.
@@Crashed131963 The 16mm colour footage isn't too far off what you would get with HD.
@@ZigSputnik The footage I seen looks fuzzy black and white when Niel stepped off the ladder.
@@Crashed131963 Have a look at the later missions on TH-cam, especially Apollo 17.
One of the most moving documentaries I recall seeing. All involved in Apollo are representative of the pinnacle of human achievement.
Wow. Thank you - we produced and directed the show and it's wonderful to see how much people are enjoying it on here.
One of the best but there are some others too
There was one better called "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon" directed by Bart Sibrel. Have you seen it? It's quite the game changer.
Going to the moon must've been such a bittersweet experience, for one knowing you've been somewhere no person has been before must be awe inspiring, but the sadness of knowing you'll most likely never return to the moon must be deep. Still, would give anything to have had that experience myself.
And watching Lovell happy to be alive, but wishing Apollo 13 had made it there.🇺🇸
Certainly was a great movie. Kubrick was an awesome Producer.
@@ramongonzalez2112 And watching Gus Grissom unhappy to be dead for knowing the truth, that it was impossible to ever get there.
Hands down the best Apollo doc ever made. I don’t really care about how many foot lbs of thrust the F1 engine had, I want to know what it felt like to be there. This one answered all those questions.
lol they filmed this in studies and in the Nevada desert. They didn't go to the moon and you need to educate yourself....as soon as possible. ;)
I co-directed this film - thanks for your incredible compliment!
@Flat Earth Continuum
Looking at your handle, do yourself a favor, get a pair of binoculars, go outside, and watch the ISS fly overhead. Why don't you learn how to think, instead of what to think. You can't even spell 'studios' properly.
I don't think i could have said it any better. !!!!!!
It takes me all the way back to when i was 9 years old and watching it on tv. It's burned into my mind forever. Simply unforgettable.!!
The fender on the lunar rover. Fixing that with the maps they had and some clamps is all the proof I need.
This by far, is the best documentary of all the Apollo missions. It is just so phenomenal, so spectacular, so incredible, it should be mandatory for everyone in high school to watch and have an exam the next day to see if the students can fully comprehend and appreciate what it took to accomplish- in my opinion, the greatest achievement in the history of the world. Mankind's ultimate quest to touch another world.
Just so beautiful. So utterly magnificent.
I don't know what created all of this- the moon, the Earth, and the stars, but whatever it is, it's so beyond our ability to comprehend, it's so profoundly complex, yet I feel it admires our courage and curiosity.
We will probably never understand how this was all created, but at least we have been given the tools to try.
High praise indeed - thank you so much. Produced and Directed this with my brother, so means a lot to read your incredible comment.
GOD created it all...that's why you feel the so called it admires our courage and curiosity... because GOD created US and at times he is proud of us ...and at times he isn't
@@fedupwithfed4047 Oh put a lid on it
The ending was so beautiful, but also so sad. All put together you as a viewer feel like the third explorer with Cernan and Schmitt. You go on this incredible journey into the unknown, see it all up close, almost as though for yourself. Look back at our fragile blue marble in the sky void. Yet you know where it all went, and we've been stranded in low orbit for nearly half a century. Reach out mankind, touch the stars.
Don't lose faith doctor, keep watching things are about to change. !!
I too dream of the sky and stars. Hopefully humanity will soon learn how amazing it is and actually changes and focuses all of its power towards going out there and exploring the unknown.
The Apollo program what a great accomplishment, certainly ranks up there as one of mankind's greatest achievements, a wonderful documentary that celebrates the expertise and ingenuity of NASA and especially the bravery of all the astronauts, one thing that surprised me was the way Eugene Cernan (R.I.P.) and Harrison Schmitt seemed to be enjoying their experience on the Lunar surface.
Spectacular! It brought a tear to my eye, and wirh the recent loss of Gene Cernan it was a fitting tribute to his legacy.
one of the most respectful documentaries ever made.
I mean seriously. Imagine walking on the moon! Its so far away but still feels so close. It seriously as to be one of the coolest things to experience. Amazing what we can do. imagine what we can do in 1000 years if we can keep ourselves and our planet together.
I don't think I've ever seen a documentary that told the story of Apollo with such poignant grace. A high watermark in storytelling for a high watermark in human achievement. Thank you.
Wow. High praise - as the directors of this show, that means a great deal. Thank you.
@@Elliander thank you for your impressive work.
R.I.P. Gene Cernan.
I echo that sentiment. And extend it to all the great moon walkers whom we have lost recently. They wrote their names into the history of humanity for all time. !
Wow, I did not know he died. I really liked him and always wanted to meet him.
I hadn't seen this video until today but I'll add my RIP to Gene.
Had no idea that happen may he rest in peace
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WOW!!! Hands down, one of THE BEST documentaries I have EVER watched!! If ever I had a doubt about man on the moon, this put doubt to rest!!! Absolutely incredible!!
Indeed. “Look at these rover tracks; someone has been here before.”🤗...and none of those items have budged an inch in 50 years.😮
Found this one also. WOW!! th-cam.com/video/bdQHKf48Mfw/w-d-xo.html
I imagine all of us since we were children have gazed up at the moon in wonderment. Something we still do on occasion, I can’t imagine being someone who eventually ended up standing on the moon looking back at earth! What a rare treat!
Truly the best and most comprehensive documentary of an Apollo mission I've ever seen. Congratulations to all involved in this beautiful work, I applaud you... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
SPACE JUNK ! ephemetherson
Can't tell you how much that means, thank you - we produced and directed the show.
Great Documentary and footage of man's last trip to the Moon.
THERE WAS NO FIRST TRIP TO THE MOON. ephemetherson
@@erickaminski1472 whatever, flattie
I remember Apollo 17 lifting off from the cape in '72 . R.I.P. Gene Cernan what a memory seeing you .
What a awesome trip on the moon cruising the rover. I m glad growing up in this era with Apollo. God bless all those space crusaders.
Very nice documentary! it make feel us like we were there. It incredible what those guys have lived. When I look the moon, I always think about that. The fact that no humans set the foot since 1972 make the next moon landing more special, like a second first one :) I can't wait this day!
Man! That picture at 21:33 is incredible, even better than the famous "Earthrise" photo.
Do you like the crescent?
I kind of like these:
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The America of my youth. The best ever in history.
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@John D th-cam.com/video/wxF5Ibq27UQ/w-d-xo.html
Next time Americans return from the Moon, if someone says a prayer to thank God for the crews safe return, there will be a special councel and possible jail time for them. I was 5 when they the crew of Apollo 17 returned. I remember a little and what I remember was a completely different country.
@@jnichols3 Then fight for it. Don't let our country slip into the garbage heap it's becoming. As long as you're alive, speak up and FIGHT
@John D How I see it from the other side of the pond is that back in the sixties America was a country with high goals and aspirations. Nothing is left of that. Ideals have long since been lost. Nothing wrong about SpaceX and its rivals here. What I mean is that the spirit of America is different, or maybe even lost. It is all about money nowadays, and I mean BIG money. Seeing the decay of moral makes me sad. Hope things will change for the better, but I do doubt it.
Absolutely fabulous footage of appollo 17 . To think this happened almost 50 years ago.
Amazing two part documentary. I recall watching the Apollo missions with absolute awe as a child. Incredible what NASA achieved technically all those years ago when computers were still very large and slow. Such a tragedy that NASA is now a mere shadow of it's former self. Annoying music and dubbed sound effects - no noise in space.
I saw a very interesting documentary titled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon" directed by Bart Sibrel. Have you seen it? It's quite the game changer.
The only hitch was the fender getting knocked off the rover... brilliant success!
Yes and astronaut john young,devised a fix back at mission control. Using only the things available in the space craft. Radioed the procedure up to the crew, and it was sorted out. I think the improvised fender is in the Smithsonian museum. If memory serves. 😊
Look at the faces of wonder, awe and tears in the eyes of the controllers. These are not the faces of lying men.
None of the hoax-believers could possibly have any ability to rationally reason like that though. If it was "impossible" to go to the moon, then why fake it 6 times, PLUS make it out like Apollo 13 failed their mission? Why not just fake it once or even just twice for good measure? Seems like the more video you put out, the more possibility someone exposes your lie, huh? Again, the moon-hoaxers are bereft of logic...
You are so correct vulkein, I noticed how cheerful these astronaut's are while they are up there, you can't fake that, sorry...
@@ragzy02 Very excellent points!!! the more you really think about everything the more it all makes perfect sense. There has been so many things revealed to me that just reinforces one of man's highest achievements.
Sounds like our cognitive abilities are working just fine.... All flat earthers and Apollo mission deniers accuse us of being guilty of "cognitive dissonance", but that is just their cop out attempt to make them feel better about their "confirmation bias".
is it okay to hate them?
The fender on the lunar rover. Fixing that with the maps they had and some clamps is all the proof I need.
This by far is the best documentary of all the Apollo missions. It is just so phenomenal, so spectacular, so incredible, it should be mandatory for everyone in high school to watch and have an exam the next day to see if the students can fully comprehend and appreciate what it took to accomplish- in my opinion, the greatest achievement of the history of the world. Mankind's ultimate quest to touch another world.
Just so beautiful.
I don't know what created all of this- the moon, the Earth, and the stars, but whatever it is, it's so beyond our ability to comprehend, it's so profoundly complex, yet I feel it admires our courage and curiosity.
We will probably never understand how this was all created, but at least we have been given the tools to try.
@@ragzy02 31:57 The sun reflection on his helmet is way too big. Compare to visor reflections of the sun in jet pilot helmets, for example. That cannot be the sun's reflection, my friends.
What a marathon of extreme field geology. Excellent presentation. Background music got a bit loud in parts making it difficult to make out the comms chatter but image quality, particularly the hi-res stills with the calibration strip was really excellent. Shame that the programme was curtailed early.
This is my favorite Apollo mission. Cernan and "One Scoop" Schmitt were like 10 year old's up there.
Absolutely fantastic documentary. Whoever made this should be commended.
Thank you for the gift you gave us from the Moon US . Greetings from Sweden!
I just walked my dog and looked up at the moon and the little orange dot, Mars. And to think we have rovers on both, and they’re actual physical places we can go to!👍
What a documentary!!! Please share this how great the Gemini and Apollo missions were. The men and women who made it happen. Bravery to step into the unknown and deal with problems and fix them. I watch this and think about apollo1 and their spirit that was with them. Like stated before it is a privilege to watch this!
Truely amazing in so many ways.
In 2019 the whole planet needs another apollo mission.
...and Artemis go to the rescue! 2023, here we go
Bro, we all need an apollo for 2020.
President Trump's Operation Warp Speed will have to stand in for now....until the next moon mission.
@@09rgs While the Leftists in the West are navel gazing, and wasting trillions on a redistribution of wealth, utopia for all fantasy; China just put rovers on Mars and the moon. If we were a united nation, we would have had hotels strewn all along that Massif, and moon tourism booming by now.😊The private sector with Musk, Branson, Bezos, and others may make that happen, but the West and our great nation is sadly collapsing.🙏🇺🇸
"hippity hoppity, hippity hoppity" -Gene Cernan
Magnifico, magnifico este gran documental, gracias Nasa por estas misiones Apollo, gracias América por cumplir un sueño pero no paréis volver a encender los corazones y el espíritu de la exploración. Gracias por publicarlo y un saludo desde Badajoz.
A lo mejor deberías explicar "al mundo" dónde está Badajoz. Ya sabes, no todo dios conoce la geografía española.
Otherwise, thanks for your input and insightful words.
And thanks to the 🇺🇸 for all they did (and still do) for space exploration out in the black yonder of our solar system and galaxy.
you said it all jorge, i dont know what you said, but you said it all
@@spacecatboy2962 Hello, Use google translate, my english is bad.
@@jorge9312 oh i was just joking, thanks for the kind words
the way the dust just flies from small steps just proves this isnt fake. u cant fake this footage at the time.
That's right Robert, and we know that any of the old film was not sped up or slowed down because that would be an easy one to catch, especially for the Soviets....
@ZX7R Melado
The way the dust moves is an absolute proof that the EVA's were filmed in vacuum. If there was air on the "set", dust clouds would have formed.
Questions to hoaxers:
- Is there on earth a vacuum chamber large enough to install a movie set big enough to film the EVA's of Apollo XI to XVII ?
- How do they explain that there is vacuum at ground level, and at the same time enough air 5 feet above ground to make the flag "move in the breeze"?
@ZX7R Melado
Conclusion:
The movie set was...on the moon!
😉
it's so sad that we even have to keep defending this amazing accomplishment. Even more sad that you'll never change their minds. Whatever, people can believe what they want, but I hate when they insult these men.
Trust me they never went.
I saw part of it and once again these images are so great. Currently I'm reading a lot on Apollo missions and all the story is also so great. You know, it's kind of what God entrusted to us human beings to peacefully conquer our world, our existing world and - why not, others too.
i would of been so nervous hoping the ascent engine fires, it was supposed to work without fail first time and fortunately it did every time
*I would have
There's not much that could go wrong with it
This is so cool! The astronauts seem to have so much fun. I love it when they hum and sing... I would definitely do the same thing.
If you have any interest in the Apollo Moon missions, take a look at 47 minutes of rare actual footage in this documentary many people have never seen. It is really interesting.
th-cam.com/video/xciCJfbTvE4/w-d-xo.html
Another rare documentary shows how the Moon missions affected astronauts after returning to Earth, and the impact it had in their lives. Contains rare interviews with astronauts many have never seen.
th-cam.com/video/Qr6Vcvl0OeU/w-d-xo.html
The moon looks like a beautiful place. It looked like they had a lot of fun. Bucket List LOL!!!
That was amazing, perfect video. Thank you
When I was a kid in the 80's I was an Eagle Scout. I received congratulatory letters from both Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan. But at the time I was only "Neil Armstrong"! Who cares about anything else? Then in the 90's with Apollo 13, both the book and movie, was all the rage. Yet now that I've had decades to reflect on the science-side of going to the moon, I find Apollo 17 to be the most interesting. I'm so grateful that I got that letter from Gene and wished that I would have appreciated it more at the time. This documentary expertly covers the "why" America went to the moon. Probably one of the best documentaries on any subject that I've ever seen.
Cernan is (was) definitely one of the best ones to talk with. The man knew exactly how much detail to give when answering your questions. He put everything in very laymen terms if he was talking with an average Joe. He could easily switch to speaking at an engineering level if he was talking with someone about very technical things. His mind was intact well into old age (unlike a few of the others). And, of course, he spent more time on the lunar surface than any other astronaut.
As for the missions themselves, it's a little bit like picking your favorite pair of shoes. It can change with mood. It's easy enough to dismiss Apollo 12 and 14, because they weren't the first, but, they weren't J missions like Apollo 15/16/17, which stayed for 70+ hours and had the rovers. Apollo 11 was the most "vanilla" mission, traveling the least distance away from the lander, flattest terrain, only one EVA for a couple of hours. But, it was the first, so they just wanted to get there and get home safely, no bells and whistles. So, if you didn't want to be first, and you just wanted to have longer stays on the moon, and see more grandeur, yeah, you need to go with Apollo 15/16/17. In today's mood, my favorite is Apollo 15. Hadley Rille is just such a spectacular site. But, yeah, Apollo 17... truly amazing site also. Maybe in tomorrow's mood.
@@rockethead7 I think that they're all exceptional because of the incremental challenges and/or purposes of them. I certainly will look into more of 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 & 16 at some point. There's a great documentary on Apollo 8 as well. Sometimes I put on apolloinrealtime.org and just listen to mission audio in real time. Oh to have been part of that when it happened (granted almost most all of it happened just before I was born)!
@@gregstauffer8922
Yeah, I was too young during Apollo to have been involved. But, if I had been born in the right decade, I'd have been doing everything possible to be on one of those landings.
Amazing crew. This is my favorite moon landing. They had a incredibly good team work and they had a blast like small children in a play ground..Extraordinary this occurred 8 years before i was born. The whole apollo program was an gigantic human achievement ever in history. Good bless them all 🌚🌍🌞❤
Grow men running around in the desert in straight jacket ,pretending it's the moon..
@@ivandelabanque1806 Okay and you must be a flat earher 🤪
Americans walking on the moon has been the highlight of accomplishment in my 61 years alive so far! The seemingly impossible became a reality in spectacular fashion!
That's what happened to part two. Brilliant!
You've gotta complete the other Apollo missions and get this on Amazon. I'd purchase it to my digital collection today!
It'll be going live on Amazon in the US and UK very shortly.
Hopefully some time we’re gonna go back there. I heard that some time this year we might go back, but who knows. It’s just an amazing feat, and one that could never be topped.
39:25 This particular scene showing DSKY is not from actual mission. You can see ALT, VEL, NO DAP and PRIO DISP lights are missing. Looks like it was filmed in LM simulator or so as the DSKY on actual Apollo 17 flight had those 4 extra lights. 2 of them (NO DAP and PRO DISP) were added for later missions (i think Apollo 15-17) as those extended stay missions used modified software for both AGC and AGS.
Beautiful
BEAUTIFUL SPACE JUNK ! ephemetherson
@@erickaminski1472 oh just shut up you imbecile!
at 34:06 we see an image recorded on huge film with the finest camera and lens
we zoom in and read the small print... only in vacuum could you see that
and that far ridge out there is in vacuum too! of course we did it six times
An awesome Film in 2 great episodes..thank you very much
I hope humanity unites in the future, makes fighting wars so pointless when we could be doing more of this. When people wonder why past humans were good at cutting precise rock, and then we got this which is millions more times more impressive.
Stunning.
Fantastic quality of recording.👏👏
RECORDING TO FOOL YOU. ephemetherson
@@erickaminski1472 You have some big problems.
@@erickaminski1472 didn't I already tell you not to smoke weed?
@@viadia3186 th-cam.com/video/_e5HjwuJg6w/w-d-xo.html
@@erickaminski1472 You have very low standards of proof. Really? A flat earther video.😜 People who intentionally misunderstand everything. 🤣
"One Scoop Schmitt they call me." You gotta love Jack Schmitt.
The music from 5:15 through 7:25 is out of this world :-)
Such a privilege to be able to watch this anytime we want!!! So awesome, if someone told me this is all fake to my face I'm pretty sure I would... [ deleted comments about stupid non believers ].
Buzz slaps people if they say its fake!
@@camarocarl7130 seriously?
@@Pintkonan th-cam.com/video/UryIstlIGks/w-d-xo.html
The internet has spread wonderful knowledge, but it's also given very low intelligence people the ability to find each other and reinforce each other's anti-intellectual ideas. And once you find other people who believe falsehoods, it makes it MUCH easier to justify believing in them yourself.
Thank you Barry! We produced and directed this show... and guess what... our surname is Weaver also! Means a lot, thank you.
Great documentation!
The United States hit their high water mark with Apollo 17.
Yes for that time it's true,but there's much much more to come in the next three decades. Things are starting to move.It's now time to go out there again, and eventually all the way out to mars. "Americas challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." Those words were and still are spot on.
I was only 13 years old when Apollo 11 lfirst landed on The Sea of Tranquility almost 50 years ago and I was living in Guatemala City. By the time Apollo 17 returner from the Moon I had a tremendous desire and hunger for everything related to Space. Apollo - Soyus followed and Skylab went into Earth Orbit as our first Lab In Earth Orbit. But nothing compares to The Spirit Of Apollo that remains intact in my memory and my heart even after 50 revolutions around the Sun. so I just want to salute the men and women that took part on this fantastic journey almost 50 years ago and to All The Apollo Program Astronauts that executed their missions with Honor and in Good Faith for The Benefit of All Mankind . They came in Peace and left a tremendous legacy for All future generation to continue the exploration of the Lunar Surface and beyond. This Nation has been directed to Go Back To The Moon in 5 years and I believe we can do it once again only this time we will not abandon The Moon ( The Spirit Of Apollo Is Still Alive) any more and we will find better and new ways to reach distant destinations and Know We Are Riding On The Shoulders Of Giants.
The best experience and experiment ever
I was there at launch. I was very young hardly remember much except it was late. It was delayed and my mother woke me up past midnight. We had press passes my dad got from a friend at the news. Special memories. What’s strange is my very first memory on earth was Apollo 11 landing. My mother put me in front of tv and elaborated on important the moment was. Because she highlighted it before watching I somehow am able to remember it. I was 4 1/2 almost 5.
Watching Old NASA Films is Hilarious! th-cam.com/video/30AdZNiCa_Q/w-d-xo.html
wow is so emotional !!!
So awesome, watched it with so much nostolgia. I love the part
“The heavens declare Your Glory or Lord, the planet, moon, the sun and the stars which You set in place. In humble gratitude, we thank You for the safe returns from Your heavens of these pioneers in faith. May their achievements contribute to the unity of mankind, and peace to all your people in this Holy season, Amen.”
This is a devout lie from this video.
8:16
This man is a marionette.
Look what's hanging around his neck.
And look how this man stands.
Slanted.
They keep the ropes in the air. Don't fall forward.
@@kissbela7409 He has to bend forward like that otherwise the back pack would pull him backwards
@@nickrose8733
okay.
thank you
14 mins in i am starting to feel it 18 mins in i am starting to cry ?
Just awesome. Awesome guys doing awesome stuff. Hats off.
Mankind's greatest achievement EVER!!
SPACE JUNK ! ephemetherson
Ian- you are absolutely correct.
It is so remarkable, so inspiring, so completely gutsy and balls-out phenomenal, every time I watch this, I just want to go too.
Oh, how I wish I could go to the moon.
It's just so beautiful.
Outstanding!!
OUTSTANDING SPACE JUNK ! ephemetherson
@@erickaminski1472 and you are outstanding idiot!
Amazing
AMAZING HOAX ! ephemetherson
@@erickaminski1472 amazing troll you are, indeed. Flattie, go back to your flat-earth cave.
Absolutely fascinating and incredible
Thank you for this Video!
This is the “Apollo 11” of Apollo 17, if not better. It is a pity that the general public will usually only see Apollo 11’s ghostly black and white images from the lunar surface. The stunning beauty and audacity of Apollo’s lunar surface exploration was best captured during the J-missions, because of the landscape, Rover television and the occasional DAC movies.
I love watching Apollo 17 footage. Better cameras, longer mission, the rover, and the awesome mountainous terrain. Neil and Buzz were first, but Gene and Harrison had more fun.🤗Coming up on 50 years!😮
Who or How is the movie camera able to move about where they are if it's only showing them two. How can the camera know when to zoom out and in and slightly move when the Astronauts move in and out of the viewing so it makes sure we see them as they move away from the ship and rover..how are these movie pictures able to get close ups and just at the right time. ( ? )
It's a television camera controlled by Houston
Literally the entire documentary is from the astronauts...minus control and the words on screen. Amazing
@ 18:48 he says tomorrow we answer all the unanswered questions. wow wonderful
Today there are 5 men who have walked on the moon still alive.
@Cam The only place "Brain Death" has occurred is between your left and right ears.
@Cam The only place "Brain Death" has occurred is between your left and right ears.
@Cam I "repeat" the only "Brain Death" here has occurred between you're left and right ears.
Cam You're an idiot.
NONE OF THE MEN WALKED ON THE MOON. ephemetherson
I thought this was excellent. Really good. And a shame you can't get the DVD anymore. The image at 28:59 is Mount Hadley from Apollo 15, though... (I suspect someone has noted that already.)
I am reading "A man on the moon" and together with the book, these images are so amazing to see. They mention one very interesting experience the crew had during a lunar walk. According to the book, in one of the Apollo missions (posterior to 11) the astronauts were so happy and talkative that Houston had to ask them to stay a bit quiet. Hahahaha. It must have been an incredible experience for these men.
After you finish Andrew Chaikin's excellent book, you may be interested in Gene Cernan's 'Last Man on the Moon'.
Дааа. Красиво. Я космическую фантастику с детства люблю. Особенно фильмы про всякие полеты в космосе.
Кубрику респект! Великий был Человек.
Wonderful Documentary.............
46:17 mother Earth ... this sound sooooo beautifull...
I remember being in 2d grade and running home because they only had an hour of coverage on public television in the afternoon. I was so mad that nobody cared. The first couple of missions were wall to wall coverage. I would sit about 6 inches from the TV and marvel at the lunar rover, the space suits, the moonscape. Now the biggest fascination in my life is whether Tay Tay will fly to the SB to watch her boyfriend play.
I love the camera cleaning scene at 28:28.
Love this!
Rip Bob Carlton, standing by at Houston
Oh yeah, an duck tape - don't go into space without it.
yeah who knows what would of happen if they didn't have good old duck tape :)
Don't go ANYWHERE without it
there are no ducks in space
Don't say, "Duck (or Duct) tape". Say Standard Grey Tape!!
Well I mean for my opinion the Apollo 17 mission was the best one.I saw it live on TV.
This is the best ASMR video on TH-cam.. 😀😀😀😀👵👩🌙🌕
so amazing
Yes utterly magnificent
The most scientific and fun apollo expedition. I can't wait for the people to come back to the moon. I hope they will learn and have fun there. And that they will have better recording equipment :) and better spacesuits
I remember this, I was about 2800 Meters stationery right above these guys, a number of us thought we'd come witness the occasion, oh, did he ever mention seeing,... We were sure, they saw us out of the module window that day.
There always has to be one tool.
2800 Meters stationery? That's a long dang piece of paper. They probably could've used some of that to fix that fender.
Alien ... Are you green, with pointing ears, and asexual? 👽
did they do a retake as the tyre tracks are in front of them 7.10 onwards?
The rover's routes were done backwards. The went to the farthest point of interest first, and then worked their way backwards. Those are the tracks they made in the outbound leg of the trip. This was to minimize the chance of running out of consumables when you are farthest from the relative safety of the lem.
K M . See, this is the kind of stupidity that is downright embarrassing! If it was faked do you really think they would do a “ retake” and not cover their old tracks?? This is the kind of stupidity we all have to suffer through with the conspiracy theorist. While watching a video of the greatest achievement of mankind we get to listen to the lowest and stupidest of our species with comments like yours.The irony is not lost on me.
@@jmrico1979 thank you very much answering in a full and helpful way, most kind.
@@boojay111 No problem!
when asked why we haven't gone back NASA states they threw away the technology... right... don't give it to the smithsonian for prosperity... and it wasn't theirs to throw away, it is the tax payers information.... total hoax on those grounds..... faked period!!!!
Fascinating ! 39:34 👉🏼 set on 0.25 (lowest) play speed .
15:20 this song is beautiful!! What is name song? Thanks
wonderful truly
SPACE JUNK ! ephemetherson
I cant find the amazing music used in this. Does anyone know the name's of the soundtracks? :D
What's that music at 28:35
Eugene Cernan
Thanks for that .
Does anyone know where I find a soundtrack to this documentary?