Boy what a day it has been 12/11/2022 the 1st splashdown of Orion 1 !!! Now, 50 years ago at this moment. Apollo 17 landing on the Moon !!!!! I miss the whole thing as a 6 year old kid at that time!!!! THANK YOU TH-cam for bringing back this one!!!!
when they faked the moon landings, it really helped that they faked them on the actual moon, the excitement from the guys, so heartfelt and relatable. adventure of their lifetimes, you can hear it in their voices. Thanks LM5 for a fantastic production, the "bat cave" graphics are better than ever.
Absolutely Incredible. You did a good Job putting this together and reproducing it. Happy 50th anniversary. Let's hope that there wont be another 50 years without boots on the moon ever again!
50 years tonight the BBC devoted 30 minutes prime time television to cover this landing (followed by a Panorama discussion for an hour) ITV started Coronation Street early and gave it 8 minutes! Its a pleasure to watch these videos, the work you do is wonderful sir, thank you
Just brilliant. I count myself as so lucky that day that I found these vids a couple years back. And now this one too! Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, would find something useful to learn and / or feel from these. They should play these in schools and old folks’ homes alike. And everywhere in between.
@@lunarmodule5 was “night” launch 🚀 dangerous?? This was the only one correct?… bc in theory if there is an “abort” at certain stages however unlikely, it could be difficult and/or dangerous correct?
absolutely amazing work as always! i absolutely appreciate the hard work you put into your work, it’s very well-made and makes it very easy to visualize the landing :)
Could someone answer a question? I notice on 17 the CSM was ahead of the LM, on 15 the CSM was behind the LM. Not sure of the other missions. Was the CSM position variable? Thank you!
@@davidmoser3535 maybe this is something to do with when in the mission you're seeing those things. As far as I remember the two spacecraft done docked with the lunar module above the command module. But that was in the earlier missions. The lunar module with then drop below the command module on the powered descent... But by then on the j missions the command module had performed the circularisation burn... Which would have put it high above the lunar module in orbit anyway and that would have meant a slower orbit. I am no expert on it.... As you can probably tell lool
Well, hmm... I have two major nits. First, the only Apollo landing in which the LM spent any time with the windows pointed down towards the lunar surface during PDI was Apollo 11. Most of the farther-out shots you show of the LM during the earlier parts of the descent show it with the windows pointing down and the aft equipment bay pointing away from the surface, and again, Apollo 11 was the *only* flight that used that PDI attitude. Second major nit is that the craters on your simulated lunar surface are all lit from the west, and in the early lunar morning, the sun would be in the eastern sky. You have your LM flying into the sunset terminator, and that's 180 degrees off. The LMs flew out of darkness and into the sunrise terminator. But look at your craters, dude -- the edges nearest to the LM's POV (the near rims) are lit, while the edges away from the POV (the far rims) are in shadow. With the sun behind you, as it actually was, the shadows would be inside the near rims, becoming less visible as the angle to the surface got more oblique, while the far rims would be lit. Other than that, it was great! Been wanting to see this type of animation for Taurus-Littrow for a while. Thanks!
Oh, sorry -- one last, *extremely* minor nit, has to do with the configuration of the LM model you used. It's well done in that it shows an LRV on the LM descent stage quad on the other side from the MESA (though it sort of looks like the MESA quad is shown with one of the smaller G- and H-mission style tip-out MESAs in it, rather than one of the J-mission MESAs which were as wide and tall as the entire outside of that descent stage quadrant). But on the quad opposite the LRV quad (the other side of the back of the descent stage from the SEQ bay, where the ALSEP was stored), you show the flat panel with the small bulge that made room for the propellant tank underneath. But on all of the J-series LMs, that quad had a big external stowage rack on it that totally covered that flat panel and its tank bulge. That stowage rack carried things like the Rover's geology pallet (basically the stuff the crews attached to the back end of the Rover), plus the GTCA/LCRU pallet and, on Apollo 17, the pallet that contained the explosive charges that the crew emplaced around the landing site, to be used after they left for seismic profiling of the site. No J-mission LM showed that back quad panel as flat with the tank bulge, they all had that big stowage rack covering it. Just FYI. 🙂 Not trying to throw shade at your work, it's overall *excellent* and I spend many enjoyable hours watching and listening to it. But I figured that you, like me, are a stickler for authenticity, so I figured I'd let you know about the little nits I found. Please keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing the Apollo 16 full mission videos as you complete them. Again, thanks a lot!!!
@@DougVanDorn Orbiter 2016 is used for the animation which also means limited ways to modify the scenarios. The lighting is an Orbiter limitation. The LM Model doesn't really change too much between H or J.
Some of the lunar orbital footage is illuminated only by Earthlight. There is no true night on the Moon where Earth is in its sky! Imagine the lunar landscape illuminated by the brilliant 'full Earth' shining at dazzling magnitude -18.
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50 years ago... Can you believe it? I was 8 and watched it on the old Philco set.
Hope it's better 2ndtime around
Artemis 1 just landed at the same day as the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17 landed on the moon
Yeah
Orion returns home on the 50th anniversary of the last landing. Seems fitting.
Boy what a day it has been 12/11/2022 the 1st splashdown of Orion 1 !!! Now, 50 years ago at this moment. Apollo 17 landing on the Moon !!!!! I miss the whole thing as a 6 year old kid at that time!!!! THANK YOU TH-cam for bringing back this one!!!!
when they faked the moon landings,
it really helped that they faked them on the actual moon,
the excitement from the guys, so heartfelt and relatable.
adventure of their lifetimes, you can hear it in their voices.
Thanks LM5 for a fantastic production, the "bat cave" graphics are better than ever.
Absolutely Incredible. You did a good Job putting this together and reproducing it.
Happy 50th anniversary.
Let's hope that there wont be another 50 years without boots on the moon ever again!
I think we will see it happen soon.. thanks for your support
Good all around day for NASA. Artemis 1 landed, and so did Apollo 17. WELL DONE.
Thanks David
awesome work by the whole crew here on LM5...
Thanks a lot!
50 years tonight the BBC devoted 30 minutes prime time television to cover this landing (followed by a Panorama discussion for an hour) ITV started Coronation Street early and gave it 8 minutes! Its a pleasure to watch these videos, the work you do is wonderful sir, thank you
Thanks silver appreciate the info too
Outstanding work, LM5! Thank you for your labor of love! We do appreciate it!
You are more than welcome
Just brilliant. I count myself as so lucky that day that I found these vids a couple years back. And now this one too! Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, would find something useful to learn and / or feel from these. They should play these in schools and old folks’ homes alike.
And everywhere in between.
Thanks Dan appreciate those kind words
Love your channel! Just recreated the launch on my channel for the 50th anniversary
Hope you caught the Apollo 17 launch day coverage too
@@lunarmodule5 was “night” launch 🚀 dangerous?? This was the only one correct?… bc in theory if there is an “abort” at certain stages however unlikely, it could be difficult and/or dangerous correct?
I was born in the seventies and missed this whole thing, now I can say I watched it live on lunarmodule5 ^^
Indeed you can
Very cool to live through history in this way, thanks for sharing :)
Glad you enjoyed it
It doesn't get better than this!
Thanks Book, appreciate the support
A great way to celebrate the day.
Good show, LM5!
Many thanks!
50 years later and we had smiles glore at Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island when Orion came home.
absolutely amazing work as always! i absolutely appreciate the hard work you put into your work, it’s very well-made and makes it very easy to visualize the landing :)
Thank you very much!
Thank you again LM5. I still get goosebumps reliving these events.
Same here!
Outstanding, as always!
Wow, thanks!
Awesome work putting all that info in one place.
Thank you
They really did save the best for last...two cool guys just having fun out there, knowing that they would be the last ones to go there for a while.
Oh mate, I'm in Cornwall at the moment but will line these up when I'm in my own without someone yapping in my ear 😜
They look great 👍
Happy 50th anniversary to this great mission! Glad Apollo 17 is finally becoming dated!
It's a great excuse to do the whole thing
Love the content LM5! Soon you’ll have to do full a full mission series for Artemis 2&3!
Awesome job. Fantastic. 👍
Thanks
Absolutely fantastic work again, the best channel on TH-cam.Thank you!👍
Thanks Vince!
Up to the usual standard LM5. Merry Christmas to you and CSM-107!
Backatcha!
50 years ago. 12 years old. The Zenith Space Command Color console TV got a work out.....
Awesome
Thanks Six
Thanks LM5
You are more than welcome
Cheers to LM5! ⭐️
Half a century ago!! And the next Artemis mission will send humans back for the first time since!!
Could someone answer a question? I notice on 17 the CSM was ahead of the LM, on 15 the CSM was behind the LM. Not sure of the other missions. Was the CSM position variable? Thank you!
@@davidmoser3535 maybe this is something to do with when in the mission you're seeing those things. As far as I remember the two spacecraft done docked with the lunar module above the command module. But that was in the earlier missions. The lunar module with then drop below the command module on the powered descent... But by then on the j missions the command module had performed the circularisation burn... Which would have put it high above the lunar module in orbit anyway and that would have meant a slower orbit. I am no expert on it.... As you can probably tell lool
@@davidmoser3535 it's kind of artistic licence....usually
Well, hmm... I have two major nits. First, the only Apollo landing in which the LM spent any time with the windows pointed down towards the lunar surface during PDI was Apollo 11. Most of the farther-out shots you show of the LM during the earlier parts of the descent show it with the windows pointing down and the aft equipment bay pointing away from the surface, and again, Apollo 11 was the *only* flight that used that PDI attitude. Second major nit is that the craters on your simulated lunar surface are all lit from the west, and in the early lunar morning, the sun would be in the eastern sky. You have your LM flying into the sunset terminator, and that's 180 degrees off. The LMs flew out of darkness and into the sunrise terminator. But look at your craters, dude -- the edges nearest to the LM's POV (the near rims) are lit, while the edges away from the POV (the far rims) are in shadow. With the sun behind you, as it actually was, the shadows would be inside the near rims, becoming less visible as the angle to the surface got more oblique, while the far rims would be lit.
Other than that, it was great! Been wanting to see this type of animation for Taurus-Littrow for a while. Thanks!
Oh, sorry -- one last, *extremely* minor nit, has to do with the configuration of the LM model you used. It's well done in that it shows an LRV on the LM descent stage quad on the other side from the MESA (though it sort of looks like the MESA quad is shown with one of the smaller G- and H-mission style tip-out MESAs in it, rather than one of the J-mission MESAs which were as wide and tall as the entire outside of that descent stage quadrant). But on the quad opposite the LRV quad (the other side of the back of the descent stage from the SEQ bay, where the ALSEP was stored), you show the flat panel with the small bulge that made room for the propellant tank underneath. But on all of the J-series LMs, that quad had a big external stowage rack on it that totally covered that flat panel and its tank bulge. That stowage rack carried things like the Rover's geology pallet (basically the stuff the crews attached to the back end of the Rover), plus the GTCA/LCRU pallet and, on Apollo 17, the pallet that contained the explosive charges that the crew emplaced around the landing site, to be used after they left for seismic profiling of the site. No J-mission LM showed that back quad panel as flat with the tank bulge, they all had that big stowage rack covering it. Just FYI. 🙂
Not trying to throw shade at your work, it's overall *excellent* and I spend many enjoyable hours watching and listening to it. But I figured that you, like me, are a stickler for authenticity, so I figured I'd let you know about the little nits I found. Please keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing the Apollo 16 full mission videos as you complete them. Again, thanks a lot!!!
@@DougVanDorn think I will give up now....over to you...
@@DougVanDorn Orbiter 2016 is used for the animation which also means limited ways to modify the scenarios. The lighting is an Orbiter limitation. The LM Model doesn't really change too much between H or J.
Balls to the wall
Definitely
cool
Some of the lunar orbital footage is illuminated only by Earthlight. There is no true night on the Moon where Earth is in its sky! Imagine the lunar landscape illuminated by the brilliant 'full Earth' shining at dazzling magnitude -18.
Wahoooooo
I take it you liked it lol
@@lunarmodule5 you are brilliant!!!!!!
@@ArchernAce thanks AA that's great to hear!