A collection of rare material on the first manned Apollo mission, the accidental fire, and its aftermath.
NASA has produced a documentary about the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a particle physics experiment on the International Space Station. This film tracks the AMS's journey from the drawing table to its final home in the heavens, and one man's remarkable tenacity and unbreakable will to produce great science for the benefit of all humankind.
On the road to the moon, the mission of Apollo 9 stands as an important gateway in experience and procedures - leading directly to the confidence gained to place a man on the moon less than a half a year later. The first manned mission of the CSM and LM together, astronauts left the safety of the command module and separated in a craft not able to return to Earth. Working through rendezvous and docking procedures, including burn procedures which would later be used to help Apollo 13 return to Earth, the voyage of Apollo 9 was a spectacular achievement in the history of spaceflight.
Apollo 16 mission from NASA footage.
This 3-DVD collection is the most comprehensive ever assembled on the Saturn V. Packed with spectacular footage, from every launch of a Saturn V to unique management reports, an original documentary, pad camera footage and more. Rare extras of engine tests, rollouts, pad operations. One of most popular sets ever.
"Houston, we've had a problem." Apollo 13 has become known as “a successful failure” that saw a safe return of the crew in spite of a catastrophic explosion in the middle of their lunar journey. This 30-minute documentary features interviews with Apollo 13 Astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise, as well as Flight Directors Gene Kranz and Glynn Lunney, with engineer Hank Rotter. Parts of their interviews take place in the restored Apollo mission control room. This documentary also features original NASA footage and newly synchronized audio from Mission Control. Thanks to Stephen Slater and Ben Feist/Apollo in Real-Time (apolloinrealtime.org/13) for providing additional footage and audio.
Over the course of 199 flights, the X-15 rocket plane pushed the boundaries of aerospace with trips out to mach 6.7 and altitudes of over 350,000 feet. The extraordinary record of the X-15 has been unmatched in flight test, and remains a fascinating story of pushing experience to the edge of space.
Imagine it is 1964, and you arrive in Houston for your new position in Mission Control for Project Gemini. For orientation it is movie time! These wonderful rare films take you through Gemini systems...
The complete Apollo 11 moonwalk television as restored by NASA and Lowry Digital in 2009-2010. Assembled from multiple feeds and sources, each chosen as the best quality record of the EVA, it is the result of several years of search and work on the part of a team of Apollo veterans and volunteers working together to create the very best presentation possible of one of history's great moments of exploration.
Material surrounding the development of the Apollo Manned Lunar Landing Project. These rare programs provide a unique glimpse into the development of the program at Johnson Space Center in the mid 1960's. The programs tend to be project, operational and spacecraft specific.
Man In Space features rare material we've run across over the last few years - material surrounding the Air Force manned space projects, including the X-20 Dyna-soar, Gemini B and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory. In addition to period documentaries and rare footage, you'll also find material surrounding other Air Force projects such as Manhigh and Excelsior.
A collection of rare interviews/biographies of some of the first U.S. Astronauts, in pieces produced by NASA in the 1967 time-frame. Each has a running time of 6-9 minutes. Featured are: Tom Stafford, Donn Eisele, Jim McDivitt, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Wally Schirra, Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, John Young and Rusty Schweickart.
NASA's Aeronautics and Space Reports for 1967 features 13 monthly reports ( #25 through #37) that cover a wide variety of topics. Each of the reports is around 4 1/2 minutes long, with a longer recap in the December report. In 1967 a longer report was produced in October for Langley's 50th Anniversary and a special report was produced on the first flight of the Saturn V, Apollo 4.
An overview to the history of launch vehicles in the United States. Everything from Goddard to the V-2 to Vanguard and Explorer I, to Atlas and Titan, even the Saturns and Space Shuttle. Also rare Air Force documentaries, on Vandenberg, the X-17, SAC, and the Thor. Footage of many launches and explosions, with expert commentary by propulsion engineer Dave Mohr.
The Apollo 17 mission was the last of the Apollo lunar landing missions - and took place December 7, 1972 - December 19, 1972. The longest of the Apollo missions, the crew of Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ron Evans spent 13 days collecting data from lunar orbit and the surface, gathering 115 kg of lunar samples, spending over 22 hours on the surface and 147 hours in lunar orbit.