Exit film of moon landing departure
On Apollo 15, 16, and 17 NASA filmed the Lunar Module taking off and leaving the moon. With no-one on the moon how could the the camera move to follow it and who brought the exposed film back to Earth?
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On Apollo 15, 16, and 17 NASA filmed the Lunar Module taking off and leaving the moon. With no-one on the moon how could the the camera move to follow it and who brought the exposed film back to Earth?
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They simply did not use a film camera to show the lunar module ascending from lunar surface, they used a TV camera with direct transmission to Earth. A film camera could be used from the ascent stage of the lunar module.
– Uwe
7 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of How was the Apollo lunar liftoff video transmitted to Earth?
– Hobbes
7 hours ago
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@AlexHajnal the problem is not if the questions are different, but if the answers are different. The answer there answered this question. Now we have essentially identical answers both there and here, and in general that's the kind of thing that should be avoided. Now that there are three answers here, if this question isn't closed, it might be good instead to close the other question and direct those readers to all of these answers. Directing future readers to the best answers is one of the things we should always keep in mind, along with getting the current OP to the best answers as well
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@uhoh I believe Kurt's answer is correct and not a dupe but I'll have to check the link to be sure. If that answer is correct it should be expanded upon. I'll check when I'm at a real computer.
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Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/15081/…
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On Apollo 15, 16, and 17 NASA filmed the Lunar Module taking off and leaving the moon. With no-one on the moon how could the the camera move to follow it and who brought the exposed film back to Earth?
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On Apollo 15, 16, and 17 NASA filmed the Lunar Module taking off and leaving the moon. With no-one on the moon how could the the camera move to follow it and who brought the exposed film back to Earth?
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They simply did not use a film camera to show the lunar module ascending from lunar surface, they used a TV camera with direct transmission to Earth. A film camera could be used from the ascent stage of the lunar module.
– Uwe
7 hours ago
3
Possible duplicate of How was the Apollo lunar liftoff video transmitted to Earth?
– Hobbes
7 hours ago
1
@AlexHajnal the problem is not if the questions are different, but if the answers are different. The answer there answered this question. Now we have essentially identical answers both there and here, and in general that's the kind of thing that should be avoided. Now that there are three answers here, if this question isn't closed, it might be good instead to close the other question and direct those readers to all of these answers. Directing future readers to the best answers is one of the things we should always keep in mind, along with getting the current OP to the best answers as well
– uhoh
5 hours ago
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@uhoh I believe Kurt's answer is correct and not a dupe but I'll have to check the link to be sure. If that answer is correct it should be expanded upon. I'll check when I'm at a real computer.
– Alex Hajnal
5 hours ago
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Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/15081/…
– Organic Marble
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They simply did not use a film camera to show the lunar module ascending from lunar surface, they used a TV camera with direct transmission to Earth. A film camera could be used from the ascent stage of the lunar module.
– Uwe
7 hours ago
3
Possible duplicate of How was the Apollo lunar liftoff video transmitted to Earth?
– Hobbes
7 hours ago
1
@AlexHajnal the problem is not if the questions are different, but if the answers are different. The answer there answered this question. Now we have essentially identical answers both there and here, and in general that's the kind of thing that should be avoided. Now that there are three answers here, if this question isn't closed, it might be good instead to close the other question and direct those readers to all of these answers. Directing future readers to the best answers is one of the things we should always keep in mind, along with getting the current OP to the best answers as well
– uhoh
5 hours ago
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@uhoh I believe Kurt's answer is correct and not a dupe but I'll have to check the link to be sure. If that answer is correct it should be expanded upon. I'll check when I'm at a real computer.
– Alex Hajnal
5 hours ago
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Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/15081/…
– Organic Marble
4 hours ago
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They simply did not use a film camera to show the lunar module ascending from lunar surface, they used a TV camera with direct transmission to Earth. A film camera could be used from the ascent stage of the lunar module.
– Uwe
7 hours ago
They simply did not use a film camera to show the lunar module ascending from lunar surface, they used a TV camera with direct transmission to Earth. A film camera could be used from the ascent stage of the lunar module.
– Uwe
7 hours ago
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3
Possible duplicate of How was the Apollo lunar liftoff video transmitted to Earth?
– Hobbes
7 hours ago
Possible duplicate of How was the Apollo lunar liftoff video transmitted to Earth?
– Hobbes
7 hours ago
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@AlexHajnal the problem is not if the questions are different, but if the answers are different. The answer there answered this question. Now we have essentially identical answers both there and here, and in general that's the kind of thing that should be avoided. Now that there are three answers here, if this question isn't closed, it might be good instead to close the other question and direct those readers to all of these answers. Directing future readers to the best answers is one of the things we should always keep in mind, along with getting the current OP to the best answers as well
– uhoh
5 hours ago
@AlexHajnal the problem is not if the questions are different, but if the answers are different. The answer there answered this question. Now we have essentially identical answers both there and here, and in general that's the kind of thing that should be avoided. Now that there are three answers here, if this question isn't closed, it might be good instead to close the other question and direct those readers to all of these answers. Directing future readers to the best answers is one of the things we should always keep in mind, along with getting the current OP to the best answers as well
– uhoh
5 hours ago
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@uhoh I believe Kurt's answer is correct and not a dupe but I'll have to check the link to be sure. If that answer is correct it should be expanded upon. I'll check when I'm at a real computer.
– Alex Hajnal
5 hours ago
@uhoh I believe Kurt's answer is correct and not a dupe but I'll have to check the link to be sure. If that answer is correct it should be expanded upon. I'll check when I'm at a real computer.
– Alex Hajnal
5 hours ago
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Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/15081/…
– Organic Marble
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They didn't use film for this. A video camera was installed on the Lunar Rover Vehicle. This camera could be controlled from Mission Control and it could send its video directly to Earth.
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Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
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It depends on which "film" you are referring to. (In other words, you should provide a link or screen capture to show exactly what you are referring to.)
For the first moon landing, Apollo 11, the lift off was filmed with a motion picture camera inside of lunar module looking out the window. Obviously they carried that camera home with them and develop the film after returning to Earth. (The landing was filmed the same way: camera pointing through the window.)
For Apollo 15, 16, and 17 that the other answers referred to, that was filmed from the lunar rover and used video transmission. No film and no processing was involved.
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Elizabeth Howell — Universe Today
12/16/14 11:20am https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-nasa-captured-this-iconic-footage-of-apollo-17-leav-1671650186 provided the explanation also supplied by Uwe, above. It was a live TV/video feed from the LRV (lunar rover). Repeated on several missions.
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Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
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They didn't use film for this. A video camera was installed on the Lunar Rover Vehicle. This camera could be controlled from Mission Control and it could send its video directly to Earth.
2
Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
add a comment |
They didn't use film for this. A video camera was installed on the Lunar Rover Vehicle. This camera could be controlled from Mission Control and it could send its video directly to Earth.
2
Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
add a comment |
They didn't use film for this. A video camera was installed on the Lunar Rover Vehicle. This camera could be controlled from Mission Control and it could send its video directly to Earth.
They didn't use film for this. A video camera was installed on the Lunar Rover Vehicle. This camera could be controlled from Mission Control and it could send its video directly to Earth.
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Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
add a comment |
2
Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
2
2
Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
Nor computers. It was some poor schmuck's job to sit in a chair at MC and tell a video camera to point into the empty sky and track, the entire time, along where it will be in about four and half seconds (signal delay).
– Mazura
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
@Mazura tell me more! How (the heck) did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage?
– uhoh
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
This answer applies to Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17, but not the first moon landing, which the question asked about.
– prl
4 hours ago
add a comment |
It depends on which "film" you are referring to. (In other words, you should provide a link or screen capture to show exactly what you are referring to.)
For the first moon landing, Apollo 11, the lift off was filmed with a motion picture camera inside of lunar module looking out the window. Obviously they carried that camera home with them and develop the film after returning to Earth. (The landing was filmed the same way: camera pointing through the window.)
For Apollo 15, 16, and 17 that the other answers referred to, that was filmed from the lunar rover and used video transmission. No film and no processing was involved.
add a comment |
It depends on which "film" you are referring to. (In other words, you should provide a link or screen capture to show exactly what you are referring to.)
For the first moon landing, Apollo 11, the lift off was filmed with a motion picture camera inside of lunar module looking out the window. Obviously they carried that camera home with them and develop the film after returning to Earth. (The landing was filmed the same way: camera pointing through the window.)
For Apollo 15, 16, and 17 that the other answers referred to, that was filmed from the lunar rover and used video transmission. No film and no processing was involved.
add a comment |
It depends on which "film" you are referring to. (In other words, you should provide a link or screen capture to show exactly what you are referring to.)
For the first moon landing, Apollo 11, the lift off was filmed with a motion picture camera inside of lunar module looking out the window. Obviously they carried that camera home with them and develop the film after returning to Earth. (The landing was filmed the same way: camera pointing through the window.)
For Apollo 15, 16, and 17 that the other answers referred to, that was filmed from the lunar rover and used video transmission. No film and no processing was involved.
It depends on which "film" you are referring to. (In other words, you should provide a link or screen capture to show exactly what you are referring to.)
For the first moon landing, Apollo 11, the lift off was filmed with a motion picture camera inside of lunar module looking out the window. Obviously they carried that camera home with them and develop the film after returning to Earth. (The landing was filmed the same way: camera pointing through the window.)
For Apollo 15, 16, and 17 that the other answers referred to, that was filmed from the lunar rover and used video transmission. No film and no processing was involved.
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Elizabeth Howell — Universe Today
12/16/14 11:20am https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-nasa-captured-this-iconic-footage-of-apollo-17-leav-1671650186 provided the explanation also supplied by Uwe, above. It was a live TV/video feed from the LRV (lunar rover). Repeated on several missions.
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Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
– Alex Hajnal
4 hours ago
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Elizabeth Howell — Universe Today
12/16/14 11:20am https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-nasa-captured-this-iconic-footage-of-apollo-17-leav-1671650186 provided the explanation also supplied by Uwe, above. It was a live TV/video feed from the LRV (lunar rover). Repeated on several missions.
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Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
– Alex Hajnal
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Elizabeth Howell — Universe Today
12/16/14 11:20am https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-nasa-captured-this-iconic-footage-of-apollo-17-leav-1671650186 provided the explanation also supplied by Uwe, above. It was a live TV/video feed from the LRV (lunar rover). Repeated on several missions.
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12/16/14 11:20am https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-nasa-captured-this-iconic-footage-of-apollo-17-leav-1671650186 provided the explanation also supplied by Uwe, above. It was a live TV/video feed from the LRV (lunar rover). Repeated on several missions.
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Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
– Alex Hajnal
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
– Alex Hajnal
4 hours ago
Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
– Alex Hajnal
4 hours ago
Hi Kurt. This is a good start on an answer. Like the text you linked to suggests, there was a bit more to than just a remote camera feed. The best source (also linked to from that article) is probably this oral history transcript (last 2 paras of p. 60 and first of p. 61) describes briefly of how it was done. Could you could expand your answer a bit to explain how it was done (i.e. what Edward Fendell and Harley Weyer did), perhaps with a quote or two from that doc? Thanks for your answer and welcome!
– Alex Hajnal
4 hours ago
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They simply did not use a film camera to show the lunar module ascending from lunar surface, they used a TV camera with direct transmission to Earth. A film camera could be used from the ascent stage of the lunar module.
– Uwe
7 hours ago
3
Possible duplicate of How was the Apollo lunar liftoff video transmitted to Earth?
– Hobbes
7 hours ago
1
@AlexHajnal the problem is not if the questions are different, but if the answers are different. The answer there answered this question. Now we have essentially identical answers both there and here, and in general that's the kind of thing that should be avoided. Now that there are three answers here, if this question isn't closed, it might be good instead to close the other question and direct those readers to all of these answers. Directing future readers to the best answers is one of the things we should always keep in mind, along with getting the current OP to the best answers as well
– uhoh
5 hours ago
1
@uhoh I believe Kurt's answer is correct and not a dupe but I'll have to check the link to be sure. If that answer is correct it should be expanded upon. I'll check when I'm at a real computer.
– Alex Hajnal
5 hours ago
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Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/15081/…
– Organic Marble
4 hours ago