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Topic: Apollo 16 launch films (National Archives)
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LM-12
Member Posts: 3804
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-01-2023 05:30 PM
  
The National Archives has these very impressive films of the Apollo 16 launch. They are the first high-speed launch films I have seen of the later J-missions. |
David C
Member Posts: 1403
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 07-01-2023 06:05 PM
Outstanding. Never tire of these. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 602
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 07-01-2023 06:37 PM
Always wonderful seeing these old launch films...reminds you again of the amazing size and awesome power of the Saturn V. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3804
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-01-2023 06:41 PM
In the first film, you can see the Q-ball cover release. You can also see a white object falling down the side of the LUT.In the second film, you can see a shock wave moving away from the pad at ground level. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 94
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 07-02-2023 11:28 AM
Was that a winds radiosonde balloon drifting past at the beginning of the first film? |
teachspace
Member Posts: 79
From: river edge, nj usa
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 07-03-2023 01:57 PM
Thank you so much for the videos. I was privileged to be in the reviewing stand for this historic launch.  |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3804
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-03-2023 08:53 PM
I'm guessing that E-77 and E-51 are camera positions. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 94
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 07-04-2023 12:23 PM
Didn't find a lot on Apollo-era pad cameras. But there was this teaser with a dead photo link. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3804
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-04-2023 02:32 PM
Here is a photo of Apollo 16 on the pad. You can see several cameras on the LUT. You can also see the Q-ball cover, which is what I believe you mistook for a balloon when the cover was released in the first film. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3804
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-06-2023 12:34 AM
There is another Apollo 16 launch camera that was focused on the third stage and spacecraft. You can see (at 15:45) the launch vehicle as it ascends passing by the waxing crescent moon. Awesome. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3804
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-22-2023 01:59 AM
Starting at 8:00 in the above film, you can see some dark objects tumbling and falling from the sky. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 94
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 07-24-2023 01:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by LM-12:
You can also see the Q-ball cover, which is what I believe you mistook for a balloon...
Of course. Thanks. |
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