“EXPANDING UPON APOLLO / SATURN TECHNOLOGIES“ NASA FILM w/ DR. CHARLES H. TOWNES 19164

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Browse our products on Amazon: This informational film titled “Manned Space Flight: Apollo/ Saturn The Use for Science and Applications” was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sometime in the late 1960s or 1970s. The film chronicles NASA’s then mission of expanding upon the Apollo Saturn space vehicle technologies for further space explorations in Earth’s orbit, the Moon’s orbit, and the Moon’s surface. The committee of scientists led by Dr. Charles H. Townes sought to bridge the gap between space technology from the 1960s to that of the 1970s and beyond. (Charles Townes was the experimental physicist who invented the laser – now indispensable in science, technology, and medicine. Townes received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work. More than a dozen subsequent Nobel Prizes have depended on the existence of lasers.) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) logo (0:09). Dr. Charles H. Townes speaks to the camera (0:17). Animation detailing plans for first basic manned Apollo Saturn missions (1:38). Animation detailing planned missions to the moon (2:01). Animation with more details about manned missions in Earth’s orbit and positive outcomes from the mission (2:28). Animation with more details about planned lunar flights and positive outcomes from the mission (3:28). Animation of astronauts working in a lab on the moon (4:03). Saturn 1B and Saturn V rockets (4:24). Modifications to be made to the rockets for future unmanned missions to planets like Mars (4:37). Basic Apollo Spacecraft (5:09). Crew member enters the command module (5:30). Lunar excursion module (5:48). Illustration detailing scientific payload calculations (6:23). Illustration detailing the scientific payload of the lunar excursion module (7:35). Footage of meetings of the team behind applying the Apollo/Saturn technologies (10:06). Meetings at the Office of Manned Space Science in Washington D.C. (10:31). Aerial views of government facilities used for manufacturing Apollo Saturn hardware (10:54). Experiments on finished hardware pieces (11:29). Apollo Saturn 1B preparations for unmanned missions - development tests (11:58). Saturn 5 development tests (12:13). Establishment of a worldwide tracking and communications network (12:38). Meeting of scientists and engineers (13:01). Aerial shots of earth’s landscape (13:25). Photographs of earth from The Gemini 4 mission (13:42). Photograph from a manned spacecraft over Tibet (14:19). Benefits of multispectral sensors on identifying crops and forests as well as oceanography and meteorology efforts (14:43). Animation of a telescope in Earth’s orbit (15:43). Animation of astronaut assembling a radar in space (16:28). Photographs of the Moon’s surface taken by Ranger 7 (Ranger VII) (17:00). Scientist mapping out landing site based on photographs (17:26). Animation detailing a possible mission in equatorial orbit (19:16). Closing comments (21:18). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit