He is referring to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia, which was part of the Deep Space Network of communication antenna/stations Nasa used on the Apollo missions to provide 24 hour contact with the spacecraft.
Nice to see this after watching the movie. Note in the movie, In the film, Lovell has a cameo as the captain of the USS Iwo Jima, the naval vessel which led the operation to recover the Apollo 13 astronauts after their successful splashdown. Lovell can be seen as the naval officer shaking Hanks' hand, as Hanks speaks in voice-over, in the scene in which the astronauts come aboard the Iwo Jima.
They came SOOOOOOOOO close to missing their re-entry window. Because of the space debris orbiting the CM, Jack Swigert was having difficulty aligning the Odyssey for for the re-entry platform.
Wow....just wow. I've never seen anything like this. I cannot imagine what those guys were thinking while they were watching, and to see them all smile when contact is confirmed, what a treat!!! Thank you so much for posting this. It's awesome for people of my generation (my parents were in high school when this happened) and all future generations to experience real history outside the text books.
man kinda weird the quality of film was so awful, where were the expensive NBC cams etc ... never a close up as it comes down ... grainy, shaky, just garbage ... more apollo hoax BS ... maybe theres a giant magnetic disturbance near iwo jima, that didnt plague Cape Canaveral or Kennedy.
My guess is that the uploader got hold of an ancient VHS tape which would have deteriorated over the years and has not converted to digital all that well. I watched this at the time and the quality was quite good even by todays standards. But the quality here is not that important, the uploader is showing a bit of history as it happened, not entering into some silly hoax debate.
"Joe" was Joe Kerwin, the astronaut who was serving as capcom for this portion of the mission. Astronauts, particularly rookie astronauts, not flying in the mission served as capcoms. NASA wanted crews to only talk to other astronauts during missions.
@penguinsix There was Cliff Mitchemore journalist (opening the clip), James Burke, a science expert, Patrick Moore who is an amateur astronomer and is now aged 87 and still presents The Sky at Night which has been airing on the first sunday of the month for 53 years, plus some other experts
that was a jim lovell responding. the most touching scene. i searched stuff about the appolo 13 over internet 5, 6 years ago. i never find this. thanks for uploading this.
@roygbiv330 I did list most of them in the video description. I don't know who 2 of them but the one guy not mentioned by alljan was Geoffrey Pardoe who is also on the STS-1 videos I have posted and was the BBC "expert" for many early Shuttle flights.
The last time I saw this we were all sat round the old black & white tv (still did not have a colour set). Where did you find this? It looked like it has been kept on an ancient VHS hence the poor quality.
Thanks for uploading, brings back happy memories of those heady times when it seemed the whole world held its breath.
@roygbiv330 I will never forget seeing Apollo 13 splash down. I remember how people cheered and applauded when the signal was regained. Talk about a "touching scene"..... I'll NEVER forget the look on Jim Lovell's face after he stepped of the chopper. Normally a very composed man, you could see the tears on his cheek when he learned that he had saved 15% or more on his car insurance by switching to GEICO!!
I know a guy that was in the navy back in the day and was on the aircraft carrier that picked up Apollo 11. He was standing just a few feet away when the astronauts got out of the capsule... I'm really jealous :)
Lovell tightened his straps, the other two mimicked. "Hold on, if this is going to be anything like Apollo 8 this could be rough." said Lovell, But it was nothing like Apollo 8 as Apollo 13's command module sliced smoothly into the South Pacific Ocean.
Lovell tightened his straps, the other two mimicked. "Hold on, if this is going to be anything like Apollo 8 this could be rough." said Lovell, But it was nothing like Apollo 8 as Apollo 13's command module sliced smoothly into the South Pacific Ocean.
I am planning on putting more coverage on soon. Most of it will be from the early shuttle programme, but some will be from Apollo. As you say though, there isn't that much available!
chuggachuggawoowoo (3 weeks ago) I watched the re-entry and splashdown coverage live in class in 6th grade. What a different world it was back then. Everyone was so happy that they made it back safely. Now, the television networks and viewers would be disappointed that they weren't killed in a spectacular fiery descent.
WERE ARE THE PARACUTE?????
hateis632 3 weeks ago
honeysuckle?
bondadm007 1 month ago
He is referring to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia, which was part of the Deep Space Network of communication antenna/stations Nasa used on the Apollo missions to provide 24 hour contact with the spacecraft.
lunarmodule5 1 month ago
Humans FTW
ORACLE063 2 months ago
Nice to see this after watching the movie. Note in the movie, In the film, Lovell has a cameo as the captain of the USS Iwo Jima, the naval vessel which led the operation to recover the Apollo 13 astronauts after their successful splashdown. Lovell can be seen as the naval officer shaking Hanks' hand, as Hanks speaks in voice-over, in the scene in which the astronauts come aboard the Iwo Jima.
LibraLibre59 2 months ago
Awesome times...
Nice video.
Rob260259 2 months ago
Thanks you uploaded this little bit of the moon hoax.
ApolloWasRealHoax 3 months ago
I was in third grade when this happened. I'll never forget the headline of the local newspaper "If Engine Fails, Astronauts Will Soar Past Earth".
clintonearlwalker 3 months ago
@clintonearlwalker So they would just have a looong awful death.
3ISAMAGICNUMBR 1 month ago
Imagine the families of these astronauts... what an emotional rollercoaster.
achmedlolol 4 months ago
@3:09- Is that James (Connections) Burke?! Awesome!
greenseaships 6 months ago
@greenseaships Yep it is. James was the BBC "anchor" on the space programme until ASTP in 1975. Never bettered.
lunarmodule5 3 months ago
They came SOOOOOOOOO close to missing their re-entry window. Because of the space debris orbiting the CM, Jack Swigert was having difficulty aligning the Odyssey for for the re-entry platform.
CounterCultureLives 6 months ago
This video is a treasure. Thank you for posting it.
da40flyer1 7 months ago
Wow....just wow. I've never seen anything like this. I cannot imagine what those guys were thinking while they were watching, and to see them all smile when contact is confirmed, what a treat!!! Thank you so much for posting this. It's awesome for people of my generation (my parents were in high school when this happened) and all future generations to experience real history outside the text books.
alliecamp 7 months ago
Thank you for posting this!
xizora1 7 months ago
Wonderful footage of a relatively young James Burke. Thank you very much for this!
disorganizedorg 8 months ago
MUGS... research the era, research the facts, study the laws of physics, then stop being a sucker!
KILLBILDERBURG 9 months ago
WHERE DO YOU GET THESE VIDEOS
Astronautical123 10 months ago
WHERE AND THE HECK DO YOU GET THESE VIDEOS
Astronautical123 10 months ago
man kinda weird the quality of film was so awful, where were the expensive NBC cams etc ... never a close up as it comes down ... grainy, shaky, just garbage ... more apollo hoax BS ... maybe theres a giant magnetic disturbance near iwo jima, that didnt plague Cape Canaveral or Kennedy.
pt1gard 10 months ago
@pt1gard
My guess is that the uploader got hold of an ancient VHS tape which would have deteriorated over the years and has not converted to digital all that well. I watched this at the time and the quality was quite good even by todays standards. But the quality here is not that important, the uploader is showing a bit of history as it happened, not entering into some silly hoax debate.
TheSpiritof1969 9 months ago
THANKS FOR THIS GREAT FOOTAGE
FIRST CLASS LANDING SAFE
MultiPlayaaa 10 months ago
"Extremely loud applause at mission control."
--Camera pans to mission control and everybody's just standing around.
MichaelCox 10 months ago
Great BBC coverage of the apollo 13 landing!!
dazbonoasbo 11 months ago
"Joe" was Joe Kerwin, the astronaut who was serving as capcom for this portion of the mission. Astronauts, particularly rookie astronauts, not flying in the mission served as capcoms. NASA wanted crews to only talk to other astronauts during missions.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago 13
Does anyone have the names of the people in the BBC studio? Were they scientists or just journalists?
penguinsix 1 year ago
@penguinsix There was Cliff Mitchemore journalist (opening the clip), James Burke, a science expert, Patrick Moore who is an amateur astronomer and is now aged 87 and still presents The Sky at Night which has been airing on the first sunday of the month for 53 years, plus some other experts
alijanlondon 1 year ago
that was a jim lovell responding. the most touching scene. i searched stuff about the appolo 13 over internet 5, 6 years ago. i never find this. thanks for uploading this.
roygbiv330 1 year ago 9
@roygbiv330 I did list most of them in the video description. I don't know who 2 of them but the one guy not mentioned by alljan was Geoffrey Pardoe who is also on the STS-1 videos I have posted and was the BBC "expert" for many early Shuttle flights.
lunarmodule5 1 year ago
@lunarmodule5
The last time I saw this we were all sat round the old black & white tv (still did not have a colour set). Where did you find this? It looked like it has been kept on an ancient VHS hence the poor quality.
Thanks for uploading, brings back happy memories of those heady times when it seemed the whole world held its breath.
TheSpiritof1969 9 months ago
@roygbiv330 I will never forget seeing Apollo 13 splash down. I remember how people cheered and applauded when the signal was regained. Talk about a "touching scene"..... I'll NEVER forget the look on Jim Lovell's face after he stepped of the chopper. Normally a very composed man, you could see the tears on his cheek when he learned that he had saved 15% or more on his car insurance by switching to GEICO!!
CounterCultureLives 11 months ago
I know a guy that was in the navy back in the day and was on the aircraft carrier that picked up Apollo 11. He was standing just a few feet away when the astronauts got out of the capsule... I'm really jealous :)
NifoOtiBoy 1 year ago
Lovell tightened his straps, the other two mimicked. "Hold on, if this is going to be anything like Apollo 8 this could be rough." said Lovell, But it was nothing like Apollo 8 as Apollo 13's command module sliced smoothly into the South Pacific Ocean.
Silavite 1 year ago
Lovell tightened his straps, the other two mimicked. "Hold on, if this is going to be anything like Apollo 8 this could be rough." said Lovell, But it was nothing like Apollo 8 as Apollo 13's command module sliced smoothly into the South Pacific Ocean.
Silavite 1 year ago
Excellent!
Karonte99 1 year ago
The successful failure.
Doc418 1 year ago 27
Thanks for the upload.
TackyNames 1 year ago 8
@TackyNames You are welcome!
lunarmodule5 1 year ago
40 years ago this week.....Godspeed the crew of Apollo 13.
lunarmodule5 1 year ago 10
osallent (3 weeks ago)
Thank you for this clip. BBC coverage of NASA from this period is rare...this is a gem!
If you have more stuff like this, please put it on Youtube. A lot of space enthusiasts will be very grateful. I know I am!
lunarmodule5 1 year ago 7
I am planning on putting more coverage on soon. Most of it will be from the early shuttle programme, but some will be from Apollo. As you say though, there isn't that much available!
lunarmodule5 1 year ago 5
(Comment taken from previous Apollo 13 video)
chuggachuggawoowoo (3 weeks ago) I watched the re-entry and splashdown coverage live in class in 6th grade. What a different world it was back then. Everyone was so happy that they made it back safely. Now, the television networks and viewers would be disappointed that they weren't killed in a spectacular fiery descent.
lunarmodule5 1 year ago 2