Apollo 6 launch TV footage

Low quality TV footage of the troubled, second Saturn V test flight.

Two segments shown:
1) Liftoff through interstage separation
2) From T+7:35 when the loss of two 2nd stage engines is reported to S-IVB ignition.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• apollo
• launch
• television
• footage
• saturn
• rocket

[roeboat72]

It is amazing that such a large rocket had only 2 test flights before being used for Apollo 8, considering all of our rocket failures of the 1950s and 1960s it is quite an achievement.

[ugowar]

@roeboat72 The fact I find even more amazing is the Space Shuttle was manned on the very first flight. Only once in the history has that happened, and IMHO never again *should*.

As for Saturn V, it was a high risk approach and a bit of good luck with the vehicle as a result of all the ground testing and lessons learned in "rocket science" over the previous years. Still, the near-disaster of Apollo 6 goes to show that one perfect launch (Apollo 4) does not really prove or disprove anything.

[Zoomer30]

At least Ares I won't gave engine problems :) in the first stage at least

[ugowar]

Sure, just as Challenger didn't...

[EndeavourLaunch]

I think he means the First stage engine wont cut off. Its an SRB, cant turn them off during flight or else Challenger would have been saved.

[ugowar]

I know what he meant, was just bringing up another "side-effect" of that fact.

[Tommyr]

I LOVE THIS STUFF! The Sat V was the greatest rocket we ever had.

[MattTheSaiyan]

I've come to the conclusion that, even If I lived for 100 years, I still wouldn't be able to see all the fascinating footage that exists on various subjects.

[19thSFGA]

@RoboticTable Simple we cant afford Obama and a Moon program !

[jetfreak4]

The pogo oscillation problem seems to have been the only one that plagued the Saturn V. It should have been fixed after Apollo 6 instead of being allowed to happen again on Apollo 13. Nevertheless, the Saturn V still managed to reach orbit despite these engine failures. And on Apollo 12, it survived a lightning strike. The shuttle couldn't even survive a measly foam strike.

[jetfreak4]

Just looked up the height of the launch tower...the height of the shuttle tower doesn't even compare. The launch tower for the Saturn V was 490 feet tall....nearly the height of a 50-story building. The tower for the shuttle was over 100 feet shorter.

[johanlaurasia]

@roeboat72 I certainly is amazing, however, the data gain from those two launches paved the way for the successful launches to come. Most problems or evidence of potential problems goes down over time with the data gained from each launch making for safer launches in the future. Look at the Russians, still using the same basic technology they developed back then, with modern additions of course, but the basic system has been tested to near perfection.

[Tyrannobeast]

@ugowar To be fair, the Ares 1 wasn't going to have giant tanks of volatile fuel right next to it.

[bobbycv64]

@ugowar thanks for the post. The Saturn V was so amazing. I have looked at other launches and saw that these rockets actually did liftoff pretty good. I tried to recollect that the Apollo would stay on the platform for 20 seconds. Well apparently not :-)

Thanks for the post.

[RoboticTable]

im still puzzled over why obama doesn't want to go back to the moon

[RockSlaveBH]

I'd like to see this thing flying again.