High quality footage of that One Small Step

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Description by Phil Plait
This comes from the 16 mm Data Acquisition Camera mounted in the lunar module. The camera had multiple settings; it was set to normal speed for this occasion, and was later set to one frame per second to save film for later footage, including Buzz and Neil setting up the American flag.

I was surprised to see this as I didnt even know it existed. It gives a different perspective on some of the most famous footage in history! You can see Buzz reflected in the lander window, and even hear Houston telling him how to set camera.

The sequence of events shown is fascinating. You can hear Neil say he is opening the MESA, the Modular Equipment Storage Assembly. The movie camera that took the footage of his actual first step on the Moon was in there (some Moon Hoax twinkies love to ask who took the movie of Neils step, never bothering to, yknow, look it up. I guess typing stuff into Google is too hard for them). It was aimed at the bottom of the ladder, so Neil would be in its field of view when he walked off the footpad.

Next, he takes a hop from the lowest rung down to the footpad. He then hops back up to the last rung, to make sure he can get back off the pad. If he had trouble, he could talk to Houston and work out what to do.

He then observes the surface, noting the dust. He tested it a bit with the toe of his boot to get a better look at it.

Then, of course, he makes the most momentous step in history, separating us from a planet-bound species to one that strides across worlds.

The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal has a QuickTime clip that has both the MESA and DAC cameras with the footage synchronized, which is fascinating to watch. You can see when he deploys the MESA, which happens at around the same time he jumps down and back up from the footpad. After that, well, you know the rest.

and geez. Watching it made me choke up again, for real. Wow.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• moon landing
• Data Acquisition Camera
• phil plait
• bad astronomy

[PacManJulie]

they said we have been to the moon ? but somehow with all the modern tech we cant go there again? no way. they wouldnt get away with all this grainy footage today. I support we visit the moon for the first time! ANd an international mission so that the USA cant claim it all for themselves. Long live the Socialist republic of Selenia!

Long live the Socialist republic of Selenia!

Long live the Socialist republic of Selenia!

Selenia the mighty, Selenia the Brave.

[BadPsychicsTV]

@PacManJulie Lol, you are funny, Only reason we dont go to moon now is financial, it costs a hell of a lot of money, and there is no motivation, especially when the world is in a financial crisis.

Did you know that we put a mirror on the moon, and anyone with the right equipment can fire a lazer and have it bounce back to earth, that is 100% proof we went to the moon

[JustinFromSydney]

Does anyone know what movie studio this was made in?

:P

[BadPsychicsTV]

It was an old hanger at Area 51

[BadPsychicsTV]

You must be very proud.

I wasnt even born.

I have missed so many great moments in history

[macronencer]

Moon hoaxers... your arguments have been debunked again and again, but you persist in your blinkered ignorance. Your 15 minutes of fame is over - deal with it. Now go find some different set of evidence to misrepresent, and give us all a break!

[ohspareme]

I held my son up in front of the t.v. to watch this when he was one month old. Now he is a great computer scientist in New York himself. How fast time flies.

[Finnstudios]

@JustinFromSydney Yea, I believe the movie studio this was shot in is called THE MOON!

[SinDawg030]

@BadPsychicsTV The computing power of the Apollo lander was less than a mobile phone from 2003. With all the high quality equipment we have today, a moon landing seems quite feasible no?

[thecelestialtoymaker]

Well said macronencer. The problem is that they don't want to listen...

[thecelestialtoymaker]

Agree with you 100% There is a lot of third party evidence of the moonlandings. We went there. Rejoice and be happy about man's achievements...

[fuckutube74]

@BadPsychicsTV

How convenient the fake movie does not even show armstrong the fake stepping off the ladder

[yousuckidiots]

@JustinFromSydney

Yes, The Moon.

[MrUnscientific]

@MrUnscientific ...and there's a great big shadow of a Dalek there. Obviously the Drwho studios.