Nasa Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report, 19 (1967)
1967 · Short film · 19 min
Synopsis
This NASA documentary film is a quarterly report from the Manned Space Flight program that dates to late 1967. The film starts with shots of workers around a launch vehicle as it is readied for take-off (:40). Images of the cratered moon’s surface follow (:49). By the end of 1968, much information had been collected from unmanned satellite missions (:59). Two manned space missions had also been completed as an astronaut is viewed working with a tether outside his spacecraft (1:06). Astronauts practice tests on the ground for in flight tasks and missions (1:16). A massive crawler moves a rocket (1:36). The months to be depicted in this quarterly report are from October to December of 1967 (1:56). The main objective was to ensure Apollo would be ready for man’s first lunar orbit mission and lunar landing (2:12). The lunar module; constructed by Grumman Aircraft is looked to (2:25). Tests are conducted at a large chamber in the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas (2:44). The lunar module; manned by astronauts is moved by crane (2:50). In the chamber it is to be subjected to a simulated space environment (3:03). Safety tests for the cabin were also conducted (3:14). Fires were started in the cabin during these tests (3:37) in order to ensure that the fire would be localized. At NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico (4:22); workers encountered problems with the Lunar Module (LM) ascent engine. Final qualification testing was to begin in early 1968 (5:15). LMs at…
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- Running time
- 19 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- NASA
- 1967
- Apollo
- Apollo IV
- Mission
- Manned Space Flight
- Report
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film
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