Mit Tv Show "Science Reporter" Returning from the Moon Apollo Program 77454 (1966)

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In this 1966 episode of the television series Science Reporter, MIT’s John Fitch reports on the obstacles that face the Apollo Command Module during its return to Earth and how teams at NASA and Accessory Products Corporation (APCO) are working to find solutions to those obstacles. The episode opens with animation of the Apollo Command Module returning to earth. The episode shows opened parachutes attached to a command module during a test (00:57). A test module is dropped from a tower into water and onto solid land to test reentry impact. John Fitch stand in front of NASA’s Langley Research Center (02:21) and talks to the audience about the challenges of returning from the moon. In a classroom, NASA’s William Brooks explains the heat that will face the command module when returning from the moon (03:44). He shows Fitch a plastic resin, nylon, and quartz fibers that are used to make a heat-resistant plastic material. Brooks shows a picture of the testing device used to create extreme heat (06:50). A researcher puts a piece of plastic into the device for testing (07:38). Brooks shows Fitch the control room where they monitor the various tests in the facility and explains the different areas to him (08:25). The test begins and footage shows the plastic piece undergoing intense heat (09:48). Afterward, Brooks and Fitch watch a video of the test (similar to what was just shown). Fitch holds the test specimen (11:18), which is slightly charred from the test. At APCO’s production…

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Running time

28 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• NASA
• Moon
• 1966
• Apollo
• Science Reporter
• Stock Footage