Synopsis
This color film produced by NASA, an Aeronautics and Space Report has 3 segments. The first is about Apollo 9 just before its launch on March 3, 1969 (:32). A ticker tape parade is held in New York for the astronauts of Apollo 8, William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman (:40-:52). These men were in the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth’s orbit, circle the moon, and return safely. The Apollo 9 astronauts are Rusty Schweickart, James McDivitt, and David Scott (:052- 1:14 ). The command pilot, McDivitt, practices flying a lunar landing research vehicle (1: 15- 1:28 ) and speaks to the camera about the upcoming mission ( 1:29 - 1:54 ). An artist’s concept shows some of the mission highlights of how the Command Module and Lunar Module will separate ( 2:00 - 2:27 ). Scott, the Command Module pilot, is shown ( 2:31 - 2:50 ). A Lunar Module simulator provides practice ( 2:51 - 3:19 ). Schweickart is the Lunar Module pilot, who will also walk outside the spacecraft and do space photography ( 3:20 - 3:46 ). The Saturn 5 rocket stands ready for lift-off ( 3:48 - 4:12 ). The three astronauts are shown ( 4:14 - 4:24 ). The second segment is about Mariner Mars 69 ( 5:07 ). The spacecraft is the Mariner, the destination is Mars, and the year is 1969. Both Mariner 6 (69A) and Mariner 7 (69B) will be launched February 25, 1969 to take photos of Mars ( 5:08 - 5:38 ). Earlier photos are from the 1964-65 Mariner missions. Pictures will be transmitted to earth and received by giant…
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Details
- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
- Internet Archive item
- 87174dNASAComingUpApolloAndMarinerMars69
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Stock Footage