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Apollo: The Forgotten Films

Apollo 11 must fireits rocket engine And be capturedby the moon's gravity, A maneuver...

Apollo 11 must fire
its rocket engine And be captured
by the moon's gravity, A maneuver called
lunar orbit insertion

Full Transcript

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Apollo 11 must fire its rocket engine
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And be captured by the moon's gravity,
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A maneuver called lunar orbit insertion.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:17
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Arrow International Post Production,Arrow Media,Clean Cut Productions,Science Channel

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Movie Summary

It will tell the complete story of this most audacious of missions, with footage not seen anywhere else. The archives reveal the incredible lengths an army of engineers, scientists and astronauts.
A mistake at this stage could prove fatal. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
A mistake at this stage could prove fatal.
Anders: Lunar orbit insertion was one - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Anders: Lunar orbit insertion was one
Mccandless: 11, this is houston. You are go for l.O.I. Over. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
Mccandless: 11, this is houston. You are go for l.O.I. Over...
Narrator: The capture happens behind the moon, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Narrator: The capture happens behind the moon,
If anything goes wrong, the astronauts are on their own. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
If anything goes wrong, the astronauts are on their own.
Mccandless: We'll see you on the other side. Over. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:11
Mccandless: We'll see you on the other side. Over.
Narrator: Three days into their historic journey, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:09
Narrator: Three days into their historic journey,
Collins: It was a bulbous, three-dimensional, huge sphere. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Collins: It was a bulbous, three-dimensional, huge sphere.
Belly stuck out toward us, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
Belly stuck out toward us,
It didn't offer me - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
It didn't offer me
Narrator: After around 35 anxious minutes, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Narrator: After around 35 anxious minutes,
With the blackout over, and locked in lunar orbit, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
With the blackout over, and locked in lunar orbit,
Duke: The lunar surface is the roughest place I've ever seen -- - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
Duke: The lunar surface is the roughest place I've ever...
Narrator: The terrain is deadly, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:11
Narrator: The terrain is deadly,
The spacecraft had to land on the moon, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
The spacecraft had to land on the moon,
Narrator: Film of the early mockups reveal a craft - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Narrator: Film of the early mockups reveal a craft
Schmitt: It was designed to fly outside the atmosphere, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Schmitt: It was designed to fly outside the atmosphere,
The bottom is the descent stage. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
The bottom is the descent stage.
Haise: The descent stage had the one big engine - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Haise: The descent stage had the one big engine
Narrator: On top is the ascent stage, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Narrator: On top is the ascent stage,