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Topic: [Video] Apollo descent and ascent DAC footage
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Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 10-19-2013 03:46 PM
   
For those interested I have just posted some videos showing the data acquisition camera (DAC) footage on descent and ascent of the lunar modules with the footage realigned to show what the lunar module pilots possibly saw during those portions of the flight. By turning the footage about 45 degrees to the left a better perspective is gained.I also put together a video of all the landings in a single multi-screen format. I have edited all the audio of the landings and put the whole package together here: This video is one of the more complicated I have put together. I hope that some of you enjoy this and the other videos. |
Skytrotter
Member Posts: 31
From: Indianapolis, IN USA
Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 10-19-2013 04:08 PM
Very, very nice! |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 10-19-2013 04:11 PM
Thanks Sky! Appreciated |
Skytrotter
Member Posts: 31
From: Indianapolis, IN USA
Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 10-19-2013 04:19 PM
Was the synchronization point the callout Contact light? Was MET of the official touchdown time used?The audio part must have been a bear to deal with, the pick the best parts of each landing and keep it all synced. |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 10-19-2013 04:43 PM
Having already completed the individual landing videos I simply put them all together and then had to go through each audio track, pick the bits I wanted and tried to make sure they overlapped to create no gaps. After all that it was fairly easy to overlap the segments. |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 10-24-2013 01:51 PM
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to collectSPACE members who have watched the video. According to YouTube statistics over 50% of the viewings have been from cS. This makes me wonder how many of you who have watched it from here usually watch it on YouTube? |
Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 678
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 10-25-2013 08:18 AM
A huge thank you to Lunar Module 5 for posting this. "Outstanding". |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 10-25-2013 03:02 PM
Realigned videos: |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 10-25-2013 03:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Paul78zephyr:
A huge thank you to Lunar Module 5 for posting this. "Outstanding".
You are more than welcome Paul - thanks for the good words on the video |
model maker
Member Posts: 130
From: NEVADA , USA
Registered: May 2012
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posted 10-26-2013 04:51 PM
I have always wanted to see the footage realigned so I wouldn't have to tilt my head sideways to see what it really looked like. |
chet
Member Posts: 1506
From: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-26-2013 05:32 PM
That is one very exhilarating video! |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3160
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-26-2013 05:59 PM
A very nice piece of work.I still think the Apollo 14 landing film is marginally the best in terms of technical quality and content, but at the very end is it my imagination or does the descent engine continue to fire for several seconds AFTER touchdown? Technically, the worst film is Apollo 17. It's not so obvious in this version, but I always thought it looked dark and very grainy, as if it had been underexposed, then specially processed to give a usable film. Is it known why the Apollo 17 film is a little poor in quality? Exposure set wrongly? Faulty film? Faulty camera? Faulty processing? |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-04-2013 09:25 AM
The latest video in the series is now available here. This one is all the lunar ascent DAC video realigned to 45 degrees (except Apollo 15, which wasn't far off the mark) and the audio remixed into one continuous track. Hope you all enjoy it as much as the landing coverage. |
Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 678
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 11-04-2013 11:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Lunar Module 5:
Hope you all enjoy it as much as the landing coverage.
Yes! OUTSTANDING once again. Thank you! |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-04-2013 01:33 PM
Thanks Paul - glad you liked it! |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 11-04-2013 01:38 PM
For those interested, I got an enthusiastic email from Charlie Duke referring to the Apollo 16 landing video saying... "these are fantastic!!!" and that "looks like exactly how we saw it."That email has made my week! |
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