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Ici la base de la Tranquillité
Ici la base de la Tranquillité - Apollo XI
Ici la base de la Tranquillité - Apollo XI
Ici la base de la Tranquillité - Apollo XI
Ici la base de la Tranquillité
Here Tranquility base - Apollo XI
Here Tranquility base - Apollo XI

History of the Tranquility Base

Episode II : First  steps

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Episode II : First steps


This video begins when the live TV image arrives on Earth as Neil Armstrong descended the ladder of the lunar module. Then he made ​​his first step, down a camera, take some photos and collect some contingency samples. The video ends when Buzz Aldrin descended to the ground in turn. The film is also useful to show in parallel the control room of Houston and the path of the television picture and changes the receiving antenna on Earth, which explain the changes in image quality.


Are synchronized to this video:

  

  • The image of live television and audio exchanges Earth - Moon
  • The film recorded by the onboard  LM 16mm camera
  • The film recorded in the control room of Houston
  • The path diagram of the TV picture involving the Goldstone (GDS) antenna in the U.SA and those of Honeysuckle Creek (HSK) and Parkes in Australia.
  • The audio network NET2  on which converse the operators of the previous sites with Sydney (SYD) and Houston (HTV)
  • The transcript of the Earth-Moon as well as network NET2
  • The heartbeats of Armstrong and Aldrin in real time

  

List of persons involved in this video.


On the Moon

Neil Armstrong          Command-board

Buzz Aldrin                  Lunar Module Pilot


In the control room of Houston


Bruce McCandless   CAPCOM      Communication with the crew.

There is only one version for this video. The transcripts are in English.

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