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At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
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Stephen Bales
- Self
- (as Steve Bales)
James Burke
- Self
- (archive footage)
Eugene Cernan
- Self
- (as Gene Cernan)
Charles Duke
- Self
- (as Charlie Duke)
Christopher Kraft
- Self
- (as Chris Kraft)
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- TriviaAt about 1:30 we see footage of the crew section of the LEM blasting off from the moon. This was Apollo 17; the last time that man was on the moon, which was on December 14, 1972. This is a remarkable shot, as the camera was being controlled remotely from Houston, and powered by the lunar rover and with the transmission being beamed from the rover's antenna. As it takes approximately one and a half seconds for a radio signal to travel from the earth to the moon and another second and a half for the return signal, the camera operator had to start the camera moving a second and a half before the actual blast off. He then used the joystick to tilt the camera upwards at the same rate as the ascent of the spacecraft, but anticipate its location from moment to moment and do it one and a half seconds early. Thanks to his precise timing, he was able to capture the shot while keeping the spacecraft in the frame the entire time.
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Christopher Kraft: We gotta tell 'em it's got to have a computer. What the hell is a computer? It was almost that much that we didn't know.
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Solid NASA doc from the crew's perspective
Good solid documentary on how Mission Control developed during the space program with a particular focus on the men themselves (and, in the beginning, there were only men).
Highlighted are the missions of Apollo 8, 11 & 13 and the problems and challenges they faced. A good number of the mission specialists are interviewed with Gene Kranz being the big papa bear.
During the course of the interviews, two comments really stand out: The first when one of the men admits that working at Mission Control was so life consuming that he confesses he wouldn't have done it were he knew then what he knows now as far as what it did to his family life. The other is in the moments of real crisis during Apollo 13 where the pressure gave him thoughts of bailing out and leaving the mission behind. Bravo for their honesty.
On a technical end, the special effects are to be applauded. They never look too modern, nor too CGI. While they are certainly far more advanced that the graphics of the 60s and the 70s, they still have a natural, organic feel.
A job well done.
Highlighted are the missions of Apollo 8, 11 & 13 and the problems and challenges they faced. A good number of the mission specialists are interviewed with Gene Kranz being the big papa bear.
During the course of the interviews, two comments really stand out: The first when one of the men admits that working at Mission Control was so life consuming that he confesses he wouldn't have done it were he knew then what he knows now as far as what it did to his family life. The other is in the moments of real crisis during Apollo 13 where the pressure gave him thoughts of bailing out and leaving the mission behind. Bravo for their honesty.
On a technical end, the special effects are to be applauded. They never look too modern, nor too CGI. While they are certainly far more advanced that the graphics of the 60s and the 70s, they still have a natural, organic feel.
A job well done.
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- Jun 4, 2023
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- NASA:s okända hjältar
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- Gross US & Canada
- $16,405
- Gross worldwide
- $16,405
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
- 16:9 HD
- 4:3
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By what name was Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017) officially released in Canada in English?
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