Adam Savage Checks Out the Apollo 11 Command Module!

2 роки тому

We all know Adam is obsessed with Apollo 11, and while visiting the National Air and Space Museum's Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar, he had a special opportunity to view the Columbia Apollo 11 command module up close. Objects conservator Lisa Young takes Adam through some of the work her team is doing on this historic artifact, differentiates between the pre-flight and post-flight marks on the exterior, and lets him peek inside, revealing the three-person crew's tiny living quarters for most of the mission!
Note: At the time of filming, there was a mask mandate in place at Smithsonian.
Shot and edited by Joey Fameli
Produced by Kristen Lomasney
Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks:
/ @tested
Tested Ts, stickers, mugs and more: tested-store.com
Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): ukposts.info_c...
Twitter: / testedcom
Facebook: / testedcom
Instagram: / testedcom
Discord: / discord
Amazon Storefront: www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavage...
Savage Industries T-shirts: cottonbureau.com/stores/savag...
Tested is:
Adam Savage / donttrythis
Norman Chan / nchan
Joey Fameli www.joeyfameli.com
Ryan Kiser / ryan.kiser
Jen Schachter www.jenschachter.com
Kishore Hari / sciencequiche
Sean Charlesworth / cworthdynamics
Jeremy Williams / jerware
Kayte Sabicer / kaytesabicer
Bill Doran / chinbeard
Ariel Waldman / arielwaldman
Darrell Maloney / brokennerd
Kristen Lomasney / krystynlo
Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman
Thanks for watching!
#AdamSavage #Apollo11 #Smithsonian

КОМЕНТАРІ: 1 300

@tested 2 роки тому

Watch more videos from Adam's visit to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum here: ukposts.info/slow/PLJtitKU0CAeiJ7tjkIqcrRPfIYZHPW643

@heatshield 2 роки тому

@Our Myth Their Lies 1. That isn't historically accurate. 2. Even without a societal need for them right now, I'm sure that anyone near the module would have to wear one anyway.

@imaginegettingthat.99slopp7 2 роки тому

Love you adam, rip Neil Armstrong

@ronray3038 2 роки тому

Love the channel Adam especially your one day build episodes as I greatly enjoy tinkering. I know it’s not your normal content but it would be awesome if you made your own home 10 pin bowling pin setter. Sounds strange I know but the challenge to make one purely mechanical (or operated by the bowler) is a challenging feat. There are other videos that use strings to set the pins but that’s lame. I have tried for weeks to come up with a good design for my kids to use but I bit off more than I could chew so I went with the strings :/ While making multiple failed attempts I thought to myself, Adam Savage could definitely come up with some ingenious contraption. Just a thought if u get bored. Challenge proposed!

@Daniel-Hawk 2 роки тому

Adam, is there a possibility to visit the Smithsonian ,, virtually '' ???.. I really want to visit it, but I'm from Europe, and this aren't times to travel....

@mikeuk666 2 роки тому

@Our Myth Their Lies Attention seeking antivax flat earther....

@AgentJohnSteed 2 роки тому

Every time I see one of these object, beyond the engineering, is: That thing has been in space. Just the concept of not on earth, out there in the void. Just on overwhelming feeling.

@armr6937 2 роки тому

Not only space but around Luna... And back! That's one exclusive club (for now).

@tacobells5-layerburrito119 2 роки тому

I actually have a piece of the kapton foil from the this capsule!

@prdoyle 2 роки тому

Woah.

@tomb504dog 2 роки тому

If you get a chance, go see Space Shuttle Discovery in DC. It is awe inspiring to be walking around this giant machine that’s been to space 39 times. The battle scars are all there.

@andreilikayutub3496 2 роки тому

@@armr6937 it’s called the Moon in English 🤷

@ronvds4713 2 роки тому

My father was a contractor that was working at the Tracking Station during this time. When the boys came to Canberra, Australia to thank them they dragged along the re-entry capsule but had nowhere to store it. My father offered the use of his warehouse in the local industrial suburb of Fyshwick where I got to see this piece of history. As a small kid all I remember is that it was dirty and left soot on my hands.

@TheOnlyDamien 2 роки тому

That's such an amazing anecdote! Thanks for sharing!

@Mike19737 2 роки тому

That's awesome! I got to see Space Shuttle Enterprise up close when I was kid. It was an amazing experience. I can't imagine being that close to Apollo 11.

@billstrader4326 2 роки тому

I worked with a radio engineer who was in Australia at the tracking station during Apollo 11. I wish I could pick his brain but unfortunately he passed a few years back.

@krashdown102 2 роки тому

i saw that movie

@martin.B777 2 роки тому

No kidding! 🚀

@NealMiskinMusic 2 роки тому

I would love to see some more detailed interior shots, it would be awesome to get a peek at all the instrumentation and the DSKY etc.

@taqresu5865 2 роки тому

If you have a VR system, I highly recommend the Apollo 11 VR Experience. They tried to model the Modules and each Saturn V Stage to look as accurate as possible. It will allow you to see the interior of both the Command and Lunar Modules in VR.

@brucewebster5998 2 роки тому

Great to see the Apollo 11 CM back "home". In April 1970, as a high school senior, I had the rare privilege of having Michael Collins accept my invitation to give his first speech to high school students in his new role as Assistant Secretary of State after he left NASA in January 1970. His job was to explain to the young people of our country why we were fighting in Vietnam. After he spoke to the entire student body on that serious topic, I asked him if he might stay for a half hour and speak privately in a classroom with a few of us space geek science students about his trip to the moon on Apollo 11 nine months earlier and the recent Apollo 13 mission, which just safely ended two weeks earlier after exploding on the way to the moon. He was so gracious in saying "Sure, I can do that!" It was the thrill of my life to be standing in a room with 10 other students, listening to this humble guy sharing his story of his flight to the moon. I have been a space geek since childhood and had the opportunity to see both Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 launched to the moon as well as the launch of the Skylab space station. My goal now is to visit all 36 US manned spacecraft on display, including the memorial remains of the Challenger and Columbia. 30 down - 6 to go!

@VintageGearMan Рік тому

WOW!

@Underwatergoat1 12 днів тому

His book is really worth reading (if you haven't already 😂)

@alanross2876 6 днів тому

Present day dollars, this mission cost $2 billion. NASA's annual budget is $20+ billion / year. How have we not been back since? With todays technology it would cost a fraction to return. Something is not adding up

@phill.2924 5 днів тому

I'm not at all surprised that we haven't been back, and I don't think it suggests anything deceptive on the part of NASA. We were in a space race to get there and, ever since, NASA projects move at a snail's pace because of politics and funding. The Artemis mission had been pushed back at least twice from its original dates to land on the moon.

@alanross2876 5 днів тому

@@phill.2924NASA is a money laundering scheme.

@gears4930 2 роки тому

I love how they both say "like I told you before" or "off camera". You know these 2 persons connect and geek out off camera! Amazing!

@dandemars3570 2 роки тому

At 6:13, a bit of an error, one which most people are unaware. While the middle seat was typically the CMP's seat at launch, on Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin sat middle seat since he had trained as the backup CMP for Apollo 8, so he already was trained in the CMP's launch responsibilities. It was easier to simply train Mike Collins to fly right (LMP's) seat for launch. Remember that the CMP sat left seat for both T&D and for re-entry, as he was indeed the pilot of the CM.

@thatcallisto 2 роки тому

was gonna come here to say the same thing - as far as I remember, the only abnormal seating of any Apollo?

@dandemars3570 2 роки тому

@@thatcallisto Yep, 11 was the only seating aberration.

@Steve-xw3nq 2 роки тому

I noticed that too, you beat me to it !

@Paladin1649 2 роки тому

WITH STANDARD, FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT, pilot-in-command sits in the left seat. With Apollo, mission commander had his choice. Neil chose far left. I do not recall who had the second choice, but Mr. Aldrin at least BEGAN the mission in the center seat. Mr. Collins moved to the center seat while orbiting the moon alone. I suspect he returned to the far-right seat when Neil and Buzz returned to the CM.

@Paladin1649 2 роки тому

@gecko 1968 Can I send you a message via a private channel? Via Facebook, perhaps?

@Vickie-Bligh 2 роки тому

How awesome to be able to see this up close & personal. Thanks for sharing both Adam & Tested.

@Merennulli 2 роки тому

I'm so glad they're preserving it as is and preserving the knowledge of it down to details like the adhesive residue and welding.

@jgunther3398 Рік тому

someday a culture of space haters will win the election and destroy the capsule and statues of buzz with sledgehammers and the nasa emblem will be banned on social media

@snowman374th Рік тому

"I'm so glad they're preserving it as is and preserving the knowledge of it down to details like the adhesive residue and welding." = YEAH EVERYTHING BUT THE PROTECTION THAT SUPPOSEDLY TOOK THEM THROUGH 3 BELTS OF RADIATION. = They're a bunch of highly paid liars that never left Low Earth Orbit is all they were.

@Merennulli Рік тому

Weird how it says I have 2 replies but there's nothing here. Even before I reported the latest lunatic conspiracy theory spam account.

@ReneePowell 2 роки тому

I got to visit the Air and Space Museum in the late 90s as a teenager. I’ve never forgotten the sense of awe I felt looking up at one of the reentry vehicles. At the time it was displayed at an angle above visitors’ heads near one of the entrances, so the heat shield was fully visible. It’s one thing to know or see video of the atmosphere turning to plasma at reentry, and another thing entirely to actually see the physical effects on a spacecraft. The ablative shielding was marred and heavily pitted all over, and you could actually see that it was made up of many layers that were worn away at the edges.

@Russellsperry 2 роки тому

This is amazing, and if I had celebrity pull I would be doing the exact same thing Adam does! 👍

@AlanDayley 2 роки тому

The great thing about Adam is that he has amplified and built on his celebrity pull to serve the world. He doesn’t just make things, he makes the community of making things. If he had only done Mythbusters, I don’t think he would have been in this video.

@AlanDayley 2 роки тому

@@2000jago I expect few of the general public know of his community work. The point I failed to make is that people who can get him behind the scenes, like in this video, all know about the community building work. In short, the right people know that Adam is more than Mythbusters and appreciate him for that.

@Afterburner 2 роки тому

My father designed the Service Module main engine (AJ-10) combustion chamber and nozzle at Aerojet-General. We lived the entire program with Dad waking us up to watch all the early morning activities of the program and kept us home from school so we could watch the launches and be part of it. I remember this capsule coming back and going on tour and when it passed through Sacramento, we were loaded up and taken to see it. NASA had provided not only the capsule, but a small piece of moon rock that we could all touch. We are also allowed to touch the capsule and look inside. It was really an amazing experience and so nice to see this artifact is being well cared for. I went on to work in the space program myself and retired after 32 years having worked on a wide range of programs including Titan, Delta, Orion, Hubble Space Telescope, New Horizons and many more. Space is the future and I can only hope we go back to the moon soon.

@Nighthawke70 Рік тому

His engine, still serves, all the way to Artemis. That engine will be around for a long time, just like Centaur. You know, the nozzle was designed for a earlier block proposal by Dr Von Braun. When the final design was frozen, they had forgotten to redesign the nozzle to suit the design. They shrugged and said,"lets ride with it". Came to find out the nozzle was perfectly sized for the job.

@Afterburner Рік тому

@@Nighthawke70 - The story was that in 1965, the engine experienced two catastrophic failures in back to back tests. Dad was a Army Chemical Corps graduate with rocket design as his specialty. He made changes to the nozzle and beefed up the combustion chamber and the design changes did the trick... It was a big deal and caused a lot of political infighting because he was only 28 or so when he basically overrode much more senior men. Trouble was, he was right and had more cutting edge design experience as a result of his Chemical Corps training than many of the PhDs at Aerojet. The military stepped in to insure the design review took place and he presented his changes in front of everyone and the math and design choices were approved... This was when "he earned his bones" in front of the brass. He went on to work Nerva and many more exotic programs during his 31 years there.

@Nighthawke70 Рік тому

@@Afterburner One of the failures was documented in one of the NASA quarterly reports.

10 днів тому

"Space is the future" sure it is, especially since it's completely void of life supporting elements Delusional dreamers...smh

@alanross2876 6 днів тому

@clappincheeks5584 2 роки тому

Incredible! I’ve seen this module a few times in my life and it’s amazing every time.

@GreenAppelPie 2 роки тому

I’m a bit of a documentation nerd, and gleeful that documentation still continues 50+ years after use. And she’s right about the new capsules, they are so clean.

@andysels9619 2 роки тому

indeed compared too Spacex's Dragon capsule (edit, can't wait too see the interior of a crew starship)

@kellydrover1994 2 роки тому

What an amazing thing to see. Thanks to Adam and all who brought it to us.

@Falkor82 2 роки тому

The intense amount of history being displayed is enough to make anyone fascinated with our first ventures into space be completely overwhelmed.

@CuriousMarc 2 роки тому

Awesome. Adam you need convince them to let you do a visit of the inside (and maybe you suit up for it!)!

@robertdixon8238 2 роки тому

@CuriousMarc You and your team need to be given permission to refurbish this history making AGC, so that it is in the same excellent condition as the exterior of Columbia!

@grovermatic 2 роки тому

I read this in your voice, and it made me smile. :-)

@riparianlife97701 2 роки тому

Like he suited up for U2.

@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 2 роки тому

You should be refurbishing that thing for it's next flight ;)

@MrHichammohsen1 2 роки тому

I bet if you go there you will start reverse engineering the sh*t out of it!

@theHAL9000 2 роки тому

Amazing and exciting for to see the Command Module even in this video; what an experience it would be to see it in person. Apollo program continues to amaze in all it's details and accomplishments.

@Doctor699 2 роки тому

Must feel inspiring and exhilarating to stand next to the Apollo command modules. Not just 11, but 8 and 10 through 17. Knowing that very spacecraft before you has carried and sheltered three astronauts all the way out there to the Moon and back. That very object in itself is a testament to the ingenuity and capability of our species.

@Shackman66 2 роки тому

Lisa, a huge thanks to you for your interest and effort. Same for all of the people involved in the restoration and maintenance of these historical pieces. Humanity was really broaching the gap in this era. I don't think the "internet generation" can comprehend the physical realities of theses accomplishments without these physical restoration/maintenance efforts. It is so easy for us to understand these efforts "on paper" but to internalize them on a physical level takes the effort of people like you and your team. There were "a million ways to die in the west". There are x2 to the power of ? to die in space (or under water). I think a lot of people don't understand how many times people had to take a hit, fall down, and get back up again (or die, which is forever, with no reset) before they understood what went wrong. Peace, love and happiness to you all.

@patraic5241 2 роки тому

My Grandfather worked for Goodyear Aerospace. When they landed he was finally able to tell us that he had worked on several of the components of the Command Module, Service Module, and LEM. I'm so glad the Command Module is being so well looked after.

@alanross2876 6 днів тому

@patraic5241 6 днів тому

@@alanross2876 That $2 billion budget in 1969 is equivalent to $16.6 billion today. Compared to most of the Federal budget that's almost flat growth. There hasn't been the will to go back. Until there is we won't.

@alanross2876 6 днів тому

@@patraic5241 no sir vthe $2 billion is present day value. It cost approx 350 million in 1969 dollars.

@alanross2876 6 днів тому

We never went to the moon

@patraic5241 6 днів тому

@@alanross2876 The budget as requested in 2022 and projected to 2026. $24.8 Billion in 2022. The projection for 2024 is $25.8 Billion. www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fy2022_budget_summary.pdf?emrc=a62ea6

@billschiller6649 2 роки тому

I saw the Columbia in November 1975 in the Entrance Hall of the then, new Air and Space Museum, along side the Wright Brothers Airplane and the Spirit of St. Louis. I remember how electrifying it was to see the Command Module.

@jamesmartin7282 2 роки тому

Fascinating! I was 10 years old when this happened and will always remember it.

@manuelhung7571 10 днів тому

Just imagining that tiny thing in a 250,000 mile dark void between the moon and Earth as it made its transit back to Earth with the hopes of the entire civilisation of Earth willing it safely back home, just blows my mind.

@OriginalMomo 2 роки тому

Watching Adam geeking out over the pod is great. It’s the astronaut trifecta lol

@vorant77 2 роки тому

You wouldn't believe the smile on my face seeing the orginal Apollo 11 command module, I was 10 in 1969 found the lauch and moon landing fascinating, I still have my Apollo 11 patch that I got as a kid. Thank you Adam for this video, your enthusiasm matches my own.

@georgeb.wolffsohn30 2 роки тому

i was 12 and during the mission my family was in belize (no TV) so i didn't get to see it until we came back to America

@daneast 2 роки тому

So the guillotine thing got me curious and so I searched about it. She said "manually" but I think what she meant is that it was triggered manually. It was actually cut by a special explosive guillotine, which explains how extremely precise and neat the cut is, and not by some manual cutting or sawing motion. Plus it's obviously on the outside of the ship. In addition to wires. it also connected the water supply

@sparkplug1018 2 роки тому

It really is amazing getting up close to these, I've had the chance to see Apollo 14 and Alan Shepards' space suit, really no words to describe these things.

@A.Netizen.Since.2010 2 роки тому

6:13 ..If someday I get the opportunity to stand in front of it for atleast a minute. . .I think I'll realize my life does worth a bit.....That thing was in space.....Part of a history....History. .that had changed the world since & of course, evolved the mankind...Opened so many doors to new possibilities... ..I just loved how wonderfully she was explaining everything about so many things we still were unaware of...So thanks to her a lot! 👍🏼 ..And Adam, you're an amazing person. .giving us a chance to get a bit closer to it through your wonderful channel....Thank you so sooo very much...Love you man ! 🙏🏼

@rong1924 13 днів тому

"This heat shield was very bulked out because it was the first one and they didn't know how it would do during re-entry" Apollo 8 has left the chat.

@paul-ie6wi 11 днів тому

Cheers mate

@SuperDesignermatt 2 роки тому

I’m so happy that I get to see this when I visit later in the year, hopefully it’s on display by then.

@eliotmansfield 2 роки тому

where’s it being displayed?

@nashbridges120 2 роки тому

Your enthusiasm is completely contagious. Great video. Thank you.

@clayz1 Рік тому

That transport stand was some nice work. I love to see an accurately and professionally made weldment. Machine work is still needed for attachment points etc. Beautiful to look at.

@lsdzheeusi 2 роки тому

@3:55, a sound you never want to hear in (1) a restaurant or (2) a priceless artifact restoration facility

@JBLewis 2 роки тому

There's someone, somewhere, watching, thinking, "ohhh, that was me."

@TeslaTales59 2 роки тому

Excellent and important restoration.

@johngrouse5487 2 роки тому

Seeing it when I was 7 in 76 is such a strong memory for me. Also enjoyed Mike Collins introduction in person to the Apollo film they showed at the Smithsonian back in 76. Greatly missed. I grew up in a family fascinated by the Apollo program which carried through to the shuttle program. So great to see it practically unchanged after so many years on display. Also interesting that they used Kapton tape to insulate the upper surfaces. I have a large roll of it for 3D printing beds and had no idea it could cope with temperatures like that?

@blitztim6416 2 роки тому

So cool. I got to see it when it came back to Rockwell after they returned. The engineering is incredible. Amazing what they did in '69.

@theejectionsite1038 2 роки тому

A friend of mine worked at Weber Aircraft who designed the crew couches. Somewhere I have a few pics of the couch including one of all three seats folded down. it makes the area much more spacious. He worked directly on the Gemini ejection seats and I have some info on those too.

@Farbar1955 2 роки тому

Got to see Apollo 11's CM at the Smithsonian in 2010. It was hard to pull me away from it.

@donovannamibia7883 2 роки тому

Fantastic! I watched the landing on TV July 20,1969 as a young man age19. Almost makes me feel I was part of it all. Thanks Adam.

@OortCloud 2 роки тому

You absolutely were a part of it in my books. I wasn’t alive for this time, so talking to people about it who were there watching it all happen live really brings a smile to me.

@alex35agm 2 роки тому

Really neat to see the capsule up close.I have been to the Kennedy Space center and it's very interesting to see these space items in person.I also saw the Challenger space shuttle take off back in 1983,during my trip with my brother to Florida,three years before the Challenger blew up.It was a magnificent sight to see it launch and hear the engine noise even from 10 miles away in Titusville.A highlight of my life and trip.

@mamiebobb4173 2 роки тому

And thank you Adam for sharing it with us. This is incredible. It takes me back to that glorious time when it almost seemed that we could do no wrong. I could use a little of that right now.

@Digital-Dan 2 роки тому

That is an amazing historic artifact, and it's great that you can get up close to it at the museum. I disagree with her though about how it is the best evidence for what happened. The recordings to me are much more valuable.

@laff000 2 місяці тому

I remember seeing this as part of a traveling display when it was in downtown Albany NY. There was also a moon rock fastened to a pedestal that people got to touch. This was so cool.The capsule was encased in a thick clear plastic cone shaped cover.

@jodalry 2 роки тому

I remember this being on exhibit at the Chamber Street museum in Edinburgh when I was a boy. It was a travelling exhibition about the moon landing. There was a temporary gantry built up around it with steps where we all shuffled up one side the down the other. There was also a sign saying something like ‘DO NOT TOUCH THE EXHIBITS’ (yeah, right - like I was never going to get this chance again) I climbed up on the railing and leaned over to put a full hand on it, heh, he.🤣 Great to see it again! 👍🏻

@JarcodeRover 2 роки тому

UKposts at it's finest :D This is pure quality time!

@aerospacematt9147 2 роки тому

I’ve seen the Columbia command Module in person in 2019. Incredible.

@aerospacematt9147 2 роки тому

@@retikulum When I saw it, it was in the Boeing Museum of Flight in Renton, Washington. They typically keep Apollo 11s capsule at the National Air and Space museum

@Ed-ts4bj 2 місяці тому

When I was young the Apollo 11 Command Module was on display in Hawaii, I remember kneeling on that comand module, staring through the tiny window in the door, wondering how three men fit in there!

@imallfordabulls 2 роки тому

I was fortunate to see this when it was displayed in Pittsburgh. It’s an awesome thing to see!

@spacemountain08 2 роки тому

Hi Adam!! Have a suggestion for a project... You and your creative team could make a full CSM capsule and do videos on getting in, taking your launch suits off, sleeping, and extra... I have never seen a video showing how the astronauts actually lived inside their capsule. I think it would be awesome!!! Great video! I am an Apollo fan!

@davidleavitt835 2 роки тому

That would be amazing, for sure. Adam , Jamie and Tori should do that, with Kari in Mission Control. That would be an epic reunion video; truly. 🙂🙂🙂

@robertprice2148 2 роки тому

And how they got from the lunar module into the capsule.

@spacemountain08 2 роки тому

They could try and live in it for 2 days unlike the 8 days that the Apollo astronauts....

@robertvirginiabeach 2 роки тому

@@robertprice2148 I believe when the command module's tunnel hatch was initially opened the docking probe blocked the space between the hatches and needed removal (from the command module end) before crew members could move back and forth between the two vehicles. Of course it had to be reinstalled before the lander detached for the landing.

@Stepclimb 2 роки тому

@@robertvirginiabeach This is true. The drogue portion also had to be removed and stored in the LM. There was an elaborate checklist to reinstall and arm the probe prior to closing out the tunnel hatches before vehicle separation in lunar orbit.

@frrapp2366 2 роки тому

For anyone in the central us or even traveling though the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson has a lot of space artifacts, they are one of the only reconstructive centers for space artifacts in the country ,with soviet space craft and engineering units , a German exhibit , a flown SR-71 plane in the lobby, and THE Apollo 13 capsule "Odyssey" and Many more exhibits. also the "smallest Imax theater where you can get motion sick(until you close your eyes) watching some of the great film a Great place to get an Educational Entertainment( and i am from Oklahoma)

@lewiskemp5893 2 роки тому

So historic. So cool. My first memories was watching Apollo 11 on tv. Yes it was black and white

@OTHG6v 2 роки тому

My grandpa helped build that! The stories are incredible! Aluminum was very difficult and the expansion and contraction on the door and window were the biggest hurdles. We taped him talking about building the capsules. He couldn’t believe that anyone would fly in such a crazy thing. They had no tools to build such stuff with aluminum billets.

@OTHG6v 2 роки тому

After they built the first billet bottom, boss said record what it takes to break it. He said after a year of work he was bewildered.

@loucatozzi7656 2 роки тому

While I love viewing and geeking over old spacecraft, if I worked at Smithsonian on preservation/restoration I would rather work on Neil's spacesuit. The command module circled the Moon but that suit and those boots touched the Moon's surface!

@fredsalfa 2 роки тому

Incredible piece of history and absolutely priceless

@jimnunn9232 2 роки тому

My first real job was working on the Apollo project at North American Rockwell testing various components for the command module. Eat your heart out Adam I've been in several of the capsules. Jim Nunn

@OortCloud 2 роки тому

That thing, had humans inside, that safely took them to our natural satellite and returned them. This is incredible. Much bigger than I thought too!

@MattCruikshank 2 роки тому

Every State should have a replica of the command module that kids can climb around in, and be inspired.

@AugustMcKenna 2 роки тому

Seattle science museum used to (maybe still does) have a replica of the Gemini capsule. Lots of good memories playing with all the switches in that one.

@geraltofrivia323 2 роки тому

@@AugustMcKenna Yooo, that's real? That was in The Last of Us!

@DawsonMusicEducation 2 роки тому

Wow. Stunning. I got to witness apollo 11 launch as a kid. Can't wait to see Columbia soon.

@yrguitar1 2 роки тому

Absolutely incredible. The only piece of an incredible piece of history to come back

@Louzahsol Рік тому

My grandpa worked as head of radio communications at Houston from just after Apollo 1 to Apollo 10

@firemedic5100 2 роки тому

And to think this was designed with pencil, paper, and slide rules. Totally amazing.

@tumarbongrox6074 2 роки тому

....And the Apollo CREW appeared so NERVOUS upon their "supposed" return from the Moon that the average person looking at them would have thought the *enitre* moon MISSION was a well hidden *lie!* by the United States government. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/faN_Z6Whh2qp0aM.html

@marvindebot3264 Рік тому

there is nothing you can't design with those 3, it just takes longer and a different skillset.

@Underwatergoat1 12 днів тому

Absolutely amazing. Seeing this command module as it is now really feels strange and wonderful. I've read so many books about mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Huge respect for those who led humanity into space

@wills2140 2 роки тому

Thanks for the fun and informative video! ☺ Nice to see the Smithsonian taking great care in preserving our history. As soon as this pandemic has run its course, I plan on seeing more of our nations history and museums. Hopefully we can all get back out traveling safely this summer, to help support the museums and organizations that house and preserve the artifacts of our shared human history. The Apollo 8 mission preceded this Apollo 11 capsule to the Moon, but only orbited before coming back to earth. The Apollo 8 command module is at The Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago IL, if anyone wants to see it, or a captured WWII U-boat, or full sized replica coal mine, and bunches more.

@allgood6760 2 роки тому

Nice one! ... I saw Buzz Aldrin speak for an hour here in NZ in 2010 about his experienced in space👍🇳🇿

@chemeister 2 роки тому

That must have been great. Did you know how difficult that was for him? He is suffering from extreme depression and anxiety in his later life. Poor guy.

@j.robertsergertson4513 2 роки тому

It always fills me with amazement and wonder at how Men with slide rulers , invented, Jet engines, radar, space crafts, satellites, computers ,put men on the moon and returned them safely . With no modern computer Technology.

@codymoe4986 2 роки тому

Considering those same folks were responsible for modern computer tech....

@tomwinter1317 2 роки тому

I got to see this at the museum of flight in Seattle when the exhibit was here. It was so awesome!

@jmarine1933 Рік тому

Me too! Actually ended up going twice! Got some great pictures.

@reneejones6330 2 роки тому

And thank you for showing it to us!

@jedifyfe 2 роки тому

Adam wants to lay on it like Dr. Grant in Jurassic Park lays on the Triceratops.

@_WillCAD_ 2 роки тому

The hardest thing for me it to be close to an historical artifact and not reach out and touch it. I have to maintain distance and concentrate on controlling my hands. I don't know if I could to it with something as powerful as Columbia.

@Marvinfj32 27 днів тому

Same here, signs everywhere don't touch. Well I had to. I was at the Bodies in Motion exhibits in Vegas. lol

@MrBadgas 2 роки тому

How wonderful. Thank you so much.

@piccalillipit9211 2 роки тому

*I SAW THIS ON DISPLAY IN SWITZERLAND* when I was 13 - I was amazed at how small it was. I can tell you it HAS deteriorated - that ablative shield was a smooth glass-like surface in 1983

@BROON71 2 роки тому

Adam gets to look (and play with) all of the cool things at The Smithsonian..

@jeniferdiamond7723 Рік тому

Before they cleaned it, did they scrape it and take samples to see if any germs where on it. And now I think about it, was it really a good idea to splash that down, posibly full of extra teresterial germs, in an ocean that can really help those germs grow?

@jgunther3398 Рік тому

germs that are infectious must have co-evolved with the animal they infect in order to be infectious

@bidensucks2922 Рік тому

Education… try it

@hyzercreek Рік тому

There are no germs on the moon

@boruff68 2 роки тому

Call me weird ,but I always get a little bit choked up watching anything to do with the Apollo missions. Man,what an accomplishment it was !!!!!

@tulazaz 8 місяців тому

After getting out of the navy my husband got a job working at North American Rockwell in CA where he helped insulate the Apollo 11 command module. He told me one time he tried sitting in it, but he couldn’t fit. He was 6’4. 😊

@headlights-go-up 2 роки тому

I’m going to be the child that points out how Adam’s outer shirt covers his Savage tshirt, making it just say v-a-g.

@merickful 2 роки тому

I giggled at that. Thank you! Signed, Fellow child

@tested 2 роки тому

We hear that a lot.

@AugustMcKenna 2 роки тому

I'm surprised at the statement that the Columbia heat shield was thicker than all other Apollo capsules because they were uncertain how well it would perform. Apollo 11 was not the first mission to return men from lunar orbit. Both Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 had orbits around the Moon and returned to Earth.

@iainbagnall4825 2 роки тому

Yeah Im curious too, and there's a comment above stating apollo 8 had the thick heatshield too so wonder what the source for this is. I can see arguments for both. Like, they beefed up the apollo 8 heatshield, and having observed results beefed up the apollo 11 one more, or slimmed it down. They also had to consider the extra weight of moon rocks being returned for 11.

@ImieNazwiskoOK 2 роки тому

@@iainbagnall4825 That extra mass was in design from the start(and it seems like small buggy could even fit), I think that after 3 tests showing that they can have it a lot thinner they finally concluded that it would be ok to make it thinner

@iainbagnall4825 2 роки тому

@@ImieNazwiskoOK Lol well It was a bit of an epiphany for me in Kerbal when I realised most heatshields have waaay more ablator than you need and you can get away with like 25% of the stock amount, guess it was a bonus in RL too ;)

@gsmith2679 2 роки тому

Simply awesome. Thank you!

@nicholasdavies6264 2 роки тому

Superb piece of history! Fabulous!

@jerrypolverino6025 13 днів тому

My dad worked on the heat shield.

@paul-ie6wi 11 днів тому

You can answer my question then…..go to newest comment 😊

@nathanthom8176 2 роки тому

Flat earthers must be really impressed by the finish on this "prop". I am not a flat earther just for clarification.

@Mrbimmer11 2 роки тому

The earth is accualy oval shaped more like an egg

@nathanthom8176 2 роки тому

@@Mrbimmer11 not even closed to an egg, it is a slight oblate spheroid and closer to a true sphere than an egg. Not sure why you mentioned it as I didn't mention the earth being a sphere in the first place.

@nathanthom8176 2 роки тому

@@mmm365 Are you doing a bit? I ask as, we didn't lose the ability to land on the moon, if the Mars missions to land rovers etc are possible then maned descents are just as viable. You seem to be getting that the original films are lost (copies exist though) not the technology. Just in case, in regards to how was Neil Armstrong filmed stepping onto the moon, the descent stage had a camera which was remotely pointed at the lander. Next you will be mentioning the wavy flag and the lack of camera in the reflection of the astronauts visor (in a vacuum movement imparted by the person touching will continue for an extended period and the camera was built into the space suit). If you were joking then apologies.

@theseptembersessions_music Рік тому

Goosebumps!!! Unbelievable. Wow! Have no words....

@mickyoung4931 2 роки тому

Wow. Yep, just wow. Thanks for sharing.

@audioupgrades 2 роки тому

They should fit Adam with a pair of cotton gloves because you know he's going to want to touch it.

@johnfisher7143 13 днів тому

This serves as a twofold reminder of both the brilliance of human ingenuity (Apollo) and human stupidity Covid response ( masks). An unintended juxtaposition I’m sure.

@lukebusellato2542 2 роки тому

I saw Apollo 10 in the science museum in London. It was so cool to see and I honestly thought it was a replica when I first saw it. It was tucked away down a corridor with some xray display (or something). It really should have been out the front with all the other space exhibits.

@tomclayton6875 7 місяців тому

Very COOL! I understand that the Lunar Ascent Module may still exist somewhere out there floating in space and that someone may have identified it''s whereabouts. Wouldn't it be neat if it could be retrieved someday and put on display next to this gem.

@justin9202 2 роки тому

I'd like to see moon landing denyers try to disprove this

@MichaelHeal99 2 роки тому

A denier once explained to me that the Lunar Module was a cardboard prop. I listed off the actual components, his only response was, "that's what they want you to believe". Lol

@justin9202 2 роки тому

@@MichaelHeal99 I know space deniers and flat earthers are some of the stupidest people around. So much so they actually can prove a spherical earth and try to cover it up (thanks Bob)

@TheStonedPhilosopher47 2 роки тому

Just because they have this module there, doesn’t mean it went to the moon. They could have just brought it up really high and dropped it to get that re entry scarring, not really proof it went anywhere. How does this video prove the moon landing exactly?

@Cubey_Sucks 2 роки тому

@@TheStonedPhilosopher47 what gets me is how they were able to speak to them on the moon when I can barely get service on my phone if I drive out of town...

@justin9202 2 роки тому

@@TheStonedPhilosopher47 you can only get that kind of reentry scarring from literally having the shuttle heat up to a certain temperature to where the bottom pretty much literally lights on fire. No technology back then was designed to just drop something that high unless it was a rocket and at that point if you already had a rocket it would have been cheaper just to go to the moon.

@CarboniteDreamer 2 роки тому

4 kb of ram took us to the moon 8 gig of ram now and the pc is afraid of the web browsers..

@garyv2498 2 роки тому

Yeah... that's cool. Thanks for bringing us along Adam.

@BansheeFifteen 2 роки тому

So I've been trying to catch up with the Apollo 11 Command module, but never really got to see it when on tour. In 2020 August 21 we visited Smithsonian Udgar Hazy and was walking around and low and behold under a plastic tarp we found the Apollo Command module. It was the Apollo 11 Command module! I couldn't believe it. Like it was just shoved into an available space without much fanfare. But we found it. I was so glad to see it.

@jasonpeacock9735 2 роки тому

When I was there in June 2021, they had moved it to the entrance to the space gallery. It had only one small sign on it.

@BansheeFifteen 2 роки тому

@@jasonpeacock9735 Yeah I was surprised to find it that way. The timing was in the midst of covid where they were letting people travel again and also Udgar Hazy had some roof repairs going on. The Apollo 11 Command module is such an iconic space artifact that I would have wished it was displayed properly. So I'll see it the next visit.

@dy9955 2 роки тому

This video would have been great if we could hear what they're saying.

@mikeuk666 2 роки тому

Clean your ears

@RGO5 2 роки тому

D Y - pay no attention to the year old account that probably created this account to shit post! I agree! I am in the entertainment industry, we do what it takes to provide something that looks and sounds good! If that means require vax, testing, better mics/masks, etc., to get clear audio and video we do it! They didn't have masks on to take the thumbnail photo but put it on to record audio and video?!? I don't care what they wear. I only comment on why I personally won't watch the series because I know this channel's admin reads and comments often.

@thatairplaneguy Рік тому

I wish I could hear what you’re saying.

@MrFrazster 2 роки тому

My dad worked on that. He built the Mission Sequencer that sat under the pilot's seat. He also worked on the cradle for the lunar lander. He cut off some of his hair and put it somewhere in the cradle. So yeah, my dad's hair is on the moon.

@fixedguitar47 2 роки тому

When the Apollo 8 command module wasn’t sealed up I got my head in there. I didn’t touch anything out of respect. So many switches! Nothing is better then guarded overhead switches.

@patstrains7185 2 роки тому

Why masks during the video and not for the picture?

@eltzrothm1 2 місяці тому

God, those cloth masks were so stupid. Everybody was muffled and they didn't stop a damn thing.

@csimet 2 роки тому

I have and proudly display a small piece of the (gold) foil she described at 2:05 in my display case. I also have a piece of Apollo 13's Command Module foil. They are tiny fragments (1-2mm square), but so cool to think of their history and where they had been.