We love all things NASA, and this superb piece of footage of the Apollo 11 launch shows the immense power of the Saturn V rocket in delicious slow motion.
This HD clip was shot by Camera E-8 located at the base of the rocket and is running at an incredible 500 frames per second.
Shot on 16mm film and transferred to HD, the stunning clip is over 8 minutes long, and shows just 30 seconds of real time, with narration by Mark Gray, Executive Producer for Spacecraft Films explaining what’s going on.
A small step…
Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969 and landed the first humans on the Moon. The mission was crewed by Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr.
Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, an event Prof Brian Cox declared to be “man’s greatest achievement.”
We’re inclined to agree.
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.
