I can’t tell you how nice it is to listen to Walter doing the play by play, one of the sounds of my childhood.

@thomasthomas2418

Жыл бұрын

Walter brought the audience along with the technology and methods, explaining everything clearly. In effect, "talking up" to his audience. As a child, I marveled at these missions. Today, I work at the KSC Visitor's complex, assisting veteran astronauts with their public presentations. From Walter Cronkite to learning the history from the men and women who made it!

@TheMetahedron

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, and it sounds like he's talking to children. Of course this was way before Apollo and later the Shuttle launches. We watched all of them in school, until the Challenger Disaster.

@ChristopherSitar

9 ай бұрын

We need another Walter Cronkite

@marksamuelsen2750

5 ай бұрын

I’m a 71yo veteran and I agree with you completely. America needs Walter now more than ever before.

@johnkuehl6163

5 ай бұрын

I was 12 years old in 1965 . No smart phones , no computer games , no MTV or Facebook or Tik Tok … I lived to devour any and all information about the US Manned space program. I used to sit in front of the b/w TV with my little reel to reel Panasonic tape recorder and tape all the audio of Cronkite and CBS coverage. Still love Mercury, Gemini and Apollo !

I met walter schirra once after he gave a presentation to my highschool in '96. what an amazing man and an american hero

@jaminova_1969

Ай бұрын

I met Wally Schira when we dedicated T-AKE 8 to him in 2007 and worked on the ship named for him and met his daughter at the ship's launch! I was in awe that I met a real life Astronaut from Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs in person and he was very kind!

I absolutely LOVE this stuff from you. The early days of US space flight are my favorite era. Mercury Gemini and Apollo were the most exciting ever in space exploration. This stuff is like gold to me. Thank you.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it MM Thanks for the feedback!

The day this event occurred, our Principal in Junior High gave us the sound of the liftoff of Gemini 6 over our school P.A. system, and again when rendezvous was achieved, told the school himself. Even then, some students could not had cared less, as they were all 'Beatles Crazy' and more interested in the British Invasion. I was Space crazy and could not wait to get home to watch the news. Thanks for providing this historic video.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

you are welcome Gary

@dan4lau

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny you should say this about The Beatles, as someone born in the 80s but spending most of my childhood talking to older people, I tend to think of The Beatles and the space programme in the same headspace, particularly as a fan of the original Doctor Who, in which their music featured on occasions. So hearing their music always makes me think of science fiction and space.

@edwardruff7927

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget BATMAN!!!

Would give the rest of my live for 2 years back in these days ... Living was easy and REAL ...

@RideAcrossTheRiver

4 ай бұрын

Isn't strange how we shackled ourselves. Now your boss wants to know why you were out of contact on the weekend.

Your devotion to making this material available is greatly appreciated.

Three and half hour broadcast for an orbital launch... Back in the day!!!

In addition to the space history, I like the fact that the pre-Christmas 1965 commericals were preserved. It really captures the culture of the era.

I love this so much. I wish I could go back in time to be there. It's such important history.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

great comment

@TomKappeln

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I can't stand these times. Hugs from Germany.

@Biggestfoot10209

Жыл бұрын

@@TomKappeln these are sad aren’t they. Stay strong.

I was a kid during this space flight era. So great to hear Mr Cronkite.

1:05:19 That ripping sound is so iconic of a Gemini/Titan launch. So cool!

every time i watch one of these videos it makes me feel like i was back in school watching this with me and my buddies

man... the Gemini/Titan II was such a hot rod.

This is absolutely incredible to see. I was -30 when this happened

I was eight years old when this mission launched. I haven’t seen this television coverage since then and it’s a great experience to see it again. I loved the Gemini missions nearly as much as Apollo. Thanks for making this available. I really appreciate it.

WC WAS A TOP-NOTCH COMMENTATOR BACK IN THE DAY, 55-YEARS AGO.

Fantastic restoration of this Gemini launch. Walter Cronkite was our absolute favorite announcer. I was 16 at this launch, my junior year in high school. Eisenhower was absolutely correct to insist on using test pilots as astronauts! The space program was absolutely fascinating for all of us.

@lunarmodule5

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I remember all this happening. I was so space crazy that my mom brought my lunch and dinner to the living room so I did not miss anything. Funny thing is NO ONE was allowed to ever eat in the living room. I got to eat in the living room because that is where the big TV was located. By the time Apollo came along I had my own TV in my bedroom.

Couldn’t crawl into one of those things and sit for 5 minutes.. 10 days?? You gotta be kidding .. take a bow guys.. good job all of you..

If memory serves (I kept up with the Gemini missions during my last two years of high school), “Gemini 6” was the original plan in October ‘65 to rendezvous and dock with an Atlas-Agena target vehicle. That was cancelled when the Agena failed to get into orbit. “6a” is this mission, made possible for us by LM-5, that rendezvoused with Gemini 7. Also, I remember Gemini 9 being changed to 9a when Stafford and Cernan’s Atlas-Agena also failed and a stripped down Agena called an ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter) was used. Tom Stafford had unfortunate experiences during both these flights. There was the failure of the original Agena in October ‘65, then the pad shutdown just before this flight. Then there was the failure of the Gemini 9 Agena in May ‘66. When Gemini 9a finally rendezvoused with the ATDA in June 66, Stanford and Cernan discovered that the protective shroud had only partially detached, so no physical docking was possible. Stafford said it resembled “an angry alligator”, one of the more legendary comments during the halcyon days of manned space flight. Apparently the ‘a’ designation to these missions was applied by NASA and not considered worthy of use by commentators.

@jackbagley640

2 жыл бұрын

I'd always read that Gemini 9 was actually 9-A because the prime crew, Elliott See and Charles Bassett, were killed in a jet crash during training, and Stafford and Cernan were the backup crew, hence the 9-A designation.

@GGE47

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackbagley640 Elliot See was a Capcom on these two flights. His name was mentioned several times.

I wish they had this detailed coverage these days on the major news stations for SpaceX launches! This is great!! Loved the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs!

This is so incredibly amazing! I'm so grateful that these films and video have been saved, preserved and uploaded for us to watch in 2024! I was a baby during Apollo and barely remember Apollo 10& 11 on the TV.

Those graphics showing the plane changing and orbital maneuvers actually helped me visualize those maneuvers better than anything I've seen so far especially the plane shift. Wow! Great stuff, thanks LM5 for organizing this and letting us all watch so easily.

I love this. Last time I saw this I was 8 years old. Watched as much of Gemini coverage as my dad would allow. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. Still would. I have read almost every book I could find on the moon program......

without this mission, there would be no apollo 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17. thank you for compiling such an intriguing and eye-catching video!

Big fat go from Wally Schirra. Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 was my favorite Gemini moment. Gemini 6 shutdown shook me up, but this launch made me feel much better. They did it . They rendezvoused with Gemini 7. " Lot of traffic up here." Somebody in Hawaii said "call a policeman" after the rendezvous. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks LM 5

Walter.. fabulous live TV

So lovely to watch this after the torture of today's mission coverage. Thank you so so much for posting these wonderful nuggets of history!

These videos are excellent to listen to while playing ksp and recreating the missions

The level of preparation necessary to put together such a broadcast is astounding. Can you imagine any news host on any network, having such technical knowledge concerning orbital dynamics, ejection seats, as we hear here? I was five. This was the stuff we loved. Keep in mind, the one from the aborted attempt a few days before is just as amazing. They had no idea the Sunday launch would abort, and still had plenty of smart analysis, and worthy commentary to fill the original time-slot. On another note, hearing Elliot See is a little difficult. Glory days.

@Tango4N

6 ай бұрын

Way better than news coverage today!!

I stayed home from school to watch this..

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

I went to school so disappointed on Friday, April 10, 1981, after getting up at 6 AM. Another kid told me, "they're trying again Sunday ..."

Thanks, Lunarmodule5. I was slightly too young to remember this!

This was great content. I’ve read about the aborted launch of Gemini 6 but never watched the successful launch before. It was great to see the legendary Walter Cronkite as well! I remember viewing the Apollo missions but was too young to remember the Mercury and Gemini mission broadcasts. Thanks for sharing!

Walter Cronkite, a L E G E N D in an legendary era, when mankind started to make huge leaps in technology.

Thank you for all the content and for making this lockdown a little easier, you're awesome!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome Samantha

More than 50 years hence (early 2023) I keep waiting to hear Wally say "We're up here playing bridge together" as was presented in the "To The Moon" PBS documentary. His little quip, so typical of his wry humor, could have easily been dubbed in once the guys were back on the ground much later, but it does make me wonder if it was actually part of the live, closed-loop dialogue on that infamous day.

@GGE47

7 ай бұрын

I remember Wally saying that.

Part two of this historical video (@ 1:30:00) is the complete C-B-S News live coverage of the rendezvous of GT-6A and GT-7. Some notes: At ~1:34:00 - the IBM phase change graphics segment At ~1:45:00 - Mike Wallace demonstrating the radar range tracker At ~ 2:07:00 - Chris Kraft explains what will happen At ~ 3:09:00 - we get that rare glimpse inside MOCR. Gene Kranz is there with his white vest. I believe that Chris Kraft is center, with his back to the camera At the end Walter crows (rightly) about our space program and how we've out performed the Ruskies. Thanks again for this, LM5!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Thanjks again Thomas - appreciate the comments and the detailed knowledge - regards LM5

Another important addition to the history of Project Gemini--thanks LM5! A couple of notes: The first part of this video (to ~1:26:30) is the major portion of C-B-S News live coverage on Dec 15, 1965 that aired from 7:30AM-9:44AM EST. We're missing the last ~40 minutes of this section (but that's OK--it was probably Walter explaining things yet again!). At ~0:27 - the clip of the Press Conference. First speaker was Chris Kraft and the second was Elliott See, who along with Charlie Bassett were the prime crew for Gemini IX. They were killed in Feb 66 as they were attempting to land at McDonnell-Douglas in St Louis to inspect their spacecraft. At ~0:29 - the ejection seat feature was outstanding. None of the astros were happy about that process. At ~0:48 - nice feature story on the first live coverage of splashdown and recovery. CBS News supplied the "pool" feed. The second half of this amazing video is the live coverage of the rendezvous which aired from 1:30-3:30PM EST. I'll cover that in another comment. Thank you so much for preserving these hours of space flight history.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Again, thanks Thomas - brilliant analysis and knowledge

@jackkomisar458

Жыл бұрын

Chris Craft's full name was Christopher Columbus Craft Jr. He considered his name to be appropriate given his life's work.

Those ejection seats would definitely kill the astronauts in so many ways

Very early days of color TV - we had b&w another 5 years. Friends and neighbors (and motels!) had color

That “bawhoop” of the turbopumps is such a cool sound.

@dan4lau

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly is. I have an isolated recording of a Titan rocket launch where they come up really clear. Comes from the BBC's sound effects library, sadly cut off after about 30 seconds.

@mikem5043

Жыл бұрын

I think it sounds like a "howl" and a "screech" together

@scottwheeler2494

Жыл бұрын

The new SpaceX Raptor motors make similar sound when it’s big turbo pumps get spun up on start. They are perhaps quieter, but still there. Beautiful to hear!

I think this is the first video I’ve seen with a Titan staging from the ground. Nice!

I totally live with Tom Stanford’s grandson a long time ago. One of the first things I said to him was, “did you know that there is an astronaut with your name?” To which he replied, “ yeah, he’s my grandfather.”

@jenniferhackler1571

15 күн бұрын

Lived*

Outstanding sir, I am speechless.

@lunarmodule5

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks

These practical animations from the news coverage makes the inspiration for MST3K visuals make SO much more sense now. As someone much younger than this era this is just like OOOHHHHH I get it!

OMG ! Thank you so much.

@lunarmodule5

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Love this stuff - the Golden Age of spaceflight. Great to hear the voices of Jack King and Walter Cronkite. Thanks as always LM5.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

as always, thanks for the comment gort

Watched all of this when I was a kid...It was a big deal.

Tom Stafford was another great astronaut!

These are great videos. Thank you so much for covering this. If I may point out one thing, does anyone notice how the media used to do their jobs back then?

@MattyEngland

2 жыл бұрын

Owned by the CIA then, owned by the CIA now. I think they just did a better job of hiding it back then.

Thank you LM-5 yet another fantastic piece of history. Great job👍

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks whos1st

Great stuff. Nothing quite like the sound of the LR87 starting up.

1:05:16 The typical "woosh" of the Titan

I can see that tv ads in USA at 60s were the same foolish as those in Czechoslovakia at 80s :D

Gemini (jem-uh-knee) is my favorite space program. It achieved so much so quickly, and really proved the value of man in space. Where do you get all these wonderful recordings from, LM5? Are they all from your own personal collection? Thanks for your efforts!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

collected over the years - this one came from EBay 10 years ago!

@AureliusR

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it's pronounced "Gem-en-eye" ... don't understand why Americans intentionally mispronounce it when talking about these missions.

@scottwheeler2494

Жыл бұрын

@@AureliusR we say it both ways.

Wow, Elliot See there, handling the reporters' questions.

Yessssss Afin uploaded it after 5000 days of waiting. That's great, how cool

At about 29 minutes, when they tested the ejection seat, astronauts said that they would have been bathed in pure 02 for hours. After the rocket motors fired, they would have set the Oxygen-soaked astronauts on fire. They would have not survived.

We think we are so advanced with our graphics while Walter had a Gemini mockup next to him!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a much better time! Would love to know where that went after the Gemini programme ended

@MrHichammohsen1

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 The Apollos also had mockups, and if you talk to someone who watched the landing live back then, they will tell you that the simulation landed 39 seconds before the actually landing, where Neil was avoiding obstacles and the having 30 seconds left of fuel in.

This stuff is unbelievable.

Jack King was the man!

A reminder of how spoiled we are by live 4k video of launches and landings these days. I tried turning the monitor left and right, and it didn't improve the picture at all!

One of those mission control callers, or at least one of them, sounds like the mission control caller from the Capricorn One movie. So they used this in research for that movie. In fact, I'd go so far as to surmise that one of these Gemini 6 mission control callers was the " Paul Cunningham " in Capricorn One. Like, for example, Paul Hanley becomes Paul Cunningham for the movie.

I was too young to appreciate this when it was happening, so I VERY much appreciate seeing it now, Simon. 😀👍 Do you have a link to a donation method for your work?

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gear - thanks for the comments and glad you are enjoying the content still. I do have a way to donate on paypal.. www.paypal.me/lunarmodule5 but don't tend to put the info on these videos, I tend to put it on Full Missions. Thank you for the thought of donating, much appreciated. regards LM5

58 days later i had MY lift off... from my moms uterus ... lol ETA : 14.02.66 (Sure Simon has a video of it) lol

@lunarmodule5

Жыл бұрын

I had a look and strangely I do!

@TomKappeln

Жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 🤣🤣🤣

2:33:14 I'm from ANDA BOHOL 🇵🇭 so amazing GEMINI 6 Walter M. Schirra & Thomas P. Stafford flyby in the PHILIPPINES between VISAYAS & MINDANAO on December 15, 1965 🚀🌏🌎🌍

In addition to being a more honest reporter than the current group Walter Cronkite was also hugely more knowledgeable than just about any of the modern media types. Can you image any of the current crop of reporters from NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, FoxNews or OAN knowing anything about orbital mechanics.

@jackkomisar458

Жыл бұрын

Walter Cronkite was tremendously enthusiastic about space travel. Watch a tape of the Friendship 7 mission. You can hear Cronkite, excited, with the pitch of his voice higher than usual, saying, "Oh, go baby!"

1hr 30 world space program, love it

The title of this video should be, "Back when news was actually news".

@Vector_Ze

Жыл бұрын

It's still news, if you stay away from Fox, NewsMax, InfoWars, and so on.

At an hour and 45 the computer did not malfunction, the angle value wasn't defined and caused a comp overflow.

1:52:20 don't know why, but hearing this at a time when US-Soviet relations were approaching their frostiest is rather heartwarming, no matter how perfunctory or scripted it was

Not one but two reporters on the USS Wasp. Today they would have a sailor with his phone talking to an anchor who knows next to nothing about spaceflight.

At about 1:33:30 - Kerbal Space Program, 1965 style! When the plane change is demonstrated, it's probably the first time anyone would have seen 3D graphics.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a brilliant graphic to use - I think some of the other networks used a model railroad to show orbital mechanics...cool

@RyanSchweitzer77

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, the graphics terminal pictured here looks like an IBM 2250 (introduced in 1964) which used stroke-traced vector graphics; definitely very new technology for the era. This broadcast could also very well be the first time live CGI was ever broadcast on network TV.

The smell of Chanel No 5 wooooooo ooooooooo wwoooooo

I have a question for you, why is Gemini 6 listed as Gemini 6a in some places like Wikipedia, when the mission patch only has the 6 and Walter Cronkite calls it Gemini 6? Which is correct?

@1127fctwosw

3 жыл бұрын

6A... since the original "6" mission was totally scrubbed after the loss of the Agena.

@nolancain8792

3 жыл бұрын

Took a while to find but the “A” is meant to indicate a mission change, both Agenas exploded. The original names were Gemini 6 and 9. Once the explosions happened the A was added on.

@whos1st

3 жыл бұрын

Because the original Gemini 6 mission was lost when their Agena docking target was lost. Gemini 6a is a prime mission with Gemini 7 playing the role of rendezvous target. However due to the design of both spacecraft a docking was not possible.

@rileyk99

3 жыл бұрын

The flight that eventually happened was an alternate mission, and so was called Gemini 6A. The original mission was meant to rendezvous and dock with an atlas agena but the agena exploded during launch. Rendezvous with gemini 7 was put together as an alternate mission and labeled 6A

@thomasrednour8857

3 жыл бұрын

When the Gemini-Titan VI (or GT-6) mission was cancelled in October and plans were made for the rendezvous mission with Gemini-Titan VII (GT-7), it was officially changed to Gemini-Titan VI-A (GT-6A). It was too late to change the mission patch and (I assume) for CBS to change things, too. Even some NASA documentaries refer to the combined missions at GT-6/7 and even "the spirit of 76" was used. The missions are two separate events--it's just that GT-6A's main objective was to rendezvous with GT-7. Mission accomplished!

More than 56 years ago.

1:33:45 Kerbal '65

What became of these Gemini mock ups\simulators? Are they in a museum somewhere? I would kill to see one or sit in the cabin.

@almostfm

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's still there, but I know that 15 years ago, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt MD had one you could sit it. I also found out that I really am too tall to have been an astronaut because even with the seat padding removed, they could not have closed the hatch without my head getting in the way.

@peterwmdavis

3 жыл бұрын

There was one in the Pacific Science Center in Seattle when I was growing up. No idea if it was real or if it’s still there. I didn’t learn about Gemini until later and I remember being confused why it looked nothing like the Apollo capsules.

Walter could have killed at Kerbal Space Program. He understands all the terms of orbital mechanics (phase, plane etc)

2:40:25 Thunderbirds 6 and 7!

Titan could reach orbit quickly , Saturn 5 and Space Shuttle took longer

2:07:50 The legend Chris Kraft

Great, however, I had to readjust the bunny ears to get better reception!

StRONG 🚀

A lot of the problems that existed during the Gemini program were due to two things:.1).The Agena rocket that the astronauts had to link.up.with. and 2.the weather

I could have made the link up far better had I been given the opportunity

I also heard that the nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer is highly toxic and could have killed them.

There's no way someone survives those ejector seats. No way ...

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

"Ya juss pull the l'il handle ...." John Young, prior to STS-1

This happened this is Quan leap I have now intercepted 🐌 these I will now due my part 🙃. No but for real this is awesome brofessors🐇

I'm 71, watched all flights up to apollo's. Teachers at school brought t.v.s to class. Space X now is boring. I guess we will NEVER go to the moon again. No russians to beat now 😢

@ChristopherSitar

9 ай бұрын

I like watching spacex and Nasa launches , crew six return was 3 hours of awesome

What is most notable about this to me - is the level of scientific detail they discuss with the audience. There is no talking down to the audience - the presume that people are intelligent and understand basic math, basic science and engineering principals - There is no need to explain to the viewer that orbits are elliptical it is presumed that most viewers have taken high school geometery. Today - we are so far below this level of education. If you showed this exact broadcast to the average viewer today - they would be lost and would lose interest. We have had it too easy for too many decades, lost our core values of hard work, learning and national pride. Not sure it can be brought back - it would require institution of a level of discipline that a spoiled population would reject. When you lower standards - they are very difficult to raise.

How about that IBM Graphics Computer. Nice.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldnt swap it for my Ryzen 9....but...then again I might! :P

Middle of the desert .. 110 degrees your wearing a suit and bow tie.. only back in the 60’s ..that thing was never gonna work anyway.. you know that right??

Every time I see the picture get wonky I imagine somebody grabbing ahold of tinfoil covered rabbit eared antennas.

Gemini made Apollo possible.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

Gemini made possible Musk's little capsules, too

By the way, I'm Mexican.

@alejandroreyes4533

3 жыл бұрын

Por que lo likes

ICBM... anyways

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

Better to use it this way

lol @ 1:47:30

First

It kills me that these dummies keep pronouncing Gemini wrong. Lol It's pronounced Jem-in-eye, not Jem-in-eee. You'd think a Journalist, or professional newscaster would know that.. lol Also, in reality there is a tracking station involved here that is not mentioned, and will not be publicly known about for over a decade.

@rydot

2 жыл бұрын

NASA's public affairs office issued a statement in 1965 declaring "Jeh-mih-nee" ("Jiminy," as in "Jiminy Cricket.") the "official" pronunciation. (not sure I can post a link here, but hopefully that's enough to google if you need supporting documentation.)

@bobcoats2708

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Can you not just appreciate what you’re seeing here, without the vitriol? And while there has always been some confusion about how it’s pronounced, rybrid is right - the official pronunciation was gem-i-nee. So no need to call these people dummies.