Am 70 npw and still rate this as the greatest instrumental ever!

it works so well ,I get misty eyes

Why do I never tire of hearing this music. It is as much awe inspiring today as it was way back at the beginning of the '60s

RIP, John Glenn.

I was a smart black boy when this came out.Major Matt Mason, and all the future. I was a park ranger at Mt.St.Helens. Follow your dreams.

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong

I am 20, and i wish i was born back in the 60s, i see so much of it on the TV, hearing about the good ol days, back when mankind made steps in history that will never, ever be forgotten both in terms of science and discover and in music, not to mention what there was to look forward too in the decades to follow, thank you for uploading :)

Today, my father (86), a retired NASA budget analyst, attended a reunion luncheon for NASA HQ employees in Virginia. So, it was really cool to land here and see this song/video dedicated to the father of the person who posted it. Thanks!! Live long and Prosper! or, as Capt. 20 in DC used to say: Win Many Prizes!

Great! I'll never forget the 1969 moon landing; My mother broke into tears when she heard "The Eagle has landed."

First British artists to hit number 1 in America (1962) and one of the greatest instrumentals in rock history

Can you imagine sitting in a fucking steel room with tons of fuel below you and then lighting the damn thing? Bravery has no limits with these first men in space. The unknown has always taken lives before things were perfected. Man, what heroes they were!

great video, great song

When we watched crazy ass fighter jocks cram themselves into tin cans atop gigantic firecrackers and boldly go. Hand salute.

Thank you for posting this, joltinjack. I was born in 1951 and remember the late 50's &60's like it really was yesterday. It truly was a fantastic time to be growing up - optimism was high even during the Civil Rights movement and the progress we made was unbelievable. It's sad to see what has happened since. I hope the younger folks listen to this music - it will live forever.

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My dad was born in 51' aswell. This song makes me dream of the space age. 😢 I'm 29

@joltinjack - Here's to U and your old man: Great tune. Great Band. And, a great video! Thanx 4 the post!

The first song that I remembered as a young child loved it then loved it now 2020 😍

This is a very, very COOL video salute to the U.S. space effort! Thanks, joltinjack -- I hoped your Dad liked it, too!

I don't know why but this record always puts me in mind of the seaside.

You're both welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

Love the comments below !! It's amazing how a timelessly good song & this early 60s style sound can bring out the fondest of memories for so many people, isn't it (me included .. I was 8 y.o. the day this song was first released on the air). Congrats, too, joltinjack, on this fabulous montage of graphics & visuals that you've so painstakingly & so capably put together to accompany the song .. your whole posting fits together seamlessly !! Great work !!

Thanks, I enjoyed that. Look at the Saturn V and think THAT'S how you build a moon ship. Still get choked-up when i see a picture of the Challenger crew. A lot of emotion in that song for me...

Great memories. History in the making. My High School Basketball Coach played this song while we ran laps... lots of laps... miles of laps!! Thanks for posting!!

Nicely done! thanks for sharing...

Rip Neil Arstrong and Sally Ride. You are national heros. Let hope we go to Mars in the 30 years.

This reminds me of me being a kid way back in the early sixties in Holland. My father used to have these record. Listening to it gave me a feeling of freedom & an exciting future ahead of me...

Nice tribute to a wonderful time in our history. Great song to go with it. :)

Superb Video JoltinJack... And a lovely compliment to your Dad!...thanks for posting

You are absolutely right! These are real Amaerican heroes and the ones that I idolized growing up in the 1960's and 1970's.

A beautiful track which absolutely epitomises what it was like growing up inthe early 1960s. Thanks to the Russians putting Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit, America got its act together and put men on the Moon! Wonderful, Thank you.

A lovely song, and gorgeous images.

Those were amazing times.

This music has always had sentimental value for me to Colin and fantastic work Joltinjack and getting this up as the best copy on You Tube..... Hats off to you. The collage of pictures brought tears to my eyes as I listened to the song and saw the many faces of the shuttles crew flash past. They will forever be REAL heros, in histories pages. Thank you again your work is appreciated.

I remember after Telstar was launched Lyons Maid created the Zoom iced lolly- 3 stages- colours- cards of astronauts- Britain's contribution to the space race. My mate Dick Middleton knew the Tornadoes- he has just gigged with Clem Cattini (Tornados) on drums. Key word search Dick Middleton Kansas City- Dick played for Gene Vincent back in 1963.

Finally, a decent recording of this. Thanks. My Dad worked at NASA Hqts. in DC from 1962-1981, so this really touches me. Always loved this song--must be in my blood. lol.

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong...

Absolutely 100%

This is really well done!!! I love it!

Thanks, Bullettube.

Telstar (built by Bell Labs) was a satellite that was launched on 7/10/62, and it allowed the major networks to broadcast trans-Atlantic. It also carried phone signals. This song is about that satellite, as it symbolized the awe & the specter of the vast new frontier. It was a brilliant song made by the Tornados in 1962.

Rhythm guitarist George Bellamy is the father of Matthew Bellamy, front-man for British rock band Muse here in Teignmouth Devon.

The song "Telstar" was written and produced by Joe Meek.

Very nice comments for your dad. The tragedy behind this song was the writer, Joe Meeks, never saw one penny from it! After a long and expensive court battle, deep in depression, he shot his landlady to death and then turned the gun on himslef. Three days after his suicide, the court ruled after so many years, in his favor. His family destroyed, in heavy debt and behind in his rent, he saw no way out. A sad, very sad story.

I hope when the first manned mission is launched. The original version of Telstar to be played. As the rocket lifts off for it; 502 day journey to Mars. It the next stop for space program.

i am here because of 25 hours on A & E, was curious to see what it actually was

Thanks, Folicuregirl.

and this month, June 2011, they retire the space shuttles. What a change in the space program. Will we lose NASA to independents, or will they recover and lead us onto our next space exploration? And where will that be, Mars, the moon, or some other distant galaxy? Personally I will miss the behemoths of space, Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour. I was blessed to be born early enough, and live long enough to see them come to us, and retire.

"God's speed John Glenn" Still have some of my NASA collection including the Apollo 11 signed photo.

R.I.P too Apollo 1 the Crew and my to next door neighbour ..Roger Chaffee

thanks.

@PopeFlores That's so very sad....Poor man..a tragic tale :(

@PopeFlores I've loves this piece since I was a kid, in fact my father worked on Telstar for Western Electric. Its really sad and makes me angry Meek got screwed over what was legally his.

matthew bellamy's awesome genes sent me here

Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Thanks for your viewership and response. You're a little older than me, and I definitely take your word about the youth in this country. They are our future. Like you, I hope they appreciate the foundation that has been laid out for them.

Thanks to you all. All of us shared in these experiences. If you were not born early enough to remember these times, you missed a great, positive time in American & World History. But, the consolation is that you will be organizing our funerals in the future (ha ha).

Roger LaVern (on 24 Hours in A&E) said to google the Tornados, so here I am.

LOL...so true :)

The closest I can describe this piece of music is "an instrumental hymn to modern technology".

yep, I was one of those A&E viewers!

I was 3 when I first heard this, a BB brigade doing semephore, mum and dad were officers....dad eventually joined the RAF, I was a BB officer ....

Maybe not the greatest , but one of discovery, I've lived to watch biplanes fly over head to the time of stations in space and hope one day to see the first station on the moon, from when we thought there was only one Galaxy to when we know that there are billions, things that were only in Buck Rogers or Tom Corbett, Space Cadet comics, all this taken for granted with more press on a new car then there is a new discovery. Just born in the wrong time But oh what a time:)

Thanks, Colin Dominy.

24 hours in A & E sent me! Ashamed to say I don't recognise it though :/

matt bellamys dad was the rhythm guitarists for tornado

this was the FIRST BRITISH SONG TO HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON THE AMERICAN CHARTS BACK IN THE 60S BEFORE THE BEATLES CAME HERE

I want America's next big in space. To be sending a manned mission to Mars. In the future.

The first British group to hit #1 before the Beatles did.

@PopeFlores - I never knew this; thanks for your comment.

@atayates Agreed! You can hear where Matt got the inspiration for Knights of Cydonia. :D

me too! haha free publicity

@21433H - I'm a high school math teacher. Thanks for your view & visit.

@imasickteen LOL yes "as soon as you hear it you will remember it"

You're welcome.

I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES ELVIS PRESLEY LISTENED TO THIS SONG

Hy Lit's theme song opening his "Lover's Hour" back in the day of WIBG Philadelpia

I like to think that Telstar must one earlyest electropop tune and this was in the Sixties however the electropop/synthpop didn't take off until the late Seventies & was in full swing by the Eighties

@t4705mb6 gotta love those storys, i will tell elvis next week

@KEZZA768 Same :)

:O the guitarist in this is the father of God.

@t4705mb6 Also, most of the money didn't go on secret weapon development. It went to companies who developed technologies and made parts for the space program. This tech then benefited us (GPS being the most obvious, with a whole host of more esoteric inventions that power the world 'behind the scenes'). Yes, they used the profit from it to make weapons. There'll always be demand for a bigger gun than the next guy, so it makes good business sense.

@nath0hcker very true ive just done that exact thing after watching the recording of a & e.he was right though i do recognise the tune.

I hope you enjoy my 'Flipside' :)

Should of been the theme song for the space race in the '60s

@sc1597 - That's a great post, SC1597. Sorry it took me 11 months to respond.

didnt they record this in there living room?

The wonders of our early space programs...and now obimbo has converted NASA into what it was originally intended for: "muslim outreach". What a guy!

Margaret Thatcher's favourite song, apparently. So that's two things she and I have in common (I also have the same birthday). Spooky!

so what career are you in now joltinjack? and are you gonna take us all out for a drink?

@Whoami691 You've obviously never had to wear Flares! :)

@joims Us to!

I wonder how many people will come here because they watched 24 hours in A & E?

@imasickteen They sent me too!!!

@bansheewhiskey I know I'm right..... and I like music.

Next stop will be Mars In the 2030's.

@nath0hcker never heard of it? reading a muse biography sent me! (george bellamy is in the band and is matt bellamys father).

did they??????

May as well join in i am from the land of 24 hours on A&E

Did anyone pick up on the photo scenes in this video, the picture of the presidential open top limo ? Is this possibly the car JFK was shot in?

0:43 JFK LBJ HHH watch a blast off on TV

1:24 Werner Von Braun

@joltinjack Figures.