APOLLO 11 CONVERSATIONS EARTH DIDN'T HEAR NOW ONLINE AT NASA.GOV
NASA Press Release
July 15, 2009
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
Original Link HOUSTON - You're in a spacecraft, on a mission to land on the moon for the first time in history, and the microphone to Earth is off. What do you say?
Now you can listen in on a NASA Web site and find out.
As Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins flew on Apollo 11 to a lunar landing in July 1969, the world heard communications between the crew and Mission Control live as they happened. But Earth did not hear the private conversations between Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, although they were recorded aboard the Command Module Columbia and Lunar Module Eagle.
Those conversations now are available on the Internet. All the Apollo spacecraft had onboard voice recorders, activated during much of each mission to record the crew's conversations. The transcripts of those recordings were publicly released in the mid-1970s. Only recently were the actual onboard audio recordings from Apollo 11 digitized and made available on the Web.
To listen to the recordings and view the transcript,
go here.
For more information about the history of onboard recorders on the Apollo spacecraft and full transcripts of all mission recordings,
go here.
For a detailed list of NASA events that celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/apollo40th.............
APOLLO 11 ONBOARD AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS
Original Link (These are not necessarily major milestones of the mission but are some of the more interesting and clearly recorded conversations the crew members had among themselves as the mission progressed.)
Highlight clip 1 (mission time: 1:24-1:29, tape 11-03302)
As the crew members complete their first orbit of Earth after launch, they talk about the beauty of the planet below.
Highlight clip 2 (mission time: 003:03:48-003:04:00, tape 11-03348)
The crew members debate the color of the moon before, and after, they fire Columbia's engines to enter lunar orbit.
Highlight clip 3 (mission time: 003:04:03-003:04:16, tape 11-03348)
After entering lunar orbit, the crew members are amazed at the lunar terrain as they fly 60 miles above the back side of the moon and await Earthrise and to resume communications with Mission Control.
Highlight clip 4 (mission time: 004:03:42-004:03:47, tape 11-03352)
As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin prepare to depart for the lunar surface in the lunar module Eagle, Mike Collins, in the command module Columbia, bids them farewell ... and tells them to take it easy.
Highlight clip 5 (mission time: 005:04:21-005:04:33, tape 11-03330)
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lift off from the moon to rejoin Mike Collins in lunar orbit.
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NASA Reenactment of Apollo 11 Mission:
http://wechoosethemoon.org/
NASA Apollo 11 Twitter feeds:
http://twitter.com/AP11_SPACECRAFT
http://twitter.com/@AP11_CAPCOM
NASA TV:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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MAN'S FIRST TRIP TO MOON RECREATED FOR INTERNET GENERATION (7/13/2009):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/15855
NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING TO RELEASE RESTORED APOLLO 11 MOONWALK VIDEO (7/13/2009):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/15852
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: NASA FINDS MISSING MOON LANDING TAPES (7/1/09)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/15790