In the Shadow of the Moon
Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon, and 12 men walked upon its surface. They remain the only human beings to have stood on another world.
In the Shadow of the Moon brings together for the first, and very possibly the last, time surviving crew members from every single Apollo mission which flew to the Moon, and allows them to tell their story in their own words.
The definitive story of going to the moon, told by those who went. Between 1969 and 1972 an elite group of men achieved an incredible dream. They were, and remain, the only human beings to set foot on a planet other than our own.
These personal testimonies are interwoven with digitally remastered footage from Nasa film archives, much of it previously unseen and all of it hauntingly evocative of a bygone era. The result is an intimate and epic film which vividly communicates the daring and the danger, the pride and the passion, of this band of special young men.
Most skeptics don't realize the Van Allen Belts aren't the " walls of death" had they studied, and researched, they would know this. It's HOW it was done. They went through the weakest points, and did it fast. No conspiracy, just people coming together to achieve a common goal.
To anyone that has any doubt whatsoever regarding our ability to put humans on the moon in 1969, you must watch the Mythbusters episode on it. It is very good and, in my opinion, provides irrefutable evidence that we did go there.
"They were, and remain, the only human beings to set foot on a planet other than our own."
the moon is not a planet
Loved it, very touching. Went to moon to discover the Earth. Our precious "oasis of life".
The best documentary I've ever seen about Apollo 11, and one of the best ever that combines subjects like history, science and - strangely enough - religion. The most powerful nation on earth used their best 3 people for the journey, and they came back, talking about God. Interesting to listen to what these men have to say, not only about walking on the moon, but also to be alive on planet earth.
In remembrance of the first man who walked on the moon Neil Armstrong 1930-2012
LIARS, LIARS, LIARS! Only a brain like Kubrick, can pass-through the VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELT, and live to tell the tale. What these so-called-trips to the moon have been, are, placing satellites ALL AROUND THE WORLD. Placed there, by the New World Order for TRACKING IT'S CITIZENS. And giving the U.S. the ABILITY to shoot-down incoming missiles. Lord only knows "what else." Wake-up dammit!
Our whole global network of communications would not exist if it weren't for satellites. Leaving the earth's gravitational pull is already the biggest hurtle. If everyone agrees that happened, then why not float frictionless across void space to the moon?
Our whole global network of communications would not exist if it weren't for satellites. Leaving the earth's gravitational pull is already the biggest hurtle. If everyone agrees that happened, then why not float frictionless across void space to the moon?
Wow RayRay so you mean spacecraft and satellites don't exist after all? Dang and all of my friends who lost friends and relatives on September 11 were lying and all those people actually didn't exist?! Well then I hate to be the one to tell you this but actually our existence is all just a dream and me and you are just an imagination of ourselves!
HAHAHA. My goodness I was just reading some of the comments. I still cant belive that people dont Think the americans landed on the moon. Ask yourself where were the people that left on the apollo missions going? Or do you not belive that the rockets launched were manned? They did go to the moon there is proof in the form of scientific experiments that can be seen by the apropriate instraments. But I supose there will always be a faith based section of the public that will belive whatever they are told regardless of evidence
Nice documentary!
I just have one serious complaint: the text description above contains a big mistake: the Moon is not a "planet", it is a "moon"! NO man has ever set foot on another planet.
Had to get it off my chest :)
Please forgive my shoddy grammar in the beginning of paragraph 2. Mostly typos due to disability...but I usually correct those.
Thank You.
Call the University of Texas Astrophysics Dept., ask them if you may arrange a visit to their observatory (they will allow it, as long as no classes or maintenance is taking place) Then ask the scientists to prove the moon landings to you.
See they were chosen for an important, and a it turned out, very revealing one as well. Imagine this, on the Apollo 11 Mission (the first manned landing) Several mirrors were placed at specified locations. Now, heres where the U of T becomes involved. They bounce lasers off of those mirrors daily to detect any movement toward, away, side to side...what have ya. Well they happen to use a telescope to align this laser with those mirrors, and alignment is verified when the beam bounces back to the observatory. Go ahead doubters, go on down there, as a matter of fact, they love having the moon landing doubters visit. The discovery they made by the way...to anyone of knowledge in this group, is that the Moon is swinging like a bell from the last major meteor hit it took.
Sheesh, Ive known this since 1978, have any of you Astrophysics "geniuses" taken even a basic Astronomy class? Many of you sound as if you come from the school of "seems right to me, therefore, fact, now when's nascar on?" Just never approach Buzz Aldrin with "moon hoax" statements....he will kick your ass...as old as he is, he's done it before.
When one accomplishes a great feat when has that feat not been repeated?
It is strange that there has not been another moon landing.
Maybe we were warned off?
We are told of the "Dark side" of the moon.
A sphere has only two sides - an outside and an inside.
I have many questions ...
Well Jack1952@ if? they do get a chance to go to the moon, and land, making video footage with clear facemasks, and showing each other getting out of the landing craft, and then haveing all of the modern technology, to send us the immediate footage live back to earth, well then there wouldnt be any reason to question would there. But since that will not happen in the future and they made the drastic mistake of not doing those things clearly so there wouldnt be a future questioning of the event, then we that call ourselves skeptics, will have to keep on searching and questioning these "unquestionable events".
tell you what,to reach the moon with 60's technology,was not a problem,and achieve a huge technological advance,all ok for mankind. But our poor natural satellite became a junkyard...question...who is gonna do the clean up?
I wonder if we can actually ever definitively prove that man landed on the moon. If someone goes there in the future, will there be those who claim hoax again.
I know how the unbelievers feel though. When I was young, I went on a trip to Florida. Walking along side of the ocean, I couldn't resist tasting the water to see if it was salty. To my surprise it was. To my mind it was a conspiracy theory put to rest. I was only 12 though.
Heartbeat of 144 during launch hahah ... god these old people are so cute talking about their super exciting adventure :)
Great docu. I have a bunch of friends in and around NASA, through connections from Singularity University. I am myself a software and electrical engineer. It certainly seems plausible although completely ridiculous that we landed on the moon. We surely had all the available technology at that time and it was just a matter of organizing it and ensuring it was executed perfectly. NASA accomplished this with mind-boggling efficiency if you ask me ... imagine giving airforce pilots step by step instructions on how to rewire a malfunctioning circuit in the middle of a space flight hahaha. Truly one of the finest accomplishments of the United States. There are some strange things surrounding aspects of the moon landing, but those are typically not what the conspiracy theorists focus on. The conspiracy theorists are mainly still trying to understand gravity and radiation.
the van allen radiation belt, please look that up leo g. I'm not here to argue because that dilutes the issue and of course space shuttles have been built, people have every right to question this topic and you have every right to question them, sayin things like 'jurrasic park is a conspiricy to cover up cloning a jfk/osama bin laden super soldier' just makes people sound like the type of idiot thats too stupid to question what they've been told
after reading all comments,80% belongs to the royal world club of sceptics,if so the space shuttle is a hoax,space station too also cape canaveral is a giant screen to project the epic movies about space exploration......!!!!!attention ground control.....we are in trouble//////wrong planet
How did that peace of cr*p moon lander attach it self to the command module in mid orbit at hundreds of miles per hour, some kind of hardcore magnetic LEGO. Seems like typical American BS to me.
Just astonishing how we went to the air then to the moon in just 60 years. Brave men.
Great documentary ! As a European it makes me fond of the US and of all humans because you accomplished something amazing by working together rather than fighting each other. Shame that in the past few decades the US has lost its ways and is in such turnmoil. Hope the future brings the best out of a country with such potential. As a friend told me, dont get mad at americans, they come from a country which is going through puberty !