[FPSPACE] FW: [lunar-update] Apollo 8 Television

[LARRY KLAES]

> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:45:38 -0800> From: larry.kellogg at gmail.com> To: lunar-update at news.altair.com> Subject: [lunar-update] Apollo 8 Television> > Apollo 8 Television> http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_8_mission/> > Colin Mackellar has updated the Honey Suckle Creek web site to have> some videos of the Apollo 8 mission with Earth view.> http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/index1.html> > See the snips below.> - LRK -> > And what I first saw when we had the Lunar Prospector web site up.> http://www.archive.org/details/Apollo_8_-_Go_For_TLI> > > > Thanks for looking up with me.> > Larry Kellogg> > Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/> BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/> RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml> Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> ==============================================================> Apollo 8 Television> http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_8_mission/> > Apollo 8 had onboard an RCA black and white slow-scan TV camera. Like> the Westinghouse Lunar Surface TV Camera used on Apollo 11, this> produced a non-interlaced 320 line 10 frames per second picture which> was scan-converted to 525 line 29.97fps (i.e. NTSC compatible) at the> three prime MSFN stations.> > During the mission, six broadcasts originated from Apollo 8. Five of> these were relayed to Houston from Goldstone – and one from Madrid.> (Until just before Apollo 11, there were no video circuits from> Honeysuckle Creek to the outside world. While Apollo 8 TV was seen on> station, it could not be released in real time.)> > These video clips from Apollo 8 were on a tape loaned by Goddard> Apollo TV Engineer Dick Nafzger to the Applied Physics Lab at Johns> Hopkins University. The 2 inch quadriplex tape contains daily mission> highlights. These pictures were seen live worldwide during the> mission. This recording is generally better than other existing> recordings I have seen. The picture instability at the start of each> clip is an artifact of the tape playback. (You could save these files> to your hard disk for repeat viewing.)> > snip> ==============================================================> Colin Mackellar sends. - LRK -> --------------------------------------------> Hi Larry,> > Thanks for the updates....> > For what it's worth, I've uploaded the Apollo 8 video that we found> (in the search for Apollo 11 video) to> > http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_8_mission> > and just click on> > Apollo 8 onboard video> > The quality is generally better than what was seen live in 1968.> > All the files are MPEG4 format - and I've also added a Flash version> of the highlights from Transmission 4 (the reading from Genesis in> lunar orbit).> > Have a great Christmas.> > best wishes> > Colin> > snip> ==============================================================> NASA Television Commemorates Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast> http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_M08-268_NASATV_Apollo8.html> > Dec. 22, 2008> > Al Feinberg> Headquarters, Washington> 202-358-1058> al.feinberg at nasa.gov> > MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-268> > NASA TELEVISION COMMEMORATES APOLLO 8 CHRISTMAS EVE BROADCAST> > WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will honor the 40th anniversary of the> historic Christmas Eve broadcast by the Apollo 8 crew with special> programming Dec. 24 and 25 on the NASA TV Public Channel (101).> > Forty years ago, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders became the> first humans to visit another heavenly body as they successfully> orbited the moon in their Apollo 8 spacecraft. On Dec. 24, 1968, the> three astronauts devoted one of their mission's six live television> transmissions to reading from the biblical book of Genesis during> what has since come to be known as the Christmas Eve Broadcast.> > To commemorate the anniversary, NASA TV will air the following special> programs:> > "The Annual John H. Glenn Lecture -- An Evening with the Apollo 8> Astronauts," a panel discussion with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and> Bill Anders recorded Nov. 13, 2008, at the Smithsonian's National Air> and Space Museum. Former U.S. senator and NASA astronaut John Glenn> provided their introduction.> > "The Apollo 8 Crew Remembers Historic Mission, Live from the Newseum,"> a panel discussion with the Apollo 8 astronauts moderated by Nick> Clooney and recorded Nov. 13, 2008, at the Newseum in Washington.> > "De-Brief Apollo 8," an historical documentary of Apollo 8, narrated> by Burgess Meredith (1970).> > "Apollo 8 Christmas Video," a 10-minute documentary featuring Apollo 8> astronauts describing their historic mission. (Excerpts from the John> H. Glenn Lecture recorded Nov. 13, 2008.)> > "Apollo 8 -- December 21, 1968," a NASA Manned Space Flight Film> Report on the Apollo 8 mission (1970).> > The NASA Television Video File also will include footage documenting> the Apollo 8 mission's Christmas Eve broadcast. For program times and> listings, consult the NASA Television schedule online at:> > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv> > -end-> > snip> ==============================================================> http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS08/a08av.htm> THE APOLLO PROGRAM> APOLLO 8> Audion & Video> > Smithsonian> National Air and Space Museum> > Apollo 8> Mission Summary> Apollo 8 Facts> Apollo 8 Crew> Spacecraft> Images> Audio/Video> > snip> ==============================================================> Google YouTube Apollo 8 Videos> > TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/9mcbwa> > ==============================================================> Apollo 8 Go For TLI> Internet Archive: 21 min 42 sec - Better quality than what we had> on the Lunar Prospector web site. - LRK -> Moving Image Archive > Open Source Movies > Apollo 8: Go For TLI> > http://www.archive.org/details/Apollo_8_-_Go_For_TLI> > This voyage, manned by astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and> William A. Anders, was man's first to another celestial body, and> included an orbit around the Moon on Christmas Day, 1968. Also> featured on this episode are air-to-ground tapes of the astronauts'> descriptions of the mission, as well as onboard photography of the> Earth, Moon and intravehicular activity.> > > This movie is part of the collection: Open Source Movies> > Audio/Visual: sound, color / b&w> Language: English> Keywords: NASA; apollo; apollo 8; apollo program; moon; space race> > Creative Commons license: Public Domain> > snip> ==============================================================> > WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK> > ==============================================================> This is the lunar-update at news.altair.com> https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> This list is a moderated list.> The moderator is Larry Kellogg (larry.kellogg AT gmail.com> Please send suggestions for postings directly to Larry.> ==============================================================> _______________________________________________> lunar-update mailing list, moderated by Larry Kellogg> To unsubscribe or change your options please visit:> http://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> Forwarded by GNU Mailman at Altair Engineering, Inc. http://www.altair.com/> 
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