Apollo 17 - Launch - Network TV
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- Apollo 17 - Launch - Network TV
Coverage begins at T-5 minutes and concludes after orbital insertion. This video contains the infamous interview with Charles Smith (aged "130").
A huge thank you to Stephen Slater who provided the footage.
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When John Glenn died, I heard a semi eulogy on Fox News by an astronaut that knew Glenn. I did not recognize the voice. He sounded chronically ill, but still talked about what a great man Glenn was. When the newscaster came on, he thanked Gene Cernan for the commentary. I had heard many interviews by Gene over the years, and didnt recognize his voice due to illness. Gene passed away roughly a month later. Great, great American.
I'm 58 years old and have been watching the Discovery channels series, When We Left Earth
the NASA missions
on Hulu, which I've learned is basically one of only a few series that I have sat and watched,
and thought, man, I would love it if they launched another Saturn V rocket just for old times sake
It must have been an amazing experience to launch towards the sky in the middle of the night like that.
I was at this launch and it really was as bright as daylight. Also, the ground was shaking like crazy. An amazing experience!
My dad Ray worked on the 2nd stage on Apollo 17 and all of the Apollo flights. Who knew that the dad’s who worked out at the Cape were the men who helped put the man on the moon. I was ojust a kid growing up in Titusville.
That launch that night Apollo 17 was like watching the Sun rise 🚀
The last launch of a manned mission into deep space...
Almost 50 years ago...
Well shallow space
8:54 Ron Evans....woohoo!!! 🚀 😀
Simply phenomenal!
Apollo 17 really defined the end of an era..
--and the beginning of the first of many new eras in US spaceflight! 😉
Just because Charlie doesn't understand how people went to the moon that doesn't mean they didn't go there. And I don't believe Charlie is 130 years old either.
CBS (See B.S.) and Uncle Walter said it, so it MUST be true 😄
Forever thankful that I’m related to Harrison Schmitt. His observations and the experiences he shared with me over the years are truly unforgettable.
Always beautiful to see the night launch of 17 😍
Apollo 17 will always be my favorite space mission of all time, thanks for posting LM5!
You are more than welcome
Mine will be Apollo 15. A mature Saturn V, no clouds, bright day, best view.
@@soumyojitpal3399 Apollo 15 for sure my second favorite Apollo mission...
@@soumyojitpal3399 If only the unbuilt next batch of Saturn Vs with uprated F-1As actually flew after these mature Saturn Vs. 9 million lbs of thrust that the SLS could only envy!
@@soumyojitpal3399 PS My personal favorite is Apollo 8. There's something espcially magical-looking about that launch!
Nothing quite prepares you for how bright that gets! Thanks for sharing!
I remember at 12 putting a shirt down at the bottom of my bedroom door and staying up past my bedtime to watch this last launch (I had my own TV which was unusual because TVs were expensive back then) and then right before midnight locally it launched after numerous delays...all you could see was a huge flame.
I got to meet Cernan on two different occasions in 2009 and 2010. A great memory.
Another fine post and a service to history. Thanks, as always, for all of your efforts!
Thanks James!
Thanks for uploading this. I've never seen Cronkite's coverage.
Beautiful especially staging. Thank you!
Apollo 17 - the mission where the two Bobs were Capcom
The only Apollo moon mission that happened during my lifetime-I was 6 months old 😅
They all happened in my lifetime but I was too young to realise and in the wrong country for coverage!
@@lunarmodule5James Burke was a pretty good substitute for Walter Cronkite though :) both seemed as passionate about the space program as each other. Just a shame the BBC didn’t keep hold of a lot of the coverage.
Next up for the LUT for Apollo 17: repurposing as the Fixed Service Structure (FSS) at LC-39A for the Space Shuttle (and for SpaceX Falcon 9/Crew Dragon).
Gorgeous stuff. Adds so much to it.
I like that, gives them a nice speech then they all get made redundant 😉
Thanks Baz
in anticipation of the scheduled night launch of Artemis 1
SLS rockets and Orion capsules are essentially very old technologies, all of the things the NASA is doing now such as SLS and Orion capsules are only the repeating of the technologies of Apollo-Saturn. Why doesn't NASA use new technologies such as space refueling depots, in-orbit assembly, space tugs, and nuclear or plasma propulsion systems?
Watched this launch from Patrick A.F.B. a vison that I'll carry to my death bed....Thank you Apollo 17....
The bit with the “130” year old former slave was a weird diversion.
Yeah, he loved being interviewed and telling his tales, and his age and life details changed nearly every time he told them. In a 1975 interview, only three years after this interview, he claimed to to be 144. When he died in 1978, census records and his marriage certificate became public, and although they disagreed on his exact age at the time, by either date he would have likely been in his 90s when he died. 1879 was accepted as his most likely actual birth year. Oh well. His tall tales got him interviewed on national TV during a moon launch and a movie made about him.
@@TS-ev1bl I see, a contemporary celebrity/curiosity of sorts, who might have been suffering from age related decline. I suspect utube rarely shows my comments as they are usually political, and have been talking about it a lot lately so it’s useful to see a comment cheers👍
Go LM 5
Great saturn v can you build it or forget it
Love the crackle of those F1s!!
Remember this better than yesterday .lol.
50 years ago on this day.
Apollo's final mission 17 was launched to the Moon 6 Dec. 1972. 1/2 century later Artemis went back.
whenever SLS gets off the ground you should do a side by side comparison of the last apollo mission and first artemis mission comparison
I got you:
czcams.com/video/VYgfhNpyhxM/video.html
@@literallyshaking8019 tysm bro
Good
Night turns to day!
Just wait till December this year...50th anniversary....👍
Who’s here from Artemis 1 ;)
me!
SLS rockets and Orion capsules are essentially very old technologies, all of the things the NASA is doing now such as SLS and Orion capsules are only the repeating of the technologies of Apollo-Saturn. Why doesn't NASA use new technologies such as space refueling depots, in-orbit assembly, space tugs, and nuclear or plasma propulsion systems?
Me!!!
Me
(God speed the crew of Apollo 17)
I’m sure most of the Apollo astronauts thought they would see it again…here’s hoping. Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke, & Jack Schmitt & I think Bill Anders & Jim Lovell are still with us?…
And Dave Scott, Rusty, Freddo
@@lunarmodule5 😁🤘🏻
16:43 Holy shit, what stupidity!! 130+ years old. REALLY, Walter??
12 days from now Artemis 1 will turn the Kennedy Space Center to midday when the SLS launches.
Who is here after SLS launched
Charlie is Alex Jones grandfather.
just can't touch the OG Saturn V for a good show...
Artemis/SLS launch was nice but a Saturn V its not
17:08 uh what.
5:29
:lunarmodule5: I fully recommend that the entire epic flight of Apollo-17,
from launch to splashdown should be posted here on this channel, since
it marked the last and final visit of our courageous astronauts, to the
moon's surface and the end of a glorious era in United States history.