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NASA releases restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Videos in celebration of 40th AnniversarySix Restored Videos Are Included At Bottom of the Article
The initial video release, part of a larger Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project, features 15 key moments from the historic lunar excursion of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. A team of Apollo-era engineers, who helped produce the 1969 live broadcast of the moonwalk, acquired the best of the broadcast-format video from a variety of sources for the restoration effort. ![]() NASA has restored video from the July 20th, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. (Credit: NASA) “The restoration is ongoing and may produce even better video,” said Richard Nafzger, an engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, who oversaw television processing at the ground tracking sites during Apollo 11. “The restoration project is scheduled to be completed in September and will provide the public, future historians, and the National Archives with the highest quality video of this historic event.” NASA contracted with Lowry Digital of Burbank, CA, which specializes in restoring aging Hollywood films and video, to take the highest quality video available from these recordings, select the best for digitization, and significantly enhance the video using the company’s proprietary software technology and other restoration techniques. Under the initial effort, Lowry restored 15 scenes representing the most significant moments of the three and a half hours that Armstrong and Aldrin spent on the lunar surface. NASA released the video Thursday at a news conference at the Newseum in Washington. The black and white images of Armstrong and Aldrin bounding around the moon were provided by a single small video camera aboard the lunar module. The camera used a non-standard scan format that commercial television could not broadcast. NASA used a scan converter to optically and electronically adapt these images to a standard U.S. broadcast TV signal. The tracking stations converted the signals and transmitted them using microwave links, Intelsat communications satellites, and AT&T analog landlines to Mission Control in Houston. By the time the images appeared on international television, they were substantially degraded. Apollo 11 Moonwalk MontageThis two-minute video montage shows highlights of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. One Small Step …This video shows Neil Armstrong climbing down the lunar module ladder to the lunar surface. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right. Buzz Aldrin Sets Foot on the MoonThis video shows Buzz Aldrin descending the lunar module ladder. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right. The Apollo 11 PlaqueNeil Armstrong reads a commemorative plaque affixed to the Apollo 11 lunar module. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right. The American FlagNeil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin raise the American flag on the moon. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right. Apollo 11 IntroductionThis montage video shows highlights from the Apollo 11 mission, from liftoff in Florida to departure from the moon. SectionsNewsTopicsApollo 11, Apollo 11 Moonwalk, Burbank CA, Buzz Aldrin, CBS News, File Restoration, Greenbelt MD, Houston TX, Lowry Digital, NASA, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Neil Armstrong, Sydney Australia, Washington D.C. |
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