Apollo 10 Full Mission - Historical Narration and Footage, 1969, NASA, Moon, Lunar, HD, AI upscale

Documentary about the Apollo 10 mission, entirely based on historical narration and footage. Starting with the crew and mission objectives presentation, we follow the mission day by day, ending with splashdown and recovery.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction
01:17 The Mission
05:27 Day 1: Launch
16:21 Day 2: Coast to the Moon
17:23 Day 3: Near the Moon
19:05 Day 4: Entering Lunar Orbit
23:41 Day 5: Lunar Module Test
35:54 Day 6: Lunar Photography and Leaving the Moon
38:04 Day 7: Coast Back to Earth
39:36 Day 8: Approach to Earth
42:32 Day 9: Splashdown and Recovery

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Film sequences are shown in the proper context as much as possible. When allowed by the original framing, the footage was manually cropped to 16:9, panning to preserve areas of interest. When not, 4:3 was maintained. No image details were lost.

Wide-angle interior Command Module footage was corrected to remove fisheye lens distortions.
The footage was AI remastered on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements.

Period narration (from several documentaries and progress reports) is used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.

Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.

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Apollo 10 (May 18 – 26, 1969) was a human spaceflight, the fourth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, and the second (after Apollo 8) to orbit the Moon. It was a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing, testing all the components and procedures just short of actually landing.

While astronaut John Young remained in the Command Module orbiting the Moon, astronauts Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan flew the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) to a descent orbit within 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km) of the lunar surface, the point where powered descent for landing would begin.

After orbiting the Moon 31 times, Apollo 10 returned safely to Earth, and its success enabled the first actual landing (Apollo 11) two months later.

Apollo 10 set the record for the highest speed attained by a crewed vehicle: 39,897 km/h (11.08 km/s or 24,791 mph) on May 26, 1969, during the return from the Moon.

The mission's call signs were the names of the Peanuts characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, who became Apollo 10's semi-official mascots.

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[simonparker]

Outstanding. Such an underrated mission. I am currently reading John Young's autobiography, and even he doesn't have much to say about it, but this was fantastic. Thank you so much.

[RealTalkWithSSG]

Apollo 11 and 13 get so much attention, but to me, Apollo 10 and 16 were the best missions, and all of the crewed Apollo missions were equally amazing! They should get more recognition.

[Cydonia]

I met Gene Cernan back in the late 90s. I told him that I (as a second grader) witnessed the launch of Apollo 17 from only 15 miles away in the middle of the night. It lit up the sky – half daylight and half night. It was the most incredible thing I ever saw. He said that he had a really good view himself!

This was a great production! Good narration, excellent editing and fantastic choice of films and materials. It really explained the mission as I never knew it.

[offspringfan]

Amazing documentary! Pre-Apollo 11 missions sadly don't get much recognition, when they were essential for the safe landing of Apollo 11 and later crews.

[mazdaman]

Fantastic video ! Very well put together, lots of footage I had never seen before. Thank you and I look forward to more Apollo videos.

[g-dogmoney]

This is excellent. I don’t think I’ve seen a better more in depth look at this particular mission.

[wirksworthsrailway]

An absolutely first class production! Definitely one to watch again! Thank you :)

[abundantYOUniverse]

Second!:) And man, you have a real talent for this stuff. You are really good and if you use it right it will take you to the stars!

[Gort]

You've excelled yourself. Many thanks.

[hanspecans]

How does this amazing video have so few likes? Thank you.

[abhinavt]

It's mindboggling to think that NASA achieved so much in less than a decade.

[murkotron]

Those guys are true heroes. All of 450, 000 of them.

[CaribSurfKing]

5 manned missions in 9 months was crazy fast

[michallacki]

Absolutely fantastic video ! Footage and clips were absolutely awesome

[basfinnis]

Quality stuff. This was a good crew as well 😉

[rogrut]

Thank you very much for this awesome documentation!

[jfchonors]

Phenomenal work in putting this all together 50+ years later. According to some accounts NASA downplayed the severity of the loss of control upon lunar ascent. Some reports indicated the crew was only seconds away from crashing into the moon.

[John-ciyk]

Thank you for the time and effort you put into your video, thumbs up.

[johnmellor]

Was at the science museum in London yesterday where Charlie Brown is on display. I spent ages staring at it. Also a full size mock up of the Apollo 11 Lunar lander, its enormous!

[leobakkerflightandspace]

Thank you very much for putting this together. Using original narration from various sources but with enhanced picture quality works wonders! Just what I needed at this moment as we remember with gratitude the contributions to the space program made by Tom Stafford.