Apollo 15 - Launch (Full Mission 1)

Apollo 15 - Launch

July 26th 1971 - the first Apollo "J" mission launches from Pad 39A at 13:34 UTC - onboard are astronauts Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin.

This presentation contains pre flight footage and associated media from NASA and films relating to the lunar rover. It also contains some film and audio from the Mr Rogers meets Al Worden series.

Special thanks:
Mike Fried
Johannes Kemppanen
Phil C
Ed Hengeveld
JT
The ALSJ and Apollo 15 Flight Journal

All media unless stated courtesy NASA

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[michaelhendershot]

Thank you so, so much! The greatest Apollo mission ever!!

[david-joeklotz]

Superb! Thank you for all your tremendous amazing work 😎

[Astronut]

Iv'e been waiting for you to start Apollo 15 Full Mission series. Love all background and pre-flight activity coverage. Thanks!

[fepatton]

I remember Al Worden’s guest appearance on Mr. Rogers! Apollo 15 continues to be one of my favorite missions. I wish the coverage in the day had been anywhere near this, but I’m grateful to you showing current and future generations this incredible achievement. (Oh, those ‘70s soundtracks! 😂)

Edit: The interview with Ann Scott - she is really smart and thoughtful!

[anthonyhunt]

I was one of those teens that WASN’T “bored” with this and made sure to check tv for coverage of the mission at Hadley Rille🌗 first REAL geology mission with Lee Silver & Jack Schmitt educating Dave & Jim as well as Farouk El-Baz working with Al Worden for what to see from orbit🌗

[martik]

Thank God for your work to preserve history in such a convenient way (YouTube)

[beaulachance]

Thank you for all your work on these videos!

[michaelmangano]

I was never around then (obviously), but thanks for taking us back there… this really is superb, bringing history truly to life!

[keithharris]

When I watched the actual launch on tv I thought it was the slowest rising Saturn V I had seen yet. Think I was in junior high school. It seems it took 15 a while to clear the tower. And I thought cause it had the added load of the rover and much more scientific equipment. Worden 1st deep spacewalk. Adventurous. After Apollo 8 and 10. Fifteen my favorite.

[tm]

Thanks for the video. Sorry I couldn’t find the live chat button to get back in after the launch to orbit sequence…

[shellramsey]

I remember watching this launch while I was recovering from knee surgery, I had my tape recorder by the TV Speaker so I could record the NBC news audio of the launch. Unfortunately, through the years the tapes got lost. I wish I had them now! Apollo 15 was one of the few launches that the anchormen for NBC kept quiet during the launch so you could hear the entire ride to orbit with no commentary by the anchors. I wish I had those tapes now. By the way, the pieces with Mr. Rodgers were neat to watch. Have you read the book about the production of the lunar rover? I can't recall the title, but it is a great book. Everything else was great as always! Simon, you keep getting better and better! Keep all the productions going, can't wait to see what's next! -Jim

[williamdunphy]

The last Apollo mission with Jack King at Apollo Saturn Launch control.

[COUNTDOWN-vcpb]

As usual, the effort you put into these videos is incredible. I was previously well aware of that shot below the engines (2:52:07) being undigitized, and it's great to see it here, as well as that shot from 39-5, possibly the clearest transfer of it yet.

I liked the addition of the progress bar as well. Do you think you'll be keeping that for Apollo 14?

Great work!

[david-joeklotz]

I'd like to say the graphics and tracking as well as the seamless move from video to graphics during the launch is excellent

[tm]

When I closed the chat to watch full screen, I see no chat button for getting back into the chat to comment on the conversation. 😢

[rickardandreasson]

Wow this video is so cool. I wonder if there is any audio to much of the raw material for this video? Just curious

[anthonyhunt]

LM5… another beginning to another masterpiece!👌🏻🚀🌗

[generaleric]

eyyy a new video series to help me through the summer break of uni, looking forward to this!

[digitwidget]

Simon: did you change your name to "Santa"? It feels like Christmas in July to see this latest offering, a bit more poignant with the recent loss of Joe Engle. EVA Day 1 on this mission produced one of my vivid memories of the Apollo program, seeing Hadley Rille from the tv camera mounted to the Rover when Scott & Irwin first parked near the edge and aligned the antenna. I was riveted to the chair in front of the television. This flight also taught NASA the value of providing a soft brush to clean the tv camera lens on the Rover, as the statically charged lunar dust would cling to the glass of the lens (and just about everything else, too), noticeably obscuring the tv picture, a brush being included for the last 2 lunar missions. Happily, mission CDR "Great Scott" is still with us. I hope he gets to enjoy your work. Well done once again.

[TNitroH]

This command module was at wright Patterson last year. Worth the trip