How Neil Armstrong Trained to Land the Lunar Module

To prepare him for landing the lunar module, Neil Armstrong practiced on a training vehicle, right here on Earth. It was designed to replicate flying within a gravitational pull that was 1/6 that of Earth.

[NxDoyle]

Two measures of Neil Armstrong's greatness. His immense abilities as a pilot, and his decision to finish out the day doing paperwork, purely because there was paperwork to be done.

[AdrianDucao]

Neil was like "Nah just a typical day..."

[Instawise]

I could never understand why these flights were not seen more as a milestone in the preparation of astronaunts for a moon landing. Surely the most critical phase of the mission.

[DoctorSwagatron]

The real reason the rig tilted was because it couldn't handle the weight of Armstrong's massive balls.

What a freaking stud

[TheLakshmiKarthik]

To be an ORDINARY man on the MOON, you have to be EXTRA-ORDINARY on EARTH !!

[jameseverett]

They just don’t make Armstrong’s like they used to...rip Neil🇺🇸

[ericksuarezb.]

neil armstrong was an extraordinaire pilot, with such incredible, both physical and mental / PSYCHOLOGICAL skills. it is clear, that he was mentally / psychologycally prepared in case this machine failed, and so it happened !!!

[pboytrif]

The speed the ejection seat goes is insane. Had no idea they are that fast.... that must be like 15+ G

[kevinhillary]

That First Man film actually did a GREAT job on telling Neil’s story and I wish more people had seen it. I remember when this scene came up, I honestly couldn’t help but chuckle a little at the ingenuity back in the day and how they could build this ridiculous contraption, stick a CHAIR on top of it, get a test pilot and be like “alright buddy, have at it!”

They say the average life span of a test pilot then was not very long and First Man gives you an idea why

[tifluvsu]

Rip Neil Armstrong, Died At 82...Good Man, We Miss Him. Hope NASA makes a lander named Neil Armstrong.

[polvoradelrey]

-We have invented a flying machine that's almost uncontrollable and nobody has ever flown.

-Do I have a parachute at least?
-Yeah, but it doesn't slow you down enough and you are gonna hit ground hard.

-Excellent.

[Galvatorrix]

1:26 DID you see how fast he got ejected!

[willyappel]

I like it when old vehicles are being restored. Respect!

[gregsmith]

The crash investigation showed that a loss of helium pressure caused depletion of the hydrogen peroxide used for the reserve attitude thrusters. The vehicle’s instrumentation did not provide adequate warning about the adverse situation. Engineers corrected the problems before flights resumed in October.

[TheNuvish]

The amount of G force experienced on ejection is very high.

[oakspines]

Wow. He landed hard. No injury and still back to work. Amazing.

[davidharrison]

I remember watching astronaut AL Bean recounting Armstrong's demeanor after the LLTV malfunction. He just went back to work, as if it were just another day at the office. The only OTHER astronaut who would've done a similar thing, would've been John Glenn, ANOTHER great hero!

[apefromthekitchen]

Not only a hero of humans, but a hero of life.

[paulward]

The LLTV & the LLRV before it, were masterpeices of design. Totally agree that they don't get more appreciation.

[geomodelrailroader]

Neil was almost killed in that thing. When he flew the LLRV a 40 MPH wind caught it and the craft started doing cartwheels. Neil bailed out, the LLRV blew up, and Neil lived to fly another day.