Apollo 11 - Neil Armstrong Underwater EVA Training (Silent)

April 1969 - Apollo 11 CDR Neil Armstrong conducts underwater EVA training for the upcoming first lunar landing attempt. In the neutral bouyancy pool he is weighted to simulate 1/6 gravity of the moon. Various activities are practiced including transfer of equipment, recovering from a fall and ascending the LM ladder.

Film is silent and courtesy NASA

[christyalbright]

I don't know where you find this footage from, but I'm so glad you have access to them-- and that you share them with us!

[Gort]

Haven't seen this before. Really interesting. The only similar training footage I'd seen was Buzz aboard the Vomit Comet where they altered the flight profile to simulate 1/6 G.
Must admit, when I saw Neil on his back trying to get up, my first thought was "Are you a turtle?".
Many thanks for this!

[ramaroodle]

Cool watching him figure out then perfect his "get up off the ground" technique.

[dansv]

He did great recovering from the turtle on his back scenario.

[silversurfer_]

holy molely, never seen this, quick question which iam not sure, was the tank salt water or something different for levels buoyancy ????

[RetroSpaceHD]

At 18:02 you get an "interior" shot of Armstrong exiting the LM hatch. First time I saw that!

[sebastian.su]

Ot was cool watching niel underwater but sad with no audio😕

[yassm]

I've seen very few videos of the crew in training so thank you for sharing them. Wish there were videos of them training in the LEM but I've never found one. Did you find them on the archive?

[Nghilifa]

I wonder how they cool the suit whilst underwater, since the sublimator in the cooling system only works in a vacuum..