Apollo 14 - Countdown/Launch/Orbit/TLI (Full Mission 1)

Apollo 14 - Countdown/Launch/Orbit/TLI (Full Mission 1)

January 31st 1971 - The countdown from T-60 minutes to the end of the TLI burn -

Thanks to:
Stephen Slater
Johannes Kemppanen
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Dedicated to Al, Ed and Stu

Audio is single channel until the final minutes of the
countdown when it switches to two-channel audio.
Right channel is PAO and left channel is the onboard DSE
tape.

I recommend following the dialogue on the Apollo
14 Flight Journal.

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[andreas]

I remember watching the launch on TV. I was 12 yrs old and I recorded the audio from the TV loudspeaker onto my little cassette tape-recorder. I then listened to the recording maybe hundreds of times. So fun to watch it again after more than 50 years. Thanks.

[JC-IV]

This is important for history, I just wanted to put that out there, the processing and conversion of this media is a true history tale in its own. We owe our thanks to you and the people who complied the originals. Thank you!!!

[melapollo]

Once again a big thank you for posting these videos. We know it is a lot of hard work, but you can be sure that your efforts are greatly appreciated. Especially by those of us who are as much space enthusiastic as you are, but who also had the privilege of growing up on the 1960s and were eye-witnesses to all of these fantastic missions. Your videos collections are priceless. They bring back to life priceless memories.

[pinedelgado]

"Awesome as a possum with a blossom" I always say!! Great job!!

[franciscoop]

Every updgrade on the Apollo Missions documentaries' Series adds so much more than the previous ones....Really enjoyed the use of multiple camera angles and interview inserts all tied together with the timeline indicator along the bottom of the screen....😎

[MrHichammohsen]

Amazing! Thank you LM5 as usual for everything!

[bradpeterson]

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[F-Man]

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Brilliant work

[scottenglert]

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[basfinnis]

Great feed. Thanks for putting the hard work in mate 😉

[gregv]

From Freedom 7 to walking on the moon...mind blowing. This popped up yesterday out of nowhere 😊...great job as per usual LM5 👍

[SenorDroolcup]

Beautiful editing as always. Love this channel to bits.

[PatGleeson]

Fabulous - your TV archive in particular is seriously impressive - as is the audio archive synchronization 🙂

[hardakml]

... and I love the ribbon timeline at the bottom too. Excellent addition to the graphics.

[thomasthomas]

Always good to hear Al Shepard's voice from space.

[AureliusR]

Technical question: around 9:05 Kennedy Launch Control mentions that now that the access arm has been retrated to the standby position, the pyrotechnics have been activated to allow the launch escape tower to operate in case of a critical emergency. However, what is there was a critical emergency prior to this point (ie rupture or explosion of the Saturn). They'd never have time to get to the escape arm. So would there be no way out? Or do they ensure the system is entirely safe up to that point (i.e., not loading oxidiser or fuel whatsoever until the LES is active?)

[crewsgiles]

What had occurred which prompted the reporter's questions about NASA needing to increase security? The NASA response included issuing new ID badges, and other changes. Apparently, some incident was the cause, but I have no recollection of that.

[olentangy]

Ed Mitchell later said that during the launch hold, he took a nap. They were caught up in the check list and there was nothing else to do

[philipgcollier]

30:27 Alan Shepard was a super human :-)
Walter Cronkite pointed out Shepard's low spaceflight hours, but didn't emphasize his influence as one of the managers, although he could be quite temperamental.

[THEMathHacker-]

38:49 with age comes experience. Kinda useful for a commander 240, 000 miles from home.