How America Won The Space Race (Apollo Documentary) | Spark

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Published 2022-07-31
In July 1969, the crew of the Apollo 11 was preparing for the United States' first attempt of landing men on the moon. In just 9 years, the country has gone from Space amateur to technological hyperpower. This is a story of how the Cold War paranoia and an incredible expenditure paid off.
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All Comments (21)
  • @scibanana3542
    Whenever I see pictures of the people of the space age, alive and dead, the least I can do is give a humble salute and nod my head in respect, both for them and their work and the efforts they went to for what they believed in.
  • @georgejones7732
    I watched the whole Apollo program live. Changed my life. Totally spectacular achievement.
  • @kenpalmer1965
    This historic Apollo program was the most incredible achievement our nation has ever accomplished. We had every right to be proud of what we did and to this day, it is still a huge part of our history that will never, and should not, be forgotten! God bless all of the men and women who took part in this remarkable chapter!
  • I sincerely appreciate the British take on this experience; which was, without doubt, the iconic event of my lifetime. Super job, LittleDotStudios
  • @TesterAnimal1
    It was a real “come from behind” win though. Korolev and the Soviets had the edge for the first two decades of space exploration.
  • What a pleasant voice-over, not every day you can enjoy this on YouTube.
  • I've been following spaceflight for fifty five years, and this documentary is one of the best I've seen on the subject.
  • @wwe412
    THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING WAS 53 YEARS AGO AND I STILL WATCH THE LANDING OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE SCIENCE IS MY NUMBER ONE THING I THIS ENTIRE WORLD
  • @liquidbraino
    1:19:15 It wasn't a software engineer that solved the 1202 problem. It was a flight controller named Jack Garman. The term "software engineer" didn't even exist at that time because the person who coined the term "Software Engineer" was the woman who wrote all of the software for guidance computer - Margaret Hamilton... the first actual software engineer. Other than that ONE little detail this was a great documentary; well done.
  • i like hearing about the mistakes that were made. make me more willing to make a few and go easier on myself when i do.
  • I remember how cool we thought the astronauts were and how we kids all hoped to go to the moon one day. And the night of the landing, my parents let me stay up late to watch the landing. I remember how happy we were when the Eagle landed and how proud of our astronauts we were. Still one of the great memories of my teen years 53 years on.
  • I am 74 years old and this bringes back big memories. I had been drafted to light combat duty in Vietnam and listend to the landin while stationed in Pleiku. Light combat means I quarded the forward maintenance facility. We routinely receivied 122 mm rocet attacts, never more then about 35 in a row. These would make a hole 4-5 ft deap and maybe 6 ft accross. I never new anyone injured but had several VERY close calls!
  • @marios3202
    How can anyone watch this and think that we didn't go to the moon? It wasn't just test a few times then fly to the moon, it was extensive, slow, expensive, painstaking, incremental testing that eventually ended in the most historic technical accomplishment of our species. It's so offensive to say this didn't happen.
  • @MrRadio1610
    why dooes everyone insist this is fake... im baffled at the stupidity of people
  • @EricHowl
    I just wanna thank the Brits for making excellent documentaries about American accomplishments lol :)
  • @moxy5708
    What a brilliant doc. Unbelievable what was achieved in under 10 years.
  • @bent3084
    They killed this documentary with the music
  • Love the doc.... the background music is like im watching a golf tournament...
  • @barneypaws4883
    The Saturn V is such a thing of beauty. How can NASA improve on perfection?