Area 51.
A Sunday outing for Neil, Mick and Buzz, July 20th, 1969.
Stanley Kubrick (out of picture).
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Youtuber and moon loon Lunarmodule5’s impressive mashup of all six moon missions between 1969 and 1972. Sez he:
Probably the biggest project I have ever attempted. All the Apollo lunar landings, of the original DAC coverage realligned to 45 degrees to show what the LMPs saw on the descent, with the audio segmented from all of the flights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW6DuPQzyBU
Last Friday was the anniversary of Apollo 11’s 1969 moon landing. BoingBoing commenter inkfumes unearthed this NSFW 2010 clip of the big moment.
The genuine SFW NASA HD videos of the event can be seen here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRYOKSBHxmI
A ridiculously skillful US Chinook helicopter pilot takes up position on a hillside – rear rotor decapitatingly close to the slope – as troops scramble into the back.
Apparently, it’s called a ‘pinnacle landing’.