Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report No. 26, July-September 1969

Duration: 16:32

Year Published: 1969

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Opening with the historic lunar landing in July, this report goes over all that came together to make the moment possible. After a short overview of the lunar mission, attention is turned to post-mission briefing of the astronauts and the scientific evaluation of the samples returned from the Moon. “One thing was obvious,” the narrator states at the end of this section, “Apollo 11 was only the beginning. More missions are needed.” It is at this point the film recaps preparations for the Apollo 12 and 13 missions. We observe the Lunar Rover Vehicle and the last Saturn launch vehicles built for the Apollo program. The film concludes with a look at recommendations of the Space Task Group, the goal of which is to propose the direction the space program should take upon the completion of Apollo. Among their recommendations: a manned mission to Mars before the end of the century.