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Launch from inside an Apollo capsule (restored in 4K/30 FPS) [video]

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Found it cool that this has the real sound of the master alarm in it; the movie version from Apollo 13 was dramatised.

I really didn't notice how long the video was as I was busy trying to absorb all the information being provided on-screen and, simultaneously, marveling at the hard work and sheer technical brilliance of the French Space Guy, the creator of the video. Hats off to them.

The amount of work that someone put into this video is just mind-boggling!

The sound of the stage separation was extremely loud, it must to have been a very stresfull moment for anyone onboard during that time.

If you liked that, check out the onboard camera of Soyuz MS-09's launch: https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?t=302

I timestamped that to 2nd stage separation, and it gives a cool impression about what it's like (particularly the astronaut on the left's reaction).

O, thank you man! They are, however squeezed like 3 people in the single ToiToi.

3rd stage separation is even more dramatic

https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?feature=shared&t=548

Since this launch was unmanned how were various events triggered?

Most likely by ground teams operating the spacecraft remotely. There isn’t much for humans to do in a spacecraft that can’t be done by automation, unless something goes wrong.

Most of them are sequenced. Around 6:10 the video goes through a series of buttons, most of which are called "Backup switch to do X" because when everything goes as planned, no button push is needed to perform the action.

Are the instruments a simulation or actual footage?!

Given the date and that it's a Saturn-1B, that would make it AS-202, one of the early test flights. So instruments probably real, but not final hardware.

I mean, is it footage from the test?

that's real footage

'Tis, and in the video the maker explains what they had to do - telecine 16mm film, stabilise, upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps, as well as generate plausible sound from the spectra provided in the original test report.

> upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps

So it’s not really „restored“.

More like „artificially enhanced“

It's not like a sports broadcast, no fast-paced action happens on the instrument cluster.

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