How the Apollo Spacecraft works: Part 3

The LM ascent stage liftoff from the lunar surface to rendezvous and dock with the CSM. It was a three day journey to get back home. After reentry and splashdown, the astronauts were picked up by an aircraft carrier. Help me subtitle this video in your language: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=qt_xoCXLXnI&ref=share Watch more videos: What's Inside the Corn Popper Toy? https://youtu.be/SK-_JlxdGfk How Big is the Solar System? https://youtu.be/MK5E_7hOi-k Solar and Lunar Eclipse https://youtu.be/GnZ3dogED7w How Does a Clicky Pen Work? https://youtu.be/Zv5Qa2kGL04 For the curious minded: -On LM liftoff - there were potentially several more "midcourse" correction burns to allow docking to happen (look at the first source that I posted down below). -Before docking - the astronauts would take pictures of each others spacecraft. -During the coast back to earth, there was sometimes a spacewalk that happened. -Reentry had to happen at just the right angle. Too steep and they burn up, too shallow and they skip off the atmosphere (the move Apollo 13 explains this quite nicely). -Splashdown usually occurred in the Pacific Ocean. Music: Stale Mate - Jingle Punks (Lunar lift-off) Galactic Damages - Jingle Punks (Reentry) Morning Walk - Jingle Punks (Splashdown) Sources: http://history.nasa.gov/afj/loressay.htm https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/nasa58040.pdf http://www.apolloproject.com/press/apollo11.pdf Made with Blender 2.77a #space #nasa #b3d