Lunar Module Trainer, flight RF-126T, Bill Anders (1967/01/10) [HD source, silent]

Bill Anders flying the Lunar Module trainer at the LLRF (Lunar Landing Research Facility). Footage is silent. Astronauts are as identified on a document accompanying the original footage (from the National Archives). Research, cleanup and color restoration by Retro Space HD. ========================================= In December 1968, as a crew member of Apollo 8, Bill Anders was one of the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Anders circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth. During one of the mission's lunar orbits he photographed the iconic image, Earthrise. The Lunar Landing Research Facility was an area at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia that was used to simulate Apollo Moon landings with a mock Lunar Module powered by a small rocket motor suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape. Completed in 1965 at a cost of $3.5 million, the facility was used by 24 astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, to practice solving piloting problems they would encounter in the last 150 feet of descent to the surface of the Moon. The structure was used to facilitate "flying" a full-scale Lunar Excursion Module Simulator (LEMS). The LEMS was suspended from a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, 400-foot (120 m)-long A-frame gantry by an overhead bridge crane. The LEMS is now on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center. ========================================= A special thanks to the channel supporters ( https://www.patreon.com/RetroSpaceHD ): * Bill Hurley * Gary Smith * Ryan Hardy * Scott Manley ======================================== #apollo #nasa #lunarmodule