Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Never Before Seen Video of Astronauts Jettisoning Backpacks

  • Released Thursday, July 23, 2009
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk. The source material for the restoration project is the best of the available broadcast-format video. Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif., is significantly enhancing the video using the company's proprietary software technology and other restoration techniques. The video is part of a larger restoration project that will be completed in September and provide a newly restored high definition video of the entire Apollo 11 moonwalk. The completed restoration will provide the public with the highest quality video of this historic event.

All items currently available in this series are:
Highlights
Neil Armstrong Making His Way to the Lunar Surface
Buzz Aldrin Following Neil Armstrong Down the Lunar Module Ladder
Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong Unveil the Commemorative Plaque
Neil Armstrong's Television Panorama
Neil Armstrong Photographs Buzz Aldrin Setting Up a Solar Wind Collector
Raising the American Flag
Buzz Aldrin Walking and Running
Astronauts Talking with President Nixon
Buzz Aldrin Kicking Moon Dust
Buzz Aldrin Carrying Experiment Packages
Buzz Aldrin Hammering a Core Sample Tube into the Moon's Surface
Buzz Aldrin Entering the LM after an EVA
Astronauts Storing Rock Samples into the LM
Neil Armstrong Climbing the Ladder After the Three Hour EVA
Astronauts Jettisoning Backpacks

Never before seen video of astronauts jettisoning backpacks. The broadcasting companies of the day stopped recording, due to the fact that the astronauts were inside the LM getting ready for take off. A NASA employee filmed this by aiming his 8mm camera at a monitor.

This version is framed to be compared with the footage previously in the NASA archive, however there was no footage in the archive for this segment. For the full frame version, see below.

Full frame version of never before seen video of astronauts jettisoning backpacks. The broadcasting companies of the day stopped recording, due to the fact that the astronauts were inside the LM getting ready for take off. A NASA employee filmed this by aiming his 8mm camera at a monitor.

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This page was originally published on Thursday, July 23, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.

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  • Fortieth Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission (ID: 2009063)
    Friday, July 17, 2009 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - Werner Benger (NASA)