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Moon Landing Tapes Got Erased, NASA Admits

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 19 2015, @01:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the DOH!!! dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.

NASA released the first glimpses of a complete digital make-over of the original landing footage that clarifies the blurry and grainy images of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon.

The full set of recordings, being cleaned up by Burbank, California-based Lowry Digital, will be released in September. The preview is available at www.nasa.gov.

NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the July 20, 1969, landing.

[Editors Note: The link provided in the article takes you to the NASA homepage. This link will take you direct to the HD previews of the Apollo 11 moonwalks.]

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Thursday November 19 2015, @02:57AM

    by frojack (1554) on Thursday November 19 2015, @02:57AM (#265220) Journal

    And the released videos are about the quality I saw on my black and white TV back in the day.

    At that time, My jaw dropped at the quality. All the way from the Moon!!!
    I stood there lunch pail in hand risking being late for work because was I bound and determined to see the first step on the moon.

    I was a few minutes late for work, but got there 5 minutes ahead of my foreman. Wasted 30 minutes telling the prior shift all about it.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:27AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:27AM (#265235) Journal

    July 1969 was the summer between 7th and 8th grades in junior high. I didn't watch the landing live, I had more pressing problems in my life at the time. Note my screen name . . .

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @04:11AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @04:11AM (#265248)

      Note my screen name . . .

      Runaway1956

      Wait a second...

      frojack (1554)

      :)