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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: 5, Funny) by davester666 on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:08AM

    by davester666 (155) on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:08AM (#265226)

    They just went back to the original soundstage and made new master tapes...

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  • (Score: 2) by ticho on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:34PM

    by ticho (89) on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:34PM (#265367) Homepage Journal

    They merely needed to remaster it so that Han did not shoot first anymore. Oh wait, wrong footage...

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 19 2015, @05:46PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday November 19 2015, @05:46PM (#265420) Journal

    They just went back to the original soundstage and made new master tapes...
     
    Yah! I can't wait for all the new lens flare!!