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Apollo Missions and Saturn V Documentaries

Firewalkwithme · 2015-12-14 00:51:11

Hi, I recently visited Kennedy Space Center with my son and he is just fascinated by what he saw. What really caught his attention was the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo missions as a whole, not just the successful ones but everything to do with it including the tragedies and the politics. I'd like to find something for…

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14-12-2015 1:51am

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Hi, I recently visited Kennedy Space Center with my son and he is just fascinated by what he saw. What really caught his attention was the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo missions as a whole, not just the successful ones but everything to do with it including the tragedies and the politics.

I'd like to find something for him for Christmas, be it audio, visual or literary to expand his knowledge of the subject so who better to ask than you folks?

In case you missed it first time round, these were the photos we took at KSC:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057513963

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#2 14-12-2015 2:01am
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There might even be too much info here, but you can't do better than this :

Apollo Lunar Journal - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

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#3 14-12-2015 2:13am
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mickmackey1 wrote: »

There might even be too much info here, but you can't do better than this :

Apollo Lunar Journal - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

Great stuff there but I'll be honest, he's having a little difficulty reading so that might be more useful a few years down the road. Documentaries and the like could be of more benefit. I'm sure I could easily search and find many but specific recommendations would be much appreciated.

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#4 14-12-2015 3:12pm
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"For all mankind" is a great film and could be of interest. You can buy in through the UK Amazon site, but if you search for it on the US one you can see short previews from it.
http://www.amazon.com/For-All-Mankind-Criterion-Collection/dp/0780022319
There's also suggestions for other, similar themed movies, which might be of interest. I saw 'For all Mankind' a few years ago in the NCH (actually won tickets to it through Boards). It's an amazing film.

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#5 16-12-2015 1:20pm
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Great to hear your Son is interested in Apollo. It has always been a great passion of mine.
I highly recommend the following.

"From the Earth to the Moon". A TV mini series telling the story of each flight
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earth-Moon-Tom-Hanks-Signature/dp/B000CQ97OC/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450267539&sr=1-1&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon

For All Mankind
DVD and Book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Mankind-Masters-Cinema-DVD/dp/B002HGZU1E/ref=sr_1_4_twi_dvd_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450267539&sr=1-4&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon

In the Shadow of the Moon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Moon-DVD-David-Sington/dp/B000X9VU5W/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450267539&sr=1-2&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon

Apollo 13
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apollo-13-DVD-Tom-Hanks/dp/B00008VDAD/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450268100&sr=1-2&keywords=apollo+13

The Right Stuff
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Stuff-DVD-Sam-Shepard/dp/B00004CX8M/ref=sr_1_2_twi_dvd_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450268138&sr=1-2&keywords=the+right+stuff

A list of great books would go on for ever but just a few are.
A Man on the Moon - Andrew Chaikin
Carrying the Fire - Michael Collins
Moondust - Andrew Smith
Moonshot - Dan Parry

Hope some of this is helpful.

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The movie of 'The Right Stuff' and Chuck Yeager's autobiography (first man to break the sound barrier) are what got me into a life-long love of all things related to space exploration when I was a kid. It's never too young!!

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#7 18-12-2015 5:06pm
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Beeker wrote: »

Great to hear your Son is interested in Apollo. It has always been a great passion of mine.
I highly recommend the following.

"From the Earth to the Moon". A TV mini-series telling the story of each flight
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earth-Moon-Tom-Hanks-Signature/dp/B000CQ97OC/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450267539&sr=1-1&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon

For All Mankind
DVD and Book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Mankind-Masters-Cinema-DVD/dp/B002HGZU1E/ref=sr_1_4_twi_dvd_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450267539&sr=1-4&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon

In the Shadow of the Moon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Moon-DVD-David-Sington/dp/B000X9VU5W/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450267539&sr=1-2&keywords=from+the+earth+to+the+moon

Apollo 13
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apollo-13-DVD-Tom-Hanks/dp/B00008VDAD/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450268100&sr=1-2&keywords=apollo+13

The Right Stuff
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Stuff-DVD-Sam-Shepard/dp/B00004CX8M/ref=sr_1_2_twi_dvd_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1450268138&sr=1-2&keywords=the+right+stuff

A list of great books would go on for ever but just a few are.
A Man on the Moon - Andrew Chaikin
Carrying the Fire - Michael Collins
Moondust - Andrew Smith
Moonshot - Dan Parry

Hope some of this is helpful.

I'd second all that and add

DVD set: Nasa's greatest missions (Discovery)

Music album: Public service broadcasting: "The race for space"

The PSB album came out this year and is easily my album of the year. The band compose music and weave archival dialogue from the missions, news and propaganda reports and it really is an excellent album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAXcAV1bcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqIFGUonaN8

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