NASA's New Moon Footage released for the 40th Anniversary Of Apollo Mission
NASA has been released the enhanced footage of the 1969 moonwalk. NASA has just released these brand new restored videos of “Neil Armstrong” and “Buzz Aldrin's” historic footage on the moon, to honor the 40th anniversary celebration of the Apollo 11 space shuttle moon landing.
From their Moon Journey, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will be shown setting down on the moon, along with '15 key moments'. These videos show the never-seen-before newly restored footage and side-by-side comparisons of the footage stored in the NASA archives.
As a part of a comprehensive Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project expected to be completed by the fall, the footage was aired on yesterday, July 16th, 2009. You can read the full press release below:
Restored Apollo footage NASA briefing
To release greatly enhanced video imagery from the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk, NASA had been held a media conference at 11.am EDT on Thursday, July 16 at the Newseum in Washington.
The clips will mark ‘15 key moments’ from Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's significant moonwalk using what is believed to be the greatest obtainable broadcast-format copies of the planetary journey, some of which had been locked away for nearly 40 years.
At 555 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., the Newseum is placed. On NASA Television, the news briefing will be televised live and streamed on the agency's Internet homepage.
Participants in the conference is:
- Richard Nafzger, team lead and Goddard engineer
- Stan Lebar, former Westinghouse Electric program manager
- Mike Inchalik, president of Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif.
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