Are there any Lost Tapes of Apollo 11?

Not-Unsolved Mysteries: The “Lost” Apollo 11 Tapes With the 50 th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaching, reports have resurfaced that NASA lost some precious video footage of that first moonwalk. Before diving into the details of two distinct events that seem to have become conflated, it’s worth emphasizing three key points:

Is there any footage of Apollo 11 on the Moon?

With the 50 th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaching, reports have resurfaced that NASA lost some precious video footage of that first moonwalk. Before diving into the details of two distinct events that seem to have become conflated, it’s worth emphasizing three key points:

Where did the Apollo 11 data come from?

Each box can contain up to five data tapes. Credit: NASA. (Click on image to enlarge.) The signal originated on the Moon, traveled through the emptiness of space back to Earth, and was received by tracking stations on the ground in Goldstone, California; Parkes, Australia; and Honeysuckle Creek, Australia.

What did Gary George buy Apollo 11 tapes for?

When Gary George bought a truckload of videotapes for $218 from a US government surplus auction more than 40 years ago, he planned to sell them to television stations – to record over.

What was the name of the NASA document?

Please try again later. Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare 2025 aka The NASA War Document is the third and final entry in a trilogy of documents that I am covering and analyzing. The first two were: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (1979, 1986) and The Report from Iron Mountain (1967).

Are there any recordings of the Moon landing?

Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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.

Where did Apollo 11 send data back to Earth?

Further explanation means diving into the details of how Apollo sent data back to Earth and how NASA collected it. Data from the Apollo 11 mission were sent from the spacecraft to three ground stations, one in California and two in Australia, which retransmitted it to the Manned Space Flight Center in Houston.