For All Mankind - Specific Views

Specific Views

Several unusual or memorable views are included:-

• The fires of the Bedouin tribes in the Sahara desert, seen as dots of light in the extreme darkness.
• Sunrise over the edge of the earth.
• A space-walk floating in silence over the earth, despite travelling at 25,000 miles per hour.
• A floating tape recorder providing music to the astronauts during periods of weightlessness... in particular when playing the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• The first picture of the earth seen as a whole circle from space...as a live television transmission... a blue planet "floating in a blackness beyond perception".
• Trying to prevent food from floating off during meals.
• The first close-up pictures of the moon.
• Travelling around the dark side of the moon, including the "earth-rise" as our planet came back into view.
• The lunar module calmly drifting down at a low angle to the surface of the moon, then burning its engines for a more vertical landing.
• Touchdown in the Sea of Tranquility: "The Eagle has landed."
• The first footstep onto the moon by Neil Armstrong.
• Dropping a feather and a hammer together to prove Galileo correct, that both hit the ground together if there is no atmosphere.
• Erecting the Stars and Stripes on the surface of the moon.
• Gathering rocks and soil samples from the surface of the moon.
• An astronaut tripping and speculating on his vulnerability should the suit be ruptured.