Lovely! 😊🙏 Have a great Christmas. When I was a kid I had a plastic toy rocket which if you whacked the compressable bottom end, the top capsule would pop off 😂
Thank you! I am an old guy and remember this. It was the most amazing thing anyone had ever seen. Everyone remembers 11 and the landing, but that first look back at the earth was a moment when the entire world stopped and we were all one. Everyone thought Apollo was the most significant thing to happen since life crawled out of the water to live on the land.
I've heard that photo as demonstrating that we went to the moon to study the moon, and the first and most important lesson we could have learned was about earth.
Byl to největší podvod milénia. Elon Musk to odhalí. Už nebude potřebovat peníze od NASA. Dostane je přímo . NASA bude zrušena. NASA je jenom tunel na dolary.
Just a note here, this was more enjoyable to watch than most “professionally produced” shows I’ve seen over the years on tv. Really nice personable and informative work.
Amy, You say twice... "This is an unusual video for me..." I, for one, am glad to note that this is NOT UNUSUAL... it is a RETURN TO *VINTAGE... VINTAGE SPACE !! Your ALWAYS fans know this is your passion. I am SO HAPPY to see you jump back into your Space Geek Happy Place with a Deep Dive. YOU'RE BACK!! and everyone should applaud your long-form work. KUDOS, and Merry Christmas!
They have never been to moon its impossible, stop the lies ,USA have never had ever had men on or around the moon, sadly your channel are deluded, it can't be done, van Allen belt ,radiation overload men can't survive this, stop believing in fairytales
Once again a truly wonderful Video, I started it last night and finished it today Christmas Morning I love all of your videos and have missed them You have so incredible information and I really like the detailed videos because I was in grade school when the program happened and I was glued to the TV for every little detail even when Walter Cronkite was doing talking points about all the different contractors and everything else. I did pick up on the bacon squares thing. Have you ever done a video on the space food? I can’t remember I’ve seen like 90% of your videos, but I don’t remember one on space food?
Some years back, my father worked at Bellingham International Airport in Bellingham, WA, where Bill Anders had his Heritage Flight Museum for a time. He got to know Bill and one of his fondest memories is when Bill took him for a ride in his P-51 Mustang. Unfortunately, we lost Bill Anders earlier this year when, at 90 years of age, he perished in a crash while flying his T-34 Mentor over Puget Sound. Frank Borman passed away in November, 2023. Of the crew of Apollo 8, only Jim Lovell is still with us. At 96 years of age, he is the oldest living former astronaut.
Huh! I was aware of the museum (it's almost in my area, close enough to be on my 'sometime I should' list but not close enough to be an easy trip) and I was vaguely aware that it was (or started as) kind of a one-man show... And I've certainly read enough Apollo stuff to have seen the name Bill Anders there... But I'd never realized it was the same person! Thanks for that!
Being almost eight years old at the time, my dad and I followed this mission and watched the live broadcast of the Christmas Eve from Apollo Eight. I have a love affair with the entire Apollo program and cried when Apollo One was lost to the pad fire. My imagination was lit with those images of the moon, and "Earth Rise" is one of my favorite pictures. Thank you for bringing back cherished memories.
Yes, I too closely followed the Apollo program. When a close family friend saw how sad I was about the Apollo 1 fire, he said "Don't worry, next time they will have a much better hatch". He made it sound that this was something he could personally make happen even though his job had nothing to do with the space program. My six year old self never questioned this because I thought at the time that adults never lie.
The best and most memorable Christmas for me as a 17 year old junior in high school. I would watch every Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launch I could. This mission was incredible and surreal.
The closest since--a minor 'closest'--was STS-31, the Hubble deployment mission. The veteran crew said it was one of the least talkative missions because of the altitude and the view of a sharply-curved Earth. Oh, and once they'd reached orbit, the retrofire gauge showing 49 percent fuel remaining ...
Of others can leave offhanded rude comments, I can say how much I love the dress and the new filming location. Please never stop making Vintage content.
@@FluffyFluffles I had to read quite a few of the very bottom posts but I did eventually find some of the ones I think sean was referring to. Although, I don't think they were intended to be rude, more a matter of being uncultured.
"…saving 1968!" My very favorite part of the story! I grew up with the American space program and we followed the Apollo 8 mission very closely. Nobody had ever travelled so far from the Earth before! And, yes we heard about the telegram they received afterward thinking them for saving 1968. What a year that was!
I have to say I am absolutely LOVING the reboot of your channel!!! I love your unique view and presentation but more so you seem fresh and new. I am excited and click as fast as I can to watch the newest videos and have even rediscovered some of the older videos. Rewatching them and just having fun. Thank you I LOVED THIS ONE!!!
I was 13-a real space nerd, too-so this was the best. Given the events of 1968, it had been a pretty bleak and anxiety-ridden year, but this saved the year for me and many others.
Amy, I'm 64 now and remember following the Apollo program fervently as a kid growing up in Calgary. It's hard for me to convey to you how exciting those first color photographs of the whole earth were (the TV broadcasts were in B&W). Same for the Earthrise photos from the moon. Nobody had ever seen the earth like that before in all of human history. It really made everyone gasp and marvel in wonder. Talk to anyone alive then. Those photos touched everyone deeply on a mass scale, at least for a little while. I think it may have even affected the attitudes toward the Vietnam War, especially around Christmas time. Apollo 8 really set the bar for later missions. Enthusiasm for the space program was peaking.
Thank you! You are an outstanding storyteller. You bring these bygone adventures back to life with color and sound, painting a vivid picture! Have always liked your videos and have followed for years. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
You took me back to being 6 years old, sitting with parents, all of simply awestruck. The Christmas Message from Apollo 8 is as much a part of me as the color of my eyes or the size of my ears. Thank you for your thorough trip down my personal memory lane
Apollo 8 was the first space mission I got exposed to as an 8 year old watching the coverage on TV and I was captivated by the space program ever since. The Apollo 8 crew was the only one who had marriages that stood the test of time and stress of what their lives turned into. Much respect for those men and their wives.
Apollo 8 had to be the most successful feat of all time until the moon landing. They were the bravest souls with so much pressure on them and their story is amazing. I love these vintage space videos and I’m so happy so made another one. I we want to see more vintage space videos!
Seeing this video today reminded me of how long ago that I started following your amazing journey as a Space Historian and UA-camr. I've missed the exceptional quality of your work, both in writing and production. While many UA-cam channels cover Space News and History, none do it as well as you. Thank you for using your talents to educate and entertain us about a topic for which we share a common fascination.
You did a fantastic job on this video. It brought back a lot of memories of when it happened the first time. Of course I was only 7 years old. Please keep up the Apollo missions
Dec. 24, 1968 was one of the most wonderful nights of my life. I was 10 and was spellbound by the drama. And indeed, it "saved" the year, during which there were assassinations, the war, a rugged election, riots. Thanks, Jim, Frank and Bill!
Amy you are Beautiful! Apollos 8 & 11 are my favorite missions. I was a month away from turning 8 years old and I still remember this really well. The Astronauts reading from the book of Genesis was really powerful. Thank You and Merry Christmas.❤
You're not the only one who does. Every Christmas, well almost every Christmas, I watch my Apollo 8 "Leaving the Cradle" dvd set. Thanks for the awesome upload! ❤
About the Stock Market joke. Before the mission, Armstrong, known for his calm and practical demeanor, was jokingly teased by his fellow astronauts about being too grounded in "Earthly matters." At a casual gathering in the astronaut lounge, Armstrong had mentioned reading an article about market trends, prompting Anders to quip, "Neil, you're the kind of guy who'd check the Dow Jones from the Moon!" Armstrong, with his signature dry humor, had replied, "Well, someone has to keep an eye on things while you all are gallivanting in space."
@@AmyShiraTeitel One of my brothers was at Houston as an LM sim. He was the first person to land a lunar module in simulation. He will be 89 on December 30, 2024. Love your presentations!
Love your long form videos! Keep doing what you do! this ones very interesting and stuff that I don’t remember or I’ve never heard of. I didn’t realize that there was inter service banter on these missions😂. A lot of the clips are ones that I’ve only heard once in passing.
Wonderful video and fond reminder of the space mission that lifted American spirits after such a tragically dark year of 1968 including - but in no way limited to - the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy. I'll never forget the hopeful mood my dad conveyed emotionally (a technician who worked for Control Data Corporation and assisted with every hand-built CDC Go-NoGo staging & telemetry Decoupler Computer for every manned Gemini and Apollo mission), as I sat in front of the TV with family and relatives during the Christmas Eve Moon transmission. The mood of joy and hope for the future permeated our home that night! It's impossible to convey the existential experience of that time in history. Well done!
Watched every second of this video with interest and enjoyment, please do more! You don’t need fancy production: your writing, research and voice propagate your passion by themselves. Cheers from Italy!
I LOVED your "odd" video. It was nice to hear the human side of Apollo 8. I was 9-years old at the time and remember watching all the live broadcasts... holding my breath that each phase would be successful. Merry Christmas!
In 1968 I was 16 years old. We were all watching every aspect of this mission back then. I remember being glued to a black and white TV and watching them come out of that orbit and hearing the words from Genesis 1 being read for the world to hear. I remember having tears in my eyes as I do now. Thank you for this video.
I was quite the geeky teenager back in 1968, and I watched this mission closely. I remember being awestruck when they announced that Apollo 8 would be an actual mission to the MOON! This flight certified to me that we would be landing on the moon within months, and I could not have been more excited. I also remember being a bit disappointed that Apollo 9 would "only" be back in Earth orbit. What a letdown! Thank you so much for the animated mission transcripts. They filled in a lot of details I missed.
What a fantastic video! I was 11 when this ignition happened and I remember how exciting it was! Just a note at 37:05 an aperture of f2.8 is a very wide aperture not a small one as you described. It lets a lot of light in. So the bright light of the closer lunar surface effectively overpowered the dimmer light of distant stars.
Just watched the apollo 8 homemade documentary content last night. I’m not religious but the reading of genesis while orbiting the moon on Xmas was one of the finest moments of mankind.
"...all of you on the *good* Earth." Borman, Lovell and Anders were just humble spacemen and they absolutely understood the seriousness of their mission, but they also knew how everyone on Earth was worried sick about them. After such a chaotic year in the States (MLK/RFK assassinations, Vietnam, riots, horrible things happening on TV every day when TV was still a new concept), these three astronauts delivered a Christmas that EVERYONE remembered. One woman even wrote a letter to the astronauts that said "you saved 1968."
Love all the detail . Born in 1963 I missed these early missions . By 1970 I was fascinated with space flight . I would cut out all the Apollo news from my fathers news papers and Time magazines ( still have them ) . I think I remember astronauts visiting Sudbury Ont. ( were I was born ) for the geology . I've been watching your channel for many moons ( pun intended ) and like others so happy you came back !! . Cheers from Toronto and keep up the excellent work .
I saw the launch and all these TV transmissions live, and I was hooked! I still remember my disappointment whenever they signed off. I love The Vintage Space because since the moon landings, everything else doesn't even approach the excitement I felt in those days. This brings back all of those memories. Thanks! I can't wait for the next Moon landing!
Amy, thank you for an in-depth retrospective of the Apollo 8 mission. As a 12-year-old in 1968, I followed every step of this mission as closely as I could. I remember being thrilled with each of the TV transmissions and marveled at being able to see the inside of the spacecraft. In addition, I recall crying at the Christmas broadcast, with the crew's reading from the Bible. Thanks for sharing this with us, Amy! You and your boy, Pete, are marvelous!
You hit this episode to the moon! Good job! I was a fanatic follower of the space program as a kid in the 60s, you brought back many good memories. Well done on all of your work.
I remember Christmas Eve 1968 very well - I think of that Apollo mission every year. My father was involved in the space program - it was an awesome time being a kid and growing up through it all. Thank you for this video.
After Christmas Eve Service at my Father’s church in NYC the family packed up the car to drive to Toronto to spend Christmas Day with Dad’s family. The sky was clear and the moon bright. We listened to the broadcast from Apollo 8 looking at that bright moon. I was 10 at the time and remember looking at the moon knowing three astronauts were up there somewhere.
I watch the broadcast ever year and have shared it for over a decade. This moment is, to me, one of the most amazing and beautiful ever captured. It is a moment of humanity that is meant for all people. Thank you for sharing the story.
I consider myself decades long reader and watcher of all things Apollo and I learned a bunch of stuff I never even considered in this video. Great work.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Amy. I didn't find it odd at all, more like what I would normally expect from you except for the duration. I was a young child watching the early missions including pre Apollo on a tiny black and white TV listening to Walter Cronkite. We did get a color console TV with I think a 19" display with an actual turn table with an AM/FM stereo tuner built in. Most of what I saw was black and white until sometime after 8 IIRC, the rest were in amazing color. I was glued to the TV whenever they had anything regarding the launches until networks stopped airing all the good in between mission stuff. I guess the audience was getting bored or it was too common place to spend so much air time on it. Great stuff :)
Thank you for the beautiful remembrance! I still remember the adrenaline rush as an 11 year old boy, the whole mission was amazing. The reading from Genesis was beyond words!
In December 1968, I was 19 years old and remember exactly where I was when Apollo 8 launched and when it dropped into lunar orbit on Christmas Eve. Amy Shira Teitel did an amazing job deconstructing the steps leading to the mission and the events that unfolded on America's first manned mission to the moon. Excellent video!!
Thank you for this! Wonderful great job! Nice to have this re-lived and for our younger generation to learn this history! And you Amy are a beautiful, wonderful, and intelligent host to really pull all this together! God Bless All of Us here on the Good Earth!
Thank you, great presentation as always. Your depth of research and inclusion of actual videos and photos makes the content come alive. The more I understand about the behind-the-scenes details, the more appreciation I have for the accomplishments. Please keep making these Vintage Space postings Amy! "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas - and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth." Still makes me tear up.
Thank you for this excellent account. I was 15 years old and heard the astronauts’ Bible reading as it happened. Your presentation shows how much planning the mission took (which wasn’t visible to the public back then.)
I remember Apollo 8. I was 8 years old. I think it was my favorite mission. First one to the moon and with the race to landing first on the moon still to come. What an exciting time that was, even with so much political violence in 1968 and Vietnam raging. This video brings back the good times. Nothing interested me more than these missions at that time. Your passion and enthusiasm and youthful valuation of the Space Race era is exciting and is infectious. Great work.
Great video. Thanks. I too remember this event as a boy. I remember the UK TV news covering this extensively during their Christmas news broadcasts. I was hooked!!
Great and long video, enjoyed every second. Love your narration style, the well done research and the kind of presenting the conversation between spacecraft and base 😅 And not to forget your cute plane pendant!
Dear Amy, as a German space enthusiast and relative of Frank Borman I enjoy your cannel and this episode especially. I wish you an the whole community a peaceful Chrismas time. Max Richter
Amy, your genuine enthusiasm radiates through the screen in every video you create. You make the world a better place by simply being you. Whatever it is that you are doing, please keep doing it.
Your deep dive into Apollo 8 is such a special gift...I've loved your show for eons and this is a great video almost a "you are there with them" experience....thank you...your knowledge is amazing...R
Wonderful video Amy! Thank you for keeping one the traditions of telling the story of Apollo 8 alive! Love all the stuff you do around here on the internet, both the vintage and the space! All the best to you and the ones you love on this holiday season! All the best from a long-time fan that now works at the German Space Agency in part thanks to you :)
Great to have you back making videos again Amy. Loved this different style of video so would love to see more like it. Thanks for another great video and have a great Holiday Season. Best wishes from Australia!
Yay, I was just wondering the other day whether you still uploaded and checked your channel and was sad to see nothing recent. Really happy to see you return!! :)
1:23 I am literally playing Kerbal Space Program right now and in the VAB, I thought for a second that the game's music volume got cranked up out of nowhere
I remember this vividly. I was a 13 year old space geek that consumed everything Apollo. We were at Christmas eve dinner at my grandmother's and I broke away to watch the iconic Christmas message from the moon. It was life changing. Merry Christmas to all of you on the good earth.
Thank you Amy for the Christmas present.....a new vintage space video!!!!! You really bring these to life. My wish is for more please. Happy Holidays to you!
Oooh! A Vintage Space video. A _long_ Vintage Space video. A long Vintage Space video about Apollo. What a Christmas treat! Thank you!
I second this comment
lol same
Lovely! 😊🙏 Have a great Christmas. When I was a kid I had a plastic toy rocket which if you whacked the compressable bottom end, the top capsule would pop off 😂
Here to echo this comment
@@stevenverhaegen8729me too!!!!
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what true passionate love of a subject matter looks like, and the world needs more of it :)
Amen, sir or madam Amen!
She has great annunciation, diction, articulation _and_ is easy on the eyes.
Passion of spouting lies... lol
no one can leave Earth.
@@traveler142leave the ground, leave earth orbit or nobody but machine can? Trully curious about level of disbelief.
@@malarconxx7341 don't you mean, level of Science... use a bit of common sense.
Earth to Earth
Seeing you excitedly talk about your favorite things makes me so happy. This is jam packed with so many little tidbits A+. Vomit wrangling!
Thank you! I am an old guy and remember this. It was the most amazing thing anyone had ever seen. Everyone remembers 11 and the landing, but that first look back at the earth was a moment when the entire world stopped and we were all one. Everyone thought Apollo was the most significant thing to happen since life crawled out of the water to live on the land.
It was so cool!!!
I've heard that photo as demonstrating that we went to the moon to study the moon, and the first and most important lesson we could have learned was about earth.
Byl to největší podvod milénia. Elon Musk to odhalí. Už nebude potřebovat peníze od NASA. Dostane je přímo . NASA bude zrušena. NASA je jenom tunel na dolary.
Brilliant👍
Just a note here, this was more enjoyable to watch than most “professionally produced” shows I’ve seen over the years on tv. Really nice personable and informative work.
Amy,
You say twice... "This is an unusual video for me..."
I, for one, am glad to note that this is NOT UNUSUAL... it is a RETURN TO *VINTAGE...
VINTAGE SPACE !!
Your ALWAYS fans know this is your passion. I am SO HAPPY to see you jump back into your Space Geek Happy Place with a Deep Dive.
YOU'RE BACK!! and everyone should applaud your long-form work. KUDOS, and Merry Christmas!
I don't know why more young people don't have this passion.
They have never been to moon its impossible, stop the lies ,USA have never had ever had men on or around the moon, sadly your channel are deluded, it can't be done, van Allen belt ,radiation overload men can't survive this, stop believing in fairytales
@@Magnusscipioiterum they do!
This young lady has her act together! Great presentation skills, great scripts, and well edited videos! Bravo!
This was a wonderful Christmas gift. Thanks so much!
Once again a truly wonderful Video, I started it last night and finished it today Christmas Morning
I love all of your videos and have missed them
You have so incredible information and I really like the detailed videos because I was in grade school when the program happened and I was glued to the TV for every little detail even when Walter Cronkite was doing talking points about all the different contractors and everything else.
I did pick up on the bacon squares thing. Have you ever done a video on the space food? I can’t remember I’ve seen like 90% of your videos, but I don’t remember one on space food?
Some years back, my father worked at Bellingham International Airport in Bellingham, WA, where Bill Anders had his Heritage Flight Museum for a time. He got to know Bill and one of his fondest memories is when Bill took him for a ride in his P-51 Mustang.
Unfortunately, we lost Bill Anders earlier this year when, at 90 years of age, he perished in a crash while flying his T-34 Mentor over Puget Sound. Frank Borman passed away in November, 2023. Of the crew of Apollo 8, only Jim Lovell is still with us. At 96 years of age, he is the oldest living former astronaut.
Huh! I was aware of the museum (it's almost in my area, close enough to be on my 'sometime I should' list but not close enough to be an easy trip) and I was vaguely aware that it was (or started as) kind of a one-man show... And I've certainly read enough Apollo stuff to have seen the name Bill Anders there... But I'd never realized it was the same person! Thanks for that!
Being almost eight years old at the time, my dad and I followed this mission and watched the live broadcast of the Christmas Eve from Apollo Eight. I have a love affair with the entire Apollo program and cried when Apollo One was lost to the pad fire. My imagination was lit with those images of the moon, and "Earth Rise" is one of my favorite pictures. Thank you for bringing back cherished memories.
Yes, I too closely followed the Apollo program. When a close family friend saw how sad I was about the Apollo 1 fire, he said "Don't worry, next time they will have a much better hatch". He made it sound that this was something he could personally make happen even though his job had nothing to do with the space program. My six year old self never questioned this because I thought at the time that adults never lie.
I get it...I was nine.
The best and most memorable Christmas for me as a 17 year old junior in high school. I would watch every Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launch I could. This mission was incredible and surreal.
The closest since--a minor 'closest'--was STS-31, the Hubble deployment mission. The veteran crew said it was one of the least talkative missions because of the altitude and the view of a sharply-curved Earth. Oh, and once they'd reached orbit, the retrofire gauge showing 49 percent fuel remaining ...
Of others can leave offhanded rude comments, I can say how much I love the dress and the new filming location. Please never stop making Vintage content.
My bad,... Blouse and pants. On my phone in the sunlight I couldn't tell.
Ironically, this is the rudest comment on this video. This section, even all the way at the bottom, is overwhelmingly positive.
@@FluffyFluffles I had to read quite a few of the very bottom posts but I did eventually find some of the ones I think sean was referring to. Although, I don't think they were intended to be rude, more a matter of being uncultured.
@@FluffyFluffles you haven't seen her recent short.
And how is complementing Amy being rude?
I didn't see any rude comments other than yours. Try being positive.
"…saving 1968!" My very favorite part of the story!
I grew up with the American space program and we followed the Apollo 8 mission very closely. Nobody had ever travelled so far from the Earth before!
And, yes we heard about the telegram they received afterward thinking them for saving 1968. What a year that was!
I have to say I am absolutely LOVING the reboot of your channel!!! I love your unique view and presentation but more so you seem fresh and new. I am excited and click as fast as I can to watch the newest videos and have even rediscovered some of the older videos. Rewatching them and just having fun. Thank you I LOVED THIS ONE!!!
I'm one of the 5 that were pleased to hear about the radio techniques used for this mission!
Thank you, Amy! This transformed me back into the 10 year old kid watching all this on the TV. They truly did save Christmas.
Wasn’t it the best times of our lives??….
I was 5 at the time….6 years old in July of ‘69 for the first foot on the moon.
It was certainly was the best time for me.
I was 13-a real space nerd, too-so this was the best. Given the events of 1968, it had been a pretty bleak and anxiety-ridden year, but this saved the year for me and many others.
It must've been awe-inspiring seeing it live on television in the 1960s. :-) Merry Christmas, happy holidays.
@@petematthews9346 Likewise I was 13 and watched this as it happened on Christmas Eve 1968. An event and memory for a lifetime!
Amy, I'm 64 now and remember following the Apollo program fervently as a kid growing up in Calgary. It's hard for me to convey to you how exciting those first color photographs of the whole earth were (the TV broadcasts were in B&W). Same for the Earthrise photos from the moon. Nobody had ever seen the earth like that before in all of human history. It really made everyone gasp and marvel in wonder. Talk to anyone alive then. Those photos touched everyone deeply on a mass scale, at least for a little while. I think it may have even affected the attitudes toward the Vietnam War, especially around Christmas time. Apollo 8 really set the bar for later missions. Enthusiasm for the space program was peaking.
Thank you! You are an outstanding storyteller. You bring these bygone adventures back to life with color and sound, painting a vivid picture! Have always liked your videos and have followed for years. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Oh my, a full-length Vintage Space video! It sure feels like Christmas now!
Yay!! I have missed these videos for so long!
You took me back to being 6 years old, sitting with parents, all of simply awestruck. The Christmas Message from Apollo 8 is as much a part of me as the color of my eyes or the size of my ears. Thank you for your thorough trip down my personal memory lane
Amy with her top-level research, yet again. Awesome information about the Apollo program. Thanks Amy! Ho-ho-ho.
Apollo 8 was the first space mission I got exposed to as an 8 year old watching the coverage on TV and I was captivated by the space program ever since. The Apollo 8 crew was the only one who had marriages that stood the test of time and stress of what their lives turned into. Much respect for those men and their wives.
Apollo 8 had to be the most successful feat of all time until the moon landing. They were the bravest souls with so much pressure on them and their story is amazing. I love these vintage space videos and I’m so happy so made another one. I we want to see more vintage space videos!
I watched this live on TV as I was 11 - almost 12 (in 2 months) years old. Glad to see your original format back with Apollo8!
How did the public see Apollo astronauts as 'bland'? "Only a bachelor would be on duty Christmas night" "LOVELL GO TO BED"
Seeing this video today reminded me of how long ago that I started following your amazing journey as a Space Historian and UA-camr. I've missed the exceptional quality of your work, both in writing and production. While many UA-cam channels cover Space News and History, none do it as well as you. Thank you for using your talents to educate and entertain us about a topic for which we share a common fascination.
I’ve missed the long form content. Thank you for this. Excellent as you always do. Merry Christmas!
You did a fantastic job on this video. It brought back a lot of memories of when it happened the first time. Of course I was only 7 years old. Please keep up the Apollo missions
Dec. 24, 1968 was one of the most wonderful nights of my life. I was 10 and was spellbound by the drama. And indeed, it "saved" the year, during which there were assassinations, the war, a rugged election, riots. Thanks, Jim, Frank and Bill!
Amy you are Beautiful! Apollos 8 & 11 are my favorite missions. I was a month away from turning 8 years old and I still remember this really well. The Astronauts reading from the book of Genesis was really powerful. Thank You and Merry Christmas.❤
I was a solid seven years old too, very exciting times.
You're not the only one who does. Every Christmas, well almost every Christmas, I watch my Apollo 8 "Leaving the Cradle" dvd set. Thanks for the awesome upload! ❤
Finally a long video where we don't just brush over the details. Thank you.
About the Stock Market joke. Before the mission, Armstrong, known for his calm and practical demeanor, was jokingly teased by his fellow astronauts about being too grounded in "Earthly matters." At a casual gathering in the astronaut lounge, Armstrong had mentioned reading an article about market trends, prompting Anders to quip, "Neil, you're the kind of guy who'd check the Dow Jones from the Moon!" Armstrong, with his signature dry humor, had replied, "Well, someone has to keep an eye on things while you all are gallivanting in space."
I have a note to look it up, I knew it had to be some teasing but didn't have time to dig into the context!
@@AmyShiraTeitel One of my brothers was at Houston as an LM sim. He was the first person to land a lunar module in simulation. He will be 89 on December 30, 2024. Love your presentations!
Love your long form videos! Keep doing what you do! this ones very interesting and stuff that I don’t remember or I’ve never heard of. I didn’t realize that there was inter service banter on these missions😂. A lot of the clips are ones that I’ve only heard once in passing.
Wonderful video and fond reminder of the space mission that lifted American spirits after such a tragically dark year of 1968 including - but in no way limited to - the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy.
I'll never forget the hopeful mood my dad conveyed emotionally (a technician who worked for Control Data Corporation and assisted with every hand-built CDC Go-NoGo staging & telemetry Decoupler Computer for every manned Gemini and Apollo mission), as I sat in front of the TV with family and relatives during the Christmas Eve Moon transmission. The mood of joy and hope for the future permeated our home that night! It's impossible to convey the existential experience of that time in history. Well done!
This was a real treat. Your enthusiasm is contagions.
Watched every second of this video with interest and enjoyment, please do more! You don’t need fancy production: your writing, research and voice propagate your passion by themselves.
Cheers from Italy!
I LOVED your "odd" video. It was nice to hear the human side of Apollo 8. I was 9-years old at the time and remember watching all the live broadcasts... holding my breath that each phase would be successful. Merry Christmas!
In 1968 I was 16 years old. We were all watching every aspect of this mission back then. I remember being glued to a black and white TV and watching them come out of that orbit and hearing the words from Genesis 1 being read for the world to hear. I remember having tears in my eyes as I do now. Thank you for this video.
I was quite the geeky teenager back in 1968, and I watched this mission closely. I remember being awestruck when they announced that Apollo 8 would be an actual mission to the MOON! This flight certified to me that we would be landing on the moon within months, and I could not have been more excited. I also remember being a bit disappointed that Apollo 9 would "only" be back in Earth orbit. What a letdown! Thank you so much for the animated mission transcripts. They filled in a lot of details I missed.
What a fantastic video! I was 11 when this ignition happened and I remember how exciting it was!
Just a note at 37:05 an aperture of f2.8 is a very wide aperture not a small one as you described. It lets a lot of light in. So the bright light of the closer lunar surface effectively overpowered the dimmer light of distant stars.
Just watched the apollo 8 homemade documentary content last night. I’m not religious but the reading of genesis while orbiting the moon on Xmas was one of the finest moments of mankind.
"...all of you on the *good* Earth."
Borman, Lovell and Anders were just humble spacemen and they absolutely understood the seriousness of their mission, but they also knew how everyone on Earth was worried sick about them.
After such a chaotic year in the States (MLK/RFK assassinations, Vietnam, riots, horrible things happening on TV every day when TV was still a new concept), these three astronauts delivered a Christmas that EVERYONE remembered. One woman even wrote a letter to the astronauts that said "you saved 1968."
the "homemade documentary" videos are a true gem of youtube
Love all the detail . Born in 1963 I missed these early missions . By 1970 I was fascinated with space flight . I would cut out all the Apollo news from my fathers news papers and Time magazines ( still have them ) . I think I remember astronauts visiting Sudbury Ont. ( were I was born ) for the geology . I've been watching your channel for many moons ( pun intended ) and like others so happy you came back !! . Cheers from Toronto and keep up the excellent work .
Thank you, Amy.
That was a wonderful Christmas Present.
Thanks Amy. I was about 7 years old when this happened! Happy Holidays!
I saw the launch and all these TV transmissions live, and I was hooked! I still remember my disappointment whenever they signed off. I love The Vintage Space because since the moon landings, everything else doesn't even approach the excitement I felt in those days. This brings back all of those memories. Thanks!
I can't wait for the next Moon landing!
Amy, thank you for an in-depth retrospective of the Apollo 8 mission. As a 12-year-old in 1968, I followed every step of this mission as closely as I could. I remember being thrilled with each of the TV transmissions and marveled at being able to see the inside of the spacecraft. In addition, I recall crying at the Christmas broadcast, with the crew's reading from the Bible. Thanks for sharing this with us, Amy! You and your boy, Pete, are marvelous!
Glad Amy’s back with Apollo videos!
A Vintage Space Video for Christmas!!! I love hearing your telling of the early Space program history! Keep it up! You are amazing!! Merry Christmas 🎄
This is a BRILLIANT piece of work. Thank you Amy.
You hit this episode to the moon! Good job! I was a fanatic follower of the space program as a kid in the 60s, you brought back many good memories. Well done on all of your work.
I’m glad you’re back Amy. You seem so much happier. Love your content.
What is she back from?
I remember Christmas Eve 1968 very well - I think of that Apollo mission every year.
My father was involved in the space program - it was an awesome time being a kid and growing up through it all.
Thank you for this video.
After Christmas Eve Service at my Father’s church in NYC the family packed up the car to drive to Toronto to spend Christmas Day with Dad’s family. The sky was clear and the moon bright. We listened to the broadcast from Apollo 8 looking at that bright moon. I was 10 at the time and remember looking at the moon knowing three astronauts were up there somewhere.
I watch the broadcast ever year and have shared it for over a decade. This moment is, to me, one of the most amazing and beautiful ever captured. It is a moment of humanity that is meant for all people. Thank you for sharing the story.
This made my Sunday morning, thanks Amy!
I consider myself decades long reader and watcher of all things Apollo and I learned a bunch of stuff I never even considered in this video. Great work.
I like these longer videos, thanks Amy and I hope everyone has a happy, safe and warm holiday whatever you are doing🙏
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Amy. I didn't find it odd at all, more like what I would normally expect from you except for the duration. I was a young child watching the early missions including pre Apollo on a tiny black and white TV listening to Walter Cronkite. We did get a color console TV with I think a 19" display with an actual turn table with an AM/FM stereo tuner built in. Most of what I saw was black and white until sometime after 8 IIRC, the rest were in amazing color. I was glued to the TV whenever they had anything regarding the launches until networks stopped airing all the good in between mission stuff. I guess the audience was getting bored or it was too common place to spend so much air time on it. Great stuff :)
Great to have classic vintage space video after a long time. Thanks
Thank you for the beautiful remembrance! I still remember the adrenaline rush as an 11 year old boy, the whole mission was amazing. The reading from Genesis was beyond words!
Happy to see you back on space stuff Amy :)
Dear Amy, thank you for this great video. You are a true powerhouse!
I am so happy that you are coming back. All the love from Germany ❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing this Amy 🙏
In December 1968, I was 19 years old and remember exactly where I was when Apollo 8 launched and when it dropped into lunar orbit on Christmas Eve. Amy Shira Teitel did an amazing job deconstructing the steps leading to the mission and the events that unfolded on America's first manned mission to the moon. Excellent video!!
Odd video for you for your perspective, but for us this is what we like to watch from you -- talking about space history you're passionate about
I was only 18 months old when this mission was going on. Thanks for a great and Christmasy treat.
Amy just gave us an amazing Christmas present! Apollo 8 FTW!
It was good to see you again and reminisce from when I was a small kid.
Thank you for this! Wonderful great job! Nice to have this re-lived and for our younger generation to learn this history! And you Amy are a beautiful, wonderful, and intelligent host to really pull all this together! God Bless All of Us here on the Good Earth!
Love the long form, Amy! Keep them coming!
Thank you, great presentation as always. Your depth of research and inclusion of actual videos and photos makes the content come alive. The more I understand about the behind-the-scenes details, the more appreciation I have for the accomplishments. Please keep making these Vintage Space postings Amy! "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas - and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth." Still makes me tear up.
Thank you for this excellent account. I was 15 years old and heard the astronauts’ Bible reading as it happened. Your presentation shows how much planning the mission took (which wasn’t visible to the public back then.)
I remember Apollo 8. I was 8 years old. I think it was my favorite mission. First one to the moon and with the race to landing first on the moon still to come. What an exciting time that was, even with so much political violence in 1968 and Vietnam raging. This video brings back the good times. Nothing interested me more than these missions at that time. Your passion and enthusiasm and youthful valuation of the Space Race era is exciting and is infectious. Great work.
Great video. Thanks. I too remember this event as a boy. I remember the UK TV news covering this extensively during their Christmas news broadcasts. I was hooked!!
This was great Amy! You are such a good writer and storyteller. And we got to see Pete! Going to be hard for you to top this one, but I know you will.
I was 10 when all of this was happening. Thank you for a wonderful video. Loved it all!
Great and long video, enjoyed every second. Love your narration style, the well done research and the kind of presenting the conversation between spacecraft and base 😅
And not to forget your cute plane pendant!
Dear Amy,
as a German space enthusiast and relative of Frank Borman I enjoy your cannel and this episode especially. I wish you an the whole community a peaceful Chrismas time.
Max Richter
Thank you Amy for filling in some gaps of what I saw on TV in 1068.
Щасливого Різдва і Нового Року!
Wow, you had a TV long before our family did. 😉
Lovely presentation. Wonderful refresher from my fifth grade science teacher, who was very passionate like you about the Apollo missions. Thank you.
Amy, your genuine enthusiasm radiates through the screen in every video you create. You make the world a better place by simply being you. Whatever it is that you are doing, please keep doing it.
Wonderful non-fiction story telling, Amy. Captivated for all 59 minutes!!
Your deep dive into Apollo 8 is such a special gift...I've loved your show for eons and this is a great video almost a "you are there with them" experience....thank you...your knowledge is amazing...R
Wonderful video Amy! Thank you for keeping one the traditions of telling the story of Apollo 8 alive! Love all the stuff you do around here on the internet, both the vintage and the space! All the best to you and the ones you love on this holiday season!
All the best from a long-time fan that now works at the German Space Agency in part thanks to you :)
a long one!! and it's not even christmas, yet!
hope you have a cozy holiday and find the new year well.
Welcome back! You’ve been sorely missed. Please, stay a while. Please.
Sincerely,
drlawyc
I remember it at the time - it was amazing & almost unreal. Superb historical commentary. Thanks.
I love your channel and you're a fabulous presenter. Thank you!
Too bad Neal sold China some ad time right where narration talks about lunar orbit entry.
Great to have you back making videos again Amy. Loved this different style of video so would love to see more like it. Thanks for another great video and have a great Holiday Season. Best wishes from Australia!
This is the Vintage Space I missed. Great to have you back.
Just fantastic! Thank you so much for this excellent recount of Apollo 8. Give Pete a head scritch from James in Sydney Australia.
Yay, I was just wondering the other day whether you still uploaded and checked your channel and was sad to see nothing recent. Really happy to see you return!! :)
1:23 I am literally playing Kerbal Space Program right now and in the VAB, I thought for a second that the game's music volume got cranked up out of nowhere
I was 15 at the time and was glued to the TV with my dad. It was a an amazing mission to finish out an amazing year 1968.
Wonderful video about the Apollo 8 mission.
I remember this vividly. I was a 13 year old space geek that consumed everything Apollo. We were at Christmas eve dinner at my grandmother's and I broke away to watch the iconic Christmas message from the moon. It was life changing. Merry Christmas to all of you on the good earth.
Thank you Amy for the Christmas present.....a new vintage space video!!!!! You really bring these to life. My wish is for more please. Happy Holidays to you!
Great show Amy. You really know your stuff. I always appreciate hearing and learning from you.
Merry Christmas Space Girl. Been a long time.
Great presentation of one of the best stories from Project Apollo. Thank you, Amy!