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- When the Eagle spacecraft touched down on the Moon's surface on 20 July 1969, a television camera mounted on its side captured the first tentative steps and words of astronaut Neil Armstrong and sent them across hundreds of thousands of miles to hundreds of millions of pairs of eyes glued to television sets.
www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48857752Apollo 11: 'The greatest single broadcast in television history'
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Feb 17, 2019 · In 1969, NASA not only went to the moon, but broadcast the whole thing live on TV. How did they achieve the TV broadcast? What technology did they need to use to send a video and audio signal from the moon to earth?
Jul 10, 2019 · When the Eagle spacecraft touched down on the Moon's surface on 20 July 1969, a television camera mounted on its side captured the first tentative steps and words of astronaut Neil Armstrong and...
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin unfurl the US flag on the moon, 1969. The mesmerising television coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago brought previously unthinkable images and ideas...
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Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon on 20 July 1969. NASA used technology first developed in 1928 by the Scottish innovator John Logie Baird to develop a small, robust television camera that enabled the live broadcast from this mission.
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Incredibly, NASA had initially seen ‘no reason’ for any television pictures! The mission was already carrying a camera in the Command Module for telecasts during the flight to the Moon. Delayed by weight and fuel restrictions on the Lunar Module, a second TV camera was a modification too far.
How NASA Broadcasted Live Footage from the Moon. On July 20, 1969, the world witnessed Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon as part of the historic Apollo 11 mission. But how was NASA able to broadcast live footage from the moon to an estimated 600 million viewers around the world?
Jul 8, 2019 · The Moon landing was the first all-night British broadcast; the programme was broadcast continuously for 11 hours on 19–20 July 1969. The coverage was packed with special guests, scientific experts, interviews and live music.
