Re: Camelot on the Moon - From Our Archives

(2) ... as well as numerous mentions of "NASA color video and sound

> we were all observing from the moon". While there was indeed > capability for color video from the Command Module [at that point, in > orbit around the moon tens of miles overhead], the transmissions from > the Apollo 11 Lunar Module on the surface of the moon were monochrome. > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: As I recall, what we saw on television > that night was entirely black and white. However, in the NASA archives > (reached via this report in our telecom archives) there are many color > photos of the same event; also you can see the certificate NASA awarded > Don Kimberlin for his part in the project. PAT]

Indeed, the Apollo 11 camera was monochrome. I don't think it was until Apollo 14 that we got color images from the moon's surface in realtime. And the monochrome images from 11 were pretty awful due to limited channel bandwidth.

The color images in the NASA archives were all shot on 70mm rollfilm in a modified Hasselblad still camera, and did not appear in the press until after the astronauts had brought the film back and the KSC guys processed it.

For another interesting viewpoint on the video downlink for Apollo 11, let me recommend the Australian film _The Dish_.

scott

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