I am 71, so I witnessed the whole space program from Sputnik until today. I was in high school when Apollo 13 flew and was so upset when they cancelled the broadcast. The Apollo 1 crew burned up in a ground test because of a spark and 100% O2 in the capsule. Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom died in that fire. A Fitbit has many times the computer power than was available on the Apollo spacecraft. These men were all heroes.

'If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.' The confidence and pride in her son is fantastic

RIP Jack Swigert (August 30, 1931 - December 27, 1982), aged 51 RIP Ken Mattingly (March 17, 1936 - October 31, 2023), aged 87 RIP Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 - February 25, 2017), aged 61 You will be remembered as legends.

The Right Stuff (1983) is another great film about the space program

The person that Tom Hanks is shaking hands with at the end is the real James Lovell.

You didn’t show it but my favorite part is when the grandmother tries to calm her granddaughter by saying “If they could get a dishwasher to fly, my Jimmy could land it.”

Apollo 11,12,14,15,16,17 landed on moon.

Laika was the first animal to orbit the Earth. She was sent up by the Soviets and never expected to return, as the technology to de-orbit the spacecraft hadn't been developed. She died from overheating during her fourth orbit. Five months later, after orbiting 2570 times around the Earth, she was essentially cremated upon re-entry.

If you want to know more about the US space program, Tom Hanks did a mini series for HBO called From the Earth to the Moon. Wonderful program

A one year reunion of Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise from Forrest Gump. The substitute astronaut who took Gary Sinise's spot on the team was, of course, Kevin Bacon the prosecutor who faced off with Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men.

Space nerd here. Apollo astronauts were basically superhuman, and the guys on the ground weren't far behind. This movie takes a lot of pains to make them seem more normal so the audience can relate, but these guys barely even flinched. You can listen to their real communications. They're calmer than golf announcers the whole time. As to why we haven't been back to the Moon after Apollo: It's just really expensive and dangerous, and governments don't like doing stuff where they're not in control of the outcome. They didn't really want to do it the first time, but a lot of things came together and made them do it.

I feel bad for Jack Swigert. He was excited to be moved up from the backup team to Apollo 13 as the replacement. Because of the issues he never made it to the moon. The backup teams were put together to prepare for upcoming Apollo missions. His backup team that he left went to the moon on Apollo 16. If he would've stayed on his backup team he would have stepped on the moon. Answer to some of your questions -Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus. It spreads easily when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. It can cause severe disease, complications, and even death.Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every two to three years and caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year. -The dog you were asking about is called Laika. -80 degrees fahrenheit is about 27 celsius

Another good historically-based movie on the space race "The Right Stuff"

Here's some interesting trivia for you. The person portraying Jim Lovell's mother is actually the mother of director Ron Howard. The minister/priest is Ron Howard's father and the engineer with the thick glasses is Ron Howard's brother. It's interesting how something like this can bring people together. I remember people all over the world praying for the safe return of the astronauts.

The work in preparation for each space mission is the equivalent of a university degree. Jim Lovell already had an engineering degree and this was his fourth mission. They somewhat over dramatized the crew substitutions. The backup crews were just as prepared as the flight crew.

I was 9 years old when this took place but I remember it like it was yesterday. every time the news came on there would be an update on how they were doing. I have no idea why the Apollo missions were cancelled after Apollo 17 - I guess people just get bored easily. The Measles is one of those diseases you tend to get when you're a kid, like chickenpox or mumps - an itchy rash that covers your entire body - everyone used to get it at one time or other. Its not usually dangerous but can be. thankfully not so common now because of immunization.

62yr old US spaceflight fan. I'll try not to make my comment too long, but will definitely fail.😆 Apollo 1: Original crew capsule had flaws, burst into flames inside during 'practice' for the launch. Killed all three of the crew. Other Apollo flights were unmanned test flights until 7. Apollo 7: Successful test of the 'new' improved version of the crew capsule. Apollo 8: No landing, but successful orbit of the moon. Rumors at the time were that the Soviets were about to land, NASA made the mission for 'bragging rights'. Apollo 9: Earth orbit test of the Lunar Landing spacecraft. Apollo 10: Experiment to see if the whole "package" could be sent to the moon by the rocket. Apollo 11: First successful landing. 12 was also successful, but not really televised because one of the guys on the surface left the lens cap off of the camera, and burned out the thing after it was pointed at the sun for too long. There's good still pictures, though. They removed pieces from one of our older robot landers, and brought them back for people to study what such a harsh environment would do to our stuff. 13, well..that's what the movie's about. The program was originally scheduled for 20 missions, but was canceled after 17 by the US Congress because "..we beat the Russians.." (as was mentioned in the film). Only reason we have museum pieces here is because half of the stuff had already been built. My aunt was employed as a programmer by the IBM computer company back then, "Federal Service Division". She was assigned to NASA during that time. I actually got to shake hands with Lovell and Krantz (among others). And also with an ex-Navy diver who helped recover 13 after splashdown. Dude said that once the hatch opened, it smelled so bad that one of his buddies threw up.

Liaka was the doggo and it’s not just a movie, this happened. Thank you for honoring these men and their journey.

For more on the US space program, check out "The Right Stuff" (1983), starring basically everyone (including Ed Harris from this movie). We follow the selection and training and first missions of the Mercury astronauts, Mercury being the space program that preceded the Apollo missions to the Moon, and the backdrop of the movie is the space race between the US and the Soviet Union.

Space. The Final Frontier.

Jim Lovell, the only man to have traveled to the moon TWICE, and not set foot upon its surface. Imagine living in New York, traveling across country in a subcompact car with two other men to Anaheim, California...you get to the Disneyland parking lot, then turn around and drive back home...then do it again.

The first stage separates and goes into the ocean and is not recovered. The second stage separates after the rocket escapes earth's gravity and then the moon flings it into long elliptical orbit around earth for eternity..

When I was little, my mom invested in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books of all kinds, so that when one of us kids asked, "what is that?" she would say "go look it up." There was no internet to consult. Not everyone at the time had the luxury of knowledge at their fingertips- my household was lucky. So when I hear a KZfaqr with the power of the whole internet at their fingertips, via smartphone, PC or Mac, ask a question, I surely expect the next edit will have them looking up their question to find the answer rather than keep asking the same question to the audient void.

So many great quotes from this movie! "Sir! I believe this will be our finest hour!" "Gentlemen, it has been a privilege flying with you!" "Odessey, welcome home!"

They took a lot of artistic license with Jack as being some sort of low confidence pilot. in reality, he is the one that wrote the book and safety procedures on that spacecraft. He was the most qualified person to be in that position.

Because of the accident Jim Lovell is the only astronaut who has gone to the moon twice but never landed. Two other astronauts have gone to the moon twice (each of them landed once).

Regarding the ring in the drain, it probably got caught in the p-trap so you would need to just get the manager to call a plumber and get it back. I only say this to let you know that if you still have access to the drain, your dad’s gifted necklace might not be lost after all!

You make these videos so fun to watch. Your reactions are so sincere and wholesome.

Can you imagine what it smelled like when they opened that capsule after splash-down? I was a Cadet 4th Class at the U.S Air Force Academy in 1975, and we had to go through the reduced atmosphere chamber. Just to let everyone know, when they remove 70% of the air in an isolated chambered, every start to cut-wind. It was not pleasant smelling when were leaving that chamber with 40 guys having been in it for 75 minutes.

Ken Mattingly was shifted to the Apollo 13 backup crew, and he flew on Apollo 16 to the moon. He remained an astronaut at NASA into the Shuttle Program where he flew on STS-4 and STS-51-C. The main reason we stopped going is the same reason we started. Politics. To go, you need a massive budget, on the order of a a country, to finance it. In order to finance it you have to have a government willing to go all out to make that happen, and in a country like the US, the people have to want it for their Representatives in Congress to authorize the funding. In 1968 dollars, the Apollo Lunar Program cost $40 billion. Between 1972 and now, there have been efforts to try to return, but it has always been shut down, that is until 2018. I am someone who wished that we hadn't stopped, and hope that the current Artemis Program keeps going! I'd like to see astronauts walking on the moon again, like I did when I was a boy!

26:28 the movie came out in 1995. The mission took place in 1971. Edit: I had already commented before you realized the Bisstake

More Space movies? Definitely check out "The Right Stuff" about NASA's Mercury program and the first supersonic test fligths.

To this day watching Neil Armstrong step onto the moon was the most heart pounding thing I’ve ever seen. The memories of the summer of ‘69 are still crystal clear.

Biss, your Bacon number is now 1. Kevin Bacon and you both appeared in this reaction.

My favorite movie and definitely one of my favorite reactions of yours!! Great reaction Biss!! ❤👏🏻👏🏻

I love your reactions, you make my day enjoyable in these hard times.👍

The most fictional part of this movie was the impression of Jack not having the full confidence of the crew. Even the wedding ring falling the drain really happened. Gene's wife really did get him a new vest for each mission. Next up in your space movie, almost documentary journey: Hidden Figures, and The Right Stuff.

Yeah, I think Lunar dust is pretty coarse because there`s no water or wind to erode the hard edges. Ed Harris barely keeping it together when they return always gets me. And as an older person now, I really appreciate the professionalism, competence and optimism displayed by everybody.

Jack was fully qualified and trained for the mission, the backup crew had the same training as the main crew, Jack even wrote some of the emergency procedures for the mission, the film script has been subject to some Hollywood writing to make it more dramatic (Gene never kicked the trash can and the crew arguing never happened according to Jim Lovell). They simply calmly and professionally worked the problems to get them home. There is an audio file of all the flight director comms for the mission, all very calm and informative.

Good one, Biss! Such a great movie. I was born in 1960, so I have strong memories as a kid sitting by the TV in our living room with many family members all gathered around watching these Apollo space missions. It was incredible to watch it happening then go outside and look up at the moon and imagine the astronauts being up there. Yep, it was something. So glad you chose to share this one with us. I really enjoyed rewatching it with you. Thank you! 🙂

A fun, true, story about teenagers being inspired by Sputnik is "October Sky." You would love it.

Something that you didn't show, when Tom Hanks was on the ship after landing, the guy he salutes was the real Jim Lovell

Jack Swigert was highly qualified to be the command pilot. He had designed many of the procedures for the Apollo program. If Lovell had said he wouldn't fly the mission without Mattingly, Swigert would have been the command pilot anyway. Also, the argument between the three astronauts never happened. It was done for dramatic purposes for the movie.

Hey bliss, great reaction to this movie which is a true story. I believe you can actually see the real space capsule they returned in at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, And I just want to say on a different note you have such a great and strong personality. I think someday you will make a great wife and mom if that's the path you choose in life. Looking forward to watching more of your reactions.

The book Lost Moon by Capt James Lovell is the basis for this movie. The part where Marylin loses her ring down the shower drain is real. What was left out of the movie was that she went to the hotel owner. He was able to take the trap apart and return her ring

It's so adorable watching you get emotional. 🤗 I was privileged to have worked a few days on this production. Meeting the real Jim and hearing his stories was a thrill.

Yo, I love Biss' reactions. So sincere and real. Love ya Biss.

One of my favorite scenes in this film was when Grandmom (Jim Lovell mother) notices her granddaughter crying and she asks her “are you scared?”..then tells her “Don’t worry..If they can get a washing machine to fly..My Jimmy can land it!”…

While a lot of the movie is very close to the real events, Swigert (Kevin Bacon) isn't really done justice. For dramatic purpose, he is portrait as something of a "risk factor", when in reality, he was as well trained and in the Apollo program for years as all the others.

Great movie, Great reaction!!💜🍪

The five Rockectdyne F-1 engines on the main stage burned 3 tones of kerosene and liquid oxygen per second..at 1 million pounds of thrust each..

The unofficial prequel to this is called The Right Stuff. The beginning of the American Space Program.

‘Gravity’ with George Cluny is amazing space movie

The USA is currently working on the Artemis project and is currently scheduling a moon landing in late 2026.

Space Cowboys is another good fictional space movie with a Great cast.

The series For All Mankind is a great alternative history that starts with the first moon landing. Each season jumps a little further into the future.

Great reaction!! This movie is definitely in my Top 10 of all time favourites!! To answer your questions: 6:52:- Measles infects the respiratory tract and then spreads throughout the body. Symptoms include a high fever, cough, runny nose and a rash all over the body. 14:22:- Those pieces just drift through space or falls to the earth, because it is pointless carrying all that weight when you have no fuel in it. 27:23 - 27:36:- Hilarious reaction!! 29:53:- Great comment!! 35:16:- 80 degrees Fahrenheit is 26.6 degrees Celcius. 37:02:- The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957. 37:57:- There is nothing wrong with showing your emotions!! The person at the end that shakes Tom Hanks' hand, is the real Jim Lovell. 39:37:- The reason for discontinuing missions to the moon, is because of the astronomical costs that are involved. Ken and Jean (Especially Ken) are the best characters in this movie!! If you want to 2 great movie recommendations, then check out the following: 'Apollo 18 - 2011' and 'Equilibrium - 2002'.

You can think of the later Apollo space ships as having 2 main parts, the command module and the lunar lander (or lunar excursion module (LEM). During launch, the LEM was stored behind the command module in a disposable compartment. After launch, they had to pull it out of the disposable compartment and attach it to the front of the command module. That was what was going on when you said you didn't understand what was going on. The command module separated from the storage compartment, flipped around, then went back to attach the front of the command module to the LEM and pull it out of the storage compartment.

You have a chance to get your necklace back if it hasn't been too long since you lost it. Run a very small sewer auger (also known as a snake) down the shower drain and spin it. The necklace will get caught in the head part and you can pull it back up. If nothing else a plumber may be able to do it for you.

Great reaction reupload Biss! ❤️💛

Great reaction. I was 9 years old when this happened and still remember watching it on TV. Truly awesome seeing the world come together over this story is an amazing thing.

The good news is we are going back soon. Artemis II is set to launch in September of next year and will orbit the moon. Artemis III launches September 2026 will attempt to land, and in 2028 will be the first trip to Gateway, which will be the first space station to orbit the moon.

One of the astronauts on Apollo I who died when the module he was in caught fire, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, is from a very small town about 5-10 minutes away from where I grew up. They have a museum, his childhood home is a landmark, and they named a street after him.

Biss, you're so perceptive...it IS the music. the music makes the film much better than just telling being a technical story. In 1970, the whole world was sacred these men were not going to make it back. the music is well crafted for the emotion of this historical event that was a near disaster. I was a music teacher. My high school marching band did a halftime show [American Football game] in 1997[ 2 years after the film], the theme was about space movies. Our 3rd song was the theme from Apollo 13. The crowd loved it, with flags doing a routine as we played the beautiful majestic theme.

25:36 Bisscute channelling Clint Eastwood here is just about the most adorable thing ever.🤣😻

There's some controversy about the "space race". After world war 2, America was in a cold war with Russia and Russia was owning outer space. They had the first man in space, first satellite etc.. Kennedy saw this and made a famous speech announcing a "race" to the moon. America then proceeded to make it to the moon first and declared themselves the winner of the space race. Much of the rest of the world disagreed saying that one first did not make the USA the winner in space. The moon missions were as much about defeating communism as anything actually to be gained from the moon and a huge point of pride for the USA. However, we'd been there a few times it was sort of like, "whatever". Fun fact, some intern stole a bunch of moon rocks recently from NASA recently and spread them out on a bed so that he could make love to his girlfriend on the moon. They got arrested.

You said it Bliss, "it just shows you how small we are". That's why this fable was created. So that we remind ourselves each day that we're small, weak and inneffectual.

Loved your reaction. I laughed so hard when you said you made a “Biss-stake.” Nice one. 😂

Hello,i think the reason why you are emotional about this is because this really happened.I was seven years old and i remember it was on the news all over the place,and can you imagine the number was 13?? People were getting used to the moonlandings since the two landings before were successful but suddenly this accident happened and there was chaos.Thank you for showing this film,it is one of my favourites.

You recognized Ken because you've seen him as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump. Loved your reactions to Apollo 13. I lived thru this and I found the ending extremely tense/exciting even knowing it would land safely. Great job of directing by Ron Howard.

Когда Космос против тебя, нельзя сдаваться! Надо идти и делать свою работу! Парни молодцы!❤

35:55 "They should make one and call it Ares." They did. Wikipedia has a nice page about the Ares Program.

It’s “just a movie,” but it’s a true story. I get tears in my eyes every time they appear in the sky and everyone cheers and I already know it’s going to happen!! 😂

I enjoy your reaction to this.

By 1970 nearly all homes, and certainly all hotels, had P-Traps to retrieve jewelry and such that went down the drain. My 100-year-old house has a P-Trap. A plumber may be required to open it, but stuff stays there a long time. Usually you need to clean it out when you have long hair after a few years.

I always tear up quite a bit watching this movie

The Russian dog was Laika . Loved your reaction. Apollo 11 which landed on the moon first, launched to the moon 1 day before my birthday. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

LOL you were just a twinkle in your parents' eyes when it came out! Meanwhile, I was a little kid with parents too cheap (OK, poor) to take me to see it even though I really wanted to. I did get to see it like a year later when it came on TV, and it was pretty awesome! It gave me an idea for a prank I could play on my teacher though. The scene where Jack Swigert is putting on his space suit before the launch, the technician reminds him about his gum, and he holds out his hand for Swigert to spit it out. When I was chewing gum in my high school computer studies class and the teacher came up and told me to get rid of my gum, so I said, "Oh sorry, how rude of me not to offer you my last piece," [takes gum from mouth and offers it to the teacher] "it's my last piece." And she looks at me, I'm guessing thinking "I can't back down on this little punk," takes the gum and sticks it in her mouth and chews! I just raise my eyebrow and smile at her, a few seconds later she pulls it from her mouth and tells me, "You can have it back," to which I respond, "That's OK, I was done with it." Knowing I defeated her, she walks to the bin, throws it away and sits back down behind her desk, and a legend is born. In a way, it worked. I did respect her from that day on. I never chewed gum in her class again, and I worked hard to get a good mark. I volunteered to help out in the computer labs at lunch and after school, and we would talk and exchange jokes, and I did eventually apologise for playing that trick on her. And when she caught us waiting to get pizza delivered to school for lunch, she made a deal to let us have our pizza if we let her have some. A few years after we graduated, someone got in touch with her and we all got together for a mini reunion. I joked about playing that trick on her and we all laughed about it, then she admitted that our class was her favourite (she had since quit teaching and moved into corporate training). Everyone saw what I did, and the other students all heard about it, I could've used that power to run riot over her class, make it a nightmare for her, but instead I chose to show her respect from that moment on. The other students noticed that too, we all worked hard in her class and in our other computer studies classes until we graduated. Most of us went on to study at university, and eventually get jobs in IT or technology fields, and she was proud of us for that. Anyway, that was probably too long a story for a YT comment, but when I saw that scene just now and remembered it, I thought it would be fun to share.

Love love love your reaction to this AMAZING moment in time

At the end of the movie, Tom Hanks actually shakes hands with the real Jim Lovell on the flight deck.

I was 14 when this all happened. The whole world was watching and praying for these astronauts, including our enemy’s.

One great space related movie that gets forgotten is 'Hidden Figures' . Not only is it about the backroom staff instead of the media stars pushed by the publicity machine but it highlights the racial and gender prejudices that they had to overcome.

That was a great, fun and emotional reaction, Biz!! And I would like to suggest the movies "GRAVITY" & "Apollo 18" (about a classified Moon landing mission). A couple of Space films you will enjoy! Always fun watching You and definitely looking forward to your next flick show! 🎥🍿❤️🌙

You could make a completely new channel just on reactions of space missions from many countries. Their is so much to react on and I only see this growing. Honestly think of it this way only alittle over 100 years ago Transportation was horse and buggy. We are in that stage with space travel the very beginning with much more innovation to come.

I think back in the 70s people were less worried about the feelings of kids and elderly people, and more interested in telling them what they needed to know. They used tact, but they were more concerned with teaching us to handle things more than with shielding us from bad news.

I'm sure the backup person gets the same training alongside the primary person. So going to a backup a few days before, while not optimal, is not a huge risk. Good movie.

Messy dark haired Bisscute is the cutest freaking Biss EVER!! Gosh dang it 🥹🥵 ok, lets do this 🎬..

I watched the Space Shuttle Endeavor launch from bleachers that were really close at Cape Canaveral, FL and it was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. That thing was going so fast that it was way up in the air before I ever heard the sound and then the shockwave felt like an earthquake and set everyone's car alarms off.

29:02 "I don't know if I would tail- tell the poor grandma." You know, a lot of people have that reaction. A lot of people want to protect her and it's kind of puzzling. Remember, this is 1970. So that makes her generation the one that was young 20 to 40 years earlier. Hers is the generation that went toe to toe with fascism in Europe and Imperialism in Japan and beat 'em both. Don't hold back bad news from her. She can take it. She can probably take it better than you can.

I laughed at your cold dog joke.

Leica was the dog sent into space by the Soviets. I know this for two reasons. First, Leica became the brand name of a company that made microscopes for scientific research and I used them (along with their main rival, Zeiss) when I was a research biologist. Second, there was (still is I think) a very strange museum in Los Angeles called the Museum of Jurassic Technology. The once had an exhibit covering all the dogs the Soviets sent into space. I have heard that there is no real evidence that the famous line "Houston, we have a problem" was ever uttered. But it works. As I understand it this is a pretty accurate portrayal of what happened. I vividly remember the two shuttle disasters. The first was when I was in college. I was busy most of the day, but when I finished I walked into the college pub. Everyone's eyes were glued to the TV and all I saw on the TV was a random pattern of smoke in the sky. Then they showed the replay of the whole thing and I became glued to the TV for the next hour. The second one I was married with a kid. For a reason I do not understand, I suddenly felt dread and said to my wife, "Let's turn on the TV...I think something has happened." And sure enough, the shuttle had broken up in re-entry. There were three American space programs. Mercury (with one astronaut per mission) was to show we could get out of Earth's orbit. Gemini (with two astronauts per mission) was to show we could reliably orbit the Earth repeatedly. Apollo (with three astronauts per mission) was to get to the moon.

35:16 "I have no idea how much is 80 degrees in Celsius." It's a little more than 25. That's the point Lovell is making; that it's a tropical part of the world.

What a great movie. One of my favorites! Great reaction!

You mentioned that the had ultrasound in 1995. That's when the movie came out, but the Apollo 13 mission was in 1970.

Fun reaction "B" ... The movie obviously took many liberties the main one being about how they reacted... Jim Lovell said they never got upset or angry as things developed.... They knew they had to be focused. 😊

Biss, You are really one of my favorite reactors. You are so emotional and clever. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Denmark 🥰

I think you would love series "From the Earth to the Moon". It is a great look at the whole space program.

Great reuploaded Biss. For more space films i suggest you to react to the film: Gravity (2013) from the mexican director Alfonso Cuaron you will like it.

Now with maned mission to Mars coming up. They need to seriously think about a base on the moon from which they can launch emergency supplies from much cheaper to Mars if needed.

As always great reaction. Looking forward to Dances with Wolves.