How Neil Armstrong Saved the Gemini 8 Spacecraft

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How Neil Armstrong Saved the Gemini 8 Spacecraft

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4 жыл бұрын

Gemini 8 was in trouble. After completing the first space docking with another craft, it begins to spin uncontrollably. Ditching protocol, commanding officer Neil Armstrong tries an unorthodox plan.
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@nickpaine 4 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten about this incident. Armstrong earned the honor of being first to walk on the moon. His ejection from a malfunctioning lunar lander while practicing for the moon landing here on earth was by a hair's breath too. Nerves of steel, that man. A true hero

@santrollencio3601 Жыл бұрын

Those spacecrafts had to be very strong to support the massive weight of those guys’ balls, those guys risked their lives in the name of mankind. Armstrong’s “small step” on the moon meant that human beings are capable of doing anything in the name of science and exploration.

@dogsoldier8187 9 ай бұрын

Steely eyed missile man is the proper term

@takashitamagawa5881 2 ай бұрын

Add to that the fact that he'd flown the quixotic X-15 rocket plane and was a test pilot who had handled reaction control thrusters before he went into space. Finally he set Apollo 11 Eagle down on the Moon by improvisation after the computer started directing it into a boulder field. Super pilot he was.

@prodjspecialists 3 жыл бұрын

I met Neil Armstrong in 2010 - two years before he died. I can attest that he was, in real life, as cool and intelligent as he is portrayed as. Still sharp as a tack at 80. A true legend of our era.

@SiouxCityWeather 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no Neil Armstrong died? What happened? 😥

@RonixViva 2 жыл бұрын

@@SiouxCityWeather Man. Back in 2012. Complications from heart surgery. He was 82.

@SiouxCityWeather 2 жыл бұрын

@@RonixViva aw that's sad

@usmanmajid1033 Жыл бұрын

@@RonixVivaupsetting 😢😢😢

@MrDoneboy 7 ай бұрын

I only met John Young, and Gene Cernan in Clear Lake, Texas. I wanted to meet Gus Grissom, and Neil! But would still like to meet Buzz, Lovell, and Borman, etc.

@tobetrayafriend 4 жыл бұрын

INTENSE! Easy to vastly underestimate the nerve, sangfroid, composure, skills and balls required here, tumbling over multiple axis in freakin orbit. It's clear why the early astronaut cohort were ex-military test pilots. They needed to be utterly cool under the most ridiculous pressure imaginable.

@nickname1392 4 жыл бұрын

I never knew this. What a story to never have heard before.

@antonioau_gb89 4 жыл бұрын

Watch The movie First man You never regret it

@chenry41 4 жыл бұрын

I turn 79 this month. I experienced all of this as it happened. Apollo 1, 8, 10, 11, 13. Check out Gemini 6. As soon as the engines lit off, they shut down. For a moment it really was a bomb with two astronauts on board.

@animula6908 6 ай бұрын

I just learned of it while reading Apollo 13

@atpg5 2 ай бұрын

@@chenry41 Apollo 9 and 12 ??? ( proved several things needed before going to the moon

@MrSuzuki1187 11 ай бұрын

The problem was that McDonnel engineers only used one relay to control whether a thruster was on or off, and that relay stuck in the on position causing the Gemini to spin. After this episode, they installed 2 relays, on on the power lead, and one on the grounding lead. Both would have to fail closed at the same time for this emergency to happen again, a very unlikely scenario. We had the same problem on airplane stabilizer trim systems. Back in about 1969, a Beech 99 commuter airliner dove straight into the ground from about 9,000 feet due to a single relay used to move the stabilizer up or down. One of the pilots activated nose down trim and, like what happened on Gemini 8, the single relay welded closed creating a runaway trim and the airplane to dive into the ground. After that, all airplanes with a movable stabilizer had to have two independent switches and two relays to move the stabilizer. NASA cured it in the same way using 2 relays and 2 separate switches to activate the thrusters.

@baishihua Жыл бұрын

This guy is the real deal, ejected from a lunar lander when testing it on Earth, stabilised Gemini 8, landed the moon with that error code and with barely any fuel left, all required mind of steel.

@pedrodiaz5540 9 ай бұрын

Two of the very best astronauts ever to go on a mission, Armstrong and Scott the very right stuff

@the0whilest0man 3 жыл бұрын

I was watching the scene in first man where this happens and wanted to see the details, this video explained it perfectly!!

@cavekritter1 4 жыл бұрын

The man could land a washing machine!! True legend

@sdcrilly 4 жыл бұрын

Yikes!! That was a very close call. I remember watching coverage about this when I was a kid and what an emergency it was.

@TGiannini007 2 жыл бұрын

Neil was the MAN. There is no doubt. He saved other missions including flight tests of supersonic aircraft, landing on the Moon with seconds of fuel left and barely surviving a test flight of a lunar module on earth. A true solid American.

@philipbradford6506 4 жыл бұрын

Great job Neil!

@SexyFace 4 жыл бұрын

never trust an edited comment

@FahrvergnugenTaglich 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here b/c I was just in the middle of watching Epic History's channel about Apollo Program. The second part mentioned Armstrong's ability to stay calm under enormous pressure.

@GregoryTheGr8ster 4 жыл бұрын

You can't just pull over to the side of the road and look under the hood when you are in space and something goes wrong. That's scary!

@southtexasprepper1837 3 ай бұрын

Neil Armstrong perhaps not only saved single-handedly saved himself, David Scott, but even the American Space Program. There's no telling what would've happened if both Neil Armstrong and David Scott would've been lost. Astronaut Neil Armstrong showed not only coolness under pressure, but enormous skill in rescuing the Gemini 8 Space Mission.

@ALEXANjunior Жыл бұрын

Every now and then humanity gives birth to a being that is capable to make things happen.

@Anmeteor9663 3 жыл бұрын

IMO NA is the greatest spaceship pilot so far. Inspiation for all who stand upon his shoulders

@arricammarques1955 Жыл бұрын

This sequence in First Man was incredible to witness.

@alexanderalvarado9675 3 жыл бұрын

This mission is covered in the movie that came out starting Ryan Gosling. "First Man". Excellent movie, highly recommended.

@XRP1968 4 жыл бұрын

Great to learn - never heard of this.

@SreckoTodorovic 3 жыл бұрын

Neil really deserved honor to be first man on Moon. Wink at the Moon ;)

@scobieio9303 4 жыл бұрын

Boys got skills. He should go to the moon.

@jacko4932 4 жыл бұрын

@nou7527 4 жыл бұрын

yes he will

@deltaoscaruniform1316 4 жыл бұрын

Kerbal Space Program Players: Amateurs...

@regentwaynekerr 3 жыл бұрын

*rocket explosion intensifies*

@petraliverani1247 15 күн бұрын

"A lot of unexpected things happen and usually they're not the ones you practice."

@narajuna 11 күн бұрын

not that many with APOLLO, smooth ride all the way, had a boulder field and broken switch :)

@narajuna 11 күн бұрын

Dam thought All were so smart, no forsight on that one :( Incredible they keep clear head till end.

@vojtasjedyny 3 жыл бұрын

It's nicely showed in 'First Man' movie.

@Trojan0304 4 жыл бұрын

Neil had the Right Stuff

@edkrzywdzinski9121 2 жыл бұрын

Interviewee at NASA: I graduated with honors in physics and have a Masters in orbital mechanics from M.I.T. Interviewer: So what kind of cigar do you smoke?

@jacqudace 2 ай бұрын

RIP Bill Anders

@arthurblains8344 4 жыл бұрын

-they spin me right round baby right round

@bingeltube 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, this video is too short. It does not really explain or show how Armstrong saved the day!

@mikel2283 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. They all do that.

@bingeltube 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikel2283 who is "they"?

@mikel2283 4 жыл бұрын

@@bingeltube "they" is every documentary I have watched in the last 35 years.

@cawfeecatt1553 4 жыл бұрын

thats really cool that he can just turn on the main thruster if he so chooses

@untitledname8773 3 жыл бұрын

unlike school

@bboi1489 Жыл бұрын

He didn't. Ground control allowed him what you on?

@kmarch6630 4 жыл бұрын

He didn't exactly save it by himself. It was in agreement he would do what he did. There really was no choice.

@d00mch1ld 2 жыл бұрын

Rookies….? Is that the best description of these 2 men in these stages of their career?

@codymoe4986 6 ай бұрын

Ehh, it was both astronauts first space flight...how else would you describe it?? Experienced veterans??? Rookie is the absolute appropriate term to describe them...

@brianarbenz1329 5 ай бұрын

Interestingly, Gemini 8 was also the only Gemini mission whose crew members both would walk on the moon. Dave Scott commanded Apollo 15, two years after Neil became the first person to walk on the moon on Apollo 11.

@Vlasko60 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is why Neil was chosen to go on the first mission to the Moon.

@brianarbenz1329 6 ай бұрын

"We've got serious problems here," would have become the "Houston, we've had a problem" of NASA lore, except that the Gemini 8 crisis was resolved within 6 minutes of re-gaining radio contact, which was sooner than the TV networks could even get on the air about it.

@allgood6760 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this 👍

@captainhindsight8779 4 жыл бұрын

A true great American

@RobertOrgRobert 4 жыл бұрын

Neil Armstrong was the rock on the Moon

@Mr.BondJamesBond 3 жыл бұрын

When did they find the time to put their Ray-Bans on?

@MrDoneboy 7 ай бұрын

Neil was the survival king, of flight!

@bincyjamessebastian9151 3 жыл бұрын

Niel Armstrong is a historical person

@hanishkumarrajendran1733 4 жыл бұрын

God job god bless america

@dewishesso2305 3 жыл бұрын

I never witnessed the Apolo programme in my life as I wasn't born yet but that's alright cos I prefer HD TV and it wasn't available then.

@mizuno291 Жыл бұрын

Why does Chuck Yeager in his book say that Dave Scott took over and saved them? I know he disliked Neil, but who is right?

@tifluvsu80 3 жыл бұрын

Armstrong is a hero

@dewishesso2305 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah ... A hero in zero gravity

@FbIagent42 Жыл бұрын

Gemini 8 March 16,1966

@johnedwards2119 2 жыл бұрын

These were not "rookies."

@hansolo631 2 жыл бұрын

Who wasn't a rookie of space flight in the 50's and 60's? Vulcans?

@codymoe4986 6 ай бұрын

It was either man's first flight into space...aka, rookies. Not that difficult...

@SPak-rt2gb 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever Neil sat in was an event.

@HLLTAF 7 ай бұрын

I swear I heard this guys voice in a fallout game...

@lteht6919 4 жыл бұрын

Gravatron from Space

@giorgiolazara3367 6 ай бұрын

Il primo autotreno dello spazio. I guidatori ? 2

@tod4y 3 жыл бұрын

2:19 Is that Jim Lovell?

@mazdaman0075 Жыл бұрын

Yup, Jim Lovell (L) and Bill Anders (R) who flew together on Apollo 8 along with Frank Borman.

@SexyFace 4 жыл бұрын

but how were they able to get past the ice wall

@cavekritter1 4 жыл бұрын

Rapid defrost cycle

@giorgiolazara3367 6 ай бұрын

Il secondo autista, ha dimostrato di salvare la missione …

@JohnnieWalkerGreen 4 жыл бұрын

(0:18) It is Gemi-NEE, not Gemi-EYE!

@mehboobkm2018 4 жыл бұрын

Says who?

@oscarin13 4 жыл бұрын

Both pronunciations are fine.

@dewishesso2305 3 жыл бұрын

Hah! It's GEMINI

@putnamehere3803 4 жыл бұрын

Neil a. Put it backwards Alien Coincidence i think not!!!

@pixartwedding1372 4 жыл бұрын

adicted this chanel

@kuldeepsengar2215 4 жыл бұрын

Are bhaisaab

@nickyl9040 3 жыл бұрын

What Armstrong did would be impossible in a Space X capsule

@combinationova1400 3 жыл бұрын

I mean no it wouldnt be impossible for a couple of reasons mainly how there are controls but sure

@nickyl9040 3 жыл бұрын

@@combinationova1400 "Aware that the problem was with his own spacecraft, Armstrong had little choice but to use Gemini VIII’s 16 re-entry thrusters to steady them. This was easier said than done … for the re-entry controls were in a particularly awkward position, directly above his head, and, worse, they were on a panel with around a dozen toggles. “With our vision beginning to blur,” wrote Scott, “locating the right switch was not simple.” Fortunately, months of repetitive training had allowed the astronauts to know each switch, intuitively, but Scott was amazed at Armstrong’s flying skill as he reached for the toggle and grappled with the spacecraft’s hand controller, at the same time. Eventually, the effort succeeded, albeit at the expense of 75 percent of Gemini VIII’s propellant. Mission rules decreed that, once the re-entry controls had been activated, the flight was aborted. Ten hours into a planned three-day mission, Armstrong and Scott were on their way home "

@combinationova1400 3 жыл бұрын

@@nickyl9040 the spacex capsule uses liquid fuel abort thrusters so if something were to go wrong you could get some emergency delta V from that or from the second stage. Both options would be possible through the flight controls in the capsule