NASA APOLLO PROGRAM COMMAND MODULE OVERVIEW 78104
Video from the channel PeriscopeFilm about Apollo program, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 6:21. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.
What it shows
Explanatory film about the Apollo command module, the only one of the spacecraft's three parts that returns to Earth and which serves at once as cockpit, living quarters and command center for the crew. It covers both the exterior and the interior: two side windows for observation and photography, the access hatch between them and three seats designed to cushion accelerations. The commander's seat carries the translation and rotation controls (roll, pitch and yaw) on the armrests; the center seat can be folded to free up space, and there are bunks beneath the side seats. It details the altimeter, which only registers the last 60,000 feet of the journey, the reentry monitor, the master alarm light, the controls linked to the launch vehicle, and the onboard computer's display and keyboard, as well as the sextant and scanning telescope used for navigation.
When and where it was filmed
It was filmed during the Apollo program, before the crewed flights to the Moon: the narration speaks of those journeys in the future tense.
Background
The module is 12 feet tall and just under 13 feet in diameter at the base, weighs more than 12,000 pounds at launch, and has 12 thrusters each producing almost 100 pounds of thrust. The third crew member, who will command the lunar module, is responsible during the journey for the electrical systems, life support, and the operation of the main engines.