NASA Film Footage Update & Artemis Launch

Watching those Artemis slow motion films is a thing of beauty. Edit: The music for these is a nice touch.

Absolutely nothing wrong with making mistakes as long as they get corrected. Thanks for continuing to set an example of excellence

Hey, if you hadn't have been wrong then I never would have seen this amazing footage! Thank you so much for your diligence! I hope you and your family are well going into this summer, and I think I can speak for everyone here when I say that we appreciate so much the effort that you put into the content that you give to us, for free!

I got chills watching that film footage. It had such a "vintage" feel to it. It's hard to describe exactly what I mean. Something about the combination of image detail, contrast, and the inherent mild HDR effect that chemical film has.

A bit of a correction. Go4Gordon only got a single part of the footage released, the LOX TSMU Camera. There was a Public Affairs Officer working on clearing all of the film+MARS Tracking footage in the time since launch. Gordon definitely helped out with some of the process, as getting a clear shot of an umbilical plate cleared through FOIA helped clear some other shots that had stuck, but the PAOs for the Artemis program absolutely deserve a shoutout for their hard work! (Quick note, not trying to discredit Gordon here as they are an outstanding member of the Spaceflight community, just wanting to share that there are others who are helping get this footage to the public!)

Absolutely crazy that NASA had to be pushed into releasing this. If I was sitting on that footage I'd want everyone to see it.

Thank you for making the correction. I was fortunate enough to support Artemis I and got to know the teams that are responsible for capturing and doing analysis on the film. I ended up being the 12th person (give or take) to view the high speed film post-launch! A couple of facts: most of the film is ASA/ISO 400, post-launch it's sent to a well known film manufacturer for processing and some scanning, it's again processed by engineering teams at KSC and MSFC before being shared with NASA internally. Honestly a massive effort went into getting these released to the public, absolutely incredible images were captured. Hats off to those who made it happen!

You've done a sublime job of selecting, editing, arranging, and setting to music this mind-blowing, gorgeous footage. The footage of the exhaust plumes is my favourite, hands down, followed by the "ballet" of everything disconnecting and retracting and swinging away, and the stage separation. As amazing as the separation is to watch, I'm fascinated with the choreography of all the things that have to move!

You weren't wrong , you just didn't quite have all the information - there's a difference !

cant beat 16mm old film, the dynamic range is so great.

I've lived 30 miles down the road from the Cape for over 20 years. I've seen shuttles, delta, delta heavy atlas, falcon 9 weekly, BFR all from my front lawn. Artemis launch was not only the most amazing launch I've ever seen but one of the most amazing sights I've ever seen in my life.

The horizontal shot is amazing. It made it look like the craft was leaving a space station.

Why, in the name of God, did NASA not rush these out to the public after the launch!? This is straight up Apollo chills!

It's amazing to see Artemis 1 in this level of quality. It also really sells how fast the SLS gets off the ground. Other comparable rockets seem to almost lumber into the air, even the more powerful Superheavy looked quite sluggish on launch, but Artemis 1 went up amazingly quickly. Hoping for a daylight launch soonish, so we can see it in even better detail.

These videos really show the level of refinement and engineering the NASA projects are.

without any sacrifices in footage, these clips are superbly edited to the music. That effort didn't go unnoticed - Thank you Paul, this was sublime.

There's no way that Bird survived! If it did, that's some amazing luck.

Obviously, a thank you to the folks for gaining and advising the video access is deserved. That said, you did an OUTSTANDING job of assembling and editing this video. A superb job! Kudos, as always

That last shot has to be one of the all time greats! The quality, the exposure, the tracking….just wow!

This gives me hope that film's comeback IS happening and that it will level back out as a companion to digital. It's an art that SHOULD NOT be lost.