According to our records, the flight plan of Apollo 11 went off without a hitch. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of theTerms and Conditions. After the success of the Apollo 11, NASA sent six more manned crews to the Moon before public interest in lunar exploration waned. Notice that the top one is almost unchanged while the bottom one is shattering into pieces. But the true value, from a human perspective, is how the project captured and preserved the perspective of all the unsung heroes of the Apollo missionsnot just the astronauts who were front and center in the public eye. [1] In the early 1980s, NASA's Landsat program was facing a severe data tape shortage and it is likely the tapes were erased and reused at this time. The item consists of three metal reels of Ampex 148 High Band 2-inch Quadruplex videotape, each between 45 and 50 minutes in length. [7] The camera's video format was incompatible with existing NTSC, PAL, and SECAM broadcast television standards. (Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Images), This schematic drawing shows the stages in the, return from a lunar landing mission. This story has been corrected to reflect that.