Our first successful video transmission using the original Apollo comms hardware. And sadly we don't have a real Apollo moon camera, so we have to cobble one together ourselves.
Apollo Comms Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49ucdZcx9s&list=PL-_93BVApb58SXL-BCv4rVHL-8GuC2WGb
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https://virtualagc.github.io/virtualagc/QuestForInfo.html
https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/
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00:00 Recap of the Apollo comms system
01:10 Summary of the previous episodes
02:53 NASA Apollo FM receiver bring up
07:49 Apollo TV "elevator music" explanation
13:00 Vidicon camera bring up
17:00 B&W TV Monitor bring up
19:34 Apollo link bring up
22:20 First TV pictures from the Moon!
25:13 Earth rise
25:45 Rick-rolled from the Moon?!