This looks good. Restored footage and apparently some rare footage that recounts the first moon landing. The promos do look crystal clear. https://www.cnn.com/shows/apollo-11-cnn-film
I saw the creator of this documentary interviewed on CNN. What happened was that they found reels of wide-format film, from the original footage, in the National Archives. No one knew it existed. Because of the wide format, the digitized version is exceedingly clear and crisp. And much of it has never been seen on TV before. So it sounds like a "must see" if you're a space history buff. Tomorrow [Sunday] on CNN.
This was interesting. About ten seconds after the lunar lander took off to rejoin the orbiter, something could clearly be seen flying underneath them on a diagonal path.
It appears that by the summer of 1969, there could have been as many as a dozen US or Russian satellites orbiting the moon. But it must have been in one hell of an elliptical orbit given it's low altitude. It was well below the lunar lander maybe 10 seconds after they fired the rocket engine... if that. But a highly elliptical orbit, with very close passes, might make sense for photography and mapping. It is interesting to look at the failure rate of the very early US and USSR moon programs. Almost all of them failed for the first decade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes
July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC (3:17 p.m. EST). Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC.
The Two Armstrongs Neil Armstrong: First man to set foot on the moon. Courageous, self-effacing. Didn’t seek riches from fame. America reached for the heavens. Lance Armstrong: Disgraced greedy cyclist. Liar, cheat, bully. America takes the path to hell.
