First Man
Movie (2018)
French title : First Man : le premier homme sur la Lune
Starring:
Ryan Gosling (Neil Armstrong)
Claire Foy (Janet Shearon, his wife)
Corey Stoll (Buzz Aldrin)
Kyle Chandler (Deke Slayton)
(Synopsis needed)
Boeing NB-52 Stratofortress
(top right) One of the Boeing NB-52 used as mother ship.
North American X-15A-3
Backwards camera during the climb towards the space frontier.
End of 20 December 1961 flight.
North American X-15A-3 s/n 56-6672.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Note : the altitude was 81,000 feet not more 138,000 as seen at 3mn30. Armstrong never exceeded 133,500 (maximum reach on 17 January 1962).
A desk model seen in the background when Niel is studying the Delta Wing, the day following his flight which ballooned back up on high atmosphere.
Unidentified Aircraft
On the desk, a magazine is open and is displaying British Deltas (maybe Handley Page HP.115).
NOTA : the next view, there is a close view with a press digest with the X-15 in title of a paper about NASA's selection of astronauts for the Gemini program.
Piasecki H-21 Workhorse
Seen in the distance on the left, hidden by the dust cloud.
Martin Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle)
Lockheed McDonnell Agena Target Vehicle
Bell Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
Seen too in When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions.
On May 6, 1968, Armstrong ejected safely from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle #1 but set is closest to a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle.
Saturn V Apollo
Apollo X then Apollo XI.
North American Apollo Command/Service Module
Grumman Lunar Module LM-5
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