The Todd Miller Apollo 13 documentary (which is phenomenal, it's entirely file footage but assembled better than most blockbusters) has these bits during launch/landing where they overlay the three astronaut's heart rates with the footage. My big takeaway from that was that they were incredibly unflappable, almost to an absurd degree.

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zettabomb 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you mean Apollo 11, Apollo 13 was the dramatization with Tom Hanks. Both excellent movies in their own ways.

	▲	542458 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Oh drat. Yes, you're 100% correct. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/

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kouru225 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not as good as For All Mankind (the 1989 documentary) IMO! Link: https://youtu.be/JD2W4CZbH9U?si=WvdYuLnoe49_tV0l

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steve1977 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not to take away from their achievement, but do we know if there were drugs involved?

	▲	roryirvine 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not for takeoff. Apollo astronauts used barbituates to help sleep, and scopolamine with dextroamphetamine during re-entry. Unsurprisingly the average HR during re-entry was rather higher than at launch! (source: https://space.stackexchange.com/a/31987 ) Gemini would likely have been similar, save for using Cyclizine during re-entry rather than scopolamine/dextroamphetamine. Detailed info about the Apollo medkit: http://heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-medical-kit.html Less-detailed history of NASA medkits, mentioning Gemini: https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/spaceflight/space-medici...