Nasa to release recordings of unexplained 'music' from the far side of the moon
Source: International Business Times
The dark side of the moon has always held a mystical fascination for stargazers so when the crew of one of the first missions to orbit it heard strange music in their headsets, they were so surprised they weren't sure whether or not to report it. The sounds were heard by the three astronauts on the Apollo 10 launch in 1969 while they were out of the range of terrestrial radio broadcasts.
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Recordings of what happened were classified for 40 years, but they have recently been recovered, and the music is to be revealed on the Science Channel's series, Nasa's Unexplained Files.
The sounds lasted for the full hour of the crew crossed over the dark side. Mission transcripts reveal the three men talking about the noises and discussing what to do, but do not identify who was speaking.
One of the crew says: "You hear that? That whistling sound? Whooooooooo!"
"It sounds like, you know, outer space-type music," another replies.
Later, one says: "I tell you, that music is really weird."
"No one will believe us," replies a colleague.
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Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nasa-release-recordings-unexplained-music-far-side-moon-1545103
bananas
(27,509 posts)This has two video clips from the show:
Apollo 10 astronauts reported hearing odd 'music' on far side of moon
Published February 21, 2016 FoxNews.com
The astronauts who flew the dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing reported hearing mysterious outer space-type music while flying behind the moon in May 1969.
The case of the odd, unexplained whistling noise is uncovered during an upcoming episode of the Science Channel series, NASAs Unexplained Files. The episode focuses on a strange event experienced by the crew members of Apollo 10, a mission which flew to the moon, entered lunar orbit and got within 5,000 feet of the moons surface in preparation for Apollo 11s historic flight two months later.
The Apollo 10 astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan can be heard on recordings from the flight talking about the strange sound, and whether to tell NASA about it.
It sounds like, you know, outer space-type music, one of the astronauts says.
Shall we tell [NASA] about it? an astronaut asks.
I dont know, another replies. We ought to think about it.
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Lochloosa
(16,067 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,835 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Is happening, live.
Pretty amazing. I wish the Dead had done something like this.
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)Dark Side of The Moon was released on March 1973... 46 months later
roamer65
(36,747 posts)The far side is bathed in full light during new moon.
ThreeWayFanny
(80 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)lastlib
(23,266 posts)(unless, of course, the sun happens to be shining on it......)
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)Maxine Universe: Uh -- and you're saying that the, uh -- another civilization has found the tape?
Cocuwa: Yes. They've sent us a message that actually proves it. It may be just four simple words, but it is the FIRST positive proof that other intelligent beings inhabit the universe.
Maxine Universe: Uh -- what are the four words, Cocuwa?
Cocuwa: The four words that came to us from outer space -- the FOUR words that will appear on the cover of Time Magazine next week -- are: (he holds up the magazine) "Send More Chuck Berry".
Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)Shandris
(3,447 posts)GAH! Couldn't resist!
And now I must go listen to that entire side, because Pink Floyd.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)but I can't tell you for another 6 months
Wilms
(26,795 posts)It's not clear to me if the background sounds that are part of it are the actual recordings, or are mixed in for "dramatic" effect.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/apollo-10-astronauts-heard-weird-music-while-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-in-1969-2016-2
Hell of a story, though.
ThreeWayFanny
(80 posts)...at least its not mysterious . ...
https://www.metabunk.org/apollo-10-space-music.t7324/
former9thward
(32,064 posts)Apparently NASA did not think it was so simple as you do.
ThreeWayFanny
(80 posts)..... said "declassified " - That's click bait. Don't take the bait, investigate !
8 track mind
(1,638 posts)PSPS
(13,608 posts)I guess the next "big news story" promoting the idiotic "Nasa's Unexplained Files" series will be the face on Mars.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)Johnson Space Center. Love seeing more space stuff on my DU feed.
I can't wait to hear the music.
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)many 'moons' ago. They had altered it so it could be heard by our human ears.
The recorded sounds are the complex interactions of charged electromagnetic particles from the solar wind, ionisphere, and planetary magnetosphere.
I purchased them all because I was so curious. Especially since I
had always been told that there was no sound in space.
The noises were mainly like a chorus of whistles and bleeps, but sometimes
sounding like ethereal music which was beautiful.
At any rate, I'm curious if this article is referring to this same thing?
http://earthsky.org/space/video-for-your-ears-what-do-planets-sound-like
For live sounds from space, go here:
http://www.radio-astronomy.net/
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)Nitram
(22,845 posts)...and some are in the radio frequency range. So with a receiver, you can hear those sounds the same way you listen to the radio. There are no sound waves in space, but there are radio waves.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)There is still plenty of hydrogen, helium, and other stellar debris in space.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Nitram
(22,845 posts)...had to be modified to bring them into the range of human hearing.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)in space.
Tikki
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)The music of the spheres.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler,_Johannes#Harmonices_Mundi
Sometimes I think he was righter than we know.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)They went through a time warp again
longship
(40,416 posts)The moon is tidally locked to the Earth. That means that one face of the moon is always pointed towards Earth. It does NOT mean that one side of the Moon is always pointed towards the Sun. We can see the Moon go through phases every month (a word that itself derives from "moon" .
There is a far side of the Moon, the side that always points away from Earth. But the far side still has night and day, just like the rest of the Moon.
There is no fucking dark side!
Nitram
(22,845 posts)...possible when the moon is between the astronauts and the Earth. It is dark to communication.
longship
(40,416 posts)We all know what is meant by "dark side" and it is scientifically inaccurate. In fact, it is rubbish.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)progressoid
(49,992 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)One is rubbish, the other is based on facts.
And yes, Neil Young has sang the same song, with less than an octave range, for decades. But in the rock world, he's legend.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)Have you ever been able to year your car engine revving through the AM radio? The Apollo CSM was as complicated as a car--and the building the car was parked in. So we can expect that it made all sorts of hoots and whirrs across the electromagnetic spectrum. It might even echo slightly as the signals were bounced off the surface 50 miles below.
8 track mind
(1,638 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)...and those two radios could potentially interfere with one another. Or, someone might have spilled beer in the microphone.
Nitram
(22,845 posts)And when you listen to white noise for a while, you can start to imagine voices and other sounds.
harun
(11,348 posts)bobthedrummer
(26,083 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)Several hundred degrees colder, if I recall.
I'm wondering if this is something as simple as gas seeping from a formerly hot area of the space craft to another as it cools down.
I was drinking a cool, refreshing sparkling water one day while I was working at home alone. After a while, I started hearing this weird, warbling theremin-like sound that came out of nowhere and seemed to be all around me. It turned out that a sunbeam from the window had hit my drink, warmed it up, and gas was now seeping out from the cap I had replaced on top. That's all it was.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)From CBS The true story behind Apollo 10's "outer-spacey" music encounter:
But as it turns out, there's a perfectly rational explanation that did not require the presence of aliens or ancient astronauts. The strange sounds were the result of radio interference between the VHF systems aboard the Apollo 10 lunar module and the command module.
From Popular Mechanics: What Was the Mysterious "Space Music" Astronauts Heard on the Dark Side of the Moon?. Actually, it's the far side; Pop Mechanics should know better.
Michael Collins heard something similar on Apollo 11:
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Standing on the moon
Standing on the moon
I got no cobweb on my shoe
Standing on the moon
I'm feeling so alone and blue
I see the Gulf of Mexico
As tiny as a tear
The coast of California
Must be somewhere over here - over here
Standing on the moon
I see the battle rage below
Standing on the moon
I see the soldiers come and go
There's a metal flag beside me
Someone planted long ago
Old Glory standing stiffly
Crimson, white and indigo - indigo
I see all of Southeast Asia
I can see El Salvador
I hear the cries of children
And the other songs of war
It's like a mighty melody
That rings down from the sky
Standing here upon the moon
I watch it all roll by - all roll by
Standing on the moon
With nothing else to do
A lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you
Standing on the moon
I see a shadow on the sun
Standing on the moon
The stars go fading one by one
I hear a cry of victory
And another of defeat
a scrap of age-old lullaby
Down some forgotten street
Standing on the moon
Where talk is cheap and vision true
Standing on the moon
But I would rather be with you
Somewhere in San Francisco
On a back porch in July
Just looking up to heaven
At this crescent in the sky
Standing on the moon
With nothing left to do
A lovely view of heaven
But I'd rather be with you - be with you