---
title: "Rejoice In This Supercut of Moon Astronauts Falling Over"
description: "A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity."
date: "2020-05-18"
modified: "2020-05-18"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/supercut-moon-astronauts-falling-over"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Moon"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "moon"
  - "NASA"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# Rejoice In This Supercut of Moon Astronauts Falling Over

![A delightful new video shows Apollo astronauts falling over in their bulky spacesuits, unaccustomed to the Moon's weak gravity.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/supercut-moon-astronauts-falling-over.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Tag Hartman-Simkins for Futurism\</em\>*

## Moon Bounce

You remember the hallowed history of the Apollo missions: the [heady speechifying](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEM_h5WbFks&feature=emb_title>), the [danger and peril](<https://www.space.com/17250-apollo-13-facts.html>), the incredible accomplishments.

A delightful new video, though, shows a lighter side of NASA's Moon missions during the 1960s — astronauts, unaccustomed to lunar gravity, falling over in their bulky spacesuits. Turn up your sound, because the music is perfect.

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/gm4y6k/funny_footage_of_apollo_astronauts_falling_on_the/

## Caught Slippin

The Moon's gravity is [just a sixth](<https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2004/07/moon-facts/>) of that on Earth, so moving around on its surface is unintuitive.

In fact, scientists didn't know precisely what it would be like to walk on its surface before the Apollo 11 astronauts touched down — so, [according to Buzz Aldrin](<https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/out-of-this-world-what-its-really-like-to-to-walk-on-the-moon-395203.html>), they were instructed to take a little extra time after dismounting the ladder to get oriented and make sure they could stand correctly.

## Extra Footage

If you want to go even deeper into the world of Apollo astronauts falling over on the job, check out this older supercut, which includes audio of their laughter and ribbing as they fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNTNeNMH8Q

**READ MORE:** [Funny footage of Apollo astronauts falling on the surface of the moon.(this video has been sped up 2x)](<https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/gm4y6k/funny_footage_of_apollo_astronauts_falling_on_the/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=title&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=56206d04de8943858e29cfd8ba65e4fd&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=gm4y6k>) \[Reddit\]

**More on astronauts:** [*Piece of Astronaut’s Spacesuit Falls Off During Spacewalk*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/piece-astronauts-spacesuit-falls-off-during-spacewalk>)

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)