1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,600 We choose to go to the moon! 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,720 CHEERING 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:09,440 We choose to go to the moon 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,440 in this decade and do the other 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,920 things, not because they are easy, 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,800 but because they are hard. 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,440 Liftoff, we have a liftoff. Liftoff on Apollo 11. 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,720 What a moment. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,520 Man on the way to the moon. 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:36,280 SPEAKING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,760 That's one small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind. 12 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,480 Jesus Christ, look at that horizon. 13 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,360 It has a stark beauty all its own. 14 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,280 You're go to continue powered descent. 15 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,840 ALARM BLARES 16 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:38,840 Programme alarm. 17 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,880 Give us a reading on the 1202 programme alarm. 18 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:51,640 Houston. 19 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,080 The Eagle has landed. 20 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,080 Just for me, clean on tape, say, "I'm Neil Armstrong, 21 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,080 "spacecraft commander, Apollo 11." 22 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,960 I'm Neil Armstrong, Commander, Apollo 11. 23 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,160 Would you prefer Buzz or Edwin? 24 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,600 I'm Edwin E Aldrin Jr, lunar module pilot on the mission 25 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,600 Apollo 11. 26 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,240 Just look right at me and say, "I'm Michael Collins, 27 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,440 "command module pilot." 28 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,680 I'm Michael Collins, command module pilot, 29 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:35,720 Apollo 11. 30 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,160 The accomplishment that you expect to achieve is often compared 31 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:43,440 to that of Columbus. 32 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,320 How do you feel about such comparisons? 33 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,840 Columbus wasn't sure where he was going, 34 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:55,200 I very much hope that we won't terminate at someplace 35 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,920 that we didn't expect to, some planet that we hadn't 36 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:00,680 planned to visit. 37 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,360 The crew of Apollo 11 is unique. 38 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,000 Thanks very much, Buzz Aldrin. 39 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,400 I wasn't finished. Oh, oh, OK, OK. 40 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,840 Let's back up, whoa, whoa, whoa. 41 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,880 Additionally, they are unusual. 42 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,120 Do you want to start over? 43 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,120 No, I don't want to start over - do you? 44 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:18,960 LAUGHTER 45 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,120 And they also have another minor distinction, 46 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,720 they perhaps have been asked more questions than almost anybody 47 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:28,920 in the world. 48 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,200 Why are you going? Why are we sending men and not machines? 49 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,400 Do you expect to be able to sleep? 50 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,280 Do you feel that the public is putting too much hope 51 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,320 on this landing? 52 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,440 And it's not an easy chore for them to perform. 53 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,680 They are not naturally talkative men. 54 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,640 I don't know about you, but I'm staggered about going 55 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,040 to the moon, aren't you, fellas? 56 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,960 Do you think Nasa made a mistake not planning for the capability 57 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,200 of rescuing you, in case... 58 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,080 Your mission has been given an 80% chance of success. 59 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,720 What four events in the flight, in order if you can, 60 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,320 do you consider the most dangerous? 61 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,520 ..do you think we are to use "if" a little more instead of saying 62 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,320 "when" you land on the moon...? 63 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,800 There's been speculation about what the first man on the moon 64 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,160 will say when he gets there. 65 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,880 Will you prepare something ahead of time? 66 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:24,920 This is CBS News, colour coverage of Man On The Moon. 67 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:35,840 Sponsored by Kellogg's. Kellogg's puts more in your morning. 68 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,200 Here, from CBS News, correspondent Walter Cronkite. 69 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,640 Good morning. 70 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,120 The astronauts are on board now. 71 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,520 Next stop for them, the moon. 72 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,840 The three astronauts are now in their tiny spacecraft on top 73 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:55,080 of this enormous rocket. 74 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,720 They have about 160 cubic feet in there, 75 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,000 which is about the size of the interior of a small automobile. 76 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,480 There is time, if only briefly in this busy morning, 77 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,560 to think of those three men, and the burdens and the hopes 78 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,920 that they carry on behalf of all mankind. 79 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,880 We are go for Apollo 11. 80 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,280 LOUD, INDISTINCT CHATTER 81 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,000 Our status board indicates the third stage completely pressurised. 82 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,760 All the second stage tanks now pressurised. 83 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,600 Power transfer is complete. 84 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,600 Apollo 11, the launch team wishes you good luck and Godspeed. 85 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:38,400 12, 11, 10, 9, ignition sequence starts, 86 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,520 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 87 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,920 Liftoff, we have a liftoff. Liftoff on Apollo 11. 88 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,160 Tower cleared. 89 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,720 ENGINE ROARS, METALLIC RATTLING 90 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,080 What a moment. I am on the way to the moon. 91 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,920 You get a feeling that people think of these men as 92 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,400 not just superior men, but as different creatures. 93 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:12,240 We really don't have a language to...to describe this thing. 94 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,560 What are the words you use? 95 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,640 How do you say "high as the sky" any more, 96 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,120 Or "the sky's the limit"? And what does it mean? 97 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,960 All right, how are you? Looking good, flight. GNC? 98 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,080 Looks good, flight. Looking good, flight. Roger. 99 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,360 Flight, how are you? We're go, flight. 100 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,280 Mark. Mark. Mode One Charlie. Go. 101 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:16,280 Light up. Go. Guidance. Go. 102 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,400 Houston, thrusters go, all engines are looking good. 103 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:54,480 Roger, Tower. 104 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,960 Neil Armstrong confirming both the engine skirt separation 105 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,000 and the launch escape tower separation. 106 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,240 Next critical moment will be when that second stage jettisons. 107 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:24,960 Apollo 11 go on all sources. 108 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,240 Apollo 11, this is Houston, predicted cut off at 109 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,200 11 plus 42. Over. 110 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,160 ENGINES ROAR 111 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,400 ROARING STOPS 112 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:00,400 Apollo 11, this is Houston. You are confirmed go for orbit. 113 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Roger. 114 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:16,440 So this first, always dramatic and dangerous launch phase 115 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,680 has passed, and Apollo 11 is on the way. 116 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,680 This is the flight from which Man will first set foot on the moon. 117 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:53,000 We should almost glibly toss that line away now, 118 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,640 Man on the moon. 119 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,040 But, by golly, just think it over. 120 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,840 CBS News colour coverage of the launch day of Apollo 11 121 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,160 will continue in a moment. 122 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:56,600 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 123 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,240 SHUTTER CLICKS 124 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,720 When the spacecraft has been thoroughly checked out 125 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,080 by the crew, the third stage fires again, 126 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,400 its speed now tearing it free from the grip of Earth's gravity. 127 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,120 This is Apollo Control, we expect the translunar injection 128 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,240 burn at two hours 44 minutes. 129 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,600 We confirm ignition, and the thrust is go. 130 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,160 We are waiting for word of the separation from the command 131 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,720 module going off on its own. 132 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,160 While coasting outward, the command service module separates 133 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,840 and docks for access to the lunar module. 134 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,040 And the empty third stage is left behind. 135 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,760 Apollo 11, this is Houston. 136 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,000 You're go for separation. 137 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,200 This next major function now is the command module coasting out 138 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,440 50 feet away. 139 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,920 The command module will turn around 180 degrees. 140 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:20,240 The command module will touch around and come back, 141 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,520 and with the nose end, come in and dock with the lunar module. 142 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,080 It's a very, very delicate and controlled task. 143 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,840 With the lunar module attached to their nose, 144 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,640 they'll be on the way on their three-day voyage 145 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,680 to the moon, and into the pages of history. 146 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,320 Apollo 11, Houston, all your systems look real good to us. 147 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,040 We will keep you posted. 148 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,480 We have seen something spectacular today. 149 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,520 Something we'll be telling our grandchildren about. 150 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,760 Something our great-grandchildren will undoubtably be undertaking 151 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,240 themselves on an excursion basis. 152 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,480 This is Walter Cronkite at CBS News at the Kennedy Space Center 153 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,480 in Florida. 154 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,960 11, this is Houston, if you are interested in the morning 155 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,040 news, I've got a summary here. Over. 156 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:59,240 Washington UPI - "Vice President Spiro T Agnew has called for 157 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,320 "putting a man on Mars by the year 2000, 158 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,200 "but Democratic leaders replied that priority must go 159 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,560 "to needs on Earth. 160 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,760 "Laredo, Texas, immigration officials in Nuevo Laredo announce 161 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,800 "that hippies will be refused tourists cards to enter Mexico 162 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,840 "unless they take a bath and get haircuts. 163 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:22,240 "London. 164 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,400 "The House of Lords was assured that a major American submarine 165 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,640 "would not, quote, 'damage or assault', unquote, 166 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,200 "the Loch Ness Monster." 167 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:51,320 Apollo 11's distance from the Earth is now 112,386 nautical miles. 168 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,000 Velocity 4,906 feet per second. 169 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,280 Roger, Apollo 11. Thank you much for the show, appreciate it, 170 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,440 thank you very much, out. 171 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,680 Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over. 172 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,760 Roger, I've got the morning news here. Over. 173 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:11,360 "In Corby, England, an Irishman named John Coyle has won the world's 174 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:14,560 "porridge eating championship by consuming 23 bowls 175 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:15,880 "of instant oatmeal." 176 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,280 Is he pretty good at that? 177 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,840 Roger. 178 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,880 It almost seems that Neil Armstrong's life was intended 179 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,040 to work out this way. 180 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,080 Before the moon, there was flying. 181 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,400 Armstrong was, needless to say, a hot pilot in the Navy. 182 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,840 He survived the only forced landing in the history 183 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,280 of the space programme. 184 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,640 And when a lunar training vehicle went out of control, 185 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,600 forcing him to bail out for the second time in his life, 186 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,000 a friend concluded he was either the best, 187 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,840 or the luckiest pilot around. 188 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,240 Anyone else paying attention would've concluded nothing 189 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,520 could stop him from flying to the moon. 190 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,840 Even more serious than Armstrong is Buzz Aldrin. 191 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,520 He is, by general agreement, the most brilliant of 192 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,120 the astronauts, though some of his colleagues have been known 193 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,320 to comment, they wished he didn't feel it necessary 194 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,920 to demonstrate his scholarship so often. 195 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:31,000 Typically, Aldrin trained for weeks underwater for his Gemini 12 196 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,760 spacewalk, determined that it would be the best ever attempted. 197 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,160 It was. 198 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,000 But Aldrin can be as cool in appraising himself 199 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,040 as he is in his relations with others. 200 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,520 Mike Collins has done everything Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 201 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,160 have done, but somehow it's not the same. 202 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,040 The son of a general, the nephew of another, 203 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,320 he graduated from West Point, but did not like 204 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,480 the military discipline. 205 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,280 He bailed out of a jet that was on fire, 206 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,160 but can't remember anything spectacular. 207 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,760 Collins says he loves flying, but you get the feeling 208 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,240 he could quit tomorrow. 209 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,040 In his only other flight, Gemini X, a combination 210 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,520 of circumstances forced him to cut short his spacewalk. 211 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,960 While the others talk flying, he prefers to discuss books, 212 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,600 wine or roses. 213 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,000 A man who has known all three astronauts says if he were forced 214 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,160 down on a remote island, he would want it to be with 215 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,760 Mike Collins, for the quality of his personality. 216 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,440 Another said he would prefer Buzz Aldrin, 217 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,480 because, with his intelligence, he would soon be converting sea 218 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,480 water to freshwater, and otherwise logically 219 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,720 attacking the problem. 220 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,720 But both agree that they would hope it would be with Neil Armstrong, 221 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,240 because somehow he would get them home. 222 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,120 This is Apollo Control. 223 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:04,120 Dr Hawkins reports, all indications are that the crew 224 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:05,600 is sleeping soundly. 225 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:15,080 The flight director has made a decision to not put in a call 226 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,440 to the crew and wake them. 227 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,000 Roger 11, reading you loud and clear now. Over. 228 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,160 Roger. 229 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,880 I guess it's turned into night up there early, hasn't it? 230 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,480 Well, there's a lot of us down here that would be willing to come along. 231 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,680 This is Apollo Control at 75 hours 26 minutes. 232 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:05,320 Apollo 11 is 966 miles from the moon. 233 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,960 Velocity 6,511 feet per second. 234 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,440 We are 23 minutes away from the LOI burn. 235 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,400 OK, Capcom, we are go for LOI. 236 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,840 I would like to remind you to enable the BD roll 237 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,880 on the auto RCS switches. Over. 238 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,440 That's affirmative, 11. 239 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,240 OK. 240 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,160 It's very quiet here in the control room. 241 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,240 Apollo 11, Apollo 11, this is Houston, how do you read? 242 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,560 Roger, hearing you the same now. 243 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,760 Could you repeat your burn status report? 244 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,240 The spacecraft is looking good to us on telemetry. 245 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:21,760 It is possible that the divine spark in Man will consume him in flames, 246 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,600 that the big brain will prove our ultimate flaw, 247 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,240 like the dinosaur's big body. 248 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,920 That the metal plaque that Armstrong and Aldrin expect to place 249 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,360 on the moon will become Man's epitaph. 250 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,240 But the future has never revealed itself, it is made it step-by-step, 251 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:40,600 moment by moment. 252 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,320 The next great moment is now at hand. 253 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,160 The world waits and the astronauts sleep. 254 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,680 Apollo 11, Apollo 11. 255 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,160 Good morning from the Black Team. 256 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,560 Apollo 11, Apollo 11. 257 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,000 Good morning from the Black Team. 258 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,800 Apollo 11, Apollo 11. 259 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,240 Good morning from the Black Team. 260 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,560 After having breakfast, the crew will have a rather busy day 261 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,480 today, including the first men landing on the moon. 262 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,760 Looks like it's going to be impossible to get away 263 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,080 from the fact that you guys are dominating all of 264 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,400 the news back here on Earth. 265 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,520 Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning 266 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:52,440 is one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. 267 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,280 An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl, 268 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,440 called Chang-o, has been living there for 4,000 years. 269 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:07,240 It seems she was banished to the moon because she stole 270 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:10,840 the pill of immortality from her husband. 271 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:14,960 You might also look for her companion, 272 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,560 a large Chinese rabbit, 273 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,640 who is easy to spot, as he is always standing 274 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,080 on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. 275 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,600 Roger, we copy. 276 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,920 You heard that report from Neil Armstrong, 277 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,240 they are now in the lunar module. 278 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,520 Flight director Gene Kranz is going around the control centre 279 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,760 now, talking to his flight controllers, reviewing status, 280 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:12,400 in preparation for making the go/no go decision for undocking. 281 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,680 Apollo 11, Houston, we are go for undocking. Over. 282 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,440 Houston, you're looking good for separation, 283 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,480 you are go for separation, Columbia. Over. 284 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,560 Say again the angles, though. 285 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,680 Roger. Pitch 212, yaw plus 37. 286 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:55,120 In about 25 seconds from now, the important burn of the descent 287 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:59,000 propulsion system engine of the lunar module will begin 288 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,400 slowing it down for the landing on the moon. 289 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:25,800 10% TCP. 290 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,200 Rog, 10%. 291 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,640 CRACKLING AND HISSING 292 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,480 This is Apollo Control, we've had loss of signal now. 293 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,000 SLOW BEEPING 294 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,440 That's affirmative. 295 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,640 ALARM BLARES 296 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:48,760 1202. 297 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:54,440 This landing is not just as simple as it sounds. 298 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,320 They've got to come in over some rather high features 299 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,520 before they make that set-down on a fairly flat point on the moon. 300 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,080 The most difficult part of the mission is the landing. 301 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,640 You have the manoeuvrability of a helicopter, so you can descend 302 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,520 vertically, look at the area, and finally, pick out that one spot 303 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:13,600 that is acceptable. 304 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,040 The hard part, of course, is to get that close, 305 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,800 and you have to commit to leaving, after all of this work, 306 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,160 and I think that pressure is probably the greatest amount 307 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:22,640 of pressure any crew will ever have. 308 00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,840 We are now in the approach phase, everything looking good. 309 00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:33,400 Roger, copy. 310 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:40,000 And just 14 miles to go, 4½ minutes is left in this era. 311 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,000 ALARM BLARES 312 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:54,520 1201 alarm. Same type, we're go, flight. OK, we're go. 313 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,000 Roger, we copy you. 314 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,000 35 degrees. 315 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:17,440 35 degrees. 750. Coming down to 23. 316 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:19,920 600 feet, down at 19. 317 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,240 Roger, Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. 318 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,280 You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, 319 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,520 we're breathing again, thanks a lot. 320 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:34,200 Oh, boy, Man on the moon. 321 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:37,840 Boy... 322 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,160 Wally, say something, I'm speechless. 323 00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:44,560 I'm just trying to hold on to my breath. 324 00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:47,200 That is really something. 325 00:48:49,240 --> 00:48:53,480 Roger. Tranquility. Be advised there's lots of smiling faces 326 00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:55,520 in this room and all over the world. Over. 327 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,520 Roger. It was a beautiful job, you guys. 328 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:09,680 Roger. We read you, Columbia. 329 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,960 He has landed, Tranquility Base, 330 00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:13,920 Eagle is at Tranquility. Over. 331 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:17,840 Good show. 332 00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:58,880 Well, this day has given us, Eric Sevareid, 333 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,120 I guess our biggest story, 334 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,640 nothing compares with this, I don't think. 335 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,960 I think, Walter, sometimes it's easier to be an active 336 00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:10,520 participant in world-shaking things like this than an observer 337 00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:13,320 who can only sit. At least it's easier on the nerve ends, 338 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:19,000 the thing that got us all downstairs in another office watching this, 339 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,880 in those last few minutes and seconds, was the steadiness 340 00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,800 of those voices, of those two men. 341 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:30,400 And as an old-fashioned humanist, that seemed, to me, a little 342 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,880 reassuring that in those last second, the human hand 343 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:36,480 and eye had to take over from the computer, if I understood exactly 344 00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:40,320 what was going on in that lunar module. 345 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,080 Sitting here, I really was quite speechless, 346 00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,640 I don't think that's happened in my life. 347 00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:50,680 As a matter of fact, Armstrong's words were as eloquent 348 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,840 as you could ask. 349 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,480 "The Eagle has landed." The Eagle has landed. 350 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,480 What more could you say? No more, no more. 351 00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,160 What do you think of Man's landing on the moon? 352 00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,160 It was just profound. 353 00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,080 Man has stepped off this planet, and I'm proud to be an American 354 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,000 and an earthling. 355 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,520 What was the reaction where you were? 356 00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,440 What does it mean to you? 357 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,440 This is one moment I want to share with the American people. 358 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,160 Yugoslavia, in fact, has adopted the three American 359 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,000 astronauts as its own heroes. 360 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,640 What's your reaction? What are your thoughts? How about you, sir? 361 00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:29,400 I am very proud to be a member of generation 362 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,560 of this historical moment. 363 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,160 I think this is a great day for Americans. 364 00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:37,600 I think maybe Mars might be next. 365 00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:38,680 Who knows? 366 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:51,760 Buzz Aldrin and his co-pilot, Neil Armstrong, they've been on 367 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:56,720 the moon for over two hours now, and Buzz Aldrin did take something 368 00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:00,560 with him today, most unusual, he took a part 369 00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:04,800 of the communal bread loaf from his church along with him 370 00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:08,080 so that, at his evening meal tonight, Sunday, 371 00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:11,680 he will, in a sense, share Communion with the people 372 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:12,960 of his church. 373 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,240 Tranquility, you can go ahead. 374 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:51,240 Roger, Tranquility Base. 375 00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:07,000 And the least we can do is to accede to the request from the hero 376 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,240 conquerors of space, Armstrong and Aldrin, 377 00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:13,760 to pause for a moment, and contemplate the last few hours, 378 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:15,840 and give thanks in our own way. 379 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:36,240 CBS News colour coverage of the epic journey of Apollo 11 will continue 380 00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:37,680 in a moment. 381 00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,560 We will get word from the spacecraft, 382 00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:49,040 that they intend to depressurise the cabin, and open the hatch 383 00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:51,960 in about 15 minutes from now. 384 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,400 We are approaching one of the critical moments, 385 00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:15,600 and Neil Armstrong's father did say that he hoped that his son 386 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,720 would have something to say on the surface of the moon. 387 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:22,360 He said, "I hope he'll say something that unites the world." 388 00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,520 Neil Armstrong's mother said that, however, 389 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,240 "Maybe he will be so thrilled, he won't have any words at all." 390 00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:04,800 Move. 391 00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:58,600 Buzz, this is Houston, radio check, and to verify TV circuit breaker in. 392 00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:05,520 Man, we're getting a picture on the TV. 393 00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:09,800 There's a foot going down. 394 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,440 There he is, there's a foot coming the steps. 395 00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:19,520 OK, Neil, we can see you coming down the ladder now. 396 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,480 That's one small step for Man... 397 00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:44,040 ..one giant leap for mankind. 398 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,680 Armstrong is on the moon. 399 00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:55,080 38-year-old American, standing on the surface of the moon. 400 00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:58,080 Wow. 401 00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,200 Neil, this is Houston, we're copying. 402 00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:25,320 Boy, look at those pictures. 403 00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:28,720 Oh, thank you, television, for letting us watch this one. 404 00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:30,240 Isn't this something? 405 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,960 Roger, Neil, we are reading you loud and clear. 406 00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:52,680 CHATTER 407 01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:17,480 I'm going to leave that one foot up there and... 408 01:00:58,440 --> 01:00:59,640 Ready for the camera? 409 01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:06,240 Why don't you turn around and let them get a view from there 410 01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:08,200 and see what the field of view looks like. 411 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,920 Neil, this is Houston, we would like you to aim 412 01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:16,520 it a little bit more to the right. Over. 413 01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:17,560 OK. 414 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:20,960 OK, that looks good, Neil. 415 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:30,200 Now they are collecting now, the samples. 416 01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:35,720 We've got about another hour and five minutes of extra vehicular 417 01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:37,840 activity before the hatch is closed. 418 01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:43,080 I think all of us on Earth probably feel the same way. 419 01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:46,000 There will never be a day like this again, in any of our histories. 420 01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:07,840 Roger. 421 01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:42,640 Columbia, this is Houston. Over. 422 01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:36,000 Neil and Buzz, the President of the United States 423 01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:38,280 would like to say a few words to you. Over. 424 01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:42,560 All right, go ahead, Mr President. 425 01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:46,840 Hello, Neil and Buzz. 426 01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:51,880 I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House. 427 01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:57,800 And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call 428 01:03:57,800 --> 01:03:59,080 I've ever made. 429 01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:04,520 And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility... 430 01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:10,200 ..it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace 431 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:12,240 and tranquillity to Earth. 432 01:04:51,040 --> 01:04:53,520 And thank you very much, and I look forward to seeing 433 01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:55,080 you on the Hornet on Thursday. 434 01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:28,640 Roger. 435 01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:38,160 In the foreground, Buzz Aldrin is collecting 436 01:05:38,160 --> 01:05:39,600 a core tube sample. 437 01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:45,320 Tranquility Base, this is Houston. 438 01:08:54,160 --> 01:08:56,680 Tranquily Base, this is Houston. Over. 439 01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:22,400 We want to make sure we check the breakers. 440 01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,200 Just one quickie. 441 01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:03,680 Mike, this is serious, really, if I can ask. 442 01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:06,440 How would you feel if you had to come home alone? 443 01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:08,080 Terrible. 444 01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:09,120 Really. 445 01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:31,880 We are keeping tuned now to Mission Control, 446 01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:34,120 and Houston has a go-through of checking out 447 01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:39,080 the spacecraft systems before men LEAVE the moon for the first time. 448 01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:44,680 Roger, go ahead. 449 01:10:44,680 --> 01:10:49,400 OK, on surface 57 there on your verb 21 noun 73, 450 01:10:49,400 --> 01:10:52,640 trunnion leave it at 180. 451 01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:54,640 The shaft, we'd like... 452 01:11:37,280 --> 01:11:38,640 Roger. 453 01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:17,160 700, 150 up, beautiful. 454 01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:21,800 The upper stage of the Eagle lifts off, 455 01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:24,800 leaving behind the now-useless landing stage, 456 01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:27,880 and swings into orbit to dock with Columbia once again. 457 01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:35,520 1,000 feet high, 80 feet per second vertical rise. 458 01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:37,640 Oh, boy, hot diggity dog. 459 01:12:37,640 --> 01:12:39,320 They are off and running now. Yes, sir. 460 01:12:41,400 --> 01:12:42,920 Armstrong and Aldrin. 461 01:12:42,920 --> 01:12:44,040 You're looking good. 462 01:12:45,440 --> 01:12:48,360 They are just short of 24 hours on the moon's surface, 463 01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:52,360 on the way back now to rendezvous with Mike Collins orbiting. 464 01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:06,200 This is Apollo Control. 465 01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:10,880 Communications are somewhat scratchy with Apollo 11. 466 01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:20,880 Columbia and Eagle now reunited to become Apollo 11, 467 01:15:20,880 --> 01:15:22,360 again. 468 01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:51,800 When the crew and moon samples are transferred to the command 469 01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:55,040 service module, the lunar module is discarded. 470 01:16:48,280 --> 01:16:51,520 30 seconds now until loss of signal, we've had a last status check 471 01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:53,560 from the flight director, and all around the room, 472 01:16:53,560 --> 01:16:54,560 the word is go. 473 01:17:09,120 --> 01:17:11,960 Apollo 11, Houston, you are a go for TEI. Over. 474 01:17:24,440 --> 01:17:27,720 Now, at this point, we are waiting as Mission Control 475 01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:32,240 and as the whole world, for this word, that behind the moon, 476 01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:37,360 out of touch with the Earth, the astronauts of Apollo 11 477 01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:43,120 have successfully fired the engine for the trans-Earth injection. 478 01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:12,360 They are on the edge of their seats, just as you and I are. 479 01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:23,560 Roger, we've got you coming home. 480 01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:27,000 They are on the way home. 481 01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:28,040 Hallelujah! 482 01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:45,920 PIANO PLAYS SOFTLY 483 01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:58,720 We're always going to feel somehow strangers to these men. 484 01:18:58,720 --> 01:19:01,520 They've peered into another life we can't follow. 485 01:19:04,440 --> 01:19:06,480 SINGING 486 01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:10,760 He said it was "pretty", the scene he saw on the moon. 487 01:19:15,560 --> 01:19:19,200 Somehow they found a strange beauty there that I suppose they can never 488 01:19:19,200 --> 01:19:21,200 really describe to us. 489 01:20:52,440 --> 01:20:57,120 MUSIC 490 01:21:00,600 --> 01:21:02,480 CLICK, MUSIC STOPS 491 01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:44,040 Apollo 11, lined up right down the middle of the entry corridor. 492 01:21:48,120 --> 01:21:52,320 As it approaches the re-entry speed of nearly 25,000 mph, 493 01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:54,200 the service module drops away. 494 01:22:06,640 --> 01:22:10,040 The command module, Columbia, is all that remains of the original 495 01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:13,120 3,000 tonnes of rocket, fuel, and cargo. 496 01:22:14,440 --> 01:22:17,160 The command module now plunges into the atmosphere, 497 01:22:17,160 --> 01:22:19,720 protected by its heat shield. 498 01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:21,960 Apollo 11, Houston, you are still looking mighty fine 499 01:22:21,960 --> 01:22:23,640 here, you are cleared for landing. 500 01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:32,600 Roger. Copy. 501 01:22:41,840 --> 01:22:45,360 Velocity 34,630 feet per second. 502 01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:51,160 Range to go to splash, 1533 nautical miles. 503 01:23:59,320 --> 01:24:01,200 Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA 4. 504 01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:06,720 Hornet reports a sonic boom a short time ago. 505 01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:13,520 Apollo 11, Houston, in the blind, Air-Boss has a visual contact. 506 01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:21,920 Apollo 11, Houston, through ARIA, standing by. Over. 507 01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:25,560 Maximum G-force should be just about now. 508 01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:30,040 We are seeing this glowing re-entry, like a comet coming back 509 01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:31,840 to the Earth's atmosphere. 510 01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:37,280 We are getting nothing from Mission Control, 511 01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:38,920 or from the spaceship. 512 01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:42,400 Come on, Houston, give us the word. 513 01:25:18,120 --> 01:25:19,960 Hot dog, Apollo 11 has made it. 514 01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:56,320 They're back from the moon. 515 01:25:57,520 --> 01:26:00,400 Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins 516 01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:04,000 landing in the Pacific Ocean, southwest of Hawaii. 517 01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:07,080 APPLAUSE 518 01:27:18,600 --> 01:27:21,280 Houston, Tranquility. Over. 519 01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:23,160 Neil is now unveiling the plaque. 520 01:27:26,080 --> 01:27:30,960 Here, men from the planet Earth, first set foot upon the moon. 521 01:27:33,000 --> 01:27:35,160 We came in peace for all mankind. 522 01:27:36,280 --> 01:27:39,600 July 1969, AD. 523 01:27:47,240 --> 01:27:51,240 To find out more about Apollo 11, and examine moon rocks collected 524 01:27:51,240 --> 01:27:55,080 by the astronauts using a virtual microscope, go to... 525 01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:00,440 ..and follow the links to the Open University.