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{\an7}\hNarrator: IT’S A DAY WE
DREAMT OF, FOR CENTURIES.
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{\an7}Collins: WE FELT THE WEIGHT OF
\hTHE WORLD ON OUR SHOULDERS,
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{\an7}WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE
LOOKING AT US WORLDWIDE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: A DAY WHEN
THREE MEN RISK EVERYTHING.
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{\an7}NASA Radio: LIFT OFF.
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{\an7}WE HAVE LIFT OFF!
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{\an7}M. Armstrong: WE KNEW THAT DAD
\h\h\hHAD TO GO ON THIS TRIP.
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{\an7}\hAND I THINK THEY
ONLY FELT THEY HAD
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{\an7}A 50/50 CHANCE OF DOING IT.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: AND IT’S A
DAY THAT CHANGES THE WORLD.
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{\an7}Cox: I THINK IT IS THE
\hGREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
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{\an7}\hIN THE HISTORY OF
HUMAN CIVILIZATION.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: IT HAPPENS
A QUARTER OF A MILLION
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{\an7}\hMILES OUT IN SPACE,
BUT IT’S SEEN BY OVER
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{\an7}\h\h\hHALF A BILLION
PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH.
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{\an7}May: WHAT AN AMAZING
\hTHING TO WITNESS.
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{\an7}Massimino: YOU REMEMBER
\h\h\h\hWHERE YOU WERE.
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{\an7}RIGHT?
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT IT’S
ALSO A DAY FULL OF DANGER.
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{\an7}Bales: WE ALL KNEW WE HAD THREE
THINGS WERE GONNA HAPPEN, WE’RE
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{\an7}\h\hGONNA LAND, WE WERE GONNA
ABORT, OR WE WERE GONNA CRASH.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: WHEN
SUCCESS OR FAILURE
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{\an7}\h\h\hCOMES DOWN TO
SPLIT SECOND CALLS.
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{\an7}Bales: AND BANG, WE GOT
\hTHIS COMPUTER ALARM.
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{\an7}NASA Radio: 1202.
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{\an7}Duke: MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS
\hWE’RE DEAD IN THE WATER.
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{\an7}Narrator: WITH SPECTACULAR
\h\h\hREMASTERED FOOTAGE,
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{\an7}THIS IS THE MINUTE BY
\hMINUTE INSIDE STORY
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{\an7}FROM THOSE WHO WERE THERE,
THOSE WHO PUT THEM THERE,
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{\an7}AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES
ARE CHANGED FOREVER.
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{\an7}Kranz: BY GOLLY, WE GOT
\h\hA MAN ON THE MOON!
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{\an7}WE’VE PUT HIM THERE!
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{\an7}\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,
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{\an7}ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.
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{\an7}Narrator: IT’S THE DAY
WE WALKED ON THE MOON.
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{\an7}\hWE FIRST SET FOOT ON
THE MOON IN JULY 1969.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT THE DECISION TO GO
THERE IS MADE BY PRESIDENT
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{\an7}KENNEDY AT THE START OF
THE DECADE, AND SPELLED
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{\an7}\h\hOUT IN ONE OF HIS
MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES.
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{\an7}Kennedy: WE CHOOSE TO GO TO
\h\hTHE MOON IN THIS DECADE
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{\an7}AND DO THE OTHER THINGS,
\h\hNOT BECAUSE THEY ARE
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{\an7}EASY BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD.
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{\an7}Collins: I WAS THRILLED TO
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBE PART OF
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{\an7}FULFILLING PRESIDENT
\hJOHN F. KENNEDY’S
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDREAM OF MAN ON THE
MOON BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
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{\an7}HOWEVER, THE MOON
WAS SO FAR AWAY,
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{\an7}SO REMOTE, WAS THIS
REALLY GONNA HAPPEN?
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{\an7}Cox: WHEN KENNEDY MADE
THAT BEAUTIFUL SPEECH
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{\an7}\h\h"WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE
MOON", REMEMBER THAT FROM AN
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{\an7}ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, WE
DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: WE WOULD
HAVE TO LEARN QUICKLY.
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{\an7}IT’S THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR.
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{\an7}THE SPACE RACE HAS
\hALREADY STARTED.
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{\an7}\h\hAND THE SOVIET
UNION HAS LAUNCHED
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{\an7}\hTHE WORLD’S FIRST
SATELLITE, SPUTNIK.
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{\an7}\h\h\hMuir-Harmony: SPUTNIK WAS
LAUNCHED ON A ROCKET AND PEOPLE
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{\an7}UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THE SOVIET
\h\hUNION HAD THE CAPABILITY
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{\an7}TO LAUNCH THINGS IN TO SPACE,
\h\hTHAT THERE’S A LIKELIHOOD
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY ALSO HAD THE
CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH WARHEADS.
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{\an7}\hMay: THERE’S NO DOUBT
THAT SPUTNIK ONE SCARED
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{\an7}\h\hTHE AMERICANS TO DEATH
AND THEY SUDDENLY REALIZED
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{\an7}\hTHEY HAD TO PULL THEIR
FINGER OUT AND GET ON IT.
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{\an7}Aderin-Pocock: RUSSIA HAD GOT
\hTHE FIRST OBJECT IN SPACE,
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{\an7}THEY GOT THE FIRST
\hANIMAL IN SPACE.
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{\an7}AND THEY’D GOT THE FIRST
\h\hPERSON IN TO SPACE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND THE AMERICANS WITH
THEIR TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY,
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{\an7}\hOR SO THEY THOUGHT,
FELT ON THE BACK FOOT.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: KENNEDY
DECIDES THE WAY TO BEAT
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{\an7}THE SOVIETS IS TO PUT
\hA MAN ON THE MOON.
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{\an7}Borman: PRESIDENT KENNEDY
\h\hSET OUT THE CHALLENGE
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{\an7}TO DO IT IN THE ’60S,
AND EVERYBODY DEVOTED
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{\an7}THEIR TOTAL LIFE TO DOING THAT.
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{\an7}Narrator: REALIZING KENNEDY’S
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{\an7}\hDREAM WITHIN THE
DECADE ISN’T EASY.
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{\an7}IT TAKES A CONCERTED
\h\hNATIONAL EFFORT,
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{\an7}UNPARALLELED IN PEACE TIME.
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{\an7}Muir-Harmony: THE SCALE OF
\h\h\h\h\h\hPROJECT APOLLO
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{\an7}IS HARD TO REALLY
EVEN CONCEIVE OF.
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{\an7}AT THE PEAK, OVER 400,000
\h\hPEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.
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{\an7}THE PROGRAM COST, AT THE TIME,
\h\h$25 BILLION WHICH IS MORE
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{\an7}THAN THE MANHATTAN PROJECT,
MORE THAN THE PANAMA CANAL.
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{\an7}Cox: I THINK IT WAS GEORGE
\hH.W. BUSH WHO SAID THAT
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{\an7}\hIT WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT
SINCE LEONARDO DA VINCI BEING
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{\an7}GIVEN A SKETCH BOOK, AND
HE WAS, AND HE’S RIGHT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: NASA’S SPACE
PROGRAM NEEDS MORE THAN MONEY.
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{\an7}IT NEEDS MEN WILLING
\h\h\hTO RISK THEIR
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{\an7}\hLIVES PILOTING HIGHLY
EXPERIMENTAL SPACECRAFT.
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{\an7}IN 1961, ALAN SHEPHERD BECOMES
\hTHE FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE.
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{\an7}IN 1962 JOHN GLENN
ORBITS THE EARTH.
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{\an7}BY THE TIME PROJECTS MERCURY
AND GEMINI GIVE WAY TO APOLLO
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{\an7}IN THE MID ’60S, AMERICA’S
ASTRONAUTS ARE SUPERSTARS.
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{\an7}Borman: MOST OF US CAME FROM THE
MILITARY, WHERE WE’D BEEN
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{\an7}ALMOST INCOGNITO AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN YOU’RE CELEBRITIES.
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{\an7}Massimino: I THOUGHT THESE
\h\hGUYS WERE THE COOLEST
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{\an7}GUYS WALKING THE PLANET.
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME
\hTHE BEATLES WERE AROUND,
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{\an7}\h\hI THOUGHT THEY WERE
COOLER THAN THE BEATLES.
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{\an7}Duke: I WOULD CALL IT
\h\hA ROCK STAR LIKE,
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{\an7}BUT YOU COULD GET A REAL
SWELL HEAD IF YOU DIDN’T
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{\an7}\hWATCH OUT BECAUSE YOU
GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: 32
ASTRONAUTS TAKE PART IN
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{\an7}THE APOLLO PROGRAM
BUT ONLY THREE WILL
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{\an7}\hMAKE THE JOURNEY TO
THE MOON ON APOLLO 11.
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{\an7}THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT IS
38 YEAR OLD MICHAEL COLLINS,
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{\an7}THE ONE CREW MEMBER WHO
WON’T WALK ON THE MOON.
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{\an7}Collins: CLEARLY I DID NOT HAVE
THE BEST OF THE THREE
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{\an7}SEATS, HOWEVER I THOUGHT
\h\hIT WAS A GREAT HONOR
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{\an7}TO BE A, A PART OF
THE APOLLO 11 CREW.
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{\an7}Narrator: LUNAR MODULE
\hPILOT, BUZZ ALDRIN,
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{\an7}MAY BE ABOUT TO WALK ON
\hTHE MOON, BUT FOR HIS
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{\an7}11 YEAR OLD SON, ANDY, THAT’S
\h\hNOT WHAT SETS HIM APART.
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{\an7}\hAldrin: MY DAD WASN’T COOL
BECAUSE HE WAS AN ASTRONAUT,
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{\an7}\hBECAUSE EVERYBODY’S
DAD WAS AN ASTRONAUT.
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{\an7}MY DAD WAS COOL ’CAUSE
\hHE COULD POLE VAULT.
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY’S
DAD COULD POLE VAULT.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: FIRST MAN TO
WALK ON THE MOON WILL BE
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{\an7}THE MISSION COMMANDER, 38
YEAR OLD NEIL ARMSTRONG.
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{\an7}Borman: WELL NEIL ARMSTRONG
\hWAS PROBABLY THE PERFECT
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{\an7}\h\hCHOICE TO MAKE THE
FIRST STEP ON THE MOON.
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{\an7}HE WAS DEDICATED,
HE WAS COMPETENT.
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{\an7}\hDuke: PROBABLY ONE OF THE
COOLEST GUYS I’D EVER KNOWN.
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{\an7}BY COOL I MEAN STEADY
\h\h\hUNDER PRESSURE.
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{\an7}HE WAS UNFLAPPABLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THAT
UNFLAPPABILITY IS TESTED
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{\an7}IN MAY 1968, WHEN ARMSTRONG
\h\h\hTAKES PART IN A LUNAR
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{\an7}LANDING SIMULATION AT ELLINGTON
AIR FORCE BASE IN HOUSTON.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h200 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND, HIS CRAFT SUDDENLY
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{\an7}LOSES PRESSURE, FORCING
\h\hARMSTRONG TO EJECT.
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{\an7}HE CHEATS DEATH BY SECONDS.
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{\an7}NOW COMES THE MISSION ITSELF.
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{\an7}M. Armstrong: WHEN MUM AND DAD
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED US FOR
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{\an7}\h\h\hA MEETING IN THE
DINING ROOM IT’S LIKE.
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{\an7}R. Armstrong: WHAT
TROUBLE ARE WE IN?
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{\an7}M. Armstrong: THIS MUST BE,
\h\hYEAH, WE’RE IN TROUBLE.
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{\an7}THIS MUST BE SERIOUS.
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{\an7}R. Armstrong: HE BASICALLY
\hSAID, JUST WANT YOU GUYS
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{\an7}\h\hTO KNOW THAT THERE IS
SOME RISK IN THIS MISSION,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE
CONFIDENT WE’RE COMING BACK
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{\an7}AT LEAST, WHETHER WE GET TO
LAND OR NOT, WE DON’T KNOW.
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{\an7}\hM. Armstrong: THE WAY THAT THE
CREW VIEWED IT, WAS THIS WILL BE
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{\an7}THE FIRST MISSION TO ATTEMPT
\h\hTO LAND AND I THINK THEY
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{\an7}\hONLY THOUGHT THEY HAD A
50/50 CHANCE OF DOING IT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S THE
MORNING OF JULY 16TH, 1969.
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{\an7}LAUNCH DAY.
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{\an7}\hIN A FEW HOURS THE
ASTRONAUTS WILL BEGIN
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEIR FOUR DAY
JOURNEY TO THE MOON.
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{\an7}\h\hPERCHED ON TOP OF THE MOST
POWERFUL ROCKET EVER INVENTED.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: WHEN I DROVE
\h\h\h\hUP, IT WAS DARK.
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{\an7}I DROVE PAST, I DON’T KNOW, A
COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
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{\an7}AT FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING,
THEY’D BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT.
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{\an7}AND THERE WAS THE SATURN,
LIGHTED ON THE LAUNCHPAD.
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{\an7}AND IT IS IN THE MIDDLE
\hOF THIS BLACK OCEAN.
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{\an7}OH GOD, WHAT AN EXCITEMENT.
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{\an7}Raphael: THE PRESS WERE IN A
\h\hSORT OF CORRAL ABOUT TWO
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{\an7}AND A HALF MILES AWAY FROM
\hTHE LAUNCH SITE, I DON’T
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{\an7}\h\hTHINK ANYONE WAS ALLOWED
NEARER THAN ABOUT TWO MILES.
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{\an7}I MEAN QUITE APART FROM
US, THERE WERE HUNDREDS
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{\an7}OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD
\h\hBE CAMPING ON THE DUNES.
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{\an7}\h\hIT’S ALMOST LIKE A
SORT OF JAMBOREE THING.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: I’M OUTSIDE AND
\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S SUNNY NOW.
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{\an7}News Broadcaster: DAVID
\h\h\hSCHOUMACHER IS AT
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{\an7}THE PRESS SITE. DAVID.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: WELL A GOOD
MORNING, OF THE MORE THAN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h3,000 REPORTERS
ASSIGNED HERE AT LEAST.
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{\an7}IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY,
\hGOD IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS JUST,
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNASA Radio:
SWING ARM NOT COMING
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{\an7}BACK AS OUR COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: IN THE DAYS
BEFORE 24 HOUR NEWS, ALL THE
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{\an7}NETWORKS CLEAR THEIR SCHEDULES
\h\hTO CARRY THE LAUNCH LIVE.
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{\an7}AMONG THE WATCHING MILLIONS
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{\an7}IS FUTURE ASTRONAUT,
\h\hMIKE MASSIMINO.
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{\an7}Massimino: IN JULY OF 1969 I WAS
SIX YEARS OLD, I WAS SITTING
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{\an7}THERE WATCHING A BLACK AND WHITE
TELEVISION IN THE LIVING ROOM.
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{\an7}I REMEMBER THINKING AS I WAS
\hWATCHING THAT LAUNCH THAT
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{\an7}THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
\hTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED
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{\an7}IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
I THOUGHT, AS A LITTLE BOY.
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{\an7}SAME TIME I WAS A BIG BASEBALL
\h\h\hFAN, THE NEW YORK METS,
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{\an7}MY TEAM WON THE WORLD
\h\hSERIES THAT YEAR.
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{\an7}TWO MIRACLES HAPPENED
IN THE SUMMER OF 1969.
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{\an7}\h\hNASA Radio: T
MINUS 25 SECONDS.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: THAT
\hROCKET WAS BIG.
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{\an7}I MEAN THERE’S NO WAY THAT
ROCKET GETS OFF THE GROUND.
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{\an7}NASA Radio: IGNITION
\h\hSEQUENCE START.
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{\an7}SIX, FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE.
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{\an7}Raphael: THERE WAS JUST A
\h\h\h\hHUGE, HUGE FLASH
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{\an7}AND A FANTASTIC NOISE.
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{\an7}ALMOST LIKE A BOMB GOING
\hOFF, POW, SHATTERING.
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{\an7}NASA Radio: LIFT OFF.
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{\an7}WE HAVE LIFT OFF.
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{\an7}32 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR.
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{\an7}LIFT OFF ON APOLLO 11.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: AWAY FROM THE
CROWDS, NEIL ARMSTRONG’S FAMILY
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{\an7}WATCHES THE LAUNCH FROM A
SPECIALLY CHARTERED BOAT.
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{\an7}R. Armstrong: WE’RE SORT OF OFF
TO THE RIGHT, AND WHAT
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{\an7}\hTHIS MEANT WAS THAT ALL
THE EXHAUST, CAME OUR WAY.
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{\an7}M. Armstrong: AND YOU KNOW, THIS
BUFFETING OF AIR AGAINST
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{\an7}YOUR CHEST, IT’S JUST,
\h\hIT’S LIKE NOTHING,
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, I’VE EVER FELT SINCE.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: AND YOU THINK HOW
IS THAT STANDING STRAIGHT UP?
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{\an7}I MEAN IT’S BARELY MOVING.
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{\an7}I MEAN IT’S INCHING, AND IT’S
\h\hINCHING AND IT’S INCHING.
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{\an7}Narrator: INSIDE,
THREE MEN RISKING
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{\an7}THEIR LIVES TO FULFILL
THE DREAM OF CENTURIES.
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{\an7}Collins: WHEN THE ROCKET GOES
\h\h\h\hUP IT’S VERY STATELY,
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{\an7}NO DEVIATION OF PATH.
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{\an7}\h\hINSIDE IT DOESN’T
FEEL THAT WAY AT ALL.
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{\an7}THE ENGINES DOWN BELOW YOU
ARE SWIVELING TO KEEP IT IN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBALANCE, AND SO YOU’RE
FEELING LITTLE SIDEWAYS JERKS.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: AND SUDDENLY, I
\h\hDON’T KNOW, IT OVERCOMES
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{\an7}GRAVITY AND IT, SWISH.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE SATURN
\hFIVE ROCKET BLASTS
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{\an7}\hAPOLLO 11 OUT OF
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.
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{\an7}JUST 12 MINUTES LATER
\h\hTHEY’RE IN ORBIT.
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{\an7}AND OUR GREATEST
ADVENTURE BEGINS.
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{\an7}IT’S JULY 16TH, 1969, AND THE
\hCROWDS AT CAPE KENNEDY HAVE
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{\an7}JUST WITNESSED ONE OF THE GREAT
SPECTACLES OF THE CENTURY.
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{\an7}ONE BY ONE, THE SPENT
SECTIONS OF THE SATURN
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{\an7}FIVE ROCKET FALL AWAY AND
\hTHE THIRD STAGE ENGINE
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{\an7}FIRES, TO SET APOLLO 11
ON COURSE FOR THE MOON.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNASA Radio: AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY’RE ROLLING AWAY NOW.
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{\an7}Narrator: BY DAY TWO, ASTRONAUTS
ARMSTRONG, ALDRIN,
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{\an7}\h\hAND COLLINS ARE HALFWAY
THERE, AND IN GOOD SPIRITS.
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{\an7}Collins: HELLO THERE
\h\h\h\hSPORTS FANS,
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{\an7}YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF
ME, BUT NEIL’S THE CENTER
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{\an7}AND BUZZ IS DOING THE
CAMERAWORK THIS TIME.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: BACK
ON EARTH, AN ARMY
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{\an7}OF REPORTERS IS CHRONICLING
\h\h\h\h\hTHE EPIC JOURNEY.
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{\an7}Raphael: IT WAS A STORY
\h\hEVERYONE COULD JOIN
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{\an7}IN AND FEEL PART OF.
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{\an7}I MEAN I SUSPECT WHEN
\hPERHAPS IN ANOTHER
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{\an7}TWO OR THREE CENTURIES
\hPEOPLE ARE GONNA BE
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{\an7}\hLOOKING BACK ON THIS
LIKE A COLUMBUS MOMENT.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT UNLIKE
COLUMBUS, THIS LANDING
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{\an7}\h\hWILL BE SEEN BY
MILLIONS ON LIVE TV.
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{\an7}\hAnnouncer: WITH THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE APOLLO
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h11 MOON MISSION,
CORRESPONDENT WALTER CRONKITE.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: WE REALIZED WE WERE
IN A SEMINAL MOMENT IN,
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{\an7}NOT ONLY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
\hBUT IN TELEVISION HISTORY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCronkite: LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE MOON
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{\an7}MISSION AS YOU HAVE HEARD.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: AND WE HAD GONE TO
THE MOON LOTS OF TIMES
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{\an7}\hIN OUR REHEARSALS, BUT
THIS WAS LIVE TELEVISION,
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{\an7}THIS WAS ASTRONAUTS PUTTING
\h\hTHEIR LIFE ON THE LINE.
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{\an7}Collins: WE FELT SORT OF THE
\hWEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON OUR
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{\an7}SHOULDER, WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE
WERE LOOKING AT US WORLDWIDE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE ASTRONAUTS’
FAMILIES ARE WATCHING TOO.
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{\an7}BUT THEY’RE NOT JUST
FOLLOWING THE STORY,
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{\an7}THEY’RE PART OF IT.
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{\an7}Aldrin: THE COVERAGE WAS
\h\hPRETTY MUCH NONSTOP.
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{\an7}WE LIVED IN THAT
BUBBLE AND SPACE
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{\an7}MANIA WAS THERE ALL THE TIME.
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{\an7}I THINK IT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE
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{\an7}FOR MY MOM IN A LOT
OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
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{\an7}\h\hI THINK SHE WAS
PRIMARILY CONCERNED
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{\an7}ABOUT PROTECTING THE KIDS.
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{\an7}\hWoman: ANDY WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GO TO THE MOON?
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{\an7}Aldrin: WELL I HAVEN’T
\hREALLY DECIDED YET.
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{\an7}\hJoan: I DIDN’T KNOW
YOU’D HAD IT IN MIND.
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{\an7}\h\hI COULDN’T GO THROUGH
THIS TWICE I’LL TELL YOU.
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{\an7}M. Armstrong: WE WERE WATCHING
\h\hALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE,
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{\an7}THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THAT
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{\an7}IN OUR HOUSE WE ALSO HAD
\h\h\h\hA SQUAWK BOX SO
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{\an7}WE COULD LISTEN TO SOME OF THE
\hAIR TO GROUND TRANSMISSIONS.
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{\an7}NASA Radio: GOOD RADAR DATA.
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{\an7}\h\h\hWE’RE NOW IN THE APPROACH
PHASE, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD.
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{\an7}M. Armstrong: OUR MOTHER, SHE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS VERY TOUGH.
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{\an7}AND WE’RE AMAZED AT, BECAUSE
\h\h\hSHE HAD TO BE WORRIED.
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{\an7}SHE HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST
ABSOLUTELY DEATHLY FRIGHTENED.
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{\an7}BUT WE NEVER SAW THAT.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: IT’S EIGHT
AM ON SUNDAY JULY 20TH.
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{\an7}\h\h\hAS THE ASTRONAUTS
ORBIT THE MOON, THE MEN
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{\an7}OF MISSION CONTROL ARE
ARRIVING AT THE MANNED
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{\an7}SPACECRAFT CENTER
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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{\an7}IN JUST SEVEN HOURS, FLIGHT
DIRECTOR, GENE KRANZ, WILL
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{\an7}OVERSEE APOLLO 11’S DESCENT
TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
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{\an7}Kranz: YOU HAVE A SINGLE SHOT
\h\h\h\hTO GET THINGS RIGHT.
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{\an7}ARE WE GO TO START THE DESCENT?
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{\an7}ARE WE GO TO CONTINUE DESCENT?
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{\an7}ARE WE GO TO GO FOR THE LANDING?
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{\an7}Narrator: WORKING UNDER
\hKRANZ IS STEVE BALES.
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{\an7}\hNOT LONG OUT OF COLLEGE,
HE WILL TRACK THE PROGRESS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF THE SPACECRAFT AND
MONITOR ITS GUIDANCE SYSTEMS.
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{\an7}Bales: CAN YOU IMAGINE?
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{\an7}\hHERE WE ARE, THEY’RE
LETTING PEOPLE LIKE ME,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h26 YEARS OLD, SIT AT
CONSOLES, IF WE MADE A MISTAKE
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{\an7}\h\hIT WASN’T JUST US
THAT WERE IN TROUBLE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THREE YEARS
\hFROM NOW, ASTRONAUT
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{\an7}CHARLIE DUKE, WILL
WALK ON THE MOON.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTODAY, HE’S THE CAPSULE
COMMUNICATOR, THE ONLY MEMBER OF
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{\an7}THE TEAM WHO WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY
TO THE CREW DURING LANDING.
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{\an7}Duke: MY FOCUS WAS LET’S GET
\h\h\hTO THE MOON AND LET’S
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{\an7}LAND ON THE MOON THAT WAS
\hWHAT I WAS FOCUSED ON,
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{\an7}LET’S JUST GET IT DONE.
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{\an7}\hKranz: THIS WAS A VERY YOUNG
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING
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{\an7}\hTO DO SOMETHING MONUMENTAL,
AND THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE
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{\an7}THE RISK, TO BE THE ONES THAT
\h\hIF WE DIDN’T GET THE CREW
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{\an7}BACK WE WERE THE ONES THAT
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
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{\an7}NASA Radio: DELTA SIX ZERO,
BURN TIME FIVE FIFTY SEVEN.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: MISSION
CONTROL KEEPS IN CONTACT
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{\an7}WITH THE CREW BY RADIO,
\h\hON A JOURNEY ALMOST
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{\an7}ENTIRELY PROGRAMMED BY COMPUTER.
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{\an7}HOUSTON WORKS FLAT
\h\hOUT TO PREPARE
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{\an7}\h\hTHE LUNAR MODULE
FOR POWERED DESCENT.
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{\an7}Bales: FROM EIGHT O’CLOCK IN
THE MORNING TIL FOUR IN THE
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{\an7}AFTERNOON WE WORKED LIKE THE
DICKENS TO GET THAT VEHICLE
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{\an7}POWERED UP, TO GET IT CHECKED
\h\hOUT, TO GET THE COMPUTER
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{\an7}\h\hSYSTEM TURNED ON TO GET ALL
ITS SYSTEMS ALIGNED JUST RIGHT.
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{\an7}WE WANTED THIS TO BE A SUCCESS,
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{\an7}SO DID THE COUNTRY,
BUT WE REALLY DID.
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{\an7}Narrator: ONE MAN IS PLAYING
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{\an7}A UNIQUE ROLE IN
TODAY’S LANDING.
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{\an7}SIX MONTHS AGO FRANK BORMAN
\h\hTOOK APOLLO 8 TO WITHIN
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{\an7}60 MILES OF THE MOON’S
SURFACE AND BECAME ONE
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{\an7}OF THE FIRST MEN EVER TO
SEE THE EARTH FROM SPACE.
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{\an7}Borman: I THINK THE MOST
\hINSPIRING SIGHT OF MY
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{\an7}LIFE WAS LOOKING BACK AT
THE EARTH FROM THE MOON.
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{\an7}Narrator: TODAY, BORMAN
IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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{\an7}HIS JOB IS TO BRIEF
THE NEW PRESIDENT,
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{\an7}RICHARD NIXON, ON
THE LUNAR LANDING.
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{\an7}Borman: I DON’T THINK PRESIDENT
NIXON WAS AN EXPERT IN ANY WAY
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{\an7}IN THE SPACE PROGRAM, BUT HE
\hWAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT.
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{\an7}\hNarrator: ALL THE
PRESIDENT’S MEN KNOW
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{\an7}\hTHE IMPORTANCE OF
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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{\an7}Chapin: WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS
CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF THE
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{\an7}WORLD, WE WERE TOLD THAT BY
\hTHE NETWORKS EVERY NIGHT,
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{\an7}SO YES WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS
\hOF WORLDWIDE CONSEQUENCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE
NIXON ADMINISTRATION
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{\an7}HAS INHERITED MORE
THAN JUST APOLLO.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHERE’S GROWING
CIVIL UNREST AT HOME,
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{\an7}AND AN ESCALATING WAR IN
VIETNAM WHERE MORE THAN
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{\an7}HALF A MILLION AMERICAN
TROOPS ARE NOW ENGAGED.
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{\an7}Schoumacher: YOU GOTTA
UNDERSTAND THE TIMES,
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{\an7}\hWE WERE ALL BEGINNING
TO WONDER ABOUT VIETNAM.
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{\an7}THEN MARTIN LUTHER
\hKING GETS SHOT.
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{\an7}\h\hAND THEN BOBBY
KENNEDY GETS SHOT.
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{\an7}AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE
\hWERE SAYING WHAT
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{\an7}IN THE HELL IS HAPPENING
\h\h\h\hTO OUR COUNTRY?
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{\an7}Chapin: WE WERE DEALING WITH
\hDEMONSTRATIONS AND WE WERE
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{\an7}\hDEALING WITH SIGNIFICANT,
KICKBACK TO THE VIETNAM WAR.
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{\an7}SO, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE
\hMOON LANDING WAS A BREATH
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{\an7}OF FRESH AIR, WHERE WE
COULD ALL COME TOGETHER
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND CELEBRATE AT LEAST ONE
THING THAT UNITED ALL AMERICANS.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE
MOON LANDING COULD
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hALSO BOOST THE
PRESIDENT’S POPULARITY.
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{\an7}BUT ONLY IF IT SUCCEEDS.
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{\an7}Borman: I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON,
IF THERE WAS A DISASTER
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{\an7}HE WOULD GET THE BLAME
\h\hFOR IT, SO I SAID,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hALTHOUGH I DIDN’T
ANTICIPATE IT, BE PREPARED
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{\an7}IN CASE WE HAVE TO, SEND
MESSAGES TO THREE WIDOWS.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: IT’S MIDDAY AT
THE MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER,
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{\an7}\hLESS THAN FOUR HOURS FROM
THE SCHEDULED LANDING TIME.
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{\an7}\h\hFLIGHT DIRECTOR
GENE KRANZ PREPARES
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00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:31,253
{\an7}TO MAKE THE SPEECH OF HIS LIFE.
355
00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:33,755
{\an7}Kranz: I CALLED MY TEAM
TOGETHER, WE WERE UP TO
356
00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:36,217
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA VERY PRIVATE
COMMUNICATIONS LOOP, NO ONE
357
00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:39,261
{\an7}\hELSE COULD HEAR WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY AND I TOLD THEM
358
00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:43,140
{\an7}HOW PROUD I WAS OF THEM, AND
I TOLD THEM THAT I BELIEVED
359
00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:47,228
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THEM, AND I WILL STAND
BEHIND EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE.
360
00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:51,774
{\an7}Bales: AND HE SAID I WANT YOU TO
KNOW SOMETHING, IT’S HARD FOR ME
361
00:19:51,816 --> 00:19:56,404
{\an7}\hTO EVEN SAY THIS, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW SOMETHING, HOWEVER THIS
362
00:19:56,445 --> 00:20:01,909
{\an7}\hTURNS OUT, WE’RE GONNA GO
OUT OF THIS ROOM AS A TEAM.
363
00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:05,621
{\an7}Kranz: WORK THAT WE ARE GOING
\h\h\h\hTO DO TODAY IS GOING
364
00:20:05,663 --> 00:20:08,457
{\an7}TO BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS
\hAND YOU ARE GOING TO BE
365
00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:11,293
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE ONES THAT
ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK.
366
00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:12,628
{\an7}Bales: HE DIDN’T SAY THIS
\hBUT WE ALL KNEW WE HAD
367
00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:15,506
{\an7}\hTHREE THINGS WERE GONNA
HAPPEN, WE’RE GONNA LAND,
368
00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:18,718
{\an7}\hWE WERE GONNA ABORT,
OR WE WERE GONNA CRASH.
369
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:22,722
{\an7}\h\h\hAND I DIDN’T LIKE TO
THINK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO.
370
00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:24,390
{\an7}NASA Radio: WE’RE ABOUT
TO OPEN THE HATCH NOW.
371
00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:25,224
{\an7}RIGHT.
372
00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,060
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: AT 12:32 PM,
ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN COMPLETE
373
00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:31,939
{\an7}\h\hTHEIR CHECKS ON THE LUNAR
MODULE AND PREPARE TO UNDOCK.
374
00:20:32,815 --> 00:20:34,984
{\an7}LEAVING COLLINS BEHIND,
\h\h\hTHEY BEGIN THEIR
375
00:20:35,025 --> 00:20:37,778
{\an7}PERILOUS JOURNEY TO THE
\hSURFACE OF THE MOON.
376
00:20:39,655 --> 00:20:42,408
{\an7}\h\hAstronaut: ROGER, GO
AHEAD HOUSTON, APOLLO 11.
377
00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:48,539
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: ON THE
FAR SIDE OF THE MOON,
378
00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:51,209
{\an7}A QUARTER OF A MILLION
\h\hMILES FROM EARTH,
379
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,586
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAN EXTRAORDINARY
MANEUVER IS TAKING PLACE.
380
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,380
{\an7}\hNASA Radio: ROGER,
EAGLE’S BEEN DOCKED.
381
00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:57,632
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: LEAVING
MICHAEL COLLINS TO ORBIT
382
00:20:57,673 --> 00:21:00,759
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE MOON ALONE,
ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG
383
00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:04,388
{\an7}AND BUZZ ALDRIN ARE NOW
INSIDE THE LUNAR MODULE.
384
00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:06,974
{\an7}\h\hCODE NAMED EAGLE,
THIS IS THE CRAFT THAT
385
00:21:07,016 --> 00:21:09,602
{\an7}\hWILL TAKE THEM TO
THE MOON’S SURFACE.
386
00:21:09,643 --> 00:21:10,686
{\an7}NASA Radio: ROGER,
HOW DOES IT LOOK?
387
00:21:10,728 --> 00:21:11,979
{\an7}\hAstronaut: THE
EAGLE HAS WINGS.
388
00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,648
{\an7}NASA Radio: ROG.
389
00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:18,444
{\an7}Muir-Harmony: IT’S A SPECTACULAR
SPACECRAFT AND ONE OF
390
00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,279
{\an7}THE THINGS THAT’S VERY
DISTINCTIVE ABOUT IT IS
391
00:21:20,321 --> 00:21:24,033
{\an7}IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT’D BE
VERY GOOD, AT FLYING, BUT ONE
392
00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:26,326
{\an7}THING THAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
IS THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE
393
00:21:26,368 --> 00:21:28,412
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO WORRY ABOUT IT BEING
AERODYNAMIC BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T
394
00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:31,916
{\an7}HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAVELING
\h\h\hTHROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
395
00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:33,917
{\an7}BUT THEY DID HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT WEIGHT.
396
00:21:34,877 --> 00:21:36,629
{\an7}THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS SPACECRAFT
397
00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:38,881
{\an7}WAS AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE,
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
398
00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:41,592
{\an7}THEY PUT IN TO THE DESIGN
IS THEY TOOK OUT THE SEATS
399
00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,470
{\an7}AND THEY HAD THE ASTRONAUTS
\h\h\hSTAND AS THEY LANDED.
400
00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:46,722
{\an7}\h\hNASA Radio: THINK YOU GOT
A FINE LOOKING FLYING MACHINE
401
00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:49,433
{\an7}THERE EAGLE DESPITE THE
FACT YOU’RE UPSIDE DOWN.
402
00:21:55,397 --> 00:21:58,859
{\an7}Narrator: AS ARMSTRONG AND
ALDRIN DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW,
403
00:21:58,901 --> 00:22:02,446
{\an7}COLLINS IS LEFT TO CIRCLE THE
\hMOON AWAITING THEIR RETURN.
404
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:08,452
{\an7}May: MICHAEL COLLINS OF COURSE
\h\h\h\hIS THAT UNIQUE PERSON
405
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:13,499
{\an7}\hWHO HAS BEEN THE MOST
ALONE HUMAN BEING EVER,
406
00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:14,917
{\an7}\h’CAUSE HE WAS THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE MOON WHEN HIS
407
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,628
{\an7}MATES WERE THIS SIDE OF
\hTHE MOON AND THE REST
408
00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,672
{\an7}OF HUMANITY WAS OVER THERE
\hON THE EARTH, YOU KNOW.
409
00:22:19,713 --> 00:22:22,299
{\an7}\hCollins: I WAS AMAZED TO BE
ACCUSED OF BEING THE LONELIEST
410
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:26,095
{\an7}\h\hMAN IN THE WHOLE
LONELY PLANET BEHIND
411
00:22:26,136 --> 00:22:29,973
{\an7}\hA LONELY SATELLITE
AND WASN’T IT LONELY?
412
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:33,644
{\an7}\hAND THE ANSWER TO ALL
THOSE IS NO, I WAS FINE,
413
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:39,317
{\an7}I CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE
ALMOST LIKE A KING, IT WAS
414
00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:42,778
{\an7}MY DOMAIN, I WAS HAPPY THERE,
\h\hI WAS THEIR TICKET HOME.
415
00:22:44,572 --> 00:22:45,656
{\an7}Schoumacher: I NEVER ASKED HIM
416
00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:48,826
{\an7}A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION I
\h\h\h\h\h\hWOULD THINK,
417
00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:51,496
{\an7}\h\hWHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF
THOSE TWO GUYS HADN’T BEEN ABLE
418
00:22:51,537 --> 00:22:56,375
{\an7}TO LAUNCH BACK OFF THE MOON
\hAND RENDEZVOUS WITH YOU?
419
00:22:57,501 --> 00:22:59,962
{\an7}Collins: IT WAS NOTHING WE HAD
EVER DISCUSSED, HOWEVER IT WAS
420
00:23:00,004 --> 00:23:03,716
{\an7}A REALITY THAT ALL THREE OF
US UNDERSTOOD QUITE CLEARLY.
421
00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,635
{\an7}I WASN’T GONNA COMMIT
SUICIDE IF THEY WERE
422
00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:09,847
{\an7}\hGONNA STAY FOREVER ON
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
423
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:12,600
{\an7}YES I WOULD BE COMING
\h\h\hHOME BY MYSELF.
424
00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:21,400
{\an7}Schoumacher: WE HAD OBITS ON THE
THREE ASTRONAUTS IN THAT SENSE
425
00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:25,905
{\an7}I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT WE
WERE PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
426
00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:28,866
{\an7}I KNOW THAT THE WHITE
\h\hHOUSE HAD WRITTEN
427
00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:32,453
{\an7}A SPEECH FOR THE PRESIDENT
\h\hIF THE MISSION FAILED.
428
00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:34,371
{\an7}Chapin: THIS IS THE DOCUMENT
\h\h\h\hHERE THAT DEALS WITH
429
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:39,168
{\an7}THE POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY SHOULD
SOMETHING HAVE GONE WRONG.
430
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:44,715
{\an7}IT TALKS ABOUT THE BRAVE
MEN AND THEIR SACRIFICE
431
00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:48,594
{\an7}FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND,
AND IN FACT HE EVEN GOES
432
00:23:48,636 --> 00:23:52,181
{\an7}HERE AND SAYS THAT MOTHER
EARTH THAT DARED TO SEND
433
00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:56,643
{\an7}\h\hTWO MEN IN TO THE UNKNOWN,
THAT THESE MEN WILL BE MISSED.
434
00:23:59,647 --> 00:24:00,565
{\an7}NASA Radio: EAGLE,
\hWE GOT YOU NOW,
435
00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:01,649
{\an7}IT’S LOOKING GOOD, OVER.
436
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,108
{\an7}Astronaut: ROGER, COPY.
437
00:24:04,735 --> 00:24:06,445
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: NOW,
MISSION CONTROL MUST MEET
438
00:24:06,487 --> 00:24:09,532
{\an7}\h\hTHE CHALLENGE SET AT
THE START OF THE DECADE.
439
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:13,744
{\an7}YEARS OF PREPARATION COME DOWN
\h\hTO THESE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
440
00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,747
{\an7}Bales: YOU COULD CUT THE
\h\hTENSION IN THAT ROOM
441
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:19,792
{\an7}\h\hWITH A KNIFE, IT WAS
LIKE EVERYBODY KNEW THIS
442
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,794
{\an7}\hWAS THE GAME, THIS WAS IT,
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO.
443
00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:28,801
{\an7}Duke: THINGS WERE PROCEEDING
\h\h\h\h\hRIGHT ON SCHEDULE
444
00:24:28,842 --> 00:24:30,719
{\an7}UNTIL THE DESCENT
445
00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:35,683
{\an7}STARTED AND THEN THINGS BEGAN
TO NOT COME COMPLETELY UNGLUED
446
00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:38,977
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT A LOT OF PROBLEMS
DEVELOPED AS WE STARTED DOWN.
447
00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:43,649
{\an7}Kranz: THE COMMUNICATIONS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE RAGGED,
448
00:24:43,691 --> 00:24:45,484
{\an7}IT’S JUST COMPLETE STATIC,
449
00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:48,112
{\an7}\h\hIT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
HEAR, YOU CAN’T HEAR THE CREW.
450
00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,784
{\an7}Duke: AS A MISSION RULE IF
\hYOU HAVE SO MANY SECONDS
451
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:58,831
{\an7}\hOF DATA DROP OUT THAT
COULD LEAD TO AN ABORT.
452
00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:03,127
{\an7}Kranz: I HAVE ONE DECISION
THAT IS SOLELY THE FLIGHT
453
00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:06,755
{\an7}DIRECTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY DO
\hWE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
454
00:25:06,797 --> 00:25:10,009
{\an7}TO START THE DESCENT TO
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON?
455
00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:14,138
{\an7}\hNASA Radio: ROGER, YOU’RE
A GO, YOU’RE GO TO CONTINUE
456
00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:17,224
{\an7}\hPOWER DESCENT, YOU’RE GO
TO CONTINUE POWER DESCENT.
457
00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:22,771
{\an7}\hNarrator: KRANZ DECIDES
THE DESCENT CAN CONTINUE.
458
00:25:22,813 --> 00:25:24,982
{\an7}\hBUT IT’S JUST A TASTE
OF THE PROBLEMS TO COME.
459
00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:28,277
{\an7}Bales: WHEN YOU’RE GOING DOWN
\h\h\hIN THIS LITTLE VEHICLE,
460
00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:31,822
{\an7}NINE MILES ABOVE THE MOON
\hAT 5,000 MILES AN HOUR,
461
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,157
{\an7}NOTHING IS PARTICULARLY SAFE.
462
00:25:33,991 --> 00:25:34,909
{\an7}N. Armstrong: LOOKING GOOD.
463
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:35,868
{\an7}NASA Radio: ROGER NEIL.
464
00:25:37,077 --> 00:25:38,745
{\an7}Bales: AND BANG, WE GOT
\hTHIS COMPUTER ALARM.
465
00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:39,621
{\an7}NASA Radio: IT’S A 1202.
466
00:25:39,663 --> 00:25:40,289
{\an7}STAND BY.
467
00:25:40,330 --> 00:25:41,164
{\an7}1202.
468
00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:41,998
{\an7}1202 ALARM.
469
00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:44,584
{\an7}\h\hKranz: A 1202 CAME IN AND
IT JUST HUNG IN THE AIR THERE
470
00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:48,630
{\an7}FOR SECONDS, 1202, CAN YOU
\hGET US SOME HELP THERE?
471
00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:50,841
{\an7}NASA Radio: 1202,
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
472
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:52,635
{\an7}1202 ALARM.
473
00:25:53,594 --> 00:25:55,137
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: NO ONE
IS SURE WHAT THE 1202
474
00:25:55,179 --> 00:25:57,765
{\an7}\hALARM MEANS, BUT
IT’S NOT GOOD NEWS.
475
00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:05,064
{\an7}Duke: MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WE’RE
DEAD IN THE WATER, IT’S ABORT.
476
00:26:07,316 --> 00:26:09,068
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: MISSION
CONTROL MUST NOW DECIDE
477
00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:11,737
{\an7}\hTHE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE 1202 ALARM.
478
00:26:11,779 --> 00:26:13,906
{\an7}CAN THE LANDING CONTINUE?
479
00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:23,332
{\an7}APOLLO 11 IS NOW 30,000 FEET
ABOVE THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY.
480
00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:25,250
{\an7}ITS INTENDED LANDING
\hSITE ON THE MOON.
481
00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:30,755
{\an7}BACK ON EARTH, THE ASTRONAUTS’
\h\h\h\hFAMILIES ARE FOLLOWING
482
00:26:30,798 --> 00:26:35,052
{\an7}THE JOURNEY, UNAWARE OF THE
\hDRAMA UNFOLDING IN SPACE.
483
00:26:36,637 --> 00:26:40,015
{\an7}Aldrin: WE’RE OBVIOUSLY GLUED TO
THE SQUAWK BOX, WATCHING TV, BUT
484
00:26:40,057 --> 00:26:44,979
{\an7}I DIDN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND JUST
HOW PERILOUS IT HAD GOTTEN.
485
00:26:46,647 --> 00:26:50,192
{\an7}I THINK I HAD A DISTURBING
\h\h\h\hAMOUNT OF FAITH IN
486
00:26:50,234 --> 00:26:55,156
{\an7}\hTHE TECHNOLOGY, AND I
WAS CRAZY, RIGHT, ’CAUSE
487
00:26:55,823 --> 00:26:57,616
{\an7}\h\hTHE AMOUNT OF RISK
THAT WE WERE TAKING ON
488
00:26:57,658 --> 00:27:01,036
{\an7}IN THAT WHOLE MISSION,
IF I HAD KNOWN THAT AS
489
00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:04,290
{\an7}AN 11 YEAR OLD I’D HAVE BEEN
A LOT MORE NERVOUS I THINK.
490
00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:08,085
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: MISSION CONTROL
ARE MASTERMINDING A GIANT LEAP
491
00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:12,006
{\an7}IN TO THE FUTURE, RELYING ON
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THEIR TIME.
492
00:27:12,881 --> 00:27:15,133
{\an7}\hWITH SEVEN MINUTES
TO LANDING, THE LUNAR
493
00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:18,762
{\an7}MODULE’S ONBOARD COMPUTER
IS OVERLOADED WITH DATA.
494
00:27:19,847 --> 00:27:22,767
{\an7}\hBales: THIS COMPUTER WAS A
MARVELOUS THING FOR ITS TIME.
495
00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:25,978
{\an7}BUT STILL, THINK OF ALL
\hIT HAD TO DO, IT HAD
496
00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:28,688
{\an7}TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAST IT
\hWAS GOING, DISPLAY SOME
497
00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:31,942
{\an7}\h\hINFORMATION TO THE CREW,
SEND SOME INFORMATION TO US.
498
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,320
{\an7}\hAND ALL THE TIME
GUIDE THE VEHICLE.
499
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:36,655
{\an7}AND IT WAS DONE ON
A SYSTEM THAT WAS
500
00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,782
{\an7}SMALLER THAN YOUR CELL PHONE.
501
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:40,326
{\an7}A LOT SMALLER THAN
\hYOUR CELL PHONE.
502
00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:43,412
{\an7}NASA Radio: 1202, STANDBY.
503
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:44,371
{\an7}1202.
504
00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:46,665
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE 1202
ALARM IS WARNING MISSION
505
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,294
{\an7}CONTROL THE COMPUTER CAN’T
\hCOMPLETE ALL ITS TASKS.
506
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:53,839
{\an7}STEVE BALES MUST DECIDE IF
THE MISSION CAN CONTINUE.
507
00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:56,300
{\an7}Kranz: STEVE WAS DOING
EXACTLY WHAT HE SHOULD,
508
00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:59,719
{\an7}HE CHECKED WITH HIS BACK ROOM
\hPEOPLE, HE KNEW HOW TO USE
509
00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:02,347
{\an7}THE SECONDS HE HAD, BUT I WAS
\hSURE HOPING HE’D HURRY UP.
510
00:28:04,308 --> 00:28:07,770
{\an7}\hNarrator: NOW THE CREW
TOO IS GROWING CONCERNED.
511
00:28:07,811 --> 00:28:08,729
{\an7}Astronaut: GIVE
US THE READING
512
00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:10,689
{\an7}ON THE 1202 PROGRAM ALARM.
513
00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:12,775
{\an7}Bales: 15 SECONDS MAY SEEM
\h\h\h\hLIKE A SHORT TIME,
514
00:28:12,816 --> 00:28:14,818
{\an7}BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN THE
\hMIDDLE OF LANDING ON
515
00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:18,697
{\an7}THE MOON, 15 SECONDS
IS LIKE AN ETERNITY.
516
00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:20,449
{\an7}Narrator: BALES
MAKES HIS CALL.
517
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:22,742
{\an7}THE OVERWORKED COMPUTER
\h\h\hIS STILL CAPABLE
518
00:28:22,784 --> 00:28:25,245
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF PROCESSING THE
ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION DATA.
519
00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:27,664
{\an7}\hNASA Radio: IT’S
EXECUTIVE OVERFLOW,
520
00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,083
{\an7}IF IT DOES NOT OCCUR
\hAGAIN WE’RE FINE.
521
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,210
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE
ALARM IS NOT CRITICAL,
522
00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:34,337
{\an7}THE LANDING CAN CONTINUE.
523
00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:38,133
{\an7}Duke: STEVE BALES HOLLERED WE’RE
GO ON THAT ALARM FLIGHT.
524
00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:40,260
{\an7}\hNASA Radio: WE’RE
GOING ON THAT ALARM.
525
00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:42,220
{\an7}\h\hROGER WE GOT YOU,
WE’RE GOING ON ALARM.
526
00:28:43,513 --> 00:28:43,847
{\an7}Duke: IF I RECALL, I DIDN’T
\h\h\h\hEVEN WAIT FOR GENE
527
00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:46,392
{\an7}KRANZ TO SAY WE’RE GO I
JUST CLICKED MY BUTTON
528
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:49,853
{\an7}AND I SAID YOU’LL
GO ON THAT ALARM.
529
00:28:49,895 --> 00:28:52,147
{\an7}NASA Radio: EAGLE, HOUSTON,
YOU’RE GO FOR LANDING, OVER.
530
00:28:52,189 --> 00:28:54,775
{\an7}Astronaut: ROGER, UNDERSTAND,
\hGO FOR LANDING, 3,000 FEET.
531
00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:56,318
{\an7}Narrator: THE 1202 IS
ONLY THE FIRST OF FIVE
532
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,780
{\an7}ALARMS THAT GO OFF AS ARMSTRONG
AND ALDRIN CLOSE IN ON A
533
00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:04,492
{\an7}LUNAR SURFACE SCARRED BY IMPACT
CRATERS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES.
534
00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:11,124
{\an7}Duke: THE LANDING ON THE
MOON IS VERY DEMANDING,
535
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:16,129
{\an7}\h\hIT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL, IT
TAKES A COOL MIND AND PRESENCE.
536
00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:20,217
{\an7}YOU START SEEING THINGS THAT
537
00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:22,762
{\an7}YOU DIDN’T SEE IN
THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
538
00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:24,722
{\an7}YOU KNOW, MAN THERE’S A
LOT OF ROCKS DOWN THERE.
539
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,098
{\an7}MAN LOOK AT ALL THESE CRATERS.
540
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:29,934
{\an7}Narrator: NOW HOUSTON
HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM,
541
00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:32,021
{\an7}AS DESCENT CONTINUES,
\h\hIT BECOMES CLEAR
542
00:29:32,062 --> 00:29:35,816
{\an7}THE SPACECRAFT IS HEADING
TOWARDS A BOULDER FIELD.
543
00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:38,443
{\an7}WHILE ALDRIN CALLS OUT
ALTITUDE AND VELOCITY.
544
00:29:38,485 --> 00:29:41,530
{\an7}\hAldrin: 35 DEGREES,
750 COMING DOWN TO 23.
545
00:29:41,571 --> 00:29:44,240
{\an7}\hNarrator: THE MISSION
COMMANDER TAKES ACTION.
546
00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:47,119
{\an7}\hSchoumacher: THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT ARMSTRONG COULD DO BUT TAKE
547
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,039
{\an7}\hTHE CONTROLS AND LAND
THE SPACECRAFT HIMSELF.
548
00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:53,417
{\an7}N. Armstrong: 540 FEET, AT A 15.
549
00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:57,128
{\an7}Collins: HE OVERFLEW A PRIMARY
\h\h\h\hLANDING SITE AND WENT
550
00:29:57,170 --> 00:30:01,800
{\an7}\h\hBEYOND IT BECAUSE HE
DIDN’T LIKE WHAT HE SAW.
551
00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:02,509
{\an7}N. Armstrong: 540 FEET AT A 15.
552
00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:05,929
{\an7}\hNarrator: BUT AS HE
FLIES OVER THE BOULDER
553
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,848
{\an7}\hFIELD IN SEARCH OF
A SAFE LANDING SITE,
554
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:10,141
{\an7}ARMSTRONG’S USING
UP PRECIOUS FUEL.
555
00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:14,896
{\an7}Schoumacher: THEY KNEW THEY
\h\hWERE GOING WRONG, AND,
556
00:30:14,938 --> 00:30:18,150
{\an7}THEY KNEW THEY WERE
GETTING LOW ON FUEL.
557
00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:20,902
{\an7}\hAND THE COMBINATION
OF THE TWO AIN’T GOOD.
558
00:30:21,862 --> 00:30:23,822
{\an7}\h\h\hN. Armstrong: 50
DOWN TO TWO AND A HALF.
559
00:30:23,864 --> 00:30:25,908
{\an7}Narrator: FOR THE FIRST
\hTIME, MISSION CONTROL
560
00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:29,411
{\an7}WERE POWERLESS, IT ALL
COMES DOWN TO THE CREW.
561
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:31,288
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hN. Armstrong:
ALTITUDE, VELOCITY LIGHTS,
562
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:34,333
{\an7}DOWN TWO TWENTY FEET.
563
00:30:34,374 --> 00:30:37,335
{\an7}Kranz: IT WAS NEIL’S DECISION
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO LAND OR ABORT.
564
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:38,837
{\an7}N. Armstrong: 200 FEET.
565
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:42,465
{\an7}Bales: THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR
SAID NO MORE CALLS EXCEPT
566
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,801
{\an7}FOR FUEL IN OTHER WORDS
\hANYTHING WE WOULD’VE
567
00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,470
{\an7}SAID WOULD’VE JUST
\hGOT IN OUR WAY.
568
00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:47,887
{\an7}NASA Radio: OKAY,
THE ONLY CALL OUTS
569
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:49,973
{\an7}FROM NOW ON WILL BE FUEL.
570
00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:54,520
{\an7}Duke: AND SO I RADIOED EAGLE 60
SECONDS AND THAT MEANT HE
571
00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:59,816
{\an7}HAD 60 SECONDS OF FUEL TO LAND,
OR WE WOULD HAVE TO ABORT.
572
00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,401
{\an7}NASA Radio: 60 SECONDS.
573
00:31:01,443 --> 00:31:02,235
{\an7}LIGHTS ON.
574
00:31:03,362 --> 00:31:04,363
{\an7}DOWN TWO AND A HALF.
575
00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:06,240
{\an7}FORWARD.
576
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:07,157
{\an7}FORWARD.
577
00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:10,327
{\an7}Duke: THEN I CALLED 30 SECONDS.
578
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:11,996
{\an7}Bales: 30 SECONDS.
579
00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:13,455
{\an7}UH-OH.
580
00:31:13,497 --> 00:31:14,415
{\an7}\hNASA Radio: 30
SECONDS, FORWARD.
581
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:17,918
{\an7}Duke: HE STILL WASN’T ON THE
\h\hGROUND BUT HE WAS CLOSE.
582
00:31:17,959 --> 00:31:18,626
{\an7}N. Armstrong: FORWARD.
583
00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:19,878
{\an7}FORWARD.
584
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,547
{\an7}20 FEET DOWN, TWO AND A HALF.
585
00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:23,173
{\an7}PICKING UP SOME DUST.
586
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:25,968
{\an7}20 FEET, TWO AND A HALF DOWN.
587
00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:29,179
{\an7}Duke: I’D NEVER FELT SUCH
TENSION IN MISSION CONTROL
588
00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:32,891
{\an7}AS WE WERE GOING IN TO
THESE LAST FEW SECONDS.
589
00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:40,607
{\an7}AND HE DOES IT.
590
00:31:40,649 --> 00:31:42,901
{\an7}HE JUST GREASES THE BABY IN.
591
00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:48,282
{\an7}NASA Radio: CONTACT LIGHT.
592
00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:49,282
{\an7}OKAY ENGINE STOPPED.
593
00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:54,288
{\an7}Duke: WHEN I HEARD BUZZ SAY
\h\h\hCONTACT, ENGINES STOP
594
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:56,206
{\an7}I SAID COPY YOU DOWN EAGLE.
595
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:59,293
{\an7}WE COPY YOU DOWN EAGLE.
596
00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:02,170
{\an7}\hA FEW SECONDS LATER,
THAT’S WHEN NEIL SAID,
597
00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:04,256
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THE CALMEST
VOICE I CAN IMAGINE.
598
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,216
{\an7}\h\h\h\hN. Armstrong:
TRANQUILITY BASE HERE,
599
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:07,259
{\an7}THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
600
00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:16,143
{\an7}Duke: I WAS SO EXCITED,
\h\h\h\hI COULDN’T EVEN
601
00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:19,103
{\an7}PRONOUNCE TRANQUILITY,
\h\hIT CAME OUT TWANG.
602
00:32:19,146 --> 00:32:21,523
{\an7}ROCKET TWANG, TRANQUILITY,
\h\h\h\h\h\hWE COPY YOU ON
603
00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:23,484
{\an7}THE GROUND, WE GOT A
BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT
604
00:32:23,525 --> 00:32:26,028
{\an7}TO TURN BLUE, WE’RE BREATHING
\h\h\h\hAGAIN, THANKS A LOT.
605
00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:28,572
{\an7}Bales: I’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT
\h\h\hWHEN HE SAID YOU GOT
606
00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:31,699
{\an7}A BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT TO
TURN BLUE, HE WAS LOOKING
607
00:32:31,741 --> 00:32:34,035
{\an7}RIGHT AT ME ’CAUSE I
MUST’VE BEEN ONE OF
608
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:37,414
{\an7}THE BLUEST OF THE BLUE,
\h\hIT WAS INCREDIBLE.
609
00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:41,919
{\an7}\h\hNASA Radio: TRANQUILITY,
BE ADVISED THERE ARE LOTS OF
610
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,088
{\an7}\hSMILING FACES IN THIS ROOM
AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, OVER.
611
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:47,674
{\an7}Collins: I THOUGHT NEIL CARRIED
THE WHOLE THING OFF BEAUTIFULLY
612
00:32:47,716 --> 00:32:52,554
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWITH ABOUTMAYBE 30
SECONDS OF FUEL REMAINING.
613
00:32:52,596 --> 00:32:53,388
{\an7}THAT’S A LOT.
614
00:32:55,098 --> 00:32:57,183
{\an7}Narrator: NEWS OF THE LANDING
615
00:32:57,225 --> 00:32:58,560
{\an7}TRAVELS THE WORLD IN SECONDS.
616
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:03,190
{\an7}Massimino: WE WERE WATCHING
\h\hCHANNEL TWO IN NEW YORK
617
00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:05,150
{\an7}\h\hWHICH WAS WALTER
CRONKITE AT THE TIME,
618
00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:07,736
{\an7}\hHE WAS THE GUY TO LISTEN
TO FOR THIS SORT OF STUFF.
619
00:33:07,777 --> 00:33:09,112
{\an7}Schoumacher: I DON’T KNOW IF
\h\h\h\hCRONKITE WAS CRYING,
620
00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:11,281
{\an7}I WAS CRYING.
621
00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,242
{\an7}I MEAN THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH.
622
00:33:13,283 --> 00:33:16,077
{\an7}I MEAN, A MAN ON THE MOON?
623
00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:18,747
{\an7}Massimino: THAT’S WHERE THESE
GUYS WERE, THEY WERE UP THERE.
624
00:33:18,788 --> 00:33:20,164
{\an7}THEY’RE ACTUALLY UP THERE.
625
00:33:23,043 --> 00:33:26,588
{\an7}Narrator: FROM CENTRAL
PARK TO CENTRAL LONDON,
626
00:33:26,630 --> 00:33:30,050
{\an7}\h\hFROM SOUTH AMERICA TO
AFRICA, TO ASIA, IN ALMOST
627
00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:33,428
{\an7}\h\h\hEVERY NATION OUTSIDE
CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION
628
00:33:33,470 --> 00:33:37,724
{\an7}\h\hTHE NEWS IS RECEIVED
WITH WONDER AND RAPTURE.
629
00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:40,143
{\an7}May: IT’S ONE OF THOSE
\h\h\hTHINGS ISN’T IT,
630
00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:41,186
{\an7}EVERYBODY REMEMBERS
\hWHERE THEY WERE.
631
00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:45,649
{\an7}I WAS WITH ROGER TAYLOR WHO
WAS MY DRUMMER ALREADY AND
632
00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:48,276
{\an7}IT WAS THE VERY BEGINNINGS
OF QUEEN AND WE WERE DOWN
633
00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:51,321
{\an7}IN CORNWALL STAYING AT ROGER’S
\h\h\hMUM’S HOUSE AND SHE HAD
634
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:54,658
{\an7}\h\hA TELLY WITH A SCREEN ABOUT
THIS BIG, AND WE ALL SAT AROUND
635
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:58,369
{\an7}IT AND WATCHED THIS INCREDIBLE
\hTHING, ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.
636
00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:03,208
{\an7}Kranz: AFTER THE LANDING, THE
\h\hTHING I REMEMBER WAS WHEN
637
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:06,170
{\an7}IT CAME UP WE HAD THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MOON IN THE SKY,
638
00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:10,173
{\an7}\hAND NOW I TOOK A LOOK
UP AND IT WAS REALLY MY
639
00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:14,052
{\an7}FIRST THOUGHT IS BY GOLLY,
WE GOT A MAN ON THE MOON.
640
00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:16,221
{\an7}WE’VE PUT HIM THERE.
641
00:34:17,514 --> 00:34:20,058
{\an7}Narrator: IT’S A HISTORIC
\h\hMOMENT, BUT THE MOST
642
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,603
{\an7}\h\hMEMORABLE PART OF THE
JOURNEY IS STILL TO COME.
643
00:34:22,644 --> 00:34:25,272
{\an7}\h\hTHE WORLD WAITS AS
NEIL ARMSTRONG PREPARES
644
00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:27,524
{\an7}TO TAKE OUR FIRST
STEPS ON THE MOON.
645
00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:34,239
{\an7}IT’S JULY 20TH 1969.
646
00:34:34,281 --> 00:34:36,492
{\an7}THE LUNAR MODULE HAS
BEEN ON THE SURFACE
647
00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:39,286
{\an7}\h\hOF THE MOON FOR
NEARLY SEVEN HOURS.
648
00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:41,204
{\an7}\h\h\hARMSTRONG AND
ALDRIN ARE SUPPOSED
649
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:43,415
{\an7}TO BE RESTING BUT IT’S
\h\hPROVING DIFFICULT.
650
00:34:44,332 --> 00:34:47,252
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNewscaster: AND THEY’RE
GETTING READY TO STEP OUT ON TO
651
00:34:47,294 --> 00:34:51,173
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE MOON’S SURFACE FAR
EARLIER THAN HAD BEEN PLANNED.
652
00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:52,257
{\an7}Aderin-Pocock: IT WAS A MOMENT
653
00:34:52,299 --> 00:34:54,426
{\an7}THAT THE EARTH STOPPED
\h\h\hSTILL TO WATCH.
654
00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:56,177
{\an7}I DON’T THINK ANYTHING
SINCE THEN HAS CAUSED
655
00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:59,264
{\an7}THAT MOMENT OF PAUSING WHERE
THERE’S SOMETHING THAT’S SO
656
00:34:59,306 --> 00:35:00,724
{\an7}EXCITING HAPPENING
\h\hTHAT EVERYBODY
657
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,433
{\an7}WANTS TO STOP AND SEE IT
658
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:07,772
{\an7}\hCronkite: 38 YEAR OLD NEIL
ARMSTRONG WILL BEGIN TO STEP
659
00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:10,817
{\an7}\hDOWN THE NINE STEPS OF
THE LUNAR LANDING MODULE
660
00:35:10,859 --> 00:35:13,528
{\an7}TO THE SURFACE OF
THE MOON ITSELF.
661
00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:14,863
{\an7}WHAT A MOMENT THAT WILL BE.
662
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,200
{\an7}Muir-Harmony: HE CAME FROM THE
CREW COMPARTMENT NEAR THE TOP
663
00:35:18,241 --> 00:35:21,411
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF THE LUNAR MODULE, HE
RELEASED THE TELEVISION CAMERA,
664
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:23,622
{\an7}IT’S A SLOW SCAN TELEVISION
\h\h\h\hCAMERA AND THIS IS
665
00:35:23,663 --> 00:35:26,583
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE IMAGE THAT WENT TO
TELEVISION SETS AROUND THE WORLD
666
00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:28,585
{\an7}Man: AND WE’RE GETTING
\hA PICTURE ON THE TV.
667
00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:31,672
{\an7}Muir-Harmony: IT ALLOWED THE
\hWORLD TO WITNESS THE FIRST
668
00:35:31,713 --> 00:35:33,757
{\an7}LUNAR LANDING AND FEEL
\h\hLIKE PARTICIPANTS.
669
00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:36,467
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: OVER 500
MILLION PEOPLE WILL SHARE
670
00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:38,720
{\an7}THE NEXT FEW HISTORIC MOMENTS.
671
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:42,307
{\an7}\hNASA Radio: CLEAR
NEIL, WE CAN SEE YOU
672
00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:43,684
{\an7}COMING DOWN THE LADDER NOW.
673
00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:50,523
{\an7}M. Armstrong: WE’RE LEANING IN
\h\h\h\hTRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
674
00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:52,317
{\an7}\h\hYOU KNOW, WHAT’S
GOING ON AND WHERE’S,
675
00:35:52,359 --> 00:35:55,737
{\an7}LIKE WHERE’S THE BOTTOM
\h\hOF THE LADDER AND?
676
00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:58,573
{\an7}N. Armstrong: STEP
OFF THE LADDER NOW.
677
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:02,118
{\an7}Bales: NOBODY KNEW WHAT
\h\h\hHE WAS GONNA SAY,
678
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,162
{\an7}COULDN’T HAVE BEEN A
BETTER THING TO SAY.
679
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:09,334
{\an7}\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN.
680
00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:14,339
{\an7}ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.
681
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:25,392
{\an7}Raphael: TO THE WAITING WORLD,
\h\h\h\h\hTHE WATCHING WORLD,
682
00:36:25,433 --> 00:36:27,185
{\an7}\h\hTHOSE WORDS WERE
VERY, VERY POWERFUL.
683
00:36:27,227 --> 00:36:29,312
{\an7}N. Armstrong: SURFACE
IS FINE AND POWDERY.
684
00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:31,898
{\an7}M. Armstrong: I THINK THAT HE
\hHAD THOUGHT ABOUT A NUMBER
685
00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:35,777
{\an7}OF THINGS THAT HE MIGHT
\h\hSAY, BUT MY BELIEF
686
00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:39,239
{\an7}IS THAT HE DIDN’T MAKE
A DECISION ABOUT WHAT
687
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,657
{\an7}HE WOULD SAY UNTIL THEY
\hHAD ACTUALLY LANDED.
688
00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:44,619
{\an7}\h\h\hN. Armstrong: I’M GONNA
LEAVE THAT ONE FOOT UP THERE.
689
00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:46,663
{\an7}Narrator: 19 MINUTES
\h\hAFTER ARMSTRONG,
690
00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:49,875
{\an7}\hBUZZ ALDRIN JUMPS DOWN
ON TO THE LUNAR SURFACE.
691
00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:52,461
{\an7}N. Armstrong: ARE YOU OUT?
692
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:55,672
{\an7}Aldrin: BEAUTIFUL VIEW
693
00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:57,591
{\an7}\h\h\h\hN. Armstrong:
AIN’T THAT SOMETHING?
694
00:36:57,632 --> 00:37:00,635
{\an7}Aldrin: I’M WATCHING IT AND
\h\h\h\hI’M CONVINCED THAT,
695
00:37:00,677 --> 00:37:02,762
{\an7}YOU KNOW, MY DAD’S GONNA
\hHOP, HE’S GONNA TRIP,
696
00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:05,932
{\an7}\hHE’S GONNA FALL ON THE MOON,
FLAT ON HIS BACK OF COURSE LIKE
697
00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:10,187
{\an7}\h\hA DEAD BUG IN FRONT OF 600
MILLION PEOPLE, BUT REALLY MOST
698
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:14,649
{\an7}\hIMPORTANTLY THIS IS GONNA BE
IN FRONT OF MY 200 CLASS MATES.
699
00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:16,568
{\an7}Aldrin: I’D NEVER COME
\h\h\h\hFLY DOWN HERE.
700
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:24,743
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE
ASTRONAUTS SPEND TWO
701
00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:27,579
{\an7}\h\hAND A QUARTER HOURS
OUTSIDE THE SPACECRAFT.
702
00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:31,624
{\an7}\hEVERY MOMENT HAS BEEN
CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED,
703
00:37:31,666 --> 00:37:33,585
{\an7}\h\h\hNOT LEAST THE
RAISING OF THE FLAG.
704
00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:39,632
{\an7}Borman: NASA SUGGESTED PLAYING
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE STAR SPANGLED
705
00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:41,801
{\an7}\h\hBANNER WHILE THE
CREW WAS ON THE MOON.
706
00:37:41,843 --> 00:37:44,721
{\an7}AND I WAS OPPOSED TO THAT.
707
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:45,973
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNASA Radio: YES
INDEED, THEY GOT THE FLAG
708
00:37:46,014 --> 00:37:49,518
{\an7}\h\hUP NOW AND YOU CAN
SEE THE AMERICAN FLAG.
709
00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:52,771
{\an7}\h\h\hBorman: WE DIDN’T NEED TO
MAGNIFY THE AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT
710
00:37:52,812 --> 00:37:54,731
{\an7}BY PLAYING THE STAR SPANGLED
\h\hBANNER BECAUSE EVERYBODY
711
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:57,276
{\an7}IN THE WORLD KNEW IT WAS
AN AMERICAN CREW ANYWAY.
712
00:37:58,443 --> 00:38:00,028
{\an7}Schoumacher: WE WEREN’T
\h\h\hCOLONIZING SPACE,
713
00:38:00,069 --> 00:38:03,364
{\an7}\h\hWE WEREN’T CLAIMING
TERRITORY FOR OURSELVES,
714
00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:06,242
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT IT CERTAINLY
BROUGHT AMERICA TOGETHER.
715
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,911
{\an7}CERTAINLY DID THAT.
716
00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:10,246
{\an7}\h\hWHEN YOU’VE GONE THROUGH
WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THOSE
717
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:15,293
{\an7}1960S, FOR A BRIEF TIME AT
\hLEAST, AMERICA WAS BACK.
718
00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,964
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE ASTRONAUTS
SET UP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS,
719
00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:22,926
{\an7}\hCOLLECTING SAMPLES OF
MOON ROCK FOR ANALYSIS.
720
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,803
{\an7}\hAND TAKE A SERIES OF
MEMORABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.
721
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:27,680
{\an7}\hMay: SOME OF THEM ARE
ICONIC, LIKE THE PICTURE
722
00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:30,433
{\an7}\h\hOF BUZZ IN HIS SPACE
SUIT STANDING ON THE MOON
723
00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:33,561
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND YOU CAN SEE THE
PHOTOGRAPHER, NEIL ARMSTRONG,
724
00:38:33,603 --> 00:38:36,314
{\an7}MIRRORED IN THE VISOR.
725
00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:43,029
{\an7}Cox: FOR ME THE GREATEST
IMAGE IS THE FOOTPRINT,
726
00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:45,865
{\an7}\h\hAND IT’S A VERY
SIMPLE ICONIC IMAGE.
727
00:38:45,907 --> 00:38:48,743
{\an7}\hFOOT PRINTS ARE
EVOCATIVE THINGS.
728
00:38:48,785 --> 00:38:49,828
{\an7}WHY ARE WE THE WAY WE ARE?
729
00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:53,498
{\an7}ONE OF THEM REASONS IS WE BEGAN
TO WALK UPRIGHT, IN AFRICA.
730
00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:55,792
{\an7}\h\h\hAND ONLY FOUR
MILLION YEARS LATER,
731
00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,836
{\an7}THERE’S A FOOTPRINT ON THE MOON.
732
00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:03,842
{\an7}\hYOU JUXTAPOSE THOSE
TWO THINGS AND YOU SEE
733
00:39:03,883 --> 00:39:08,513
{\an7}WHAT WE’VE MANAGED
TO DO AS A SPECIES,
734
00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:11,683
{\an7}IN A VERY SHORT SPACE
\hOF GEOLOGICAL TIME.
735
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,019
{\an7}\h\h\hNASA Radio: NEIL
AND BUZZ, THE PRESIDENT
736
00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:17,814
{\an7}OF THE UNITED STATES
IS IN HIS OFFICE NOW
737
00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:20,025
{\an7}AND WOULD LIKE TO SAY A
FEW WORDS TO YOU, OVER.
738
00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:23,694
{\an7}\hNarrator: HAVING
WATCHED THE LANDING
739
00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:25,613
{\an7}FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
A RELIEVED PRESIDENT
740
00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:29,493
{\an7}NIXON MAKES THE FIRST
EVER LUNAR PHONE CALL.
741
00:39:30,785 --> 00:39:32,453
{\an7}Nixon: I JUST THOUGHT I’D
\h\h\hTELL YOU HOW PROUD
742
00:39:32,495 --> 00:39:35,373
{\an7}WE ALL ARE OF WHAT
\h\hYOU HAVE DONE.
743
00:39:35,415 --> 00:39:36,833
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE
PRESIDENT’S WORDS HAD
744
00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:38,877
{\an7}BEEN CAREFULLY EDITED
\h\hBY FRANK BORMAN.
745
00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:44,674
{\an7}\hBorman: NASA HAD SENT OVER A
SUGGESTED SCRIPT INVOLVED NIXON
746
00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:48,678
{\an7}\hTAKING CREDIT FOR THE
SUCCESS OF THE LANDING.
747
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:50,722
{\an7}I POINTED OUT TO HIM
THAT HE REALLY DIDN’T
748
00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:54,517
{\an7}DO ANYTHING FOR THE LANDING,
\hTHAT WAS ALL PRIOR TO HIS
749
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:58,021
{\an7}ADMINISTRATION, I SAID I DON’T
\h\hTHINK YOU SHOULD DO THIS.
750
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:00,856
{\an7}AND HE AGREED WITH ME.
751
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:03,693
{\an7}Nixon: BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU
\h\hHAVE DONE, THE HEAVENS
752
00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:07,822
{\an7}HAVE BECOME A PART
\hOF MAN’S WORLD.
753
00:40:07,864 --> 00:40:09,657
{\an7}Narrator: HAVING PUT
ITS MEN ON THE MOON,
754
00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:12,452
{\an7}AMERICA CAN AFFORD
TO BE MAGNANIMOUS.
755
00:40:12,493 --> 00:40:14,412
{\an7}\hAND WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS
LEAVE A PLAQUE FOR FUTURE
756
00:40:14,454 --> 00:40:16,998
{\an7}VISITORS TO READ, THEIR
\hMESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL.
757
00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:18,875
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNASA Radio: SO
READ THE PLAQUE THAT’S
758
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,711
{\an7}ON THE FRONT LANDING
\h\hGEAR OF THIS LM.
759
00:40:21,753 --> 00:40:25,090
{\an7}Chapin: I SAT IN SEVERAL
MEETINGS AS WE SCRIPTED
760
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:28,134
{\an7}WHAT WOULD BE LEFT ON THE
MOON, BUT WHEN PUSH CAME
761
00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:33,139
{\an7}\hTO SHOVE EVERYTHING ALWAYS
WENT BACK TO THE VERY BASICS.
762
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,059
{\an7}\h\h\hAstronaut: HERE MEN FROM
THE PLANET EARTH FIRST STEPPED
763
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:40,730
{\an7}FOOT UPON THE MOON, WE CAME
\hIN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND.
764
00:40:42,065 --> 00:40:43,775
{\an7}Chapin: AND THE IMPORTANT
\h\h\hTHING THERE WAS THE
765
00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:46,902
{\an7}FOR ALL MANKIND NOT JUST
\hFOR THE UNITED STATES
766
00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:51,825
{\an7}OF AMERICA, BUT WE CAME
ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD.
767
00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:56,621
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: AFTER 21
HOURS AND 36 MINUTES ON
768
00:40:56,663 --> 00:40:59,791
{\an7}THE SURFACE OF THE MOON,
THE LUNAR MODULE PREPARES
769
00:40:59,832 --> 00:41:02,168
{\an7}TO FIRE ITS SINGLE
\h\hASCENT ENGINE.
770
00:41:02,210 --> 00:41:03,962
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNASA Radio:
TRANQUILITY BASE, HOUSTON,
771
00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:05,463
{\an7}YOU’RE CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF.
772
00:41:06,255 --> 00:41:07,798
{\an7}Collins: THE PART OF THE
\h\h\hFLIGHT THAT I WAS
773
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,677
{\an7}MOST CONCERNED ABOUT
\hWAS THEIR ASCENT.
774
00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:13,597
{\an7}Astronaut: AND YOU UNDERSTAND
775
00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:14,889
{\an7}WE’RE NUMBER ONE ON THE RUNWAY.
776
00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:16,849
{\an7}NASA Radio: ROGER.
777
00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:21,980
{\an7}Collins: IF THEY COULDN’T GET
\h\h\h\hOFF, THEY WERE DEAD.
778
00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:25,108
{\an7}\h\h\hNASA Radio:
FIVE, FIRST STAGE,
779
00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:27,068
{\an7}ENGINE ON ASCENT PROCEED.
780
00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:37,746
{\an7}Aldrin: WHEN WE KNEW THAT THE
\h\hASCENT ENGINE HAD FIRED,
781
00:41:37,787 --> 00:41:41,624
{\an7}\hTHE MONSTER THAT LIVED UNDER
MY BED, RIGHT, HAD BEEN SLAYED.
782
00:41:42,542 --> 00:41:46,129
{\an7}\h\h\hAstronaut: THAT’S
BEAUTIFUL, VERY SMOOTH.
783
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:53,052
{\an7}Alderin-Pocock: AT THAT MOMENT,
THE WORLD WENT TO THE MOON,
784
00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:54,762
{\an7}IT’S AS IF WE WERE
\h\hALL WITH THEM.
785
00:41:57,515 --> 00:42:00,476
{\an7}AND I THINK THAT’S WHY KENNEDY
\h\hWAS SO CLEVER, BECAUSE IF
786
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,854
{\an7}\hYOU JUST SENT AN OBJECT
TO THE MOON, THAT’S GREAT.
787
00:42:03,855 --> 00:42:06,232
{\an7}BUT IF YOU SEND PEOPLE,
WE GO THERE WITH THEM,
788
00:42:06,274 --> 00:42:08,651
{\an7}WE FEEL THE EMOTION,
\hWE SHARE THE JOY.
789
00:42:18,703 --> 00:42:20,538
{\an7}Massimino: I HAD THE SENSE THAT
IT WASN’T JUST EVERY
790
00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:23,208
{\an7}AMERICAN WHO WAS INTERESTED
\h\h\h\h\hBUT IT WAS PEOPLE
791
00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:27,628
{\an7}\hFROM AROUND THE WORLD, THE
WHOLE WORLD STOPPED AND TOOK
792
00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:31,007
{\an7}NOTICE AND EVERYONE COULD AGREE
THAT THIS WAS A GOOD THING.
793
00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:32,759
{\an7}\hUNLESS YOU WERE
EXTREMELY GRUMPY.
794
00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:40,057
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND SO, AN
ACHIEVEMENT BORNE IN THE HEAT
795
00:42:40,099 --> 00:42:43,978
{\an7}OF THE COLD WAR IS HAILED AS
A TRIUMPH FOR ALL HUMANITY.
796
00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:50,109
{\an7}Collins: AFTER THE FLIGHT OF
APOLLO 11 WE WERE PRIVILEGED
797
00:42:50,151 --> 00:42:54,906
{\an7}TO MAKE A WORLD TOUR AND I
WAS AMAZED BY THE RECEPTION
798
00:42:54,947 --> 00:43:01,162
{\an7}\hTHAT WE GOT, EVERYWHERE WE
WENT PEOPLE FELT PART OF IT.
799
00:43:02,288 --> 00:43:06,083
{\an7}\h\h\hAND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL RESPONSE.
800
00:43:06,918 --> 00:43:07,877
{\an7}NASA Radio: LIFT OFF.
801
00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:09,212
{\an7}WE HAVE LIFT OFF.
802
00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:10,087
{\an7}32 MINUTES.
803
00:43:11,297 --> 00:43:13,341
{\an7}Narrator: THE APOLLO
PROGRAM ENDS IN 1972.
804
00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:16,844
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT IT LEAVES QUITE A
LEGACY, AND NONE OF THOSE WHO
805
00:43:16,886 --> 00:43:20,056
{\an7}PLAYED A PART WILL FORGET THE
\hDAY WE WALKED ON THE MOON.
806
00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:24,060
{\an7}Kennedy: WE CHOOSE TO
\h\h\hGO TO THE MOON.
807
00:43:24,102 --> 00:43:27,188
{\an7}Kranz: WE HAD THIS DREAM THAT
\h\hWE’RE GOING TO GO DO THIS
808
00:43:27,230 --> 00:43:29,232
{\an7}THING, WE WERE CHALLENGED
\h\hBY PRESIDENT KENNEDY
809
00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:32,193
{\an7}TO DO THIS, WITH TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF THINGS
810
00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:36,030
{\an7}THAT HAD TO WORK PERFECTLY,
\h\hAND WE MADE IT HAPPEN.
811
00:43:36,072 --> 00:43:38,283
{\an7}\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN.
812
00:43:39,784 --> 00:43:42,036
{\an7}Collins: HEY, WE DID IT,
\h\hWE HUMAN BEINGS HAVE
813
00:43:42,078 --> 00:43:45,790
{\an7}LEFT THE PLANET,
GONE TO THE MOON.
814
00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:50,170
{\an7}\h\h\hN. Armstrong: ONE
GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.
815
00:43:50,211 --> 00:43:52,922
{\an7}Duke: THIS MOMENT WHERE
\hWERE FIRST STEPPED ON
816
00:43:52,964 --> 00:43:56,217
{\an7}TO ANOTHER HEAVENLY
BODY, I’M JUST VERY,
817
00:43:56,259 --> 00:43:59,137
{\an7}\h\hVERY THANKFUL THAT MY
GENERATION GOT TO DO THAT.