1 00:00:02,586 --> 00:00:06,507 {\an7}\hNarrator: IT’S A DAY WE DREAMT OF, FOR CENTURIES. 2 00:00:06,548 --> 00:00:09,134 {\an7}Collins: WE FELT THE WEIGHT OF \hTHE WORLD ON OUR SHOULDERS, 3 00:00:09,176 --> 00:00:12,513 {\an7}WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT US WORLDWIDE. 4 00:00:12,554 --> 00:00:15,724 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: A DAY WHEN THREE MEN RISK EVERYTHING. 5 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:18,394 {\an7}NASA Radio: LIFT OFF. 6 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:19,811 {\an7}WE HAVE LIFT OFF! 7 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:22,189 {\an7}M. Armstrong: WE KNEW THAT DAD \h\h\hHAD TO GO ON THIS TRIP. 8 00:00:22,231 --> 00:00:23,482 {\an7}\hAND I THINK THEY ONLY FELT THEY HAD 9 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,776 {\an7}A 50/50 CHANCE OF DOING IT. 10 00:00:27,611 --> 00:00:30,739 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: AND IT’S A DAY THAT CHANGES THE WORLD. 11 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:35,410 {\an7}Cox: I THINK IT IS THE \hGREATEST ACHIEVEMENT 12 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:37,663 {\an7}\hIN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION. 13 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:39,289 {\an7}\hNarrator: IT HAPPENS A QUARTER OF A MILLION 14 00:00:39,331 --> 00:00:41,375 {\an7}\hMILES OUT IN SPACE, BUT IT’S SEEN BY OVER 15 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:44,628 {\an7}\h\h\hHALF A BILLION PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH. 16 00:00:44,670 --> 00:00:46,755 {\an7}May: WHAT AN AMAZING \hTHING TO WITNESS. 17 00:00:46,797 --> 00:00:47,715 {\an7}Massimino: YOU REMEMBER \h\h\h\hWHERE YOU WERE. 18 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:49,174 {\an7}RIGHT? 19 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:52,386 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT IT’S ALSO A DAY FULL OF DANGER. 20 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:54,512 {\an7}Bales: WE ALL KNEW WE HAD THREE THINGS WERE GONNA HAPPEN, WE’RE 21 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:59,351 {\an7}\h\hGONNA LAND, WE WERE GONNA ABORT, OR WE WERE GONNA CRASH. 22 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:01,061 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: WHEN SUCCESS OR FAILURE 23 00:01:01,103 --> 00:01:03,731 {\an7}\h\h\hCOMES DOWN TO SPLIT SECOND CALLS. 24 00:01:03,772 --> 00:01:05,732 {\an7}Bales: AND BANG, WE GOT \hTHIS COMPUTER ALARM. 25 00:01:06,817 --> 00:01:08,569 {\an7}NASA Radio: 1202. 26 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:13,574 {\an7}Duke: MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS \hWE’RE DEAD IN THE WATER. 27 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:16,284 {\an7}Narrator: WITH SPECTACULAR \h\h\hREMASTERED FOOTAGE, 28 00:01:16,326 --> 00:01:19,371 {\an7}THIS IS THE MINUTE BY \hMINUTE INSIDE STORY 29 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:23,792 {\an7}FROM THOSE WHO WERE THERE, THOSE WHO PUT THEM THERE, 30 00:01:23,834 --> 00:01:26,754 {\an7}AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER. 31 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:30,173 {\an7}Kranz: BY GOLLY, WE GOT \h\hA MAN ON THE MOON! 32 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:33,051 {\an7}WE’VE PUT HIM THERE! 33 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:35,345 {\an7}\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, 34 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:39,182 {\an7}ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. 35 00:01:40,309 --> 00:01:42,812 {\an7}Narrator: IT’S THE DAY WE WALKED ON THE MOON. 36 00:01:50,569 --> 00:01:54,114 {\an7}\hWE FIRST SET FOOT ON THE MOON IN JULY 1969. 37 00:01:55,282 --> 00:01:57,743 {\an7}\h\hBUT THE DECISION TO GO THERE IS MADE BY PRESIDENT 38 00:01:57,784 --> 00:02:00,578 {\an7}KENNEDY AT THE START OF THE DECADE, AND SPELLED 39 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:03,165 {\an7}\h\hOUT IN ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES. 40 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:07,210 {\an7}Kennedy: WE CHOOSE TO GO TO \h\hTHE MOON IN THIS DECADE 41 00:02:07,252 --> 00:02:08,837 {\an7}AND DO THE OTHER THINGS, \h\hNOT BECAUSE THEY ARE 42 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:11,882 {\an7}EASY BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD. 43 00:02:14,885 --> 00:02:16,720 {\an7}Collins: I WAS THRILLED TO \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBE PART OF 44 00:02:16,762 --> 00:02:19,306 {\an7}FULFILLING PRESIDENT \hJOHN F. KENNEDY’S 45 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:22,768 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDREAM OF MAN ON THE MOON BY THE END OF THE DECADE. 46 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,772 {\an7}HOWEVER, THE MOON WAS SO FAR AWAY, 47 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:30,442 {\an7}SO REMOTE, WAS THIS REALLY GONNA HAPPEN? 48 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:33,737 {\an7}Cox: WHEN KENNEDY MADE THAT BEAUTIFUL SPEECH 49 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:37,658 {\an7}\h\h"WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON", REMEMBER THAT FROM AN 50 00:02:37,699 --> 00:02:42,245 {\an7}ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, WE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 51 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:47,751 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: WE WOULD HAVE TO LEARN QUICKLY. 52 00:02:47,793 --> 00:02:49,795 {\an7}IT’S THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR. 53 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:52,380 {\an7}THE SPACE RACE HAS \hALREADY STARTED. 54 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:53,506 {\an7}\h\hAND THE SOVIET UNION HAS LAUNCHED 55 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:56,551 {\an7}\hTHE WORLD’S FIRST SATELLITE, SPUTNIK. 56 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:01,389 {\an7}\h\h\hMuir-Harmony: SPUTNIK WAS LAUNCHED ON A ROCKET AND PEOPLE 57 00:03:01,431 --> 00:03:03,892 {\an7}UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THE SOVIET \h\hUNION HAD THE CAPABILITY 58 00:03:03,934 --> 00:03:06,770 {\an7}TO LAUNCH THINGS IN TO SPACE, \h\hTHAT THERE’S A LIKELIHOOD 59 00:03:06,812 --> 00:03:09,440 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY ALSO HAD THE CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH WARHEADS. 60 00:03:10,649 --> 00:03:12,484 {\an7}\hMay: THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT SPUTNIK ONE SCARED 61 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:14,903 {\an7}\h\hTHE AMERICANS TO DEATH AND THEY SUDDENLY REALIZED 62 00:03:14,945 --> 00:03:17,448 {\an7}\hTHEY HAD TO PULL THEIR FINGER OUT AND GET ON IT. 63 00:03:18,824 --> 00:03:20,576 {\an7}Aderin-Pocock: RUSSIA HAD GOT \hTHE FIRST OBJECT IN SPACE, 64 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:23,286 {\an7}THEY GOT THE FIRST \hANIMAL IN SPACE. 65 00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:25,831 {\an7}AND THEY’D GOT THE FIRST \h\hPERSON IN TO SPACE. 66 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:28,333 {\an7}\h\h\hAND THE AMERICANS WITH THEIR TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY, 67 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:30,586 {\an7}\hOR SO THEY THOUGHT, FELT ON THE BACK FOOT. 68 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,380 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: KENNEDY DECIDES THE WAY TO BEAT 69 00:03:33,422 --> 00:03:35,591 {\an7}THE SOVIETS IS TO PUT \hA MAN ON THE MOON. 70 00:03:37,634 --> 00:03:39,636 {\an7}Borman: PRESIDENT KENNEDY \h\hSET OUT THE CHALLENGE 71 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:43,223 {\an7}TO DO IT IN THE ’60S, AND EVERYBODY DEVOTED 72 00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:46,935 {\an7}THEIR TOTAL LIFE TO DOING THAT. 73 00:03:50,731 --> 00:03:51,899 {\an7}Narrator: REALIZING KENNEDY’S 74 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:54,484 {\an7}\hDREAM WITHIN THE DECADE ISN’T EASY. 75 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:58,571 {\an7}IT TAKES A CONCERTED \h\hNATIONAL EFFORT, 76 00:03:58,613 --> 00:03:59,823 {\an7}UNPARALLELED IN PEACE TIME. 77 00:04:05,328 --> 00:04:06,704 {\an7}Muir-Harmony: THE SCALE OF \h\h\h\h\h\hPROJECT APOLLO 78 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:09,792 {\an7}IS HARD TO REALLY EVEN CONCEIVE OF. 79 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:13,253 {\an7}AT THE PEAK, OVER 400,000 \h\hPEOPLE WERE INVOLVED. 80 00:04:13,295 --> 00:04:17,549 {\an7}THE PROGRAM COST, AT THE TIME, \h\h$25 BILLION WHICH IS MORE 81 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:20,803 {\an7}THAN THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, MORE THAN THE PANAMA CANAL. 82 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:24,222 {\an7}Cox: I THINK IT WAS GEORGE \hH.W. BUSH WHO SAID THAT 83 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:26,558 {\an7}\hIT WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT SINCE LEONARDO DA VINCI BEING 84 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,687 {\an7}GIVEN A SKETCH BOOK, AND HE WAS, AND HE’S RIGHT. 85 00:04:31,897 --> 00:04:34,942 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: NASA’S SPACE PROGRAM NEEDS MORE THAN MONEY. 86 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:36,693 {\an7}IT NEEDS MEN WILLING \h\h\hTO RISK THEIR 87 00:04:36,735 --> 00:04:40,030 {\an7}\hLIVES PILOTING HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL SPACECRAFT. 88 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:45,618 {\an7}IN 1961, ALAN SHEPHERD BECOMES \hTHE FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE. 89 00:04:45,660 --> 00:04:49,414 {\an7}IN 1962 JOHN GLENN ORBITS THE EARTH. 90 00:04:49,456 --> 00:04:52,250 {\an7}BY THE TIME PROJECTS MERCURY AND GEMINI GIVE WAY TO APOLLO 91 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:56,755 {\an7}IN THE MID ’60S, AMERICA’S ASTRONAUTS ARE SUPERSTARS. 92 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:01,426 {\an7}Borman: MOST OF US CAME FROM THE MILITARY, WHERE WE’D BEEN 93 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:04,972 {\an7}ALMOST INCOGNITO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU’RE CELEBRITIES. 94 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,809 {\an7}Massimino: I THOUGHT THESE \h\hGUYS WERE THE COOLEST 95 00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:09,934 {\an7}GUYS WALKING THE PLANET. 96 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:11,853 {\an7}YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME \hTHE BEATLES WERE AROUND, 97 00:05:13,063 --> 00:05:14,189 {\an7}\h\hI THOUGHT THEY WERE COOLER THAN THE BEATLES. 98 00:05:14,231 --> 00:05:16,024 {\an7}Duke: I WOULD CALL IT \h\hA ROCK STAR LIKE, 99 00:05:16,066 --> 00:05:18,777 {\an7}BUT YOU COULD GET A REAL SWELL HEAD IF YOU DIDN’T 100 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:21,488 {\an7}\hWATCH OUT BECAUSE YOU GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION. 101 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,074 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: 32 ASTRONAUTS TAKE PART IN 102 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:26,284 {\an7}THE APOLLO PROGRAM BUT ONLY THREE WILL 103 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:28,912 {\an7}\hMAKE THE JOURNEY TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 11. 104 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:35,544 {\an7}THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT IS 38 YEAR OLD MICHAEL COLLINS, 105 00:05:35,585 --> 00:05:38,630 {\an7}THE ONE CREW MEMBER WHO WON’T WALK ON THE MOON. 106 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,465 {\an7}Collins: CLEARLY I DID NOT HAVE THE BEST OF THE THREE 107 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:44,469 {\an7}SEATS, HOWEVER I THOUGHT \h\hIT WAS A GREAT HONOR 108 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:47,723 {\an7}TO BE A, A PART OF THE APOLLO 11 CREW. 109 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:49,724 {\an7}Narrator: LUNAR MODULE \hPILOT, BUZZ ALDRIN, 110 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:52,352 {\an7}MAY BE ABOUT TO WALK ON \hTHE MOON, BUT FOR HIS 111 00:05:52,394 --> 00:05:55,731 {\an7}11 YEAR OLD SON, ANDY, THAT’S \h\hNOT WHAT SETS HIM APART. 112 00:05:56,648 --> 00:05:59,067 {\an7}\hAldrin: MY DAD WASN’T COOL BECAUSE HE WAS AN ASTRONAUT, 113 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:01,111 {\an7}\hBECAUSE EVERYBODY’S DAD WAS AN ASTRONAUT. 114 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:03,780 {\an7}MY DAD WAS COOL ’CAUSE \hHE COULD POLE VAULT. 115 00:06:03,822 --> 00:06:06,491 {\an7}YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY’S DAD COULD POLE VAULT. 116 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,786 {\an7}\hNarrator: FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON WILL BE 117 00:06:09,828 --> 00:06:14,124 {\an7}THE MISSION COMMANDER, 38 YEAR OLD NEIL ARMSTRONG. 118 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:16,584 {\an7}Borman: WELL NEIL ARMSTRONG \hWAS PROBABLY THE PERFECT 119 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:19,963 {\an7}\h\hCHOICE TO MAKE THE FIRST STEP ON THE MOON. 120 00:06:20,005 --> 00:06:21,924 {\an7}HE WAS DEDICATED, HE WAS COMPETENT. 121 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:26,094 {\an7}\hDuke: PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST GUYS I’D EVER KNOWN. 122 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:28,805 {\an7}BY COOL I MEAN STEADY \h\h\hUNDER PRESSURE. 123 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,015 {\an7}HE WAS UNFLAPPABLE. 124 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:35,437 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THAT UNFLAPPABILITY IS TESTED 125 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:38,731 {\an7}IN MAY 1968, WHEN ARMSTRONG \h\h\hTAKES PART IN A LUNAR 126 00:06:38,773 --> 00:06:42,402 {\an7}LANDING SIMULATION AT ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE IN HOUSTON. 127 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:45,738 {\an7}\h\h\h\h200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, HIS CRAFT SUDDENLY 128 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:48,616 {\an7}LOSES PRESSURE, FORCING \h\hARMSTRONG TO EJECT. 129 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:54,831 {\an7}HE CHEATS DEATH BY SECONDS. 130 00:06:54,873 --> 00:06:56,875 {\an7}NOW COMES THE MISSION ITSELF. 131 00:06:57,876 --> 00:06:59,044 {\an7}M. Armstrong: WHEN MUM AND DAD \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED US FOR 132 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,754 {\an7}\h\h\hA MEETING IN THE DINING ROOM IT’S LIKE. 133 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:02,797 {\an7}R. Armstrong: WHAT TROUBLE ARE WE IN? 134 00:07:04,174 --> 00:07:05,008 {\an7}M. Armstrong: THIS MUST BE, \h\hYEAH, WE’RE IN TROUBLE. 135 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,093 {\an7}THIS MUST BE SERIOUS. 136 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,721 {\an7}R. Armstrong: HE BASICALLY \hSAID, JUST WANT YOU GUYS 137 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:13,016 {\an7}\h\hTO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME RISK IN THIS MISSION, 138 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:14,768 {\an7}\h\h\hBUT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE CONFIDENT WE’RE COMING BACK 139 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:19,689 {\an7}AT LEAST, WHETHER WE GET TO LAND OR NOT, WE DON’T KNOW. 140 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:23,485 {\an7}\hM. Armstrong: THE WAY THAT THE CREW VIEWED IT, WAS THIS WILL BE 141 00:07:23,526 --> 00:07:27,405 {\an7}THE FIRST MISSION TO ATTEMPT \h\hTO LAND AND I THINK THEY 142 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:30,700 {\an7}\hONLY THOUGHT THEY HAD A 50/50 CHANCE OF DOING IT. 143 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:38,792 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S THE MORNING OF JULY 16TH, 1969. 144 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:40,793 {\an7}LAUNCH DAY. 145 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:43,589 {\an7}\hIN A FEW HOURS THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BEGIN 146 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:45,966 {\an7}\h\h\hTHEIR FOUR DAY JOURNEY TO THE MOON. 147 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:51,179 {\an7}\h\hPERCHED ON TOP OF THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER INVENTED. 148 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:55,184 {\an7}Schoumacher: WHEN I DROVE \h\h\h\hUP, IT WAS DARK. 149 00:07:55,225 --> 00:07:58,562 {\an7}I DROVE PAST, I DON’T KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE 150 00:07:58,603 --> 00:08:01,523 {\an7}AT FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THEY’D BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT. 151 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:09,031 {\an7}AND THERE WAS THE SATURN, LIGHTED ON THE LAUNCHPAD. 152 00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:16,329 {\an7}AND IT IS IN THE MIDDLE \hOF THIS BLACK OCEAN. 153 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:23,836 {\an7}OH GOD, WHAT AN EXCITEMENT. 154 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:34,181 {\an7}Raphael: THE PRESS WERE IN A \h\hSORT OF CORRAL ABOUT TWO 155 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:36,474 {\an7}AND A HALF MILES AWAY FROM \hTHE LAUNCH SITE, I DON’T 156 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,185 {\an7}\h\hTHINK ANYONE WAS ALLOWED NEARER THAN ABOUT TWO MILES. 157 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:42,814 {\an7}I MEAN QUITE APART FROM US, THERE WERE HUNDREDS 158 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:46,568 {\an7}OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD \h\hBE CAMPING ON THE DUNES. 159 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:48,653 {\an7}\h\hIT’S ALMOST LIKE A SORT OF JAMBOREE THING. 160 00:08:50,113 --> 00:08:52,991 {\an7}Schoumacher: I’M OUTSIDE AND \h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S SUNNY NOW. 161 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:55,160 {\an7}News Broadcaster: DAVID \h\h\hSCHOUMACHER IS AT 162 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:56,536 {\an7}THE PRESS SITE. DAVID. 163 00:08:57,620 --> 00:08:57,995 {\an7}Schoumacher: WELL A GOOD MORNING, OF THE MORE THAN 164 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,290 {\an7}\h\h\h\h3,000 REPORTERS ASSIGNED HERE AT LEAST. 165 00:09:00,331 --> 00:09:03,000 {\an7}IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, \hGOD IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 166 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,795 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS JUST, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. 167 00:09:04,836 --> 00:09:05,754 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNASA Radio: SWING ARM NOT COMING 168 00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:08,131 {\an7}BACK AS OUR COUNTDOWN CONTINUES. 169 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:11,176 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: IN THE DAYS BEFORE 24 HOUR NEWS, ALL THE 170 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:14,846 {\an7}NETWORKS CLEAR THEIR SCHEDULES \h\hTO CARRY THE LAUNCH LIVE. 171 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:15,972 {\an7}AMONG THE WATCHING MILLIONS 172 00:09:16,014 --> 00:09:18,683 {\an7}IS FUTURE ASTRONAUT, \h\hMIKE MASSIMINO. 173 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:22,896 {\an7}Massimino: IN JULY OF 1969 I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, I WAS SITTING 174 00:09:22,937 --> 00:09:25,690 {\an7}THERE WATCHING A BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION IN THE LIVING ROOM. 175 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:28,193 {\an7}I REMEMBER THINKING AS I WAS \hWATCHING THAT LAUNCH THAT 176 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:30,862 {\an7}THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT \hTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED 177 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:34,574 {\an7}IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, I THOUGHT, AS A LITTLE BOY. 178 00:09:36,868 --> 00:09:39,329 {\an7}SAME TIME I WAS A BIG BASEBALL \h\h\hFAN, THE NEW YORK METS, 179 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:42,790 {\an7}MY TEAM WON THE WORLD \h\hSERIES THAT YEAR. 180 00:09:42,832 --> 00:09:46,878 {\an7}TWO MIRACLES HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER OF 1969. 181 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,964 {\an7}\h\hNASA Radio: T MINUS 25 SECONDS. 182 00:09:49,005 --> 00:09:50,632 {\an7}Schoumacher: THAT \hROCKET WAS BIG. 183 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:54,302 {\an7}I MEAN THERE’S NO WAY THAT ROCKET GETS OFF THE GROUND. 184 00:09:54,344 --> 00:09:56,346 {\an7}NASA Radio: IGNITION \h\hSEQUENCE START. 185 00:09:56,387 --> 00:10:00,975 {\an7}SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE. 186 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:12,070 {\an7}Raphael: THERE WAS JUST A \h\h\h\hHUGE, HUGE FLASH 187 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:14,114 {\an7}AND A FANTASTIC NOISE. 188 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:18,076 {\an7}ALMOST LIKE A BOMB GOING \hOFF, POW, SHATTERING. 189 00:10:19,369 --> 00:10:20,328 {\an7}NASA Radio: LIFT OFF. 190 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:21,204 {\an7}WE HAVE LIFT OFF. 191 00:10:21,246 --> 00:10:23,373 {\an7}32 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR. 192 00:10:23,414 --> 00:10:25,207 {\an7}LIFT OFF ON APOLLO 11. 193 00:10:27,752 --> 00:10:30,630 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: AWAY FROM THE CROWDS, NEIL ARMSTRONG’S FAMILY 194 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:33,884 {\an7}WATCHES THE LAUNCH FROM A SPECIALLY CHARTERED BOAT. 195 00:10:33,925 --> 00:10:36,845 {\an7}R. Armstrong: WE’RE SORT OF OFF TO THE RIGHT, AND WHAT 196 00:10:36,886 --> 00:10:41,224 {\an7}\hTHIS MEANT WAS THAT ALL THE EXHAUST, CAME OUR WAY. 197 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:45,311 {\an7}M. Armstrong: AND YOU KNOW, THIS BUFFETING OF AIR AGAINST 198 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:47,647 {\an7}YOUR CHEST, IT’S JUST, \h\hIT’S LIKE NOTHING, 199 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:49,941 {\an7}YOU KNOW, I’VE EVER FELT SINCE. 200 00:10:55,238 --> 00:10:58,199 {\an7}Schoumacher: AND YOU THINK HOW IS THAT STANDING STRAIGHT UP? 201 00:10:59,117 --> 00:11:00,285 {\an7}I MEAN IT’S BARELY MOVING. 202 00:11:01,786 --> 00:11:03,830 {\an7}I MEAN IT’S INCHING, AND IT’S \h\hINCHING AND IT’S INCHING. 203 00:11:06,082 --> 00:11:08,209 {\an7}Narrator: INSIDE, THREE MEN RISKING 204 00:11:08,251 --> 00:11:10,962 {\an7}THEIR LIVES TO FULFILL THE DREAM OF CENTURIES. 205 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:16,050 {\an7}Collins: WHEN THE ROCKET GOES \h\h\h\hUP IT’S VERY STATELY, 206 00:11:16,092 --> 00:11:18,761 {\an7}NO DEVIATION OF PATH. 207 00:11:18,803 --> 00:11:22,140 {\an7}\h\hINSIDE IT DOESN’T FEEL THAT WAY AT ALL. 208 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:26,019 {\an7}THE ENGINES DOWN BELOW YOU ARE SWIVELING TO KEEP IT IN 209 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:30,690 {\an7}\h\h\h\hBALANCE, AND SO YOU’RE FEELING LITTLE SIDEWAYS JERKS. 210 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:36,237 {\an7}Schoumacher: AND SUDDENLY, I \h\hDON’T KNOW, IT OVERCOMES 211 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:38,907 {\an7}GRAVITY AND IT, SWISH. 212 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:45,705 {\an7}Narrator: THE SATURN \hFIVE ROCKET BLASTS 213 00:11:45,747 --> 00:11:47,916 {\an7}\hAPOLLO 11 OUT OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. 214 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:51,836 {\an7}JUST 12 MINUTES LATER \h\hTHEY’RE IN ORBIT. 215 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:54,255 {\an7}AND OUR GREATEST ADVENTURE BEGINS. 216 00:12:02,847 --> 00:12:07,352 {\an7}IT’S JULY 16TH, 1969, AND THE \hCROWDS AT CAPE KENNEDY HAVE 217 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:10,271 {\an7}JUST WITNESSED ONE OF THE GREAT SPECTACLES OF THE CENTURY. 218 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:16,862 {\an7}ONE BY ONE, THE SPENT SECTIONS OF THE SATURN 219 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:20,365 {\an7}FIVE ROCKET FALL AWAY AND \hTHE THIRD STAGE ENGINE 220 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:24,285 {\an7}FIRES, TO SET APOLLO 11 ON COURSE FOR THE MOON. 221 00:12:26,287 --> 00:12:28,873 {\an7}\h\h\hNASA Radio: AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE ROLLING AWAY NOW. 222 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:31,876 {\an7}Narrator: BY DAY TWO, ASTRONAUTS ARMSTRONG, ALDRIN, 223 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:35,505 {\an7}\h\hAND COLLINS ARE HALFWAY THERE, AND IN GOOD SPIRITS. 224 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:36,922 {\an7}Collins: HELLO THERE \h\h\h\hSPORTS FANS, 225 00:12:38,007 --> 00:12:38,299 {\an7}YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ME, BUT NEIL’S THE CENTER 226 00:12:39,550 --> 00:12:41,010 {\an7}AND BUZZ IS DOING THE CAMERAWORK THIS TIME. 227 00:12:42,804 --> 00:12:44,097 {\an7}\hNarrator: BACK ON EARTH, AN ARMY 228 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:46,932 {\an7}OF REPORTERS IS CHRONICLING \h\h\h\h\hTHE EPIC JOURNEY. 229 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:49,769 {\an7}Raphael: IT WAS A STORY \h\hEVERYONE COULD JOIN 230 00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:51,771 {\an7}IN AND FEEL PART OF. 231 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:54,899 {\an7}I MEAN I SUSPECT WHEN \hPERHAPS IN ANOTHER 232 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:56,734 {\an7}TWO OR THREE CENTURIES \hPEOPLE ARE GONNA BE 233 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:59,904 {\an7}\hLOOKING BACK ON THIS LIKE A COLUMBUS MOMENT. 234 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:01,990 {\an7}\hNarrator: BUT UNLIKE COLUMBUS, THIS LANDING 235 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:05,201 {\an7}\h\hWILL BE SEEN BY MILLIONS ON LIVE TV. 236 00:13:05,243 --> 00:13:07,036 {\an7}\hAnnouncer: WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE APOLLO 237 00:13:07,078 --> 00:13:11,457 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h11 MOON MISSION, CORRESPONDENT WALTER CRONKITE. 238 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:15,086 {\an7}Schoumacher: WE REALIZED WE WERE IN A SEMINAL MOMENT IN, 239 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:19,424 {\an7}NOT ONLY IN AMERICAN HISTORY \hBUT IN TELEVISION HISTORY. 240 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:20,800 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCronkite: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE MOON 241 00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:23,303 {\an7}MISSION AS YOU HAVE HEARD. 242 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:25,179 {\an7}Schoumacher: AND WE HAD GONE TO THE MOON LOTS OF TIMES 243 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:30,184 {\an7}\hIN OUR REHEARSALS, BUT THIS WAS LIVE TELEVISION, 244 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:33,146 {\an7}THIS WAS ASTRONAUTS PUTTING \h\hTHEIR LIFE ON THE LINE. 245 00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:36,774 {\an7}Collins: WE FELT SORT OF THE \hWEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON OUR 246 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:40,987 {\an7}SHOULDER, WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT US WORLDWIDE. 247 00:13:44,073 --> 00:13:47,076 {\an7}Narrator: THE ASTRONAUTS’ FAMILIES ARE WATCHING TOO. 248 00:13:47,118 --> 00:13:49,037 {\an7}BUT THEY’RE NOT JUST FOLLOWING THE STORY, 249 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:50,329 {\an7}THEY’RE PART OF IT. 250 00:13:53,124 --> 00:13:56,878 {\an7}Aldrin: THE COVERAGE WAS \h\hPRETTY MUCH NONSTOP. 251 00:13:58,087 --> 00:14:00,965 {\an7}WE LIVED IN THAT BUBBLE AND SPACE 252 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,968 {\an7}MANIA WAS THERE ALL THE TIME. 253 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:05,470 {\an7}I THINK IT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE 254 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:07,430 {\an7}FOR MY MOM IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 255 00:14:08,264 --> 00:14:09,849 {\an7}\h\hI THINK SHE WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED 256 00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:11,351 {\an7}ABOUT PROTECTING THE KIDS. 257 00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:13,519 {\an7}\hWoman: ANDY WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE MOON? 258 00:14:13,561 --> 00:14:16,064 {\an7}Aldrin: WELL I HAVEN’T \hREALLY DECIDED YET. 259 00:14:16,105 --> 00:14:18,357 {\an7}\hJoan: I DIDN’T KNOW YOU’D HAD IT IN MIND. 260 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:21,360 {\an7}\h\hI COULDN’T GO THROUGH THIS TWICE I’LL TELL YOU. 261 00:14:21,402 --> 00:14:22,862 {\an7}M. Armstrong: WE WERE WATCHING \h\hALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE, 262 00:14:22,904 --> 00:14:24,280 {\an7}THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THAT 263 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:27,158 {\an7}IN OUR HOUSE WE ALSO HAD \h\h\h\hA SQUAWK BOX SO 264 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,079 {\an7}WE COULD LISTEN TO SOME OF THE \hAIR TO GROUND TRANSMISSIONS. 265 00:14:32,622 --> 00:14:33,873 {\an7}NASA Radio: GOOD RADAR DATA. 266 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,293 {\an7}\h\h\hWE’RE NOW IN THE APPROACH PHASE, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD. 267 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:39,462 {\an7}M. Armstrong: OUR MOTHER, SHE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS VERY TOUGH. 268 00:14:40,922 --> 00:14:44,843 {\an7}AND WE’RE AMAZED AT, BECAUSE \h\h\hSHE HAD TO BE WORRIED. 269 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:48,596 {\an7}SHE HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST ABSOLUTELY DEATHLY FRIGHTENED. 270 00:14:48,638 --> 00:14:52,016 {\an7}BUT WE NEVER SAW THAT. 271 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:57,939 {\an7}\hNarrator: IT’S EIGHT AM ON SUNDAY JULY 20TH. 272 00:14:57,980 --> 00:14:59,857 {\an7}\h\h\hAS THE ASTRONAUTS ORBIT THE MOON, THE MEN 273 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,402 {\an7}OF MISSION CONTROL ARE ARRIVING AT THE MANNED 274 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:05,279 {\an7}SPACECRAFT CENTER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 275 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:12,912 {\an7}IN JUST SEVEN HOURS, FLIGHT DIRECTOR, GENE KRANZ, WILL 276 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:16,499 {\an7}OVERSEE APOLLO 11’S DESCENT TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. 277 00:15:16,541 --> 00:15:19,669 {\an7}Kranz: YOU HAVE A SINGLE SHOT \h\h\h\hTO GET THINGS RIGHT. 278 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:22,213 {\an7}ARE WE GO TO START THE DESCENT? 279 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,048 {\an7}ARE WE GO TO CONTINUE DESCENT? 280 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:26,384 {\an7}ARE WE GO TO GO FOR THE LANDING? 281 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:29,220 {\an7}Narrator: WORKING UNDER \hKRANZ IS STEVE BALES. 282 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,264 {\an7}\hNOT LONG OUT OF COLLEGE, HE WILL TRACK THE PROGRESS 283 00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:35,226 {\an7}\h\h\h\hOF THE SPACECRAFT AND MONITOR ITS GUIDANCE SYSTEMS. 284 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,060 {\an7}Bales: CAN YOU IMAGINE? 285 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:38,188 {\an7}\hHERE WE ARE, THEY’RE LETTING PEOPLE LIKE ME, 286 00:15:39,564 --> 00:15:41,357 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h26 YEARS OLD, SIT AT CONSOLES, IF WE MADE A MISTAKE 287 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:44,027 {\an7}\h\hIT WASN’T JUST US THAT WERE IN TROUBLE. 288 00:15:45,528 --> 00:15:47,155 {\an7}Narrator: THREE YEARS \hFROM NOW, ASTRONAUT 289 00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:50,574 {\an7}CHARLIE DUKE, WILL WALK ON THE MOON. 290 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:54,203 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTODAY, HE’S THE CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR, THE ONLY MEMBER OF 291 00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:57,999 {\an7}THE TEAM WHO WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE CREW DURING LANDING. 292 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,126 {\an7}Duke: MY FOCUS WAS LET’S GET \h\h\hTO THE MOON AND LET’S 293 00:16:01,169 --> 00:16:04,255 {\an7}LAND ON THE MOON THAT WAS \hWHAT I WAS FOCUSED ON, 294 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:05,965 {\an7}LET’S JUST GET IT DONE. 295 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:10,094 {\an7}\hKranz: THIS WAS A VERY YOUNG GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING 296 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:13,473 {\an7}\hTO DO SOMETHING MONUMENTAL, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE 297 00:16:13,514 --> 00:16:17,643 {\an7}THE RISK, TO BE THE ONES THAT \h\hIF WE DIDN’T GET THE CREW 298 00:16:17,685 --> 00:16:21,230 {\an7}BACK WE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. 299 00:16:21,272 --> 00:16:24,066 {\an7}NASA Radio: DELTA SIX ZERO, BURN TIME FIVE FIFTY SEVEN. 300 00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:25,359 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: MISSION CONTROL KEEPS IN CONTACT 301 00:16:25,401 --> 00:16:27,612 {\an7}WITH THE CREW BY RADIO, \h\hON A JOURNEY ALMOST 302 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:30,197 {\an7}ENTIRELY PROGRAMMED BY COMPUTER. 303 00:16:31,073 --> 00:16:32,658 {\an7}HOUSTON WORKS FLAT \h\hOUT TO PREPARE 304 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:35,036 {\an7}\h\hTHE LUNAR MODULE FOR POWERED DESCENT. 305 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,582 {\an7}Bales: FROM EIGHT O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING TIL FOUR IN THE 306 00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:44,295 {\an7}AFTERNOON WE WORKED LIKE THE DICKENS TO GET THAT VEHICLE 307 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:47,298 {\an7}POWERED UP, TO GET IT CHECKED \h\hOUT, TO GET THE COMPUTER 308 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:51,344 {\an7}\h\hSYSTEM TURNED ON TO GET ALL ITS SYSTEMS ALIGNED JUST RIGHT. 309 00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:53,721 {\an7}WE WANTED THIS TO BE A SUCCESS, 310 00:16:53,763 --> 00:16:55,682 {\an7}SO DID THE COUNTRY, BUT WE REALLY DID. 311 00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:59,060 {\an7}Narrator: ONE MAN IS PLAYING 312 00:16:59,101 --> 00:17:00,769 {\an7}A UNIQUE ROLE IN TODAY’S LANDING. 313 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:04,607 {\an7}SIX MONTHS AGO FRANK BORMAN \h\hTOOK APOLLO 8 TO WITHIN 314 00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:07,485 {\an7}60 MILES OF THE MOON’S SURFACE AND BECAME ONE 315 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:11,322 {\an7}OF THE FIRST MEN EVER TO SEE THE EARTH FROM SPACE. 316 00:17:12,490 --> 00:17:14,158 {\an7}Borman: I THINK THE MOST \hINSPIRING SIGHT OF MY 317 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,536 {\an7}LIFE WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE EARTH FROM THE MOON. 318 00:17:23,251 --> 00:17:25,545 {\an7}Narrator: TODAY, BORMAN IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 319 00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:31,384 {\an7}HIS JOB IS TO BRIEF THE NEW PRESIDENT, 320 00:17:31,425 --> 00:17:33,552 {\an7}RICHARD NIXON, ON THE LUNAR LANDING. 321 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:37,598 {\an7}Borman: I DON’T THINK PRESIDENT NIXON WAS AN EXPERT IN ANY WAY 322 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,811 {\an7}IN THE SPACE PROGRAM, BUT HE \hWAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. 323 00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:45,189 {\an7}\hNarrator: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN KNOW 324 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,358 {\an7}\hTHE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 325 00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:51,445 {\an7}Chapin: WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF THE 326 00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:55,574 {\an7}WORLD, WE WERE TOLD THAT BY \hTHE NETWORKS EVERY NIGHT, 327 00:17:55,616 --> 00:17:59,495 {\an7}SO YES WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS \hOF WORLDWIDE CONSEQUENCE. 328 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:02,832 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION 329 00:18:02,873 --> 00:18:05,417 {\an7}HAS INHERITED MORE THAN JUST APOLLO. 330 00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:07,544 {\an7}\h\h\hTHERE’S GROWING CIVIL UNREST AT HOME, 331 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:10,381 {\an7}AND AN ESCALATING WAR IN VIETNAM WHERE MORE THAN 332 00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:13,843 {\an7}HALF A MILLION AMERICAN TROOPS ARE NOW ENGAGED. 333 00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:16,762 {\an7}Schoumacher: YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THE TIMES, 334 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:20,767 {\an7}\hWE WERE ALL BEGINNING TO WONDER ABOUT VIETNAM. 335 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,230 {\an7}THEN MARTIN LUTHER \hKING GETS SHOT. 336 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,525 {\an7}\h\hAND THEN BOBBY KENNEDY GETS SHOT. 337 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:32,194 {\an7}AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE \hWERE SAYING WHAT 338 00:18:32,236 --> 00:18:34,572 {\an7}IN THE HELL IS HAPPENING \h\h\h\hTO OUR COUNTRY? 339 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,742 {\an7}Chapin: WE WERE DEALING WITH \hDEMONSTRATIONS AND WE WERE 340 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:43,831 {\an7}\hDEALING WITH SIGNIFICANT, KICKBACK TO THE VIETNAM WAR. 341 00:18:43,873 --> 00:18:47,752 {\an7}SO, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE \hMOON LANDING WAS A BREATH 342 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:50,713 {\an7}OF FRESH AIR, WHERE WE COULD ALL COME TOGETHER 343 00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:55,677 {\an7}\h\h\hAND CELEBRATE AT LEAST ONE THING THAT UNITED ALL AMERICANS. 344 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:58,304 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE MOON LANDING COULD 345 00:18:58,346 --> 00:19:01,266 {\an7}\h\h\h\hALSO BOOST THE PRESIDENT’S POPULARITY. 346 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:02,767 {\an7}BUT ONLY IF IT SUCCEEDS. 347 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:08,231 {\an7}Borman: I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON, IF THERE WAS A DISASTER 348 00:19:08,272 --> 00:19:11,358 {\an7}HE WOULD GET THE BLAME \h\hFOR IT, SO I SAID, 349 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,403 {\an7}\h\h\h\hALTHOUGH I DIDN’T ANTICIPATE IT, BE PREPARED 350 00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:18,741 {\an7}IN CASE WE HAVE TO, SEND MESSAGES TO THREE WIDOWS. 351 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:23,621 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: IT’S MIDDAY AT THE MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, 352 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:26,332 {\an7}\hLESS THAN FOUR HOURS FROM THE SCHEDULED LANDING TIME. 353 00:19:27,375 --> 00:19:29,252 {\an7}\h\hFLIGHT DIRECTOR GENE KRANZ PREPARES 354 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.