Weekend, every weekend. We are getting a picture on the tv. Picture . Ve a good it is upside down on our monitors. Her would you verify the position of the opening on the camera . There it is. A foot is coming. Down the steps. Can youommonweal, we coming down. Neil. Ok, we can see you coming down the steps. There is a for on the , stepp. Buzz, this is houston. Standby for shadow photography. I am at the foot of the ladder. It is like a fine powder down there. A little shadowy. Is on the moon. The surface of the moon. That is one small step for man and one giant the for mankind. I did not get the second phrase. This is very fine and powdery. It is a fine layer. I can see the footprint of my boots making a trail. This is houston. We copy. Isnt this something. There seems to be no difficulty in Walking Around here. We are getting a negative picture back. I will put down the camera. It looks like it is coming out favorably. It is pretty dark here in the shadow. Will make my way over to the sunlight. The picture has gone to negative polarity. You can see Neil Armstrong there. [indiscernible] ok. Sit tight. Clothesline. A going onto a sequence camera now. I am standing directly in the shadow. Looking up, i am standing directly in the shadow now and i can see everything quite clearly. The light is suspiciously bright, everything is very clearly visible. Mr. Cronkite so, mans first words, Neil Armstrongs first words on setting foot on the moon, are one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. He is on the bottom step of the ladder, slightly awry, but has no difficulty in climbing back up to the lunar module when they complete this walk. Found the surface more powdery than anticipated. He is sinking about a half of one inch. You can see the footprints. No difficulty in moving around, easier than the simulations on earth. He has about 25 minutes of activity here alone on the moons surface, testing the environment, moving around like this, taking a good look at the lunar module that he is giving us a check on. Seems to be in good shape. The pads settled nicely, but not very deeply into the fine, powdery sand, find powdery surface of the moon. Apparently it is in position for to provide the platform for takeoff. Sergeant says the crew is doing well. I am still in the lec. Mr. Cronkite that would seem to indicate that they are not over exerting. Not using too much heat for the cooling system. One of our concerns are raised, another one of our concerns erased. The race the fact that they are not stressing. He has the camera with him now, i think that is the one that was lowered to him. It is not the sequence camera, which i believe stays in the lunar module. We are reading you loud and clear. Get some pictures and the contingency sample. Mr. Cronkite i think the fight plan actually called for him to take the contingency sample first and then the pictures. Will will as i recall in all my reading, the contingency samples will 35 and a half minutes expended now. Mr. Cronkite he has confirmed that they are on a very level place there, which is good. Partly because of his own skill in making that manual landing. Looks like they were coming down a very rough area. It may be that the new elected not to get a contingency sample because he feels there is more contingency here. He is showing great confidence that he will do everything he intended to do. Could you sent a copy of the contingency sample, over . Mr. Armstrong roger. Well get to that just as soon as i finish. Mr. Cronkite you may be right, wally, as to what is in his mind. The contingency sample is really superfluous once they get the full sample, the rock and be documented sample. Which they identify rock by rock, where they got it, and that sort of thing. Although they are saying they want the contingency sample first, as they said in the fight plan. [laughter] wally make sure they get something. It is going so beautifully. Mr. Cronkite moving around, the exertion they are showing when doing that, but neil is showing so far, of course, it is a great and that they learned already. The man will get tired in a minute. Contingency sample just acquired. Wally i wonder what he is up to now. [laughter] ok, the contingency sample is down. A little difficult to dig through the very interesting, it is a very soft surface. Here and there, where i plug in the contingency sample collector, i run into a very hard surface. But it appears to be a very cohesive material of the same sort. Ill try to get a rock in here. Just a couple. Mr. Cronkite he has got that little bag that he is tagging along with an extension handle across the surface. As he reports there, it is hard to get everything in. Mr. Armstrong it has a stark beauty all its own. It is like much of the high desert of the United States. It is different but very pretty out here. Mr. Cronkite very pretty. Mr. Armstrong a lot of the hard rock samples here appear to be in the surface. Mr. Cronkite difficult . Wally vesicles. [beep] houston. Roger. Ok, the handle is off it pushes in about, six or eight inches into the surface. Looks like it is quite easy to [indiscernible] mr. Armstrong i am sure i could push it in farther but it is hard for me to bend down further than that. Didnt know you could throw so far. Mr. Armstrong you can really throw things along way up. Mr. Armstrong is my pocket open, buzz . Buzz yes it is. It is not up against your suit, though. Put it more toward the inside. Mr. Armstrong that in the pocket . Mr. Aldrin push down. Got it . It is not all the way in. Push it. There you go. Mr. Armstrong contingency sample is in the pocket. Oxygen is 81 . I have no flags, and im in minimum flow. [beep] this is houston. Roger, neil. Mr. Aldrin ok, i have the camera on that one frame a second. Mr. Armstrong ok. Mr. Aldrin and i have got 80 oxygen. No flags. Mr. Armstrong are you getting a tv picture now, houston . Neil, yes we are getting a tv picture. Neil, this is houston. We are getting a picture. Youre not in it at the present time. We can see the bag on the lec being moved by buzz. Ready for me to come out . Mr. Armstrong yeah, just stand by a second. Mr. Cronkite talk about being super casual. Mr. Cronkite hope he doesnt get too casual. Mr. Aldrin are you ready . Mr. Armstrong ok. Ok. You saw what difficulties i was having. I will try to watch from underneath. Mr. Cronkite armstrong is going to try to help guide him from below. As he watches the lifesupport system as he climbs out. Mr. Armstrong ok, your plss looks like it is clearing ok. Your toes are about to come over the sill. Now drop down. There you go, you are clear. Laterally, you are good. Mr. Aldrin you need a little bit of arching of the back to come down. How far are my feet from the edge . Mr. Armstrong you are right at the edge of the porch. Mr. Aldrin ok. Now a little foot movement. Little arching of the back. Helmet clears the without any trouble at all. Mr. Armstrong looks good. Mr. Cronkite 45 minutes plss time expended. Neil, this is houston. Based on your camera transfer with the lec, do you foresee any difficulties in transfer . Over. Mr. Armstrong negative. Mr. Cronkite the src is the sample rock container . Wally it is the container box in which the rocks will be returned. Mr. Cronkite this camera angle makes those steps look like they are vastly higher than they are. [laughter] what did he say . Wally make sure not to lock it. [laughter] ok, i am on the top step and i can look down and see you. Mr. Cronkite here he comes. Mr. Armstrong walking is very comfortable. Youve got three more steps and then a long one. Wally i guess he expected the steps to compact a little more. But apparently there is one more step. Mr. Aldrin i am on the fourth rung up. Mr. Armstrong tomorrow. Add another inch. You got it . Mr. Aldrin that is a good step. Mr. Armstrong yeah, about a three footer. Mr. Cronkite look at that. Mr. Aldrin beautiful. Mr. Armstrong isnt that something . Magnificent out here. Mr. Aldrin magnificent desolation. Mr. Cronkite like walking on a trampoline. Oh, my. Buzz aldrins first words beautiful view. Got the secondary strut. Had a little thermal effect on it. Mr. Armstrong i noticed that. Seems to be the worst, although similar effects are all around. Mr. Aldrin very fine powder, isnt it . Mr. Armstrong isnt it fine . Mr. Aldrin it is hard to tell whether it is a or a rock. Mr. Armstrong notice how you can kick it out. Mr. Aldrin yeah, it bounces. Mr. Cronkite look at this. [laughter] mr. Aldrin reaching down, fairly easy. Getting my suit dirty at this stage. The mass of the backpack does have some effect in inertia. There is a slight tendency, i can see now, to backwards due to the soft, very soft texture. Mr. Armstrong you are standing on a big rock there now. Wally very shortly, armstrong is to take the camera out of that tray and move it out about 20 feet from the spacecraft so they have a view of the entire area. Mr. Aldrin i wonder if it under the engine is where the probe hit. Mr. Armstrong i think that is a good representation of the velocity down there. Mr. Aldrin i see that probe over on the minusy strut. Mr. Cronkite following the flight plan and testing. Mr. Aldrin cant say too much for the visibility. Very dark. Surface of a flat, rounded rock. Incidentally, these rocks are very powdery surfaced. [beep] say again, please, buzz. You are cutting out. Mr. Aldrin i said the rocks are rather slippery. Roger. Mr. Aldrin very powdery surface. Fill up all the little very fine pores. Wally that would be armstrong detaching the camera, setting it up on a stand, then puts it back point it back in the entire lunar module. Getting ready to move the tv camera to its panorama position. Mr. Cronkite oh, the picture is inverted again. [laughter] mr. Aldrin start to lose my balance in one direction and recovery is quite natural and very easy. Moving your arms around, jack, doesnt lift you off the surface. Not quite that lightfooted. Mr. Armstrong i have the insulation off the mesa now. Mr. Aldrin got to be careful that you are leaning in the direction you want to go, otherwise you slightly inebriated. You have to cross your foot over to stay underneath where your center of mass is. Walter [laughs] mr. Aldrin hey, neil, didnt i say we might see some purple rocks . Mr. Armstrong find a purple rock . Mr. Aldrin yep. Mr. Cronkite sounds so happy. Just beaming over there. Mr. Aldrin very small. Sparkly. Some sort of take a first guess, some sort of we will leave that to the further analysis. Mr. Cronkite buzz aldrins transmissions are not breaking up. Mr. Aldrin quarter of an inch. Mr. Armstrong ok, houston. I am going to change lenses on you. Roger, neil. Wally they have three lenses, i believe. Wideangle 90 millimeter. Mr. Armstrong ok, houston. Some if you are getting a picture. Neal, this is houston, that is affirmative. All systems are go. Over. Mr. Aldrin we appreciate that, thank you. Mr. Cronkite i believe the camera is still in the mesa tray. Cant tell if it is a wider view. Mr. Aldrin neil is now unveiling the plaque. Roger, we have got you foresighted. [beep] mr. Armstrong put it like that and walk around it. Good. Mr. Cronkite look at the reflection on the surface. Wed like to a new over to the right. Over. Mr. Armstrong ok. Mr. Aldrin that is all the cable we have. Mr. Cronkite the director is still in control. [laughter] a little too much to the right, can you bring it back left about four or five degrees . [beep] ok, that looks good, neil. Mr. Armstrong ok. Further away or closer . Mr. Aldrin cant get too much further away. Mr. Armstrong lets try it like that for a while. I will get a couple of panoramas with it here. Roger. You look ok as far as systems go. You are going too fast on the panorama sweep. You will have to stop. Mr. Armstrong i have not set it down yet. That is the first picture of the panorama. Right there. Roger. Mr. Armstrong does that look a lot like you thought it might look . Wally yes it does. They are doing such a fine job. Mr. Armstrong tell me if you got a picture, houston . We got a beautiful picture, neil. Mr. Armstrong ok, i am going to move it. Mr. Aldrin ok, here is another good one. Ok, weve got that one. Mr. Armstrong this one is right downsun. I want to know if you can see the angular rock in the foreground. Roger, we have a large rock in the foreground. Looks like a much smaller rock a couple inches to the left of it. Over. Mr. Armstrong beyond it about 10 feet is another larger rock. That rock, the closest want to you is sticking out, it is about a foot and a half long, and about six inches thick. Roger. Mr. Aldrin ok, neil. Ive got the table out and i have a bag deployed. Weve got this view, neil. Mr. Armstrong this is straight south. Roger. We see the shadow of the lm. Mr. Armstrong the little hill just beyond the shadow of the lm is a pair of elongated craters, about 40 feet long and 20 feet across. Probably six feet deep. We will probably get some more work in there later. [breeze blowing] we see buzz. Mr. Armstrong how is that for a final . For a final orientation, wed like it took him left about five degrees. Over. Now, back to the right about half as much. Mr. Armstrong ok. Mr. Aldrin ok, that looks good there, neil. Mr. Armstrong ok. One hour and seven minutes time expended. Wally looks like he is casually walking. Incidentally, you can use the shadow the staff makes to assist you getting it perpendicular. Wally buzz is erecting the solar wind experiment now. Mr. Cronkite the solar wind is something you feel against your cheek. Mr. Aldrin it has stopped. Maybe two or three inches. Exactly what the pictures showed when they pushed away a little bit. You get force transmitted through the upper surface of the soil and about five or six inches that breaks loose and moves as if it were caked on the surface, when in fact it really isnt. Mr. Armstrong i noticed in the soft spots, where we have footprints nearly an inch deep that the soil is very cohesive. A slope of probably 70 degrees along the side of the footprints. I sure hope there is no area that is blacked out from the television right now. Mr. Cronkite while there is, russia, the soviet, and china. It is a shame, more than a fourth of the world are being denied this picture by their rulers. Most of the rest of the world, though, including in other communist nations, it is being displayed, including eastern europe. Youve got to see the footprints. Wally i agree. Mr. Cronkite man leaving his footprints on the moon. Without any atmosphere, no wind or rain to wear them away. They might stay there for quite a long time. This is armstrong. Wally he cant believe it. Wally he cant believe it. Wally he cant believe it. Get that part . That is the rock. Mr. Cronkite they are areecting now the rock samples. Collecting now the rock samples. These are the ones they will collect into a bag and then put into the box, the vacuum box. You will have to extend that one. Mr. Cronkite looks like the core they are driving down. Cant really film. Columbia, columbia. This is houston. Over. Wally they have got a core, a piece of pipe, in effect, that they attach onto this handle. Neil armstrong has been on the lunar surface now almost 45 minutes. Wally they can hammer that into the surface and get a sample down below the actual surface, which they already have contaminated with the engine and by their presence. Then get down below that contamination and also get a sample down to almost a foot or so, i think. 16 inches. Wally 16 inches. Something more than they can get by scraping the surface itself. Houston, columbia on the high again. Over. Columbia, this is houston, reading you loud and clear. Over. Reading you loud and clear. How is it going . Roger. The eva is progressing roger. The eva is progressing beautifully. I believe they are setting up the flag now. Great. I guess youre about the only person around that doesnt have tv coverage of the scene. Wally this is the flag, not the core sample. Thats right, i dont mind a bit. Mr. Cronkite he doesnt mind a bit not having the television right now. How is the quality of the tv . It is beautiful, mike. It really is. Flag on it is, the u. S. The surface of a moon. Is it halfway decent . Yes, it is. They have the flag up now. You can see the stars and stripes on the lunar surface. Beautiful, just beautiful. Wally the flag is on a frame, there is no wind to hold it out like that. Five flag andby five flag it has a frame of its own to hold it up. In . O you need to pull that nothing more needed here, but it does seem like there ought to be some music. [chuckles] ok. Mr. Cronkite looks like they are having a little trouble getting that driven into the surface. Wally lightly, he moves back. I think they are taking pictures of each other with the camera. Yep, exactly what they are doing. The first tourists on the moon. Mr. Cronkite from their description, sounds like someplace we would like to go to after all. Magnificent desolation. Armstrong, stark beauty all its own. Different from the United States desert, but very pretty out here. Pretty out here. As you said, wally, the first kind words about the moon from 16 miles up or even 10 miles up, apollo 10 did not think it was so pretty. These fellows on the surface think there is something about it. This is houston. Radio check, over. Mr. Cronkite maybe they think it is not so pretty, but it is their own. Wally i like the idea of not claiming it, but i think they can claim it for now, at least. Mr. Cronkite they cant claim it under the declaration of the United Nations resolution which we all agreed to, that we would not claim the moon or use it for military purposes. So this planting of the flag is military purposes. So this planting of the flag is not the old 15th, 16th, 17th century business of planting a flag and claiming territory. It is to put the United States flag there to let the world know that we are there. The sense of pride the American People feel in this tremendous accomplishment and the contribution they have made. Mr. Aldrin i believe i am out of your field of view, is that right, houston . Affirmative, buzz. You are in our field of view you are in our field of view now. Mr. Aldrin you do have to be careful to keep track of where your center of mass is. Sometimes it takes two or three paces to make sure you have got your feet underneath you. Mr. Cronkite that powder. Two or three or maybe four easy paces can bring you to a smooth stop. Mr. Cronkite looks like it is getting pretty frisky up there. Change direction. Mr. Cronkite all, beautiful. Cut a little bit. Socalled kangaroo hop. Seems like your forward ability is not quite as good. As it is in the more conventional one foot after another. As far as what a pace might be, it is the one i am using now. Would get rather lift up your right foot. Toes stillyour hooked in it. You are clear now. Thank you. Lets move that over. Scoopl armstrong has the for the bulk sample collection. They have about another hour and 25 minutes of extra vehicular activity before the hatch will be closed. They have completely now. Peared now i still dont know exactly what color to describe this other than grayish cocoa color. Very fine particles. Buzz, this is houston. You are cutting out on the end of your transmission. Can you speak more closely into the microphone . I will try that. I had one inside my mouth that time. It sounded a little wet. Neil has been on the surface for an hour now. Not quite, 20 minutes less than that. Being in the shadow does not have similar effects. There is a difference in the , so iion in the helmet think there is a tendency to feel cooler. This is houston, over. One hour and a half expended sss now. Columbia, this is houston, over. Working on this moon sample, rock sample. Take a scoop and scoop up some rocks, put them in a bag to then box tosported to a openede the vacuum until on the surface. You should have vhfaos with the lamp right about now. Flos should be at one minute, 45 seconds. These fellas go bounding around on the moon, you have to realize they are in 16 gravity. So as he looks down into the sun , that is the larger amount. That area is looking towards us. Us. The general color is darker. For those of you trying to take pictures off the television tube of these men on the moon, a couple of hints from cbss photography department. All for those with simple cameras Neil Armstrong bringing the scoop. About 30 to 40 feet. Wally we have about an hour more of this. Roger. Right in this area there are two craters. The one that is in front of me now as i look at about the 11 00 position is about 30 to 35 feet across. Several boulders six to eight inches across. Mr. Cronkite cbs news photographers suggests if you are trying to take a picture with a simple camera, one that you cannot focus or change the lens opening, stanback at least five feet, turn up the brightness of your television triex film if possible, and stand at least five feet away. Buzz is behind at the minus z strut. Mr. Cronkite if you have an adjustable camera, they suggest triex film with a 5. 6 lens and a shutter speed of 1 30 second. That is for blackandwhite, of course. I will repeat that. 5. 6 opening, speed of 1 30,. Daylight color film, they suggest lens set at 2. 8 and shutter speed of 1 15 of a second. To minimize the bluish cast you are likely to get, use an 81a skylight filter. If you have not got them, you can rush out and get them now in the middle of the night wherever you are. But if you have them, that is the suggestion of the cbs photographic team. They have been on the surface about an hour and 10 minutes now. Mr. Cronkite if you have got a between the lens shutter, that might eliminate the dark bar that we are getting across the screen because of the scanning of the television picture. We dont see it with the eye but the camera operating at a speed will see it. We are now in the area of the minus y strut. Taking photographs. Mr. Cronkite one of the important things we are finding out now with more than an hour of walking on the moon behind us buzz is making his way around am, photographing it from various angles, looking at its condition on all sides. Mr. Cronkite is that the energy extended, heat rate, body temperature, cooling of the space suit, all of these things are working as they planned them. Neil still occupied with the bulk sample. Mr. Cronkite things indicate, wally, we are going to be able to go a lot farther and do more exploration in the future. Wally without the pain we have had with our old eva. This was a quick breakthrough. I believe we are doing better. 40 minutes time expended on the poss now. Mr. Cronkite i believe they are wally i believe they are doing better than predicted. Having more emotion than anticipated. Romping around up there. Mr. Cronkite thats right. The slow Movement Predicted hasnt taken place. Mr. Cronkite so they got 15 rocks sealed for samples and these are the documented rocks, presumably, the ones they take up individually, photograph where they got them, and put them in a box with the proper number to identify. That gives them specifics. These are not just the raw rock samples. Presumably, they have completed that and have a couple boxes of those. That would mean 100 pounds or so of rocks. Now they are getting a specific documented samples. I did see a suspiciously small, white object. Go ahead with the coordinates on the small, white object. I think they would know it if they were in such a location. It is on the southwest wall of a small crater. Roger, copy. Columbia, this is houston. At 119. 31. 1120543, over. That was mike collins high above, 69 miles above and the orbiting command module columbus. He says he thought he saw a white object down below. Did you copy los . It was on the rim of a crater, and he was sure it was the lunar module. Roger. Be, auppose it could crater from 69 miles up might be such that they wouldnt recognize it. That is possible. Theres not much light on the lens itself, which may make it very difficult to see. Is a very dimre object. You are breaking up again, buzz. I say the jet deflector mounted on quad for seems the surface of it seems more wrinkled than the one on quad one. The lens seems to have stood up to the half part of the lens. It illuminates the thermal effects much better than we can get them. Roger. Want to get some particular ok. Aphs in here. Says this place had a wonderful lead. Psi. M showing 3. 78 he said they kept the whole world waiting while they dressed to go out. Once there, the whole world solve one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Keeping the whole world waiting. It would take them almost half again as long to prepare for that walk. 66 o2, no flags, minimum cooling. Houston, roger that. Thats very good, particularly the cooling. Its good to see that perform so well. Neil has finished collecting the bulk sample. Buzz, this is houston. Have you removed the closeup camera, over . Negative. Look at those first steps and look at now. This is what you were talking about earlier, adapting to spaceflight. There were so many doubters that man could get to the moon, unbelievable. Ago. S a hard fight years arguments where that they couldnt survive. Roger. Looks like you are about a halfhour slow, and we are working on all right. Arent you glad there are no chimpanzees standing there right now . As the first experimenters on the moon. They are running about a halfhour behind the plan as you heard a moment ago. We heard a moment ago that they were packing the rock samples and we havent heard the deployment of the early apollo this is houston. Consumables are in good shape at this time. The 30 minute difference was with respect to online. Roger, i understand. Seismometer that they leave on the surface of the moon that will send back for a period of time reports on the impact of media rights the moon surface and any earthquake activity on the moon. Also deploy all laser ranging retro reflector, a do heich anyone can doesnt have to be a United States experiment if you have a powerful enough laser. You can try to focus on that with a controlled beam , if you to the moon know the time in the speed of mirrorou can signal the and get measurements of the moonss wobble in the earths wobble from those measurements. Slightly over an hour and 20 minutes. No abnormalities it seems to be in good shape. Antennas are all in place. No evidence of a problem exhaustth due to engine or drainage of any kind. Roger. A its very surprising, surprising lack of penetration of all four. Penetrated. Ave but the threat is probably even less than that. You can see that clearly in the picture, it is clearly visible, having sunk down in the surface to get the picture across. It is at the bottom of the struts in which they landed. We have a picture taken i think we will be able to see a little better what the effects are. Clear if they have gotten the documented rock samples, 15 rocks sealed for samples which would be the at the tailocks, of their experiments on the moon. They were talking about 15 samples i didnt actually hear the transmission radiating or edging you way, erosion of the surface. Very fine dust particles moving out. We would probably see enough gas from the surface on the actual was unabledown but i to identify that. They should be sealing the ,atch and just an hour from now two hours and 40 minutes from opening the hatch. That it should start in about a half hour. I think you are right. So far no theyve collected the bulk rock sample, they deployed the television, they deployed the flag, they did the hadr wind experiment, they the ceremony with president nixon at which they stood at attention. The president greeted them on the moon, and then the salute from the two men standing on either side of the flag as it was deployed to the right of the lunar module. All thats left to do is deceptive deployment, the seismology experiment and the laser reflector. Very little force of impact that we actually have stop they are still expecting the lunar module. This inspection has scientific value as well. Columbia, this is houston. Go ahead. Taking some pictures. I was saying that they should stop to take a photograph but move again sideways, we have a tendency to start doing it this. Radual sideways hop roger. Do you see us underneath, over the cq bay . We can see you sticking out underneath. Ok. Im just on the other side. Now we can see you through the structure. The cq bay contains the scientific experiments to be left on the surface of the moon, the laser reflector. It looks like they will stay up without any problems. Columbia, this is houston. We are about to lose you on the omni. Request antenna. Going to pick an area. Yaw. 5 roger. Everything looks fine. An hour and a half of lunar surface time for Neil Armstrong. Following the same timeline as the earlier flight plan, they should begin climbing back into the lunar module at 12 49 eastern daylight time. Thats 21 minutes from now. Armstrong follows about 10 minutes later. The seismometer has been deployed manually. Roger. The portablen on lifesupport system for two hours now. Successfully landing in the alreadylk on the moon, you can see our White House Correspondent reporting, the White House Press secretary. The president can be expected to make a policy decision on the exploration of mars. I was able to reach up and get hold of the picture and pull it loose, so it will be deployed manually also. Roger. We heard from Vice President reagan. The feeling on his part, he did not express so many words to make the recommendation but will recommend going to mars. 730 position, 60 feet. Thats Neil Armstrong to the left of the screen. Do you have a good area picked out . Its i think probably as good as any. We have to stay on the high ground. These rounded, large boulders. This is been talking to each other. Buzz aldrin coming into view on the right, carrying the two experiments. Out. Feet to be a little difficult to find a level spot here. Copy that. I will put it on the others of this rock here. Go right around, go left is that a level spot . This right here is level. And they will be out of the camera fieldofview while setting up these experiments. Can you make out what that 2 white, and the thing that dont believe i theeve it anymore, i think they look like theye impact craters where could have shot at the surface. Advisors here thinks that is the solar wind experiment. Doesnt that deploy into a flat surface . Unless they were looking at that from the side on. They may very well role that flag. We wont know because future missions may have that but they decided not to deploy those antenna on this flight which would give them the capability of using the lunar and try too ahead take a picture from the moon. That will be taking off with leah overhave the experiment now and im having a little bit of difficulty getting it going in the center. It wants to move around and around on the outside. You are coming out again, buzz. Until men gonow back to that spot. I dont know if we can complain about the television on this one. That has touched into the tv camera. You look at the bright shadow. Urface on the wind, installed atr is the proper level and alignment. That little device they carry around looking for documented rock samples im finding it hard to get it perfectly level, too. One of them is suspended so and you the vertical have to get the proper resolution on the camera. Houston i dont think there is anyway to come up with an accurate level. Though the be as convex instead of concave. Over. If you think it looks level by eyeball, go ahead. Ok. Looks like the curve is going up and down. What we are discussing is on the leveling device on the seismometer. Its the huffing and puffing. Thats right. Sounded like the little locomotive in that old childrens tale, i think i can. Backup. Houston, we are spacing the the i had to end. Lly go to the far parts of the solar array are clear on the ground now. We understand you did successfully deploy, over. No way of telling if that is lined up. Maybe i could get down here. It appears to be pointing. These pictures look like some of those early movies of Science Fiction of man on the moon, dont they . Its the blackandwhite registration, it looks like everything is moving. Incredible. Just before they started this spacewalk, they were deploying the cameras. I wish i had shaved last night. You are in good shape. Weject to your concurrence would like to extend the to five of the eda one minutes from nominal. Give a notice heading in prior to your current elapse time, over. So they have an extra 15 minutes on the moon surface. Make aldrins entrance into the lunar module about five minutes after the hour around 1 00 eastern daylight time. 2 12 is the time expended on the plss. This is houston. If you are still in vicinity, could you get a photograph of the level . I will do that. We will get a photograph. Houston, what time would you estimate we can get with the documented sample . Oh, shoot. Its right in the middle now. Wonderful. Take a picture before it moves. [laughter] about thelking bubble. Is houston, we are estimating about 10 minute. With the deployment of the seismic experiment in the laser they can complete all their steps on the moon. Columbia, this is houston. Ahead. I would like you to terminate charging battery bravo. Thats mike collins up in the columbia. 69 miles overhead. Constantly monitoring the systems. You get the sense that they are alert. Things are going well. Buzz, this is houston. You got about 10 minutes left now prior to commencing your termination activities, over. Roger, i understand. I know how he feels. When you see something good like down. Its a real let us on earth,l of including those who might be a little bit sleepy coming up at 6 00 in europe and western europe probably feeling the same way, theyve watch this for a long time and there will never be a day like this again, never another day. Base, this is houston. The experiment has been on caged. We are observing oscillation. Very good. It is working. Neil armstrong has been on the surface now about an hour and 15 minutes. We would want to log that is flight time. That is logged is litter time. Time and a half. [laughter] words of an old song come to me, there ought to be a moonlight saving time. Keep that moonwalk on overtime. You see them driving that cord down now. Earlier they were putting up the ong now hes hammering the lacrosse bar at the top of pipe to, that piece of the moon surface. In the foreground, buzz aldrin is collecting a core tube sample. I hope you are watching how hard i have to hit this into the ground, about five inches, houston. Not as easy as it looks. He has to take a sledgehammer to take a spike into that. It almost looks wet. Got it. Sample. Weve had some uiries there was glare on the lefthand side. For those who missed it, that glare is the sun reflecting on one of the landing strips. The bright spot on the right is the american flag. Not much definition on the bars and stars, but it is there. We did get some inquiries. Boz, this is houston. You have approximately three minutes until the termination activities, over. Roger. I understand. Columbia, this is houston. Approximately one minute to los. Columbia, roger. Do you plan on commencing your sleep on the backside . If so, we will disable uplink to you, over. Negative. Houston, were you able to two samples the were taken . Negative. But they are it right in the vicinity of the far rim. This is houston. After you have the core tubes in the solar wind, anything else that you can throw in would be acceptable. [laughter] dont be a litter bug . They are going to be litter bugs. They will leave a lot of footprints on the lunar surface. Down. Ont want to weigh 15 rocks is a lot more than most people have. Its unbelievable. Retrieving the solar wind experiment. You know, this stuff that can be left on the moon, the development and engineering and manufacturing, it comes to about a Million Dollars in a quarter. The portable lifesupport systems. About time for you to start your closeout. There were 3000 apiece, 1 million just for those lifesupport systems. On theire been lifesupport systems two hours 25 minutes. You have to leave some of to be balancednd out by the rocks. Launchpad, about 500 pounds total, if you take it to the moon and leave it there its a little over 200 pounds. Neil appears to be picking up rocks to the right of the screen. Steps, aldrin by the they are going to be getting ready very shortly into the lunar module, his walk on the moon terminated. Houston. Buzz, this is i would like to remind you of the closeup. Ok. Now that the closeup is underneath i have to pick it up. Pieces ofg up several the circular route here now. They are taking that thats going to rest on the moon , 50,000 itself. When they talked about the thing that they have to bring k 130 pounds of rocks instead of this equipment one of the officials said we know what an 11,000 camera looks like, we dont know what a moon rock books like. I guess they can make moonshine with that moon. Ok. Can you quickly i will get up on the ladder. Houston is being very lenient with their timeline of buzz going back up. Minutes. Allowing three anything before i head on up . Negative, head on up the ladder. About as close to an order as ive heard. He has left the lunar surface. He set behind the flag now. No trouble getting that first step. You can see him over on the right. Right abovee dot the horizon on the right is a phosphorus spot from the tv converter in a park station in australia. Buzz aldrin, 39 years old. Montclair, new jersey. He has finished his walk on the moon. Climbing back into the lunar module. His commander, Neil Armstrong, will finish his walk as soon as aldrin is up. We have seen all of this historic walk from a quarter million miles out in space. He is the first man to leave the moon. [laughter] i hope that history records that three men made this trip. Neil armstrong, buzz armstrong, michael collins. I think Neil Armstrong would history should not simply record the first man on the moon, period. Ok, im heading in. Neil has been on the surface a few minutes longer than two hours. Buzz, approximately 20 minutes less than that. This is houston. The magazine go off on that sample, over . I have half the magazine hooked in the m 13. Roger. He has a record of losing those film and camera magazines in space, dont want to leave any on the moon. Leave the cameras but not the pictures. Nothing worse than getting home from a holiday to find you didnt get pictures of the kids with uncle ed or superman or whoever. Announcer all weekend, American History tv is looking back 50 years to the apollo 11 moon landing. We continue now with cbs live coverage of the return and recovery of the apollo 11 astronauts on july 24, 1969. The broadcast includes president nixons interviews with the three astronauts, buzz aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and michael hornet, aboard the uss the ship that retrieve the columbia command module from a remote area of the pacific ocean. This is American History tv on cspan3, where every weekend we explore our nations past. It looks as if they are on the aircraft carrier, and they are appearing ready for the ceremony. Mr. Secretary, how are you . Nice to see you