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He ended up covering the early mercury missions and he just became an encyclopedia on it. >> what are the hazards and what are scientists doing to ensure man survival in outer space? that is our story. first man on the moon as a prudential insurance company of america presents the 20th century. >> this is marine lieutenant colonial john h. glenn jr. who will be the first american to fly in orbit around the world. >> were embarking in a new field, space science and im happy and proud i can maybe ...

Three, two, one, zero. we have liftoff. clear the tower. >> there is the rumble in the building. it looks good. this building is shaking under us. a camera platform is shaking but what a beautiful flight. we interrupt this program to present another in a series of unborn television transmissions from the space capsule brought to you by tang, the breakfast drink. apollo 8, 175,450 miles from earth and about to be pulled in by the moons gravity. the astronauts have now truly left the earth and its...

Other. with the spacecraft on the top with three guys on it. and you knew that that sucker was going someplace. it had a purpose in mind and it was going someplace. >> you get to december of 1968 and frank and bill anders have been training to fly the first flight around the moon. >> we kind of feel that this flight set the pace to begin the lunar landing apollo program. >> the countdown to liftoff for apollo eight is t minus 50 minutes and counting. this will be the first manned flight of the s...

Program is based on the philosophy that we dont want to pull a stunt and risk a mans life. for this reason, there are certain intermediate steps planned before we put a man in orbit. if this is successful, then and only then will we orbit. >> the project was the first real response to the sputnik and to yuri gregarins flight and it was a big deal for us, ill tell you because all of a sudden we had seven guys and they are fighter pilot types, very alpha male guys, fun to be around. it was like be...

I recognize that there is some risk, people might look at our work as being perhaps dangerous, but we just try to take as much as that out as we can during pretesting to make sure the systems are good. i think we train in it and work in it so much and understand it well enough that we dont look at it from this view point. >> how far i want to go, i want to go as far as nasa goes and during my useful time as a pilot for them. i want to go on a moon flight and if we go to mars, i want to go on tha...

. let me finish tonight with this, jacqueline kennedy wanted two memorials to her husband when he was shot and killed a half century ago this friday. one was the eternal flame next to his grave at arlington cemetery. and today, they laid a wreath honoring him. the other was the rocket to be used on the early apollo flight, she wanted to be where somebody wouldnt notice it, to where she and perhaps her husband knew it was there. jack kennedy wanted to beat the soviets regarding the moon, and ba...

Let me finish tonight with this, jacqueline kennedy wanted two memorials to her husband when he was shot and killed a half century ago this friday. one was the eternal flame next to his grave at arlington cemetery. and today, they laid a wreath honoring him. the other was the rocket to be used on the early apollo flight, she wanted to be where somebody wouldnt notice it, to where she and perhaps her husband knew it was there. jack kennedy wanted to beat the soviets regarding the moon, and basica...

Police officer and his wife nurse a dying deer back to life. now that might land them in the slammer. why? wait until you hear this one. "fox & friends" hour two for wednesday starts right now. >> youre watching "fox & friends." thats the great way to begin your day. >> gretchen: good morning, everybody. weve recovered from the monkey and you took off your jiffy pop hat. >> brian: no, thats a real space hat. not lance armstrong, but neil armstrong, actually used that in the first apollo flight. ...

Thursday. talked to some very nervous nasa employees and contractors about the 2011 budget. that budget scraps the shuttle program and redirects resources into deep space exploration and the international space station. also, big anniversary this week. 40 years ago flight of "apollo 13" became one of the near disasters of apollo flight when an oxygen tank in the module ruptured, damaged several of the power, electrical and life support systems. nasa, a person on the ground and the crew well on...