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Im kristin fisher in the very room that armstrong, aldrin and michael collins suited up to make history. leland: we are going to talk to the surviving members of the crew. im leland vittert. think about 50 years ago, a country perhaps more divided than we are politically and yet, as you point out, those three men and thousands of people who worked on the space program came together for that one moment that brought the entire world together, united not in something bad, but in this incredible ach...

>> well, we are looking at what we can understand about the program thats being proposed to the future. im enthusiastically supportive of nasa and the research and always excited to meet the astronauts and see the activity, been very impressed with what has come from all of that research. as a matter of fact, it has been costly, but for every $5, every $1 weve spent weve gotten $5 back in services, products, and in all the findings. so its a very exciting program and successful. kristin: so when...

Engineer. >> walking out after work it was like 4:30 or 5:00. going down the steps we actually saw the doggone sputnik going across the sky. that was sort of a devastating blow. i mean, we realized we were nowhere near that. >> reporter: the united states began its ambitious quest to put a man on the moon. in california jet propulsion laboratory they leaped into the unmanned ranger and surveyor programs. >> surveyor did land on the moon and worked. >> reporter: they wanted answers on the surface...

If they are willing to criticize and consider anyone that disagrees with them to be racist, homophobe or a fascist. they helped to set the house on fire. the problem now trump and his allies are throwing in incendiary bombs. we have to pull back from the brink. we have to pull back from the brink. >> professor, great to see you. great insight. all right. for space nerds like me, this is an awesome day. not just for the apollo program but for humanity at a time we need to celebrate that. stick ar...

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China has requested asylum and Taiwan would treat them appropriately and on humanitarian grounds counties media said as many as 30 protesters had arrived but Taiwanese officials refused to confirm numbers the protesters fear retribution in Hong Kong which jailed protest leaders from 2014 occupy central movement and were probe aging lawmakers see closer ties to China however the protesters face uncertain prospects Taiwan does not have a formal asylum law because it is wary of opening its borders...

From the president up to the crew once theyre safely out of orbit. president nixon said this may be the last time in the century. and that just made us mad. why, were ready to go. >> heather: youll see that kind of frustration and emotion from a lot of the people who worked on the apollo program. the trump administration is trying to send american astronauts back to the moon in just five years but first nasa needs congress to fund it. so tomorrow im going to be interviewing the vice president an...

A mobile quarantine facility where they would spend the next 3 weeks i president nixon arrived to greet the astronauts personally they had to stay in foreign teams because nasa was concerned that they might have brought back pathogens from the lunar surface. on august 13th new york welcomed the astronauts with one of the biggest parades in the citys history. was armstrong said later that it was not important for him to be 1st on the moon it was more important for him to return from the moon safe...

Citys history. was armstrong said later that it was not important for him to be 1st on the it was more important for him to return from the moon safely. over the next 3 years there were 6 more apollo missions but none generated as much excitement as apollo 11 did. the astronauts newfound fame. it was often hard for them to handle neil armstrong in particular was annoyed by all the fuss. still the apollo crew traveled the world and were given a warm welcome wherever they went. during a visit to g...

The gemini 8 mission was a major disappointment for the u.s. but nasa was still determined to win the space race. was there a political aspect to your work back then from a sort of heavy we were very aware of the competition. there but was. trying to catch. these an opt out that isnt shown we had great my style of it of. course mistakes. the u.s. was now preparing for the 1st blood of the apollo program which featured a 3 man crew. but the mission would end with the deaths of 3 astronauts. gus g...