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And let the recovery people have it. >> apollo 11, houston, through to arrive. >> apollo 11, apollo 11, this is hornet, hornet, over. >> apollo. clear. our position 1330. 16915. >> there they are! [ applause ] >> hey, condition. 4,000, 3,500 feet on the way down. latitude/longitude, 1330. 16915. >> roger. copy. >> hornet reports spacecraft right on target point. >> splashdown. splashdown. this is the command module. >> roger. >> stable one now.

We see 651. >> we have a happy home. theres plenty of room for the three of us. >> apollo 11 is presently 131 nautical miles from earth. >> the spacecraft slowly rotates to maintain thermal balance. >> looks like weve got a good pt going. its good night from the white team, over. >> okay. see you tomorrow. thank you for everything. >> good morning, apollo 11. >> good morning, houston. apollo 11. >> yeah, ive got the world in my window for a change. >> sounds like one of these rotating restaurant...

The ladder. itll be taking one frame per second. >> hello there. >> hello there. >> probably the most unusual position a cameraman has ever had, hanging by his toes from a tunnel and taking a picture upside down. >> were going to go ahead and take all the data back into the command module. >> roger. >> and were going to turn our tv monitor off now while we have some other work to do. apollo 11 signing off. >> apollo 11, houston, as the sun sinks slowly in the west, the white team bids you good n...

Surface and gather soil samples whats believed to have crashed into a mountain on july 21st. on the afternoon of july 19th apollo 11 swung into lunar orbit and the crew started making preparations for their descent to the moon surface. after the janet armstrong hoped for the best. set for later afternoon on july 20th armstrong and buzz aldrin now entered the eagle lunar lander and separated from the columbia command module. armstrong steered the lunar module standing up the vehicle had no seats ...

Their 2 and a half hours on the moon surface the astronauts put up an american flag. there to hold my girl youre. president richard nixon phoned the crew with a special message. i am right there i. am going to remember. right i. am glad. they are very very poor we got. a german newspaper said. is now american. the astronauts now had some time to sleep before they blasted off to rejoin the command module but they didnt get much rest it was cold and the earth was shining brightly . armstrong and a...

Perhaps it was appropriate that a reclusive engineer not a dashing air force pilot should be the 1st man to set foot on the moon. his name was neil alton armstrong. shortly after 7 in the morning the 3 astronauts headed for the launch pad. with. armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. its now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order.

Islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired which pushed the apollo capsule into a trajectory toward the moon. about 30 minutes later the crew separated the command module from the spent 3rd stage of the rocky. and docked with the eagle lunar module that was still attached to it the

Spacecraft. >> about 130,000 miles out. >> hello there. hes down on his head again. hes trying to make me nervous. >> copy. we see 651. >> we have a happy home. plenty of room for the three of us. >> apollo 11 is presently 131 nautical miles from earth. >> the spacecraft slowly rotates to maintain thermal balance. >> its good night from the white team, over. >> okay. see you tomorrow. thank you for everything. >> good morning, apollo 11. >> good morning, houston. apollo 11. >> yeah, ive got the ...

>> looks good, mike. >> okay. were all yours. roger. >> communications are somewhat scratchy. columbia and eagle now reunited to become apollo 11 again. >> apollo 11, houston, got minute and a half to l.o.s. looking great. been a mighty fine day. >> boy, youre not kidding. >> armstrong and aldrin transferring back to the command module with mike collins. >> houston, this is columbia reading you loud and clear. were all three back inside. the hatch is installed. were running a pressure check. eve...

>> hey, condition. 4,000, 3,500 feet on the way down. latitude/longitude, 1330. 16915. >> roger. copy. >> hornet reports spacecraft right on target point. >> splashdown. splashdown. this is the command module. >> roger. >> stable one now. stable one. >> your condition? >> our condition is excellent. were just fine. take your time. >> all right. >> that was mike collins reporting the crew was excellent. >> astronaut is in the net.