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We have the aca. >> thats the position well be putting the camera in after the initial descent down the ladder. itll be taking one frame a second. >> hello there. >> hello there. >> probably the most unusual position a cameramans ever had, hanging by his toes from a tunnel and taking a picture upside down. >> well go ahead and take all the data on 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. >> ...

On his way up. command module. >> i have three astronauts aboard. switching power frequency. power frequency. >> hornet, understand. completed the decontamination in the command module. [ applause ] >> the elevator will take recovery one down to the hangar deck and where the crew will enter the mobile quarantine facility. this control center becoming jammed with people. ive never seen this many people in the control center at one time before. >> the apollo 11 plaque has been hung in the mission ...

>> 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. everything is going well...

Very clean. >> a moment ago we had a good shot of the two helmets and now behind we have the aca. >> thats the position. we will be putting the camera in after the initial descent down the ladder and taking one frame a 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. >> we are going to tu...

Our position 1330. 16915. >> there they are! [ applause ] >> mission to crew. over. >> 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. on his way up. command module. >> i have three astronauts aboard. switching power frequency. power frequency. >> hornet, understand. completed the decontamination in the command module. [ applause ] >> the elevator will take recovery one down to the hangar deck and where the crew will enter the mobile quarantine facility. this control center becoming jammed with people. ive never seen this many people in the c...

Rockwell logo on the command module. it was private companies stitched together. >> thats right, yeah, lots of them. now its a slightly different model. as opposed to nasa paying the bill, the taxpayers paying for everything, what we have now is the private contractors have a little more skin in the game. nasa is going to be flying astronauts very soon, hopefully by the end of the year with bowing and space x and those spaceships are made by those companies. they have a little more skin in the g...

Where basically it all began. reporter: hi there, eric. it is an extra ordinary anniversary for something humans for centuries and centuries had only fantasized about doing. going to the moon. on this day in 1969, apollo 11 did just that. the first of six apollo missions to land on the lunar surface. all done and accomplished in a short time span of just 3 and a half years. the first man on the moon of course mission commander neil armstrong. he can see in the helmet buzz aldrin. and then apollo...

>> so many of us remember our first trip to air and space and how it inspired people in aviation, the astronaut corps and so many other things, questions in terms of what the future of american spaceflight looks like. you have been talking about this and we talked about it with one of the two men from the apollo 11 crew who are still with us. we will check in with buzz aldrin later but first michael collins, once called the loneliest man in the world as he circled the moon in the command module ...

Of the apollo 11 astronauts about that day. then a rear chat with the second man that walked on the moon, buzz aldrin, what was going through his head that day. >> small step for neil, giant leap for everyone else. for me it was a magnificent tribute. through all of humanity.>> you also hear from his crewmates circling above them. the command module michael collins. then the men who guided their mission safely back to earth, jean krantz. then the niece of president john f. kennedy, kathleen kenn...