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Buzz aldrin, -- walked out placing a flag in the mood. while armstrong and aldrin made dinner footprints above above them orbiting the moon was michael collins. line the command module that the lunar lander would have to fly up to and dock with in order to get back to earth alive.this week he recalled the great risk of the sequence. >> knew no nasa in his wisdom always try to have redundancy and yet, when you look at the design of the lunar module, there is one combustion chamber, one little roc...

Its a much different way to operate. we have not been back to the moon since 1972. we havent gone any further with people than the moon. going mars is quite a leap. its something we talk about doing 10 to 15 years in the future, and we still havent been able to get there yet. >> this is the era of independent companies in this race back up to space for revenue paying passengers, a lot of it. theres something because its not under the direct aegis of nasa feels a little corporate to us, until i r...

11. >> i am so excited we have this case on display for the 50th anniversary of apollo 11, the first landing on the moon in 1969. we would usually feature columbia which is the command module. columbia is on the national tour. >> reporter: this is a checklist. >> this is a checklist. this gives you operations on a day by day and you can see on the left-hand side they labeled it the old lunar scratchpad. they gave them a little space to take notes and keep track. somebody was having a little bit ...

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 . a rocket and docked with the eagle lunar module that was still attached to it the

Surface and gather soil samples but its believed to a crashed into a mountain on july 21st. way back. 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 they are back. janet armstrong hoped for the best. landing gear set for late 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 stand...

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 aldrin left a lot of equipment on the moon surface including the modules landing gear and the scientific testing equipment. aboard all 3 of the if once they were back on board they reopened the hatch and tossed out their backpacks gloves and boots the thought is to go to l...

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 in the alternate 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.

The void. >> the eagle has landed. >> we copy you on the ground. you have a bunch of guys about to turn blue. >> it took just 66 years to go from the wright brothers at kitty hawk to this extraordinary moment. buzz aldrin joined minutes later. >> its a good step. >> the landscape, dusty and barren. nasa called it the sea of tranquillity. >> you have the flag up now. you can see the stars and stripes. >> even as they planted the flag, their crew mate orbited in the command module not knowing whet...

Ballistic missiles on the table. the national leadership is furious with him. within 24 hours, hes contradicting himself. so yeah, they have got control issues and they have other issues in fronts of them. theyre going to continue provocation to be sure. well have to deal with that. >> trace: doesnt appear that we look measured and theyre frantic. general jack keane, great to hear from you. >> thank you. >> trace: 50 years ago tomorrow, two american astronauts became the first humans to walk on ...

The part that was really important when the astronauts were in space, just this end bit right here. of course that round part being the command module that housed the astronauts. there are celebrations happening all over the world. of course space enthusiasts like myself taking stock of what humanity was able to achieve nearly 50 years ago. there are celebrations, the hotels are near capacity. i had the good fortune of meeting a spouse of a man who was in mission control at the landing. she had ...