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A trajectory toward the moon. about 30 minutes later the crew separated the command module from the spent 3rd stage of the rocket and docked with the eagle lunar module that was still attached to it the docking maneuver worked perfectly the apollo astronauts were now well on their way to making the dream of a moon landing come true. the crew played a cassette tape of tulsas crofts about to start. the theme had recently been

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. among those doing the launch is former president lyndon johnson. or.

Genet armstrong hoped for the best. landing except 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 standing up the vehicle had no seats to cut down on wait. the astronauts families followed the flight on t.v. . suddenly the modules guidance computer set off several alarms but it turned out to be nothing serious. we all feared the worst but i mission control technician w...

Their 2 and a half hours on the moon surface the astronauts put up an american flag. mike brearley here. president richard nixon phoned the crew with a special message. i am right here i. am i think about it a member of the. right group. and am glad. 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 aldrin left a lot of...

To the site of cape canaveral, florida, tomorrow. michael collins, command module pilot who orbited the moon a learned reflected upon it. >> the question usually asked me is were you not lonely? the loneliest person who had ever been on a lonely voyage around the moon and the lobely lonely, it wasnt lonely. no, i didnt feel lonely. i felt very much a part of what was going on with neil and buzz. i was their ticket home. >> people in huntsville, alabama, will celebrate with a parade at the u.s. s...

Youre just a child. i feel really, really old. >> how was it for you -- i know youve been asked this so much. there you are circling the moon in the command module. you said it was peaceful. you enjoyed yourself. you couldnt view them on tv as the world was. what did you do? >> well, i had a good time. im always asked or was asked after the flight the prevalent question was, werent you the loneliest man in the loneliest orbit in the loneliest mission that has gone around the lonely moon? werent ...

Think there were 5.6 million parts on what they called the stack, okay, it included the command module, the service module and of course the lunar module which landed and then everything of course in the saturn five rocket. the engineers strove for something called the 99.9% liability rate. it meant that if .1% of things went wrong, you had 5600 parts would could potentially fail. it took a lot of guts to be able to sit on that rocket. >> neil: to absorb the risks. the apollo fire, within two an...

Ignition sequence started. we should see fire. 4. 3. 2. 1. >> liftoff. >> liftoff. >> roger, liftoff. >> and we have liftoff. >> reporter: at 9:32 a.m., apollo 11 lifting off. >> i can see her rising now. >> reporter: the control room watching, some with binoculars. the view, spectacular. and even more so from inside. >> got the earth straight out our front window. >> reporter: after traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, apollo 11 enters into a lunar orbit. the next day, the lunar module, eagle, ...

>> buzz aldrin has apparently carried the camera in with him. >> the vehicle is surprisingly 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 sick. >> 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 g...

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 free kwquencfre. power frequency. >> hornet, understand. completed the decontamination in the command module. >> the elevator will take recovery one down to the hangar deck and where the crew will