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>> we have broken into space. >> as the world watched ground control in houston faced a formidable task. think of a way for the crew to fix their space ship, test it and then write out step by step procedures for the astronauts to follow just to get home. >> we immediately went to the simulators to try to do in the simulators what they had to do in the damaged apolo 13 spacecraft to get them home. >> we are trying to come up with some good ideas for you. >> one was to shutdown the command module...

Weightlessness. >> this is the crew i of apolo 13. >> nine minutes later, oxygen tank number two blew up causing the number one tank to also fail. >> houston, we have a problem. >> houston, we have a problem. words that would be forever linked to commander jim level. >> when the explosion occurred , i thought to myself, why me? for a little while i couldnt believe what was happening. then all of a sudden i said, well, it is me and it is now. so whats next? >> the command modules normal supply of...

I guess i was all charged up. >> they were sick, freezing and tired. but they were safe for now. mission controls next task was to get the broken down craft out of the lunar landing course and back on a free return to earths trajectory. engineers in houston figured the crew could do this by executing two separate burns or accelerations made from the limping command module. towering that up after the long, cold fleet with one of missions controls greatest achievements. w flat controllers generate...

From the command module and guided safely to the moovenlt on the way down armstrongaldrin re long beyond the landing duck and into a boulder. thats when armstrong took over diverting from the plan he was now flying above unfamiliar territory searching for a safe spot to land while running low on fuel. >> we are on far side. looking at the altitude and it is about 100 feet. >> 60 seconds. >> 60 seconds. >> we are still a ways off the ground we have 60 seconds. i am getting concerned. >> we got ve...

Two separate burns made from the command module. it was one of missions control greatest achievement. it generated necessary procedures to do this in three-days. something like that would normally take three months. >> we got smarter and smarter and smarter. then it became less dont make no mistake. >> people hoped for a miracle. they got one. apollo 13 crashed down safely on april 17th. >> it was a failure in the initial mission but in reality it was a triumph in the go sabi of people to over c...

It was nicknamed the blue marble and it was taken by one of the astronaut astronauts on board, apollo 17. apollo 17 launched 40 years ago today, december 17, 1972. it was a night launch, aiming for littoral valley. gene certain non, harrison jack schmidt and ron evans aboard. apollo 17 launched at night, and when they landed three days later, the sun was behind them. and so that particular launch trajectory put a fully formed beautifully lit earth in the window of the command module at a time wh...

Astronauts on board, apollo 17. apollo 17 launched 40 years ago today, december 7, 1972. it was a night launch, aiming for the littoral valley. gene cernan, harrison jack schmitt and ron evans aboard. apollo 17 launched at night, and when they landed three days later, the sun was behind them. and so that particular launch trajectory put a fully formed beautifully lit earth in the window of the command module at a time when the astronauts really should have been too busy to look at it. here is ho...

Right, jamie, for cady and family, with time together becoming more infrequent, they squeeze in and soak up as much as every precious saekd lous. after launch, this saturn 5 center to see an old moon rocket. >> this is the final stage. >> i think ours is smaller. >> reporter: then, a trip over to launch complex 34. most people dont get to see this place. it is not on the tourist tour. it probably should be. >> they were breathing pure oxygen. it was a lot easier to have a fire. >> reporter: astr...

Center to see an old moon rocket. >> this is the final stage. >> you know what? i think our soyuz is smaller. >> jump a little. shout, straightforward. can you hear it coming back at you? >> then at complex, 34. most people dont get to see this place. its not on the tourist tour. it probably should be. >> they were breathing pure oxygen and it was a lot easier to have a fire. >> grissom, white and chafee died here. apollo 1, 1967. theres a weathered wreath and a plaque. thats it. >> they gave th...

Contributions to our country. the first recipient of a go ahead medal was general george washington. today pursuant to the public law 111.44 we will present a gold medal on behalf of the united states congress to the honorable john glenn. first american to orbit the earth. neil armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon. michael collins, the pilot of a apollo 11s command module and dr. buzz aldrin, pilot of apollos lunar module and the second human being to walk on the moon. were honored to ...