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>> all flight controllers im going around the horn. >> watch that signal. >> what data you have for l.o.s. few seconds. >> go. >> go, go. >> telcom. >> go. >> ecom. >> go. >> surgeon. >> go. >> capcom were go to continue power descent. >> were go to continue power descent. >> looks good. >> 1202. >> 1202. >> 1202 alarm. >> 1202? whats that? >> 1202 alarm. >> executive overflow.

Collins with the help of flight controllers here in mission control center has kept the command module systems going paka-ta, paka-ta, paka-ta. >> columbia, columbia, good morning from houston. >> how is the black team today? all primed and raring to go? >> you betcha there, mike. going to keep you a little busy here. as soon as we get the vector in, wed like to get a go ahead and do a p52 option 3 and then when you come on around the other side there, well give you some landmark tracking inform...

If it does not occur again, were fine. >> were go. >> were going. >> if it doesnt recur, well be go. >> were go. >> roger, were going at alarm. >> roger. >> alarm appeared to come up. >> six plus 25, throttle down. six plus 25, throttle down. >> you can feel it. >> okay. all flight controllers. >> go. >> go. >> gnc go. >> econ. >> go. >> surgeon. >> go. >> capcom, were go for landing. >> eagle, houston, youre go for landing. over. >> roger. >> 1201. >> 1201.

>> roger tranquility. we copy you on the ground. we got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. were breathing again. thanks a lot. >> 50 years ago today, two men worked on the moon and neal armstrong uttered "one strong step for man, one giant leap for mankind." they had the support of 400,000 people right back here on earth, many of them including those at mission control. thats where cnns rachel crane is. a lot of people are celebrating today. give us a sense of whats going on there. >> reporter:...

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 strauss crafts about to start. the theme had recently been featured in the film 2001 in space odyssey the u.s. mission to put a man on the moon was about to become reality. but the flight controllers on the ground were concerned that an unmanned soviet spacecraft was orbiting the moon at this time the probe was to land on the lunar

Featured in the film 2000. on a space odyssey the u.s. mission to put a man on the moon was about to become reality. but the flight controllers on the ground were concerned that an unmanned soviet spacecraft was orbiting the moon at this time the probe was to land on the lunar surface and gather soil samples whats believed to a 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 moo...

Looking good. >> thrusting. okay, eagle, one minute. you guys take care. >> see you later. okay. all flight controllers going to go for power descent. retro now. guidance. >> go. >> control. >> go. >> telecom. >> go. >> econ. >> go. >> surgery. >> go. >> capcom were go for power descent. >> eagle for power descent, over. >> eagle, weve got you now. its looking good. over. >> looks good. >> eagle, houston, everything is looking good here.

Over. > roger. copy. houston, were getting a little fluctuation. >> roger. >> stand by. >> looking good. youre still looking good. coming up three minutes. >> okay. we went by the three minutes point early. our position seems to be a little off. >> roger, copy. >> he thinks youre a little long down range. >> thats right. i think we confirmed that. >> we confirmed that. roger. ♪ >> all flight controllers im going around the horn. >> watch that signal. >> what data you have for l.o.s.. few secon...

>> six plus 25, throttle down. six plus 25, throttle down. >> you can feel it. >> okay. all flight controllers. >> go. >> go. >> gnc go. >> econ. >> go. >> surgeon. >> go. >> capcom, were go for landing. >> eagle, houston, youre go for landing. over. >> roger. >> 1201. >> 1201. >> okay, the only callouts from now on will be fuel. >> stand by for 60. >> 60. >> 60 seconds. >> 60 seconds.

Verified secure. >> okay. >> and wed like to say from all of us down here in houston and really from all of us in all the countries in the entire world, we think that youve done a magnificent job up there today. over. >> thank you very much. its been a long day. >> yes, indeed. get some rest there and have at it tomorrow. >> not since adam has any human known such solitude as mike collins is experiencing during the 47 minutes of each lunar revolution when hes behind the moon while he waits for h...