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>> apollo 11 mission control. 2 hours, 45 minutes, 55 seconds and counting. as the prime crew for apollo 11 astronauts neil armstrong, myrick michael collins and they are on the launch pad making the curve toward the pad. we have discovered a problem on the pad itself as the crew is about to arrive. we have a leak in a valve located in a system associated with replenishing liquid hydrogen for the third stage of the saturn 5 launch vehicle. we have sent a team of three technicians and a safety ma...

Next? this is saturn launch control, t minus two hours 45 minutes, 55 seconds and counting. as the prime crew for apollo 11 astronauts neil armstrong, michael collin and i.d. win aldrin are on the terminal part of their trip to the launch pad in the transfer van. its now making the curve toward the pad. we have discovered a problem at the launch pad itself as the crew is about to arrive. we have a leak in a valve located in a system associated with replenishing liquid hydrogen for the third st...

The trip in the transfer van should take some 15 minutes or so to reach the pad at which time the astronauts will board the first of two elevators for the trip to the 320-foot level at the launch pad where they will then proceed to ingress the spacecraft. the departure from the building at about 6:27 a.m. eastern daylight time. the transfer van now departing from the spacecraft operations building at the kennedy space center on the start of its trip to launch pad where it goes through preliminar...

And theyre now boarding the transfer van for the trip to the launch pad. the trip in the transfer van should take some 15 minutes or so to reach the pad at which time the astronauts will board the first of two elevators for the trip to the 320-foot level after launch pad where they will then proceed to ingress the spacecraft. the departure from 6:27 eastern daylight time. the van first van now departing from the operations building at the kennedy space center on the start of its eight-mile trip ...

We were way behind. so be it. a lot of our rockets were not fully leaving the launchpad. what kind of pressure was that for guys like you and to deliver the goods? >> we were really struggling in the early days. at the time present kennedy made a speech, itd been orbiting over the nation for four years. basically, greg arian had flown and when we launched it was the first real what i would say victory. in the early space program. basically, were able to get him up into a ballistic mission but we...

Defensive strategies, more troops in the region to do what? secure the iranians and protecting them. >> and general, good to see you, we hope we dont have to see you the rest of the weekend. kristin? kristin? >> leland i have just taken the historic walk down astronaut crew quarters from the suitup room to where the dining room and they had their final meal before climbing onto the launch pad and on top that saturn rocket. >> t-minus 25 seconds. 20 seconds and counting. t-minus 15 seconds, guida...

Wonderful, wonderful successful flight were something that was a total disaster, for humanity depended on the health of those white mice. reporter: concern of course by nasa and scientists were pathogens that do not exist on earth. this afternoon 50 years later, buzz aldrin returned to the historic launch pad 39 a long with vice president mike pence and nasa administrator jim bridenstine. in his speech, he looked to the lunar future. >> america will return to the moon within the next five years ...

But again, it begins with a vision just like it did with president kennedy. reporter: but you think congress assembled find it? >> the same questions were asked in the 1960s. history records that it was no easy lift as well. there were lots of skeptics at the time. and frankly, there was a lot of division in america in the 1960s. >> there was a war going on! [laughter] >> i believe we have a special guest here. we have apollo 11 astronaut and moon walker, buzz aldrin. it is such an honor for you...

Americans, engineers, technicians who sacrifice and dedication for apollo 11 to complete what the president called the most hazardous and dangerous and great adventure on which mankind has ever embarked. lets hear it for all those who supported these three brave astronauts 50 years ago. [applause] >> when president kennedy challenged the nation in 1961 to put a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the decade was out. it is important to remember that our country was not yet r...

Bird, to entertains like johnny carson and ed mcmahon. so i watched the launch from there. it was a little bit over three miles in the launchpad. everybody had to stay at least three miles away because if there was any problem with the rocket booster that explodes, if you were closer than three miles, you faced almost certain injury and/or death. >> yes, one last question, when it blasted off, how loud was it even three miles away? >> well, it was the most overwhelming physical sensation. the so...