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Spacecraft, to get them home. >> were trying to come up with some good ideas here for you. >> reporter: one was to shut down the command module to conserve its remaining energy. use the lunar module as a sort of lifeline. >> we knew we had the lunar module. it had power, and batteries and oxygen. >> but not enough. >> no. but if we could use it to get us back home again but if not, we were going to transmit as long as we could so that the people would have some idea of what to do to correct for ...

That i have right now has more computer power than the lunar module that landed on the moon. so technology is getting so advanced and so sophisticated that some kid in a basement in the ukraine or russia has capacity that scientists didnt even have 15 years ago and we cant keep up. i dont think the fbi is keeping up with it either because its moving too fast. >> danny, the smaller issue is, this movie was supposed to be released. could sony be -- they say i was promised a cut. what happens then?...

They were 200,000 miles from earth. and going in the wrong direction. did you ever actually think, "i might die"? >> well, we thought our chances were about 10%. >> did you really? >> oh, yeah, when we realized after we saw the oxygen escaping that things could be, you know, really bad. >> we have broken out into space. >> as the world watched, ground control in houston faced a formidable task. think of a way for the crew to fix their spaceship, test it, and then write up step-by-step procedures...

To turn blue. thanks a lot. >> the lunar module landed on july 20th, 3:13 p.m. eastern time, 6 hours, 37 minutes later, neil armstrong took humanitys first step on the moon. what he said might be the most famous words of the 20th century, or any century. >> thats one step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> mike and i asked him, i said, mike, have you thought about what youre going to say, when you get down on -- >> well, i dont know. when we land, ill start thinking about it. well, you neve...

Members of the crew to and from the moon, as a sort of lifeboat. >> we knew we had the lunar module, and it had, you know, power, and the batteries, and it had oxygen. >> not enough. >> no. but if we could use it to get us back home again, we were -- but if not, we were going to transmit as long as we could, so that the people would have some idea of what -- of what to do to correct for the future flights. >> we want to say you guys are doing real good work. >> so are you guys, jack. >> you all ...

Claiming lbjs presidency and alienating millions of americans. against this turbulent backdrop, nasa resumed its manned flights and aimed to test in space the craft that it hoped to land on the moon before years end. a sudden change of plans turned apollo 8 into another make-or-break mission. >> apollo 8 was not going to be a lunar flight. apollo 8 was going to be an orbital flight to test the lunar module in earth orbit to make sure everything was correct with the two vehicles before we ever co...

And the other people said, no, we should send one more time, just to make sure. >> the cia began getting signals that maybe the soviets were going to try a circum-lunar flight, a big figure eight around the moon, which would have massively undercut the p.r. potential of a lunar landing or even, you know, a lunar orbital flight. >> to make matters worse for nasa, the lunar module wasnt ready to go into space. it was months behind schedule. but instead of falling further behind the soviets, nasa o...

Claiming lbjs presidency and alienating millions of americans. against this turbulent backdrop, nasa resumed its manned flights and aimed to test in space the craft that it hoped to land on the moon before years end. a sudden change of plans turned apollo 8 into another make-or-break mission. >> apollo 8 was not going to be a lunar flight. apollo 8 was going to be an orbital flight to test the lunar module in earth orbit to make sure everything was correct with the two vehicles before we ever co...

They were 200,000 miles from earth. and going in the wrong direction. did you ever actually think, "i might die"? >> well, we thought our chances were about 10%. >> did you really? >> oh, yeah, when we realized after we saw the oxygen escaping that things could be, you know, really bad. >> we have broken out into space. >> as the world watched, ground control in houston faced a formidable task. think of a way for the crew to fix their spaceship, test it, and then write up step-by-step procedures...

To turn blue. were breathing a again. thanks a lot. >> the lunar module landed on july 20th, 3:13 p.m. eastern time, 6 hours, 37 minutes later, neil armstrong took humanitys first step on the moon. what he said might be the most famous words of the 20th century, or any century. >> thats one step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> mike and i asked him, i said, mike, have you thought about what youre going to say, when you get down on -- >> well, i dont know. when we land, ill start thinking ...