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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...

>> after the apollo 11 launch, your job was basically over. where did you watch the actual moon landing? >> my husband is a school teacher and he was wanting to go on a fishing trip and go to the key on the gulf of mexico. that evening we had a great dinner and a bottle of champagne and we went back to watching with everybody else. >> tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> we copy on the ground. you have a bunch of guys about to turn blue. were breathing again. thanks a lot. >> we were ...

Commander. when the original landing area turned out 3 so full of large boulders that landing there would have doomed the mission and the crew, history records that neil armstrong calmly took control of the lunar module, skimmed along the top of the surface of the moon in search for a safe place to touchdown and by the time he found a safe spot known to all of us as tranquility base, armstrong and aldrin had only 17 seconds of fuel remaining. like every one of my generation iran member that day....

It was brought inside to the marriott marquis hotel. you can see behind you there is a presentation going on with some students. but the aldrin family foundation turned the marriott marquis hotel into tranquility base, the apollo 11 landing site. families, lots of kids could spend all day here celebrating, learning about the historic event with a number of educational activities. if youve ever wondered what its like to walk on the menu can stand on a mosaic. also pictures of the new york city ch...

The mission could have failed. that was a real possibility, right? >> oh, absolutely. i think the landing was the one, the event that was the most tense. thats where we were going to either make it or not. it was a lot harder than walking. i remember as an 8-year-old kid watching the event live. i knew that. once i heard those words that you just played, when they were -- had made it to tranquility base, i knew they had made it. it was so exciting because at that point you know that theyre going...

Thats ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. its a sit-up, banana! bend at the waist! im tryin! keep it up. youll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein. back right. okay, engine stopped. control, command override off. arm off. 413 is end. >> we copy it down, eagle. >> houston, tranquility base

Anxiety, and wonder. and i was one of them. a little boy sitting in front of our black and white television in the basement of our home in indiana. when those first snowy images of neil armstrong stepping off the bottom rung of the latter beamed to earth at 10:5:06 pm on sunday, july 20, 1969, they made an indelible mark not just on my imagination but on the imagination of my generation and every generation to come. it was a moment so rich in meaning that upon hearing neil armstrongs first call ...

>> this year, its really hot. its like burning hot. >> about 195 million people across the u.s. are under watches, warnings, or advisories due to the extreme heat. >> for some people this may not peak until we get to sunday. engine stop, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> 50 years ago today, american astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin took the proverbial giant leap. humanitys first steps to the moon. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for pl-- for mankind. >> this is...

Some new aggressive moves by iran, the country seized two oil tankers 30 minute as part in the strait of hormuz. the british government has trained military action with iran. but at the same time, military response would be robust. >> this is completely unacceptable. freedom of navigation mist be maintained. much of the united states is sweltering. >> its really hot. like burning hot. >> 195 million people across the u.s. are under watches, warnings or advisories due to the extreme heat. >> ...

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 information on the 130. >> all right, fine. i understand. thank you. >> tranquility base houston, how is the resting standing up there? did you chance to curl up on the engine cam? >> roger. neil has rigged himself a really good ham...