Ok, we can verify the position of the opening on the camera. There is a foot. Mr. Cronkite there he is, there is a foot coming down the steps. Ok, neil. We can see you coming down the ladder now. [beep] ok, i just checked. Heading back up to the first step. It is adequate to get back up. Roger, we copy. It is a pretty good little jump. Mr. Cronkite so there is a foot on the moon. Stepping down on the moon. He is testing the first step, he must be stepping down on the moon at this point. Buzz, this is houston. Shadow photography on the sequence camera. [beep] ok. I am at the foot of the ladder. Under theeds are only surface only one or two inches. Veryurface appears to be finegrained as you get close to it, almost like a powder. It is very fine. Cronkite boy, look at those pictures. Wally wow. Mr. Cronkite a little shadowy, but he said expect that, on the on the shadow of the lunar module. Armstrong is on the moon, Neil Armstrong. 38yearold american standing on the surface of the moon, on this july 20, 1969. That is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. I think that was neils quote. I didnt understand. One small step for man but i didnt get the second phrase. We would like to know what it was. Andhe surface is fine powdery. I can pick it up loosely. It appears in the fine layers like powdered charcoal to the sides of my boots. Walter that is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. The footprint of my boots and the treads, are fine, sandy particles. Neil, this is houston, we are copying. Mr. Cronkite thank you, television for letting us watch this one. This is something. 240 thousand miles out there on the moon. There is difficulty moving around, as we suspected. It is even perhaps easier than s performed on the ground. Definitely no trouble to walk around. Mr. Cronkite that is good news. Mr. Armstrong it did not leave a crater of any size. There is about one foot clearance on the ground. I can see some evidence of rays emanating from the engine, but it is a very insignificant amount. We are mr. Cronkite we are going to have to mr. Cronkite we are fix that picture. Getting a negative picture back. Mr. Aldrin ready to bring down the camera . Mr. Armstrong i am all ready. Get it squared down and in good shape. Looks like it is coming down nice and evenly. Mr. Cronkite that is the conveyor to the tether line. A little hard for me to see, i have good footing. I will work my way over to the sunlight here without looking directly into the sun. Mr. Cronkite i dont know where in the houston converter or where the picture has gone to negative clarity. At least we can make out the figure of Neil Armstrong there. Unofficial time of first step, 1 09 20. 420. Ok, i am ready to pull it down. There is still a little bit left in the ok, dont hold it quite so tight. Mr. Cronkite he says this is like a clothesline. He is going to bring down the sequence camera now. The pictures, then a little later on looking up, i am standing directly in the shadow now and i can see everything quite clearly. The light is suspiciously bright and back lighted into the front of the lens and everything is very clearly visible. Mr. Cronkite so, mans first words, Neil Armstrongs first words on setting foot on the moon, are one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. He found the bottom step of the ladder, slightly awry, but has no difficulty in climbing back up to the lunar module when they complete this walk. He found the surface more powdery than anticipated. He is sinking in about 1 8 of an inch you can see his prints in fine particles and lunar dust adhering to the boots. No difficulty in moving around, easier than the simulations on earth. He has about 25 minutes of activity here alone on the moons surface, testing the environment, moving around like this, taking a good look at the lunar module that he is giving us a check on. Seems to be in good shape. Very little scoring of the moons moons surface and the engine. The pads settled nicely, but not very deeply into the fine, powdery sand, fine powdery surface of the moon. Apparently it is in position for the platform for takeoff. We wouldve heard something i now from human. Installed on the bracket. Sergeant says the crew is doing well. I am still in the lec. Mr. Cronkite that would seem to indicate that they are not over exerting, i gather. Not exerting too much oxygen and there is not too much heat for the cooling system. One of our concerns were raised the fact that they are , not stressing. He has the camera with him now, i think that is the one that was lowered to him. It is not the sequence camera, which i believe stays in the lunar module. Roger, neil. We are reading you loud and clear. Get some pictures and the contingency sample. Mr. Cronkite i think the fight plan actually called for him to take the contingency sample first and then the pictures. As i recall in all my reading, the contingency sample 35 and a half minutes expended now. Mr. Pegues it is mr. Cronkite it is concerned confirmed that they are on a very level place. Which is good. It looked like they were coming down on a rough area. Maybe neil didnt get the contingency samples because he doesnt think there is any contingency. You copys houston, do about the contingency . Roger, i am going to get that as soon as i get the pictures. Mr. Cronkite you may be right, wally, as to what is in his mind. The contingency sample is really superfluous once they get the full sample, the rock and be documented sample. Which they identify rock by rock, where they got it, and that sort of thing. Although they are saying they want the contingency sample first, as they said in the fight plan. [laughter] wally make sure they get something. I have an idea were going to get everything we want. It is just going so beautifully. Mr. Cronkite moving around, the exertion they are showing when doing that neil is showing so far, of course, it is a great and that they learned already. We are going to get the contingency sample. The man is going to get tired of that in a minute. I wonder what he is up to now. [laughter] ok, the contingency sample is down. A little difficult to dig through the very interesting, it is a very soft surface. Here and there, where i plug in the contingency sample collector, i run into a very hard surface. But it appears to be a very cohesive material of the same sort. Ill try to get a rock in here. Just a couple. Mr. Cronkite he has got that little bag on a rim that he is tagging along with an extension handle across the surface. As he reports there, it is hard to get everything in. Mr. Armstrong it has a stark beauty all its own. It is like much of the high desert of the United States. It is different but very pretty out here. Mr. Cronkite very pretty. Mr. Armstrong a lot of the hard rock samples here appear to be vesicles in the surface. A pair be what . Wally vesicles. [beep] i am looking at one now. Houston, roger that. Ok, the handle is off it pushes in about, six or eight inches into the surface. Looks like it is quite easy to [indiscernible] mr. Armstrong i am sure i could push it in farther but it is hard for me to bend down further than that. Didnt know you could throw so far. Mr. Armstrong you can really throw things along way up here. A long way up here. Is my pocket open, buzz . Buzz yes it is. It is not up against your suit, though. Put it more toward the inside. Ok, that is good. Mr. Armstrong that in the pocket . Mr. Aldrin push down. Got it . It is not all the way in. Push it. There you go. Mr. Armstrong contingency sample is in the pocket. Oxygen is 81 . I have no flags, and im in minimum flow. [beep] this is houston. Roger, neil. Mr. Aldrin ok, i have the camera on that one frame a second. Mr. Armstrong ok. Mr. Aldrin and i have got 80 oxygen. No flags. Mr. Armstrong are you getting a tv picture now, houston . [beep] neil, yes we are getting a tv picture. Neil, this is houston. We are getting a picture. Youre not in it at the present time. We can see the bag on the lec being moved by buzz. Ready for me to come out . Mr. Armstrong yeah, just stand by a second. I will move this over the handrail. Mr. Cronkite talk about being super casual. Hope he doesnt get too casual. Mr. Aldrin are you ready . Mr. Armstrong ok. I almost thought that was a simulation. You saw what difficulties i was having. I will try to watch from underneath. Mr. Cronkite aldrin about to emerge from the spacecraft. Armstrong is going to try to help guide him from below. He watches the portable lifesupport system as he climbs out. Mr. Armstrong ok, your plss looks like it is clearing ok. Your toes are about to come over the sill. Now drop down. There you go, you are clear. Laterally, you are good. About an inch clear. Mr. Aldrin you need a little bit of arching of the back to come down. How far are my feet from the edge . Mr. Armstrong you are right at the edge of the porch. Mr. Aldrin ok. Now a little foot movement. Little arching of the back. Home comes up and has cleared the bulkhead without any trouble at all. Mr. Armstrong looks good. Mr. Cronkite 45 minutes plss time expended. Neil, this is houston. Based on your camera transfer with the lec, do you foresee any difficulties in transfer . Over. Mr. Armstrong negative. Mr. Cronkite the src is the sample rock container . It is a sample return that contains the rock boxes. Backup impartially cleared. In case anybody comes by, they want the door closed. Mr. Cronkite this camera angle makes those steps look like they are vastly higher than they are. Make sure not to lock it on the way out. [laughter] a good thought. What did he say . Wally make sure not to lock it. [laughter] ok, i am on the top step and. An look down over the icu matter to hop down from one step to the next. Mr. Cronkite here he comes. Mr. Armstrong walking is very comfortable. Youve got three more steps and then a long one. Mr. Cronkite watch that last step. Wally i guess he expected the steps to compact a little more. As a result is it is a long step. Mr. Aldrin i am on the fourth rung up. Mr. Cronkite and now we have two americans on the moon. Mr. Armstrong a little more. About another inch. You got it . Mr. Aldrin that is a good step. Mr. Armstrong yeah, about a three footer. Mr. Cronkite a threefoot first step at 16 gravity. Magnificent. Mr. Cronkite but walking on a trampoline. My. Pl ss is nominal. Secondary strut has little thermal effect. Effects are all around. Had a little thermal effect on it. Mr. Armstrong i noticed that. Seems to be the worst, although similar effects are all around. Mr. Aldrin very fine powder, isnt it . Mr. Armstrong isnt it fine . Mr. Aldrin it is hard to tell whether it is a or a rock. Mr. Armstrong notice how you can kick it out. Mr. Aldrin yeah, it bounces. Mr. Cronkite look at this. [laughter] mr. Aldrin reaching down, fairly easy. Getting my suit dirty at this stage. The mass of the backpack does have some effect on inertia. In inertia. There is a slight tendency, i can see now, to backwards due to the soft, very soft texture. Mr. Armstrong you are standing on a big rock there now. Wally very shortly, armstrong is to take the camera out of that tray and move it out about 30 feet from the spacecraft so they have a view of the entire area. Mr. Aldrin i wonder if it under the engine is where the probe might have hit. Mr. Armstrong i think that is a good representation of the side word velocity approach down there. Mr. Aldrin i see that probe over on the minusy strut. Mr. Cronkite mr. Aldrin is following the flight plan and testing. Mr. Aldrin cant say too much for the visibility. Very dark. Surface of a flat, rounded rock. Incidentally, these rocks are very powdery surfaced. [beep] say again, please, buzz. You are cutting out. Mr. Aldrin i said the rocks are rather slippery. Roger. Mr. Aldrin very powdery surface. Fill up all the little very fine pores. Wally that would be armstrong looking right at the camera lens detaching the camera, setting it up on a stand, then puts it back and then focus it back at the command module. They are getting ready to move the tv camera to its panorama position. Traction seems quite good. Mr. Cronkite oh, the picture is inverted again. [laughter] mr. Aldrin start to lose my balance in one direction and recovery is quite natural and very easy. Moving your arms around, jack, doesnt lift you off the surface. Not quite that lightfooted. Mr. Armstrong i have the insulation off the mesa now. It seems to be in good shape. Mr. Aldrin got to be careful that you are leaning in the direction you want to go, otherwise you slightly inebriated. You have to cross your foot over to stay underneath where your center of mass is. Walter [laughs] mr. Aldrin hey, neil, didnt i say we might see some purple rocks . Mr. Armstrong find a purple rock . Mr. Aldrin yep. Mr. Cronkite sounds so happy. Just beaming over there. Mr. Aldrin very small. Sparkly. The fragments are in places. Take a first guess, some sort of we will leave that to the further analysis. Mr. Cronkite buzz aldrins transmissions are breaking up. Mr. Aldrin quarter of an inch. Mr. Armstrong ok, houston. I am going to change lenses on you. It is a brown type of wally they have three lenses, i believe. Wideangle 90 millimeter. Consumable still looking good. Mr. Armstrong ok, houston. Tell me if you are getting a picture. Neil, this is houston, that is affirmative. All systems are go. Over. Mr. Aldrin we appreciate that, thank you. Mr. Cronkite i believe the camera is still in the mesa tray. They hadnt moved it out. Would be a much wider view from several feet away. Wally it could be, yes. Mr. Aldrin neil is now unveiling the plaque. Roger, we have got you foresighted. [beep] just leave it. Mr. Armstrong put it like that and walk around it. Good. That fieldofview is going to pick up the mesa. Good. Mr. Cronkite look at the reflection where the moon hits the surface. Houston, if the view is good we would like you to aim it more to the right. Over. Mr. Armstrong ok. Mr. Aldrin that is all the cable we have. Mr. Cronkite the director is still has control. [laughter] a little too much to the right, can you bring it back left about four or five degrees . [beep] ok, that looks good, neil. Mr. Armstrong ok. Further away or closer . Mr. Aldrin cant get too much further away. Mr. Armstrong lets try it like that for a while. I will get a couple of panoramas with it here. [beep] roger. You look ok as far as systems go. You are going to fast on the panorama sweep. You are going too fast page are going to have to stop. Mr. Armstrong i have not set it down yet. That is the first picture of the panorama. Right there. Roger. Mr. Cronkite does that look a lot like you thought it might look . Wally yes it does. They are doing such a fine job. Mr. Armstrong north, northeast. Tell me if you got a picture, houston . We got a beautiful picture, neil. Mr. Armstrong ok, i am going to move it. Mr. Aldrin ok, here is another good one. Ok, weve got that one. Mr. Armstrong this one is right downsun. I want to know if you can see the angular rock in the foreground. Roger, we have a large rock in the foreground. Looks like a much smaller rock a couple inches to the left of it. Over. Mr. Armstrong beyond it about 10 feet is another larger rock. That rock, the closest want to closest one to you is sticking out, it is about a foot and a half long, and about six inches thick. It is standing on edge. Roger. Mr. Aldrin ok, neil. Ive got the table out and i have a bag deployed. Weve got this view, neil. Mr. Armstrong this is straight south. Roger. We see the shadow of the lm. Mr. Armstrong the little hill just beyond the shadow of the lm is a pair of elongated craters, about 40 feet long and 20 feet across. Probably six feet deep. We will probably get some more work in there later. [breeze blowing] mr. Armstrong how is that for a final . For a final orientation, wed like it to go left about five degrees. Over. Now, back to the right about half as much. Mr. Armstrong ok. Mr. Aldrin ok, that looks good there, neil. Mr. Armstrong ok. One hour in seven minutes time expended. Wally looks like he is casually walking. Incidentally, you can use the shadow the staff makes to assist you getting it perpendicular. Wally buzz is erecting the solar wind experiment now. Mr. Cronkite the solar wind is not a wind we know it like it is on earth something you feel against your cheek. Mr. Aldrin it has stopped. Maybe two or three inches. Exactly what the pictures showed when they pushed away a little bit. You get force transmitted through the upper surface of the soil and about five or six moves as if it were caked on the surface, when in fact it really isnt. Mr. Armstrong i noticed in the soft spots, where we have footprints nearly an inch deep that the soil is very cohesive. It will retain a slope of probably 70 degrees along the side of the footprints. I sure hope there is no area that is blacked out from the television right now. Mr. Cronkite while there is, russia, the soviet, and china. It is a shame, more than a fourth of the world are being denied this picture by their rulers. Most of the rest of the world, though, including in other communist nations, it is being displayed, including eastern europe. We can kind of see the footprints. Wally i agree. Mr. Cronkite man leaving his footprints on the moon. Without any atmosphere, no wind or rain to wear them away. They might stay there for quite a long time. This is armstrong. Wally he cant believe it. Did anything come out did anything come out . Get that part . That is the rock. Wally they are collecting now the rock samples. These are the ones they will it in a bag and then into the box, the vacuum box. You will have to extend that one. Wally looks like the core they are driving down. Cant really tell. Columbia, columbia. This is houston. Over. Houston, als. Over. Wally they have got a core, a piece of pipe, in effect, that they attached onto this handle. Neil armstrong has been on the surface now about 45 minutes. Wally they hammer that into the surface and get a sample down below the actual surface, which they already have contaminated with the engine and with their presence. They have to go below, under the contamination, down to almost a foot or so, i think. 16 inches. Wally 16 inches. A little more than they can get by scraping on the surface themselves. Houston, columbia on the high again. Over. Columbia, this is houston, reading you loud and clear. Over. Reading you loud and clear. How is it going . Roger. The eva is progressing beautifully. I believe they are setting up the flag now. Great. They started out behind time on this. I guess youre about the only person around that doesnt have tv coverage of the scene. Wally this is the flag, not the core sample. [laughter] thats all right, i dont mind a bit. Mr. Cronkite he doesnt mind a bit not having the television right now. How is the quality of the tv . It is beautiful, mike. It really is. Wally there it is pure the u. S. Flag. They have the flag up now. You can see the stars and stripes on the lunar surface. Beautiful. Just beautiful wally the flag is on a frame, there is no wind, though. It is a three foot by five foot flag and it has a frame of its own to hold it on. Do you need to pull that in . Over. Mr. Cronkite seems like they ought to be some views it. [chuckles] it wont go in. Ok. Mr. Cronkite looks like they are having a little trouble getting that into the surface. Wally lightly, he moves back. I think they are taking pictures of each other with the camera. Yep, exactly what they are doing. The first tourists on the moon. Mr. Cronkite from their description, sounds like a place we would like to go to afte