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Communicated it. he always wanted to inspire kids. dad was very focused on education and on the stem and just really told kids that dream the impossible. go out and do it. you know, he only wanted to fly aircraft carriers off of -- look what he did. he walked on the moon. >> neil: i remember speaking to your dad, amy, already by apollo 12, viewership was way down. it was expected. if it wasn't for apollo 13 where we almost lost that crew, it would have been very different. he had a sense, your dad, that maybe this was getting to be like a passing phenomenon. it worried him. that that would dec...

They took photographs, ran scientific tests. 1:11 in the morning, july 21st, both astronauts were back inside, the hatch closed, and they would sleep on the surface of the moon. and right before their journey home, few remember that aldrin's backpack hit the engine arming switch which was needed to light the engine and broke it off. aldrin then pulled a pen from the pocket of his spacesuit. >> so i pushed that in. houston says, oh, we've got a good, complete circuit. >> reporter: they would splash into the pacific at 12:50 p.m. july 24th. there would be five more successful lunar landing missi...

"apollo 13" was a real turning point for me and an eye opener. i learned the power of a true story. >> this is houston. say again, please? >> houston, we have a problem. >> just believing in the story. my mantra was just show it. >> we're not going to have enough power left to get home. >> we know they're going to be safe, but the thing we care about is how are they going to be safe? what do these people have to do to save them? that is what's riveting. >> the '90s brought us a new look at some previously thought to be well known story. >> when you look at the film "jfk" it's about what we can...

Forward? you have orders that are out there. i guess there's 5,000 out there, plus the planes in the air right now, and you have other concerns competitively. >> this is boeing's apollo 13 moment where they get all the scientists in the room and say, how did this happen? we need to figure this out. i assume that's what they're doing. they have to in order to restore credibility and confidence in their airline. >> the best thing that can happen is for this investigation to go forward and find out it is not the plane. boeing has options if it is the plane. they have clear sailing if facts determ...

>> chaotic and dismal. >> the state of the union is? >> unstable. >> president trump declared. >> the state of our union is strong. >> the state of the union is? >> weak. >> in grave danger. >> online some used gifts to portray the state of the union as fire. >> we're hang not guiling in th >> the state of our union is strong, but our economy is troubled. >> back before social media ronald regan didn't have to put up with comments like screwed with a glimmer of hope. >> it's messed up. >> in trouble. >> crap. >> crock. >> crock. >> someone even used space to describe our state. >> houston, we ...