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Here in mission control center reports receiving continuous data from the passive seismic experiment placed on the lunar surface last night by the apollo 11 crew. recorded the astronauts' footsteps on the moon and will probably receive its strongest signal when the ascent signal ignites and starts the lunar module into orbit and rendezvous with columbia. >> tranquility base, houston. >> go ahead. >> roger, just a reminder we want to make sure you leave the rendezvous radar circuit breakers full. >> okay. >> eagle and columbia, this is the backup crew. congratulations to yesterday's performance...

. just. 3 teams of astronauts had trained for the 1st moon mission if apollo 11 had failed a backup crew would try a 2nd launch. vehicle. we would have put astronauts on the moon in $969.00 in any case it fortunately we got it right the 1st time yes i thought it was but i planned 8 days after the apollo 11 crew began their mission they returned safely to earth. the capsule splashed out on the morning of july 24th in the pacific ocean around 1200 kilometers southwest of hawaii. the crew was picked up by a navy helicopter and then taken to an aircraft carrier that was waiting nearby. mission acc...

A statement in case something went seriously wrong. buys the house. late already written a speech for nixon to read to the american people if the astronauts had not been able to return to worth for whatever reason. you know. this is a big nixon actually recorded speech in advance. he mourned the loss of the crew and promised that america's exploration of space would continue at least as we'll. just. 3 teams of astronauts had trained for the 1st moon mission if apollo 11 had failed a backup crew would try a 2nd launch. we had. we would have put astronauts on the moon in $969.00 in any case fort...

Director of flight crew operation and two members of the backup crew have joined bruce week can'tless at the console. >> apollo 11, this is houston. over. >> roger. go ahead, houston. >> 11, this is houston. >> we've lost respiration rate on the telemetry. >> okay. mike, we had a request that you check the two electrodes that are placed one on each side of your lower rib cage, over. >> things look normal up here. >> roger, mike. >> we could see variations on our trace as you connected and disconnected but the medics don't have a signal. >> i promise to let you know if i stop breathing. [ laugh...

Orbit and rendezvous with columbia. >> tranquility base, houston. >> go ahead. >> roger, just a reminder we want to make sure you leave the rendezvous radar circuit breakers full. >> okay. >> eagle and columbia, this is the backup crew. congratulations to yesterday's performance. our prayers are with you for the rendezvous. over. >> thank you, jim. >> thank you, jim. >> almost 5,000 pounds of propellent will be run through the ascent engine on the ascent burn which will place eagle back into lunar orbit, and following that the rendezvous sequence completed with the docking at 128 hours approxi...