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>> july 16th, 1969, showtime. >> you think about the countdown as the curtain opening, worry, the clouds, clear thinking, it's absolutely needed should something goes wrong. >> the launch, another dazzling pillar of fire was lost. the three-day, 240,000-mile trip from the earth to the moon without incident. >> we have a happy home. there's plenty of room for the three of us. >> then, four days into the mission came time to do what no astronaut had done before, decouple the lunar module from the command module and guide it safely to the moon. on their way down, armstrong and aldrin realize they...

Computer path, he was now flying above unfamiliar territory, searching for a safe spot to land, but running low on fuel. >> so we're on the far side of what was undesirable, and i'm reading the altitude, and about 100 feet -- >> 60. 60 seconds. >> 60 seconds. >> 100 feet, still a ways off the ground, and we've got 60 seconds. i'm getting a little concerned. >> so we got very tense in mission control. we're biting our nails and holding our breath, and worried we're going to run out of gas. 30 seconds. 15 seconds later according to my little stopwatch, i heard contact, engine stop, after a littl...

Dazzling pillar of fire. the trip from the earth to the moon without incident. >> we have a happy home. there is plenty of room for the three of us. >> anda then four days into the missionme came time to do what no astronaut had done before. decouple the lunar module named eagle from the command module and guide it safely to the moon. on their way down, armstrong and aldren realized they were going long, beyond the landing zone and into a boulder field. that's when armstrong took over. diverting from the planned computer path, he was now flying above unfamiliar territory. he was searching for ...