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Featured in the film 2000. on a space odyssey the u.s. mission to put a man on the moon was about to become reality. but the flight controllers on the ground were concerned that an unmanned soviet spacecraft was orbiting the moon at this time the probe was to land on the lunar surface and gather soil samples what's believed to a crashed into a mountain on july 21st. on the afternoon of july 19th apollo 11 swung into lunar orbit and the crew started making preparations for their descent to the moon surface.

Looking good. >> thrusting. okay, eagle, one minute. you guys take care. >> see you later. okay. all flight controllers going to go for power descent. retro now. guidance. >> go. >> control. >> go. >> telecom. >> go. >> econ. >> go. >> surgery. >> go. >> capcom we're go for power descent. >> eagle for power descent, over. >> eagle, we've got you now. it's looking good. over. >> looks good. >> eagle, houston, everything is looking good here.

Over. > roger. copy. houston, we're getting a little fluctuation. >> roger. >> stand by. >> looking good. you're still looking good. coming up three minutes. >> okay. we went by the three minutes point early. our position seems to be a little off. >> roger, copy. >> he thinks you're a little long down range. >> that's right. i think we confirmed that. >> we confirmed that. roger. ♪ >> all flight controllers i'm going around the horn. >> watch that signal. >> what data you have for l.o.s.. few seconds. >> go. >> go, go. telecom go.

>> six plus 25, throttle down. six plus 25, throttle down. >> you can feel it. >> okay. all flight controllers. >> go. >> go. >> gnc go. >> econ. >> go. >> surgeon. >> go. >> capcom, we're go for landing. >> eagle, houston, you're go for landing. over. >> roger. >> 1201. >> 1201. >> okay, the only callouts from now on will be fuel. >> stand by for 60. >> 60. >> 60 seconds. >> 60 seconds.

Verified secure. >> okay. >> and we'd like to say from all of us down here in houston and really from all of us in all the countries in the entire world, we think that you've done a magnificent job up there today. over. >> thank you very much. it's been a long day. >> yes, indeed. get some rest there and have at it tomorrow. >> not since adam has any human known such solitude as mike collins is experiencing during the 47 minutes of each lunar revolution when he's behind the moon while he waits for his comrades to soar with eagle from tranquility base and rejoin him for the trip back to earth. ...