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[ applause ] im randi kaye. Tens of thousands of nasa employees worked on apollo 11 to put the first man on the moon. You got to meet some of them tonight. One unique individual came to our attention as the film was being researched. Turns out there was only one woman allowed in the control room during the launch. Her remarkable story has been mostly hidden all these years. She played a critical role, and as we learned, spending time with her, she remembers it well. Heres her story. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they ...

Put the first man on the moon. you got to meet some of them tonight. one unique individual came to our attention as the film was being researched. turns out there was only one woman allowed in the control room during the launch. her remarkable story has been mostly hidden all these years. she played a critical role, and as we learned, spending time with her, she remembers it well. here's her story. >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. >> the space program in the early '60s was dominated by men. but during th...

>> i was the instrumentation controller. the instrumentation controller needs to know is there a problem? if so, i need to tell the right people in the test team. >> so how did you end up the only woman in the firing room during the launch of apollo 11? >> my director of information systems called me in. he said, you're our best my director called me in. he said you're our best communicator. we're going to have you on the console. later i found out he had to go convince the center director that it would be okay. >> do you think it had to go all the way to the top for the men in the firing room...

Next. that one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind when armstrong put boot to the moon. and a quick note about the other history made during apollo's launch not by the astronauts but by the crew guiding them on the ground. specifically, one woman. the first-ever to be allowed inside the firing room where all personnel were locked in 30 minutes before apollo 11 blasted off. on the dozens of men in white shirts and skinny black ties, there she was, a 28-year-old instrumentation controller named joann morgan. morgan told vanity fair that she jokes what her biggest decision to wear that...

Mission and the first time humans set foot on the moon. >> we take you inside one of the greatest humanity feats. >> the mission was run mostly by white men but there was one woman in launch control during takeoff. >> her name is joann morgan. she's been sharing her memories with our randi kaye. >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other thing. not because they are easy, but because they are hard. ♪ >> reporter: the space program in the early '60s was dominated by men. but during the historic launch of apollo 11 on july 16, 1969, one woman stood out in a sea of men in the...