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Never-before-seen footage of that remarkable mission. next week marks the anniversary of the flight to the moon and the first two people to set foot on the moon's surface. nearly everyone involved were male and white. here's 360's randy cay again tonight. the only woman at launch control, at liftoff. >> we choose to go to the moon not because they are easy but because they are hard. ♪ >> reporter: the space program in the early '60s was dominated by men. but one woman stood out in a sea of men in the control room. 28-year-old joanne morgan. >> i was the instrumentation

One woman stood out in a sea of men in the control room. 28-year-old joanne morgan. >> i was the instrumentation controller. and the instrumentation controller needs fooknow is there a problem. if so, i need to tell the right people in the test team. >> reporter: how did you end up the only woman in the firing room during the launch for apollo 11? >> my director of information systems called me in and said you're our best communicator. later i found out he had to go and convince the center director that it was going to be okay. >> reporter: do you think it had to go all the way up to the top f...

Apollo 11 in 1969, one woman stood out in a sea of men in the control room. 28-year-old joe ann morgan. >> i was instrumentation controller. the instrumentation controller needs to know, is there a problem, if so, i need to tell the right people and the test team. >> how did you end up the only woman in the firing room during the launch of apollo 11? >> my director of information systems called us in and said you're our best communicate tore, we're going to have you on the console. i found out later he had to convince the director that it was going to be okay. >> do you think it had to go up t...