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Members of the crew to and from the moon, as a sort of lifeboat. >> we knew we had the lunar module, and it had, you know, power, and the batteries, and it had oxygen. >> not enough. >> no. but if we could use it to get us back home again, we were -- but if not, we were going to transmit as long as we could, so that the people would have some idea of what -- of what to do to correct for the future flights. >> we want to say you guys are doing real good work. >> so are you guys, jack. >> you all sounded so calm. but you in particular, captain, sounded so at ease. now, if that were me, i'd be ba...

Got to be the best. >> his crew, geologist, jack schmi schmidt. the launch took place at night in 1972. the flight went smoothly. while looking back at the earth he shot this photo now known as the blue marble picture. >> i took that from about 34,000 miles away. nasa tells me it's still the most requested photograph. >> aapproximatehe soon learned n command, while an honor, is also a heavy burden. >> you had to change some things at the last second. >> but, see, you can't push the stop button and say, oh, we have a problem, let's go talk about it. you get down to about 200 feet into what we c...

Can't get out of there and go back into orbit. one way or the other you're going to land. then when i touched the surface, the blue light says shut the engine down because if you landed with the engine burning, it's possible the back pressure could have exploded the engine and of course it ruins your whole day. >> yeah. >> you press the button and all of a sudden you're feeling positive gravity. the first thing i remember is looking out at this mountainous valley and realize that i am now where no human being has ever been before. >> it's beautiful. it's one of the best moments of my life, i g...

>> his crew, geologist, jack schmi schmidt. the launch took place at night in 1972. the flight went smoothly. while looking back at the earth he shot this photo now known as the blue marble picture. >> i took that from about 34,000 miles away. nasa tells me it's still the most requested photograph. >> aapproximatehe soon learned n command, while an honor, is also a heavy burden. >> you had to change some things at the last second. >> but, see, you can't push the stop button and say, oh, we have a problem, let's go talk about it. you get down to about 200 feet into what we call the dead man's c...

>> his crew, geologist, jack schmi schmidt. the launch took place at night in 1972. the flsmoothly. while looking back at the earth he shot this photo now known as the blue marble picture. >> i took that from about 34,000 miles away. nasa tells me it's still the most requested photograph. >> aapproximatehe soon learned n command, while an honor, is also a heavy burden. >> you had to change some things at the last second. >> but, see, you can't push the stop button and say, oh, we have a problem, let's go talk about it. you get down to about 200 feet into what we call the dead man's curve. if t...