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Some of the astronauts called it the flying bedstead the module suffered from a number of technical problems of the star in may 1968 armstrong was at the controls when the craft started to spin out of control. armstrong ejected safely with just seconds to spare. but time was running out for nasa to meet president kennedy's call to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960 s. in december 1968 the apollo 8 astronauts frank borman jim lovell and bill landers took off from the new kennedy space center in florida.

>> he was the son of a four-star admiral and the vietnaese knew it. they forced him to give this interview in return for life-saving surgery on his badly injured body. >> i'm treated well here. >> he was beaten on a regular basis. you know, being hung by his arms from a ceiling. >> mccain told his friend and former defense secretary, william cohen, that it was brutal and relentless. >> he would try to pretend he was cooperating by giving the names of the front line of the new york giants or some other team who he knew the players were and he would give their false names of. they would eventual...

>> he was the son of a four-star admiral and the vietnamese knew it. they forced him to give this interview in return for life-saving surgery on his badly injured body. >> i'm treated well here. >> he was beaten on a regular basis. you know, being hung by his arms from a ceiling. >> mccain told his friend and former defense secretary, william cohen, that it was brutal and relentless. >> he would try to pretend he was cooperating by giving the names of the front line of the new york giants or some other team who he knew the players were and he would give their false names of. they would eventua...

Basis. you know, being hung by his arms from a ceiling. >> mccain told his friend and former defense secretary william cohen that it was brutal and relentless. >> he would try to pretend he was cooperating by giving the names of the front line of the new york giants or some other team he knew the players were and would give false names out. they would eventually find out and beat him for that. >> then, a chance at freedom. it was may 1968, his father jack mccain was named commander of u.s. forces in the pacific that included vietnam. the vietnamese offered his son freedom. john mccain was temp...

Was cooperating by giving the names of the frontline of the new york giants or some other team who he knew the players were and he would give their false names out. they would eventually find out and beat him for that. >> then, a chance at freedom. it was may, 1968. his father, jack mccain was named commander of u.s. forces in the pacific which included vietnam. the vietnamese offered his son freedom. he was tempted but refused. >> did you know as secretary of the navy that he declined? >> oh, yes. >> what'd you think when you heard that? >> i said to myself that is really a figure of strength...