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>> as we develop the spacecraft, almost everything we do deals with the risky side of the business. we recognize we can get killed flying spacecraft like we can get killed flying t-33s or t-38s or driving my corvette. it's just one of the facts of life for everyone. but we have a job that's very fascinating and it's worth the risk. >> al shepard was a natural leader. he got the first ride into space. >> the shirley temple program usually seen at this time will not be presented in order that we may bring you the following special broadcast. >> within the next few days from this guarded wastelan...

Need to start working hard to catch up. >> i think it's about time america woke up and did something about it. >> i believe it's very impressive for propaganda purposes but i think if we put our minds to it, this country can top that in six months. >> from my perspective as a kid, we were in a race against the russians and the russians were the bad guys and they were winning this race and that meant they were superior to us, and yet they were the bad guys. >> 1960 we had astronauts, we hadn't had anybody in space yet but we were kind of knocking on the door. we wanted to catch up and be the le...

>> god said, let the waters of the heaven be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. and god called the dry land earth. and the gathering together of the waters called he seas. god saw that it was good. and from the crew of apollo 8, merry christmas and god bless all of you, all of you on the good earth. >> the far side of the moon and the earth rise for the first time seen by humanize as well as that television broadcast from in orbit around the moon -- i'm sorry, on christmas eve? holy smokes, who wrote that, who is the genius who wrote that script? pretty...

That affected american proudness, that we are ahead of everybody. now it was first sputnik satellite and now first man in space was russian. and you can understand that this was really in the middle of the cold war, there was competition of the great superpowers. >> president, could you give us your view, sir, of the soviet achievement of putting a man in orbit and what it would mean to our space program as such? >> well, it is a most impressive scientific accomplishment. i have already sent congratulations to khrushchev and to the man who was involved. >> the space race wasn't just about spac...

If this is successful, then and only then will we orbit. >> the mercury project was our first real response to the sputnik and to yuri gagarin's flight, and it was a big deal for us, i'll tell you, because all of a sudden we had seven guys and they were fighter pilot types, very alpha male guys, fun to be around. you know, it was like being with rock stars. ♪ >> it's again a day in houston as its citizens turn out by the tens of thousands to give a texas sized welcome to the u.s. space team. >> they were heroes even before the public knew their names. they became warriors on behalf of the un...