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Our partners at national geographic for an extraordinary look back. for a tour of this room. rare images, many have not been seen in years. take a look. it was 50 years ago this week. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, the apollo 11 astronauts suiting up as america waited. would they do it? would they set foot on the moon? >> america's team of astronauts was increased to 16 today, with the addition of nine new members. it was specified that they will be trained for trips to the moon. >> reporter: a grand new goal first set by president john f. kennedy. >> i believe that this nati...

Washington, d.c. kristin? >> this museum is packed for the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. just this morning, the smithsonian unveiled neil armstrong's space suits he was wearing when he took the first steps on the moon. i will take you inside the exhibit, coming up. ♪ we're carvana, the company who invented

The moon. so on this historic day neil armstrong and buzz aldrin are in their lunar module in their space suits. on this next pass, they are preparing to undock. >> all spacecraft looking very good at this time. the following revolution, revolution 13, armstrong and aldrin, they will undock from the command and service module, from which point the power descent to the lunar surface will be initiated. >> apollo 11, houston we're going for undocking. over. >> roger, understand. >> we're all set when you are, mike. >> there you go. see you later. >> eagle undocked. the eagle has legs.

Space suits. coming up shortly will be another key test with the launch crew from the launch creek view and the spacecraft team combined together with the commander neil armstrong to make a thorough check of the emergency detection system. this is the system that will signal the astronauts in the cabin and if anything goes wrong below them. we use the ground-based computer to accomplish this test. it will take some 30 minutes. neil armstrong will being doing most of the work in the spacecraft responding as different lights signifying different difficulties are presented to him.

>> this is, of course, the great day for mankind when we leave our planet earth and set foot on the moon. so on this historic day, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin are in their lunar module in their space suits. on this next pass, they are preparing to undock. >> all spacecraft looking very good at this time. the following revolution, revolution 13 armstrong and all dren will undock from the command and service module from which point the power descent to the lunar service will be initiated. apollo 11, houston we're going for undocking. over. >> roger, understand. >> we're all set when you are, ...