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We have sent a team of three technicians and a safety man to the pad. and these technicians are now tightening bolts and the valve. >> go ahead. >> we have a leak. it's on the sobn valve. we have it in the override close position to see if it will get better. it seems to be getting worse. >> it's on camera 18. >> camera 18, you could see the men working on the hydrogen leak. >> once the technicians depart, we will send hydrogen again through the system to assure that the leak has been corrected. the astronauts now coming up toward the pad itself as the crew of several technicians at the 200 fo...

Transfer van now backing up toward the elevator. in a matter of five minutes or so, we will be ready for the spacecraft commander neil armstrong to come across at the 320 foot level. that's our status at 2 hours 43 minutes 47 seconds and counting. this is launch control.

Crew of several technicians at the 200 foot level proceed to tighten some bolts around a leaking valve. the astronaut team which has just arrived at the pad, the transfer van now backing up toward the elevator. in a matter of five minutes or so, we'll be ready for the space command and neil armstrong to come across the seal at the 320 level. this is launch control.

This is saturn launch control, t minus two hours and counting. as the prime crew for apollo 11 are on their terminal part of their trip to the launch pad in the transfer van. it's making the curve toward the pad. we have discovered a problem at the launch pad as the crew is about to arrive. we have a leak in a valve located in a system associated with replenishing liquid hydrogen for the third stage of the saturn 5 launch vehicle. we have sent a team of three technicians and a safety man to the pad. these technicians are tightening bolts around the valve. >> go ahead. >> we have a leak. see if...

>> it's on camera 18. >> camera 18, you could see the men working on the hydrogen leak. >> once the technicians depart, we will send hydrogen through the system to assure that the la leak has been corrected. astronauts coming up toward the pad itself. the crew of several technicians at the 200 foot level proceed to tighten bolts around a leaking valve. the astronaut team, which arrived at the pad, transfer van now backing up toward the elevator. in a matter of five minutes or so, we will be ready for the spacecraft commander neil armstrong to come across at the 320 foot level. that's our statu...