All language subtitles for The Day We Walked on the Moon 1080p EN SUB

\hNarrator: IT’S A DAY WE
DREAMT OF, FOR CENTURIES.

Collins: WE FELT THE WEIGHT OF
\hTHE WORLD ON OUR SHOULDERS,

WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE
LOOKING AT US WORLDWIDE.

\h\h\hNarrator: A DAY WHEN
THREE MEN RISK EVERYTHING.

NASA Radio: LIFT OFF.

WE HAVE LIFT OFF!

M. Armstrong: WE KNEW THAT DAD
\h\h\hHAD TO GO ON THIS TRIP.

\hAND I THINK THEY
ONLY FELT THEY HAD

A 50/50 CHANCE OF DOING IT.

\h\h\hNarrator: AND IT’S A
DAY THAT CHANGES THE WORLD.

Cox: I THINK IT IS THE
\hGREATEST ACHIEVEMENT

\hIN THE HISTORY OF
HUMAN CIVILIZATION.

\hNarrator: IT HAPPENS
A QUARTER OF A MILLION

\hMILES OUT IN SPACE,
BUT IT’S SEEN BY OVER

\h\h\hHALF A BILLION
PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH.

May: WHAT AN AMAZING
\hTHING TO WITNESS.

Massimino: YOU REMEMBER
\h\h\h\hWHERE YOU WERE.

RIGHT?

\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT IT’S
ALSO A DAY FULL OF DANGER.

Bales: WE ALL KNEW WE HAD THREE
THINGS WERE GONNA HAPPEN, WE’RE

\h\hGONNA LAND, WE WERE GONNA
ABORT, OR WE WERE GONNA CRASH.

\h\hNarrator: WHEN
SUCCESS OR FAILURE

\h\h\hCOMES DOWN TO
SPLIT SECOND CALLS.

Bales: AND BANG, WE GOT
\hTHIS COMPUTER ALARM.

NASA Radio: 1202.

Duke: MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS
\hWE’RE DEAD IN THE WATER.

Narrator: WITH SPECTACULAR
\h\h\hREMASTERED FOOTAGE,

THIS IS THE MINUTE BY
\hMINUTE INSIDE STORY

FROM THOSE WHO WERE THERE,
THOSE WHO PUT THEM THERE,

AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES
ARE CHANGED FOREVER.

Kranz: BY GOLLY, WE GOT
\h\hA MAN ON THE MOON!

WE’VE PUT HIM THERE!

\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

Narrator: IT’S THE DAY
WE WALKED ON THE MOON.

\hWE FIRST SET FOOT ON
THE MOON IN JULY 1969.

\h\hBUT THE DECISION TO GO
THERE IS MADE BY PRESIDENT

KENNEDY AT THE START OF
THE DECADE, AND SPELLED

\h\hOUT IN ONE OF HIS
MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES.

Kennedy: WE CHOOSE TO GO TO
\h\hTHE MOON IN THIS DECADE

AND DO THE OTHER THINGS,
\h\hNOT BECAUSE THEY ARE

EASY BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD.

Collins: I WAS THRILLED TO
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBE PART OF

FULFILLING PRESIDENT
\hJOHN F. KENNEDY’S

\h\h\h\h\hDREAM OF MAN ON THE
MOON BY THE END OF THE DECADE.

HOWEVER, THE MOON
WAS SO FAR AWAY,

SO REMOTE, WAS THIS
REALLY GONNA HAPPEN?

Cox: WHEN KENNEDY MADE
THAT BEAUTIFUL SPEECH

\h\h"WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE
MOON", REMEMBER THAT FROM AN

ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, WE
DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

\h\hNarrator: WE WOULD
HAVE TO LEARN QUICKLY.

IT’S THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR.

THE SPACE RACE HAS
\hALREADY STARTED.

\h\hAND THE SOVIET
UNION HAS LAUNCHED

\hTHE WORLD’S FIRST
SATELLITE, SPUTNIK.

\h\h\hMuir-Harmony: SPUTNIK WAS
LAUNCHED ON A ROCKET AND PEOPLE

UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THE SOVIET
\h\hUNION HAD THE CAPABILITY

TO LAUNCH THINGS IN TO SPACE,
\h\hTHAT THERE’S A LIKELIHOOD

\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY ALSO HAD THE
CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH WARHEADS.

\hMay: THERE’S NO DOUBT
THAT SPUTNIK ONE SCARED

\h\hTHE AMERICANS TO DEATH
AND THEY SUDDENLY REALIZED

\hTHEY HAD TO PULL THEIR
FINGER OUT AND GET ON IT.

Aderin-Pocock: RUSSIA HAD GOT
\hTHE FIRST OBJECT IN SPACE,

THEY GOT THE FIRST
\hANIMAL IN SPACE.

AND THEY’D GOT THE FIRST
\h\hPERSON IN TO SPACE.

\h\h\hAND THE AMERICANS WITH
THEIR TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY,

\hOR SO THEY THOUGHT,
FELT ON THE BACK FOOT.

\h\h\hNarrator: KENNEDY
DECIDES THE WAY TO BEAT

THE SOVIETS IS TO PUT
\hA MAN ON THE MOON.

Borman: PRESIDENT KENNEDY
\h\hSET OUT THE CHALLENGE

TO DO IT IN THE ’60S,
AND EVERYBODY DEVOTED

THEIR TOTAL LIFE TO DOING THAT.

Narrator: REALIZING KENNEDY’S

\hDREAM WITHIN THE
DECADE ISN’T EASY.

IT TAKES A CONCERTED
\h\hNATIONAL EFFORT,

UNPARALLELED IN PEACE TIME.

Muir-Harmony: THE SCALE OF
\h\h\h\h\h\hPROJECT APOLLO

IS HARD TO REALLY
EVEN CONCEIVE OF.

AT THE PEAK, OVER 400,000
\h\hPEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.

THE PROGRAM COST, AT THE TIME,
\h\h$25 BILLION WHICH IS MORE

THAN THE MANHATTAN PROJECT,
MORE THAN THE PANAMA CANAL.

Cox: I THINK IT WAS GEORGE
\hH.W. BUSH WHO SAID THAT

\hIT WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT
SINCE LEONARDO DA VINCI BEING

GIVEN A SKETCH BOOK, AND
HE WAS, AND HE’S RIGHT.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: NASA’S SPACE
PROGRAM NEEDS MORE THAN MONEY.

IT NEEDS MEN WILLING
\h\h\hTO RISK THEIR

\hLIVES PILOTING HIGHLY
EXPERIMENTAL SPACECRAFT.

IN 1961, ALAN SHEPHERD BECOMES
\hTHE FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE.

IN 1962 JOHN GLENN
ORBITS THE EARTH.

BY THE TIME PROJECTS MERCURY
AND GEMINI GIVE WAY TO APOLLO

IN THE MID ’60S, AMERICA’S
ASTRONAUTS ARE SUPERSTARS.

Borman: MOST OF US CAME FROM THE
MILITARY, WHERE WE’D BEEN

ALMOST INCOGNITO AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN YOU’RE CELEBRITIES.

Massimino: I THOUGHT THESE
\h\hGUYS WERE THE COOLEST

GUYS WALKING THE PLANET.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME
\hTHE BEATLES WERE AROUND,

\h\hI THOUGHT THEY WERE
COOLER THAN THE BEATLES.

Duke: I WOULD CALL IT
\h\hA ROCK STAR LIKE,

BUT YOU COULD GET A REAL
SWELL HEAD IF YOU DIDN’T

\hWATCH OUT BECAUSE YOU
GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: 32
ASTRONAUTS TAKE PART IN

THE APOLLO PROGRAM
BUT ONLY THREE WILL

\hMAKE THE JOURNEY TO
THE MOON ON APOLLO 11.

THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT IS
38 YEAR OLD MICHAEL COLLINS,

THE ONE CREW MEMBER WHO
WON’T WALK ON THE MOON.

Collins: CLEARLY I DID NOT HAVE
THE BEST OF THE THREE

SEATS, HOWEVER I THOUGHT
\h\hIT WAS A GREAT HONOR

TO BE A, A PART OF
THE APOLLO 11 CREW.

Narrator: LUNAR MODULE
\hPILOT, BUZZ ALDRIN,

MAY BE ABOUT TO WALK ON
\hTHE MOON, BUT FOR HIS

11 YEAR OLD SON, ANDY, THAT’S
\h\hNOT WHAT SETS HIM APART.

\hAldrin: MY DAD WASN’T COOL
BECAUSE HE WAS AN ASTRONAUT,

\hBECAUSE EVERYBODY’S
DAD WAS AN ASTRONAUT.

MY DAD WAS COOL ’CAUSE
\hHE COULD POLE VAULT.

YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY’S
DAD COULD POLE VAULT.

\hNarrator: FIRST MAN TO
WALK ON THE MOON WILL BE

THE MISSION COMMANDER, 38
YEAR OLD NEIL ARMSTRONG.

Borman: WELL NEIL ARMSTRONG
\hWAS PROBABLY THE PERFECT

\h\hCHOICE TO MAKE THE
FIRST STEP ON THE MOON.

HE WAS DEDICATED,
HE WAS COMPETENT.

\hDuke: PROBABLY ONE OF THE
COOLEST GUYS I’D EVER KNOWN.

BY COOL I MEAN STEADY
\h\h\hUNDER PRESSURE.

HE WAS UNFLAPPABLE.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THAT
UNFLAPPABILITY IS TESTED

IN MAY 1968, WHEN ARMSTRONG
\h\h\hTAKES PART IN A LUNAR

LANDING SIMULATION AT ELLINGTON
AIR FORCE BASE IN HOUSTON.

\h\h\h\h200 FEET ABOVE THE
GROUND, HIS CRAFT SUDDENLY

LOSES PRESSURE, FORCING
\h\hARMSTRONG TO EJECT.

HE CHEATS DEATH BY SECONDS.

NOW COMES THE MISSION ITSELF.

M. Armstrong: WHEN MUM AND DAD
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED US FOR

\h\h\hA MEETING IN THE
DINING ROOM IT’S LIKE.

R. Armstrong: WHAT
TROUBLE ARE WE IN?

M. Armstrong: THIS MUST BE,
\h\hYEAH, WE’RE IN TROUBLE.

THIS MUST BE SERIOUS.

R. Armstrong: HE BASICALLY
\hSAID, JUST WANT YOU GUYS

\h\hTO KNOW THAT THERE IS
SOME RISK IN THIS MISSION,

\h\h\hBUT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE
CONFIDENT WE’RE COMING BACK

AT LEAST, WHETHER WE GET TO
LAND OR NOT, WE DON’T KNOW.

\hM. Armstrong: THE WAY THAT THE
CREW VIEWED IT, WAS THIS WILL BE

THE FIRST MISSION TO ATTEMPT
\h\hTO LAND AND I THINK THEY

\hONLY THOUGHT THEY HAD A
50/50 CHANCE OF DOING IT.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S THE
MORNING OF JULY 16TH, 1969.

LAUNCH DAY.

\hIN A FEW HOURS THE
ASTRONAUTS WILL BEGIN

\h\h\hTHEIR FOUR DAY
JOURNEY TO THE MOON.

\h\hPERCHED ON TOP OF THE MOST
POWERFUL ROCKET EVER INVENTED.

Schoumacher: WHEN I DROVE
\h\h\h\hUP, IT WAS DARK.

I DROVE PAST, I DON’T KNOW, A
COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE

AT FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING,
THEY’D BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT.

AND THERE WAS THE SATURN,
LIGHTED ON THE LAUNCHPAD.

AND IT IS IN THE MIDDLE
\hOF THIS BLACK OCEAN.

OH GOD, WHAT AN EXCITEMENT.

Raphael: THE PRESS WERE IN A
\h\hSORT OF CORRAL ABOUT TWO

AND A HALF MILES AWAY FROM
\hTHE LAUNCH SITE, I DON’T

\h\hTHINK ANYONE WAS ALLOWED
NEARER THAN ABOUT TWO MILES.

I MEAN QUITE APART FROM
US, THERE WERE HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD
\h\hBE CAMPING ON THE DUNES.

\h\hIT’S ALMOST LIKE A
SORT OF JAMBOREE THING.

Schoumacher: I’M OUTSIDE AND
\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S SUNNY NOW.

News Broadcaster: DAVID
\h\h\hSCHOUMACHER IS AT

THE PRESS SITE. DAVID.

Schoumacher: WELL A GOOD
MORNING, OF THE MORE THAN

\h\h\h\h3,000 REPORTERS
ASSIGNED HERE AT LEAST.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY,
\hGOD IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS JUST,
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.

\h\h\h\hNASA Radio:
SWING ARM NOT COMING

BACK AS OUR COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.

\h\h\hNarrator: IN THE DAYS
BEFORE 24 HOUR NEWS, ALL THE

NETWORKS CLEAR THEIR SCHEDULES
\h\hTO CARRY THE LAUNCH LIVE.

AMONG THE WATCHING MILLIONS

IS FUTURE ASTRONAUT,
\h\hMIKE MASSIMINO.

Massimino: IN JULY OF 1969 I WAS
SIX YEARS OLD, I WAS SITTING

THERE WATCHING A BLACK AND WHITE
TELEVISION IN THE LIVING ROOM.

I REMEMBER THINKING AS I WAS
\hWATCHING THAT LAUNCH THAT

THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
\hTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
I THOUGHT, AS A LITTLE BOY.

SAME TIME I WAS A BIG BASEBALL
\h\h\hFAN, THE NEW YORK METS,

MY TEAM WON THE WORLD
\h\hSERIES THAT YEAR.

TWO MIRACLES HAPPENED
IN THE SUMMER OF 1969.

\h\hNASA Radio: T
MINUS 25 SECONDS.

Schoumacher: THAT
\hROCKET WAS BIG.

I MEAN THERE’S NO WAY THAT
ROCKET GETS OFF THE GROUND.

NASA Radio: IGNITION
\h\hSEQUENCE START.

SIX, FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE.

Raphael: THERE WAS JUST A
\h\h\h\hHUGE, HUGE FLASH

AND A FANTASTIC NOISE.

ALMOST LIKE A BOMB GOING
\hOFF, POW, SHATTERING.

NASA Radio: LIFT OFF.

WE HAVE LIFT OFF.

32 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR.

LIFT OFF ON APOLLO 11.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: AWAY FROM THE
CROWDS, NEIL ARMSTRONG’S FAMILY

WATCHES THE LAUNCH FROM A
SPECIALLY CHARTERED BOAT.

R. Armstrong: WE’RE SORT OF OFF
TO THE RIGHT, AND WHAT

\hTHIS MEANT WAS THAT ALL
THE EXHAUST, CAME OUR WAY.

M. Armstrong: AND YOU KNOW, THIS
BUFFETING OF AIR AGAINST

YOUR CHEST, IT’S JUST,
\h\hIT’S LIKE NOTHING,

YOU KNOW, I’VE EVER FELT SINCE.

Schoumacher: AND YOU THINK HOW
IS THAT STANDING STRAIGHT UP?

I MEAN IT’S BARELY MOVING.

I MEAN IT’S INCHING, AND IT’S
\h\hINCHING AND IT’S INCHING.

Narrator: INSIDE,
THREE MEN RISKING

THEIR LIVES TO FULFILL
THE DREAM OF CENTURIES.

Collins: WHEN THE ROCKET GOES
\h\h\h\hUP IT’S VERY STATELY,

NO DEVIATION OF PATH.

\h\hINSIDE IT DOESN’T
FEEL THAT WAY AT ALL.

THE ENGINES DOWN BELOW YOU
ARE SWIVELING TO KEEP IT IN

\h\h\h\hBALANCE, AND SO YOU’RE
FEELING LITTLE SIDEWAYS JERKS.

Schoumacher: AND SUDDENLY, I
\h\hDON’T KNOW, IT OVERCOMES

GRAVITY AND IT, SWISH.

Narrator: THE SATURN
\hFIVE ROCKET BLASTS

\hAPOLLO 11 OUT OF
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.

JUST 12 MINUTES LATER
\h\hTHEY’RE IN ORBIT.

AND OUR GREATEST
ADVENTURE BEGINS.

IT’S JULY 16TH, 1969, AND THE
\hCROWDS AT CAPE KENNEDY HAVE

JUST WITNESSED ONE OF THE GREAT
SPECTACLES OF THE CENTURY.

ONE BY ONE, THE SPENT
SECTIONS OF THE SATURN

FIVE ROCKET FALL AWAY AND
\hTHE THIRD STAGE ENGINE

FIRES, TO SET APOLLO 11
ON COURSE FOR THE MOON.

\h\h\hNASA Radio: AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY’RE ROLLING AWAY NOW.

Narrator: BY DAY TWO, ASTRONAUTS
ARMSTRONG, ALDRIN,

\h\hAND COLLINS ARE HALFWAY
THERE, AND IN GOOD SPIRITS.

Collins: HELLO THERE
\h\h\h\hSPORTS FANS,

YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF
ME, BUT NEIL’S THE CENTER

AND BUZZ IS DOING THE
CAMERAWORK THIS TIME.

\hNarrator: BACK
ON EARTH, AN ARMY

OF REPORTERS IS CHRONICLING
\h\h\h\h\hTHE EPIC JOURNEY.

Raphael: IT WAS A STORY
\h\hEVERYONE COULD JOIN

IN AND FEEL PART OF.

I MEAN I SUSPECT WHEN
\hPERHAPS IN ANOTHER

TWO OR THREE CENTURIES
\hPEOPLE ARE GONNA BE

\hLOOKING BACK ON THIS
LIKE A COLUMBUS MOMENT.

\hNarrator: BUT UNLIKE
COLUMBUS, THIS LANDING

\h\hWILL BE SEEN BY
MILLIONS ON LIVE TV.

\hAnnouncer: WITH THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE APOLLO

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h11 MOON MISSION,
CORRESPONDENT WALTER CRONKITE.

Schoumacher: WE REALIZED WE WERE
IN A SEMINAL MOMENT IN,

NOT ONLY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
\hBUT IN TELEVISION HISTORY.

\h\h\h\h\hCronkite: LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE MOON

MISSION AS YOU HAVE HEARD.

Schoumacher: AND WE HAD GONE TO
THE MOON LOTS OF TIMES

\hIN OUR REHEARSALS, BUT
THIS WAS LIVE TELEVISION,

THIS WAS ASTRONAUTS PUTTING
\h\hTHEIR LIFE ON THE LINE.

Collins: WE FELT SORT OF THE
\hWEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON OUR

SHOULDER, WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE
WERE LOOKING AT US WORLDWIDE.

Narrator: THE ASTRONAUTS’
FAMILIES ARE WATCHING TOO.

BUT THEY’RE NOT JUST
FOLLOWING THE STORY,

THEY’RE PART OF IT.

Aldrin: THE COVERAGE WAS
\h\hPRETTY MUCH NONSTOP.

WE LIVED IN THAT
BUBBLE AND SPACE

MANIA WAS THERE ALL THE TIME.

I THINK IT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE

FOR MY MOM IN A LOT
OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

\h\hI THINK SHE WAS
PRIMARILY CONCERNED

ABOUT PROTECTING THE KIDS.

\hWoman: ANDY WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GO TO THE MOON?

Aldrin: WELL I HAVEN’T
\hREALLY DECIDED YET.

\hJoan: I DIDN’T KNOW
YOU’D HAD IT IN MIND.

\h\hI COULDN’T GO THROUGH
THIS TWICE I’LL TELL YOU.

M. Armstrong: WE WERE WATCHING
\h\hALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE,

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THAT

IN OUR HOUSE WE ALSO HAD
\h\h\h\hA SQUAWK BOX SO

WE COULD LISTEN TO SOME OF THE
\hAIR TO GROUND TRANSMISSIONS.

NASA Radio: GOOD RADAR DATA.

\h\h\hWE’RE NOW IN THE APPROACH
PHASE, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD.

M. Armstrong: OUR MOTHER, SHE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS VERY TOUGH.

AND WE’RE AMAZED AT, BECAUSE
\h\h\hSHE HAD TO BE WORRIED.

SHE HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST
ABSOLUTELY DEATHLY FRIGHTENED.

BUT WE NEVER SAW THAT.

\hNarrator: IT’S EIGHT
AM ON SUNDAY JULY 20TH.

\h\h\hAS THE ASTRONAUTS
ORBIT THE MOON, THE MEN

OF MISSION CONTROL ARE
ARRIVING AT THE MANNED

SPACECRAFT CENTER
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.

IN JUST SEVEN HOURS, FLIGHT
DIRECTOR, GENE KRANZ, WILL

OVERSEE APOLLO 11’S DESCENT
TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

Kranz: YOU HAVE A SINGLE SHOT
\h\h\h\hTO GET THINGS RIGHT.

ARE WE GO TO START THE DESCENT?

ARE WE GO TO CONTINUE DESCENT?

ARE WE GO TO GO FOR THE LANDING?

Narrator: WORKING UNDER
\hKRANZ IS STEVE BALES.

\hNOT LONG OUT OF COLLEGE,
HE WILL TRACK THE PROGRESS

\h\h\h\hOF THE SPACECRAFT AND
MONITOR ITS GUIDANCE SYSTEMS.

Bales: CAN YOU IMAGINE?

\hHERE WE ARE, THEY’RE
LETTING PEOPLE LIKE ME,

\h\h\h\h\h26 YEARS OLD, SIT AT
CONSOLES, IF WE MADE A MISTAKE

\h\hIT WASN’T JUST US
THAT WERE IN TROUBLE.

Narrator: THREE YEARS
\hFROM NOW, ASTRONAUT

CHARLIE DUKE, WILL
WALK ON THE MOON.

\h\h\h\hTODAY, HE’S THE CAPSULE
COMMUNICATOR, THE ONLY MEMBER OF

THE TEAM WHO WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY
TO THE CREW DURING LANDING.

Duke: MY FOCUS WAS LET’S GET
\h\h\hTO THE MOON AND LET’S

LAND ON THE MOON THAT WAS
\hWHAT I WAS FOCUSED ON,

LET’S JUST GET IT DONE.

\hKranz: THIS WAS A VERY YOUNG
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING

\hTO DO SOMETHING MONUMENTAL,
AND THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE

THE RISK, TO BE THE ONES THAT
\h\hIF WE DIDN’T GET THE CREW

BACK WE WERE THE ONES THAT
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

NASA Radio: DELTA SIX ZERO,
BURN TIME FIVE FIFTY SEVEN.

\h\h\hNarrator: MISSION
CONTROL KEEPS IN CONTACT

WITH THE CREW BY RADIO,
\h\hON A JOURNEY ALMOST

ENTIRELY PROGRAMMED BY COMPUTER.

HOUSTON WORKS FLAT
\h\hOUT TO PREPARE

\h\hTHE LUNAR MODULE
FOR POWERED DESCENT.

Bales: FROM EIGHT O’CLOCK IN
THE MORNING TIL FOUR IN THE

AFTERNOON WE WORKED LIKE THE
DICKENS TO GET THAT VEHICLE

POWERED UP, TO GET IT CHECKED
\h\hOUT, TO GET THE COMPUTER

\h\hSYSTEM TURNED ON TO GET ALL
ITS SYSTEMS ALIGNED JUST RIGHT.

WE WANTED THIS TO BE A SUCCESS,

SO DID THE COUNTRY,
BUT WE REALLY DID.

Narrator: ONE MAN IS PLAYING

A UNIQUE ROLE IN
TODAY’S LANDING.

SIX MONTHS AGO FRANK BORMAN
\h\hTOOK APOLLO 8 TO WITHIN

60 MILES OF THE MOON’S
SURFACE AND BECAME ONE

OF THE FIRST MEN EVER TO
SEE THE EARTH FROM SPACE.

Borman: I THINK THE MOST
\hINSPIRING SIGHT OF MY

LIFE WAS LOOKING BACK AT
THE EARTH FROM THE MOON.

Narrator: TODAY, BORMAN
IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

HIS JOB IS TO BRIEF
THE NEW PRESIDENT,

RICHARD NIXON, ON
THE LUNAR LANDING.

Borman: I DON’T THINK PRESIDENT
NIXON WAS AN EXPERT IN ANY WAY

IN THE SPACE PROGRAM, BUT HE
\hWAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT.

\hNarrator: ALL THE
PRESIDENT’S MEN KNOW

\hTHE IMPORTANCE OF
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

Chapin: WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS
CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF THE

WORLD, WE WERE TOLD THAT BY
\hTHE NETWORKS EVERY NIGHT,

SO YES WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS
\hOF WORLDWIDE CONSEQUENCE.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE
NIXON ADMINISTRATION

HAS INHERITED MORE
THAN JUST APOLLO.

\h\h\hTHERE’S GROWING
CIVIL UNREST AT HOME,

AND AN ESCALATING WAR IN
VIETNAM WHERE MORE THAN

HALF A MILLION AMERICAN
TROOPS ARE NOW ENGAGED.

Schoumacher: YOU GOTTA
UNDERSTAND THE TIMES,

\hWE WERE ALL BEGINNING
TO WONDER ABOUT VIETNAM.

THEN MARTIN LUTHER
\hKING GETS SHOT.

\h\hAND THEN BOBBY
KENNEDY GETS SHOT.

AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE
\hWERE SAYING WHAT

IN THE HELL IS HAPPENING
\h\h\h\hTO OUR COUNTRY?

Chapin: WE WERE DEALING WITH
\hDEMONSTRATIONS AND WE WERE

\hDEALING WITH SIGNIFICANT,
KICKBACK TO THE VIETNAM WAR.

SO, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE
\hMOON LANDING WAS A BREATH

OF FRESH AIR, WHERE WE
COULD ALL COME TOGETHER

\h\h\hAND CELEBRATE AT LEAST ONE
THING THAT UNITED ALL AMERICANS.

\h\hNarrator: THE
MOON LANDING COULD

\h\h\h\hALSO BOOST THE
PRESIDENT’S POPULARITY.

BUT ONLY IF IT SUCCEEDS.

Borman: I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON,
IF THERE WAS A DISASTER

HE WOULD GET THE BLAME
\h\hFOR IT, SO I SAID,

\h\h\h\hALTHOUGH I DIDN’T
ANTICIPATE IT, BE PREPARED

IN CASE WE HAVE TO, SEND
MESSAGES TO THREE WIDOWS.

\h\hNarrator: IT’S MIDDAY AT
THE MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER,

\hLESS THAN FOUR HOURS FROM
THE SCHEDULED LANDING TIME.

\h\hFLIGHT DIRECTOR
GENE KRANZ PREPARES

TO MAKE THE SPEECH OF HIS LIFE.

Kranz: I CALLED MY TEAM
TOGETHER, WE WERE UP TO

\h\h\h\h\h\hA VERY PRIVATE
COMMUNICATIONS LOOP, NO ONE

\hELSE COULD HEAR WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY AND I TOLD THEM

HOW PROUD I WAS OF THEM, AND
I TOLD THEM THAT I BELIEVED

\h\h\hIN THEM, AND I WILL STAND
BEHIND EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE.

Bales: AND HE SAID I WANT YOU TO
KNOW SOMETHING, IT’S HARD FOR ME

\hTO EVEN SAY THIS, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW SOMETHING, HOWEVER THIS

\hTURNS OUT, WE’RE GONNA GO
OUT OF THIS ROOM AS A TEAM.

Kranz: WORK THAT WE ARE GOING
\h\h\h\hTO DO TODAY IS GOING

TO BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS
\hAND YOU ARE GOING TO BE

\h\h\h\hTHE ONES THAT
ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK.

Bales: HE DIDN’T SAY THIS
\hBUT WE ALL KNEW WE HAD

\hTHREE THINGS WERE GONNA
HAPPEN, WE’RE GONNA LAND,

\hWE WERE GONNA ABORT,
OR WE WERE GONNA CRASH.

\h\h\hAND I DIDN’T LIKE TO
THINK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO.

NASA Radio: WE’RE ABOUT
TO OPEN THE HATCH NOW.

RIGHT.

\h\h\hNarrator: AT 12:32 PM,
ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN COMPLETE

\h\hTHEIR CHECKS ON THE LUNAR
MODULE AND PREPARE TO UNDOCK.

LEAVING COLLINS BEHIND,
\h\h\hTHEY BEGIN THEIR

PERILOUS JOURNEY TO THE
\hSURFACE OF THE MOON.

\h\hAstronaut: ROGER, GO
AHEAD HOUSTON, APOLLO 11.

\h\hNarrator: ON THE
FAR SIDE OF THE MOON,

A QUARTER OF A MILLION
\h\hMILES FROM EARTH,

\h\h\h\hAN EXTRAORDINARY
MANEUVER IS TAKING PLACE.

\hNASA Radio: ROGER,
EAGLE’S BEEN DOCKED.

\h\h\hNarrator: LEAVING
MICHAEL COLLINS TO ORBIT

\h\h\h\h\hTHE MOON ALONE,
ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG

AND BUZZ ALDRIN ARE NOW
INSIDE THE LUNAR MODULE.

\h\hCODE NAMED EAGLE,
THIS IS THE CRAFT THAT

\hWILL TAKE THEM TO
THE MOON’S SURFACE.

NASA Radio: ROGER,
HOW DOES IT LOOK?

\hAstronaut: THE
EAGLE HAS WINGS.

NASA Radio: ROG.

Muir-Harmony: IT’S A SPECTACULAR
SPACECRAFT AND ONE OF

THE THINGS THAT’S VERY
DISTINCTIVE ABOUT IT IS

IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT’D BE
VERY GOOD, AT FLYING, BUT ONE

THING THAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
IS THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE

\h\h\h\hTO WORRY ABOUT IT BEING
AERODYNAMIC BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T

HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAVELING
\h\h\hTHROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.

BUT THEY DID HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT WEIGHT.

THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS SPACECRAFT

WAS AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE,
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

THEY PUT IN TO THE DESIGN
IS THEY TOOK OUT THE SEATS

AND THEY HAD THE ASTRONAUTS
\h\h\hSTAND AS THEY LANDED.

\h\hNASA Radio: THINK YOU GOT
A FINE LOOKING FLYING MACHINE

THERE EAGLE DESPITE THE
FACT YOU’RE UPSIDE DOWN.

Narrator: AS ARMSTRONG AND
ALDRIN DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW,

COLLINS IS LEFT TO CIRCLE THE
\hMOON AWAITING THEIR RETURN.

May: MICHAEL COLLINS OF COURSE
\h\h\h\hIS THAT UNIQUE PERSON

\hWHO HAS BEEN THE MOST
ALONE HUMAN BEING EVER,

\h’CAUSE HE WAS THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE MOON WHEN HIS

MATES WERE THIS SIDE OF
\hTHE MOON AND THE REST

OF HUMANITY WAS OVER THERE
\hON THE EARTH, YOU KNOW.

\hCollins: I WAS AMAZED TO BE
ACCUSED OF BEING THE LONELIEST

\h\hMAN IN THE WHOLE
LONELY PLANET BEHIND

\hA LONELY SATELLITE
AND WASN’T IT LONELY?

\hAND THE ANSWER TO ALL
THOSE IS NO, I WAS FINE,

I CONSIDERED MYSELF TO BE
ALMOST LIKE A KING, IT WAS

MY DOMAIN, I WAS HAPPY THERE,
\h\hI WAS THEIR TICKET HOME.

Schoumacher: I NEVER ASKED HIM

A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION I
\h\h\h\h\h\hWOULD THINK,

\h\hWHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF
THOSE TWO GUYS HADN’T BEEN ABLE

TO LAUNCH BACK OFF THE MOON
\hAND RENDEZVOUS WITH YOU?

Collins: IT WAS NOTHING WE HAD
EVER DISCUSSED, HOWEVER IT WAS

A REALITY THAT ALL THREE OF
US UNDERSTOOD QUITE CLEARLY.

I WASN’T GONNA COMMIT
SUICIDE IF THEY WERE

\hGONNA STAY FOREVER ON
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

YES I WOULD BE COMING
\h\h\hHOME BY MYSELF.

Schoumacher: WE HAD OBITS ON THE
THREE ASTRONAUTS IN THAT SENSE

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT WE
WERE PREPARED FOR THE WORST.

I KNOW THAT THE WHITE
\h\hHOUSE HAD WRITTEN

A SPEECH FOR THE PRESIDENT
\h\hIF THE MISSION FAILED.

Chapin: THIS IS THE DOCUMENT
\h\h\h\hHERE THAT DEALS WITH

THE POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY SHOULD
SOMETHING HAVE GONE WRONG.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE BRAVE
MEN AND THEIR SACRIFICE

FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND,
AND IN FACT HE EVEN GOES

HERE AND SAYS THAT MOTHER
EARTH THAT DARED TO SEND

\h\hTWO MEN IN TO THE UNKNOWN,
THAT THESE MEN WILL BE MISSED.

NASA Radio: EAGLE,
\hWE GOT YOU NOW,

IT’S LOOKING GOOD, OVER.

Astronaut: ROGER, COPY.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: NOW,
MISSION CONTROL MUST MEET

\h\hTHE CHALLENGE SET AT
THE START OF THE DECADE.

YEARS OF PREPARATION COME DOWN
\h\hTO THESE NEXT FEW MINUTES.

Bales: YOU COULD CUT THE
\h\hTENSION IN THAT ROOM

\h\hWITH A KNIFE, IT WAS
LIKE EVERYBODY KNEW THIS

\hWAS THE GAME, THIS WAS IT,
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO.

Duke: THINGS WERE PROCEEDING
\h\h\h\h\hRIGHT ON SCHEDULE

UNTIL THE DESCENT

STARTED AND THEN THINGS BEGAN
TO NOT COME COMPLETELY UNGLUED

\h\h\h\hBUT A LOT OF PROBLEMS
DEVELOPED AS WE STARTED DOWN.

Kranz: THE COMMUNICATIONS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE RAGGED,

IT’S JUST COMPLETE STATIC,

\h\hIT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
HEAR, YOU CAN’T HEAR THE CREW.

Duke: AS A MISSION RULE IF
\hYOU HAVE SO MANY SECONDS

\hOF DATA DROP OUT THAT
COULD LEAD TO AN ABORT.

Kranz: I HAVE ONE DECISION
THAT IS SOLELY THE FLIGHT

DIRECTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY DO
\hWE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION

TO START THE DESCENT TO
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON?

\hNASA Radio: ROGER, YOU’RE
A GO, YOU’RE GO TO CONTINUE

\hPOWER DESCENT, YOU’RE GO
TO CONTINUE POWER DESCENT.

\hNarrator: KRANZ DECIDES
THE DESCENT CAN CONTINUE.

\hBUT IT’S JUST A TASTE
OF THE PROBLEMS TO COME.

Bales: WHEN YOU’RE GOING DOWN
\h\h\hIN THIS LITTLE VEHICLE,

NINE MILES ABOVE THE MOON
\hAT 5,000 MILES AN HOUR,

NOTHING IS PARTICULARLY SAFE.

N. Armstrong: LOOKING GOOD.

NASA Radio: ROGER NEIL.

Bales: AND BANG, WE GOT
\hTHIS COMPUTER ALARM.

NASA Radio: IT’S A 1202.

STAND BY.

1202.

1202 ALARM.

\h\hKranz: A 1202 CAME IN AND
IT JUST HUNG IN THE AIR THERE

FOR SECONDS, 1202, CAN YOU
\hGET US SOME HELP THERE?

NASA Radio: 1202,
WHAT’S HAPPENING?

1202 ALARM.

\h\hNarrator: NO ONE
IS SURE WHAT THE 1202

\hALARM MEANS, BUT
IT’S NOT GOOD NEWS.

Duke: MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WE’RE
DEAD IN THE WATER, IT’S ABORT.

\h\h\hNarrator: MISSION
CONTROL MUST NOW DECIDE

\hTHE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE 1202 ALARM.

CAN THE LANDING CONTINUE?

APOLLO 11 IS NOW 30,000 FEET
ABOVE THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY.

ITS INTENDED LANDING
\hSITE ON THE MOON.

BACK ON EARTH, THE ASTRONAUTS’
\h\h\h\hFAMILIES ARE FOLLOWING

THE JOURNEY, UNAWARE OF THE
\hDRAMA UNFOLDING IN SPACE.

Aldrin: WE’RE OBVIOUSLY GLUED TO
THE SQUAWK BOX, WATCHING TV, BUT

I DIDN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND JUST
HOW PERILOUS IT HAD GOTTEN.

I THINK I HAD A DISTURBING
\h\h\h\hAMOUNT OF FAITH IN

\hTHE TECHNOLOGY, AND I
WAS CRAZY, RIGHT, ’CAUSE

\h\hTHE AMOUNT OF RISK
THAT WE WERE TAKING ON

IN THAT WHOLE MISSION,
IF I HAD KNOWN THAT AS

AN 11 YEAR OLD I’D HAVE BEEN
A LOT MORE NERVOUS I THINK.

\h\hNarrator: MISSION CONTROL
ARE MASTERMINDING A GIANT LEAP

IN TO THE FUTURE, RELYING ON
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THEIR TIME.

\hWITH SEVEN MINUTES
TO LANDING, THE LUNAR

MODULE’S ONBOARD COMPUTER
IS OVERLOADED WITH DATA.

\hBales: THIS COMPUTER WAS A
MARVELOUS THING FOR ITS TIME.

BUT STILL, THINK OF ALL
\hIT HAD TO DO, IT HAD

TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAST IT
\hWAS GOING, DISPLAY SOME

\h\hINFORMATION TO THE CREW,
SEND SOME INFORMATION TO US.

\hAND ALL THE TIME
GUIDE THE VEHICLE.

AND IT WAS DONE ON
A SYSTEM THAT WAS

SMALLER THAN YOUR CELL PHONE.

A LOT SMALLER THAN
\hYOUR CELL PHONE.

NASA Radio: 1202, STANDBY.

1202.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE 1202
ALARM IS WARNING MISSION

CONTROL THE COMPUTER CAN’T
\hCOMPLETE ALL ITS TASKS.

STEVE BALES MUST DECIDE IF
THE MISSION CAN CONTINUE.

Kranz: STEVE WAS DOING
EXACTLY WHAT HE SHOULD,

HE CHECKED WITH HIS BACK ROOM
\hPEOPLE, HE KNEW HOW TO USE

THE SECONDS HE HAD, BUT I WAS
\hSURE HOPING HE’D HURRY UP.

\hNarrator: NOW THE CREW
TOO IS GROWING CONCERNED.

Astronaut: GIVE
US THE READING

ON THE 1202 PROGRAM ALARM.

Bales: 15 SECONDS MAY SEEM
\h\h\h\hLIKE A SHORT TIME,

BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN THE
\hMIDDLE OF LANDING ON

THE MOON, 15 SECONDS
IS LIKE AN ETERNITY.

Narrator: BALES
MAKES HIS CALL.

THE OVERWORKED COMPUTER
\h\h\hIS STILL CAPABLE

\h\h\h\hOF PROCESSING THE
ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION DATA.

\hNASA Radio: IT’S
EXECUTIVE OVERFLOW,

IF IT DOES NOT OCCUR
\hAGAIN WE’RE FINE.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE
ALARM IS NOT CRITICAL,

THE LANDING CAN CONTINUE.

Duke: STEVE BALES HOLLERED WE’RE
GO ON THAT ALARM FLIGHT.

\hNASA Radio: WE’RE
GOING ON THAT ALARM.

\h\hROGER WE GOT YOU,
WE’RE GOING ON ALARM.

Duke: IF I RECALL, I DIDN’T
\h\h\h\hEVEN WAIT FOR GENE

KRANZ TO SAY WE’RE GO I
JUST CLICKED MY BUTTON

AND I SAID YOU’LL
GO ON THAT ALARM.

NASA Radio: EAGLE, HOUSTON,
YOU’RE GO FOR LANDING, OVER.

Astronaut: ROGER, UNDERSTAND,
\hGO FOR LANDING, 3,000 FEET.

Narrator: THE 1202 IS
ONLY THE FIRST OF FIVE

ALARMS THAT GO OFF AS ARMSTRONG
AND ALDRIN CLOSE IN ON A

LUNAR SURFACE SCARRED BY IMPACT
CRATERS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES.

Duke: THE LANDING ON THE
MOON IS VERY DEMANDING,

\h\hIT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL, IT
TAKES A COOL MIND AND PRESENCE.

YOU START SEEING THINGS THAT

YOU DIDN’T SEE IN
THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

YOU KNOW, MAN THERE’S A
LOT OF ROCKS DOWN THERE.

MAN LOOK AT ALL THESE CRATERS.

Narrator: NOW HOUSTON
HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM,

AS DESCENT CONTINUES,
\h\hIT BECOMES CLEAR

THE SPACECRAFT IS HEADING
TOWARDS A BOULDER FIELD.

WHILE ALDRIN CALLS OUT
ALTITUDE AND VELOCITY.

\hAldrin: 35 DEGREES,
750 COMING DOWN TO 23.

\hNarrator: THE MISSION
COMMANDER TAKES ACTION.

\hSchoumacher: THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT ARMSTRONG COULD DO BUT TAKE

\hTHE CONTROLS AND LAND
THE SPACECRAFT HIMSELF.

N. Armstrong: 540 FEET, AT A 15.

Collins: HE OVERFLEW A PRIMARY
\h\h\h\hLANDING SITE AND WENT

\h\hBEYOND IT BECAUSE HE
DIDN’T LIKE WHAT HE SAW.

N. Armstrong: 540 FEET AT A 15.

\hNarrator: BUT AS HE
FLIES OVER THE BOULDER

\hFIELD IN SEARCH OF
A SAFE LANDING SITE,

ARMSTRONG’S USING
UP PRECIOUS FUEL.

Schoumacher: THEY KNEW THEY
\h\hWERE GOING WRONG, AND,

THEY KNEW THEY WERE
GETTING LOW ON FUEL.

\hAND THE COMBINATION
OF THE TWO AIN’T GOOD.

\h\h\hN. Armstrong: 50
DOWN TO TWO AND A HALF.

Narrator: FOR THE FIRST
\hTIME, MISSION CONTROL

WERE POWERLESS, IT ALL
COMES DOWN TO THE CREW.

\h\h\h\h\h\hN. Armstrong:
ALTITUDE, VELOCITY LIGHTS,

DOWN TWO TWENTY FEET.

Kranz: IT WAS NEIL’S DECISION
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO LAND OR ABORT.

N. Armstrong: 200 FEET.

Bales: THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR
SAID NO MORE CALLS EXCEPT

FOR FUEL IN OTHER WORDS
\hANYTHING WE WOULD’VE

SAID WOULD’VE JUST
\hGOT IN OUR WAY.

NASA Radio: OKAY,
THE ONLY CALL OUTS

FROM NOW ON WILL BE FUEL.

Duke: AND SO I RADIOED EAGLE 60
SECONDS AND THAT MEANT HE

HAD 60 SECONDS OF FUEL TO LAND,
OR WE WOULD HAVE TO ABORT.

NASA Radio: 60 SECONDS.

LIGHTS ON.

DOWN TWO AND A HALF.

FORWARD.

FORWARD.

Duke: THEN I CALLED 30 SECONDS.

Bales: 30 SECONDS.

UH-OH.

\hNASA Radio: 30
SECONDS, FORWARD.

Duke: HE STILL WASN’T ON THE
\h\hGROUND BUT HE WAS CLOSE.

N. Armstrong: FORWARD.

FORWARD.

20 FEET DOWN, TWO AND A HALF.

PICKING UP SOME DUST.

20 FEET, TWO AND A HALF DOWN.

Duke: I’D NEVER FELT SUCH
TENSION IN MISSION CONTROL

AS WE WERE GOING IN TO
THESE LAST FEW SECONDS.

AND HE DOES IT.

HE JUST GREASES THE BABY IN.

NASA Radio: CONTACT LIGHT.

OKAY ENGINE STOPPED.

Duke: WHEN I HEARD BUZZ SAY
\h\h\hCONTACT, ENGINES STOP

I SAID COPY YOU DOWN EAGLE.

WE COPY YOU DOWN EAGLE.

\hA FEW SECONDS LATER,
THAT’S WHEN NEIL SAID,

\h\h\hIN THE CALMEST
VOICE I CAN IMAGINE.

\h\h\h\hN. Armstrong:
TRANQUILITY BASE HERE,

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.

Duke: I WAS SO EXCITED,
\h\h\h\hI COULDN’T EVEN

PRONOUNCE TRANQUILITY,
\h\hIT CAME OUT TWANG.

ROCKET TWANG, TRANQUILITY,
\h\h\h\h\h\hWE COPY YOU ON

THE GROUND, WE GOT A
BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT

TO TURN BLUE, WE’RE BREATHING
\h\h\h\hAGAIN, THANKS A LOT.

Bales: I’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT
\h\h\hWHEN HE SAID YOU GOT

A BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT TO
TURN BLUE, HE WAS LOOKING

RIGHT AT ME ’CAUSE I
MUST’VE BEEN ONE OF

THE BLUEST OF THE BLUE,
\h\hIT WAS INCREDIBLE.

\h\hNASA Radio: TRANQUILITY,
BE ADVISED THERE ARE LOTS OF

\hSMILING FACES IN THIS ROOM
AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, OVER.

Collins: I THOUGHT NEIL CARRIED
THE WHOLE THING OFF BEAUTIFULLY

\h\h\h\hWITH ABOUTMAYBE 30
SECONDS OF FUEL REMAINING.

THAT’S A LOT.

Narrator: NEWS OF THE LANDING

TRAVELS THE WORLD IN SECONDS.

Massimino: WE WERE WATCHING
\h\hCHANNEL TWO IN NEW YORK

\h\hWHICH WAS WALTER
CRONKITE AT THE TIME,

\hHE WAS THE GUY TO LISTEN
TO FOR THIS SORT OF STUFF.

Schoumacher: I DON’T KNOW IF
\h\h\h\hCRONKITE WAS CRYING,

I WAS CRYING.

I MEAN THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH.

I MEAN, A MAN ON THE MOON?

Massimino: THAT’S WHERE THESE
GUYS WERE, THEY WERE UP THERE.

THEY’RE ACTUALLY UP THERE.

Narrator: FROM CENTRAL
PARK TO CENTRAL LONDON,

\h\hFROM SOUTH AMERICA TO
AFRICA, TO ASIA, IN ALMOST

\h\h\hEVERY NATION OUTSIDE
CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION

\h\hTHE NEWS IS RECEIVED
WITH WONDER AND RAPTURE.

May: IT’S ONE OF THOSE
\h\h\hTHINGS ISN’T IT,

EVERYBODY REMEMBERS
\hWHERE THEY WERE.

I WAS WITH ROGER TAYLOR WHO
WAS MY DRUMMER ALREADY AND

IT WAS THE VERY BEGINNINGS
OF QUEEN AND WE WERE DOWN

IN CORNWALL STAYING AT ROGER’S
\h\h\hMUM’S HOUSE AND SHE HAD

\h\hA TELLY WITH A SCREEN ABOUT
THIS BIG, AND WE ALL SAT AROUND

IT AND WATCHED THIS INCREDIBLE
\hTHING, ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.

Kranz: AFTER THE LANDING, THE
\h\hTHING I REMEMBER WAS WHEN

IT CAME UP WE HAD THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MOON IN THE SKY,

\hAND NOW I TOOK A LOOK
UP AND IT WAS REALLY MY

FIRST THOUGHT IS BY GOLLY,
WE GOT A MAN ON THE MOON.

WE’VE PUT HIM THERE.

Narrator: IT’S A HISTORIC
\h\hMOMENT, BUT THE MOST

\h\hMEMORABLE PART OF THE
JOURNEY IS STILL TO COME.

\h\hTHE WORLD WAITS AS
NEIL ARMSTRONG PREPARES

TO TAKE OUR FIRST
STEPS ON THE MOON.

IT’S JULY 20TH 1969.

THE LUNAR MODULE HAS
BEEN ON THE SURFACE

\h\hOF THE MOON FOR
NEARLY SEVEN HOURS.

\h\h\hARMSTRONG AND
ALDRIN ARE SUPPOSED

TO BE RESTING BUT IT’S
\h\hPROVING DIFFICULT.

\h\h\h\hNewscaster: AND THEY’RE
GETTING READY TO STEP OUT ON TO

\h\h\h\hTHE MOON’S SURFACE FAR
EARLIER THAN HAD BEEN PLANNED.

Aderin-Pocock: IT WAS A MOMENT

THAT THE EARTH STOPPED
\h\h\hSTILL TO WATCH.

I DON’T THINK ANYTHING
SINCE THEN HAS CAUSED

THAT MOMENT OF PAUSING WHERE
THERE’S SOMETHING THAT’S SO

EXCITING HAPPENING
\h\hTHAT EVERYBODY

WANTS TO STOP AND SEE IT

\hCronkite: 38 YEAR OLD NEIL
ARMSTRONG WILL BEGIN TO STEP

\hDOWN THE NINE STEPS OF
THE LUNAR LANDING MODULE

TO THE SURFACE OF
THE MOON ITSELF.

WHAT A MOMENT THAT WILL BE.

Muir-Harmony: HE CAME FROM THE
CREW COMPARTMENT NEAR THE TOP

\h\h\h\hOF THE LUNAR MODULE, HE
RELEASED THE TELEVISION CAMERA,

IT’S A SLOW SCAN TELEVISION
\h\h\h\hCAMERA AND THIS IS

\h\h\h\h\hTHE IMAGE THAT WENT TO
TELEVISION SETS AROUND THE WORLD

Man: AND WE’RE GETTING
\hA PICTURE ON THE TV.

Muir-Harmony: IT ALLOWED THE
\hWORLD TO WITNESS THE FIRST

LUNAR LANDING AND FEEL
\h\hLIKE PARTICIPANTS.

\h\h\hNarrator: OVER 500
MILLION PEOPLE WILL SHARE

THE NEXT FEW HISTORIC MOMENTS.

\hNASA Radio: CLEAR
NEIL, WE CAN SEE YOU

COMING DOWN THE LADDER NOW.

M. Armstrong: WE’RE LEANING IN
\h\h\h\hTRYING TO FIGURE OUT,

\h\hYOU KNOW, WHAT’S
GOING ON AND WHERE’S,

LIKE WHERE’S THE BOTTOM
\h\hOF THE LADDER AND?

N. Armstrong: STEP
OFF THE LADDER NOW.

Bales: NOBODY KNEW WHAT
\h\h\hHE WAS GONNA SAY,

COULDN’T HAVE BEEN A
BETTER THING TO SAY.

\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN.

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

Raphael: TO THE WAITING WORLD,
\h\h\h\h\hTHE WATCHING WORLD,

\h\hTHOSE WORDS WERE
VERY, VERY POWERFUL.

N. Armstrong: SURFACE
IS FINE AND POWDERY.

M. Armstrong: I THINK THAT HE
\hHAD THOUGHT ABOUT A NUMBER

OF THINGS THAT HE MIGHT
\h\hSAY, BUT MY BELIEF

IS THAT HE DIDN’T MAKE
A DECISION ABOUT WHAT

HE WOULD SAY UNTIL THEY
\hHAD ACTUALLY LANDED.

\h\h\hN. Armstrong: I’M GONNA
LEAVE THAT ONE FOOT UP THERE.

Narrator: 19 MINUTES
\h\hAFTER ARMSTRONG,

\hBUZZ ALDRIN JUMPS DOWN
ON TO THE LUNAR SURFACE.

N. Armstrong: ARE YOU OUT?

Aldrin: BEAUTIFUL VIEW

\h\h\h\hN. Armstrong:
AIN’T THAT SOMETHING?

Aldrin: I’M WATCHING IT AND
\h\h\h\hI’M CONVINCED THAT,

YOU KNOW, MY DAD’S GONNA
\hHOP, HE’S GONNA TRIP,

\hHE’S GONNA FALL ON THE MOON,
FLAT ON HIS BACK OF COURSE LIKE

\h\hA DEAD BUG IN FRONT OF 600
MILLION PEOPLE, BUT REALLY MOST

\hIMPORTANTLY THIS IS GONNA BE
IN FRONT OF MY 200 CLASS MATES.

Aldrin: I’D NEVER COME
\h\h\h\hFLY DOWN HERE.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE
ASTRONAUTS SPEND TWO

\h\hAND A QUARTER HOURS
OUTSIDE THE SPACECRAFT.

\hEVERY MOMENT HAS BEEN
CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED,

\h\h\hNOT LEAST THE
RAISING OF THE FLAG.

Borman: NASA SUGGESTED PLAYING
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE STAR SPANGLED

\h\hBANNER WHILE THE
CREW WAS ON THE MOON.

AND I WAS OPPOSED TO THAT.

\h\h\h\h\hNASA Radio: YES
INDEED, THEY GOT THE FLAG

\h\hUP NOW AND YOU CAN
SEE THE AMERICAN FLAG.

\h\h\hBorman: WE DIDN’T NEED TO
MAGNIFY THE AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT

BY PLAYING THE STAR SPANGLED
\h\hBANNER BECAUSE EVERYBODY

IN THE WORLD KNEW IT WAS
AN AMERICAN CREW ANYWAY.

Schoumacher: WE WEREN’T
\h\h\hCOLONIZING SPACE,

\h\hWE WEREN’T CLAIMING
TERRITORY FOR OURSELVES,

\h\h\h\hBUT IT CERTAINLY
BROUGHT AMERICA TOGETHER.

CERTAINLY DID THAT.

\h\hWHEN YOU’VE GONE THROUGH
WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THOSE

1960S, FOR A BRIEF TIME AT
\hLEAST, AMERICA WAS BACK.

\h\h\hNarrator: THE ASTRONAUTS
SET UP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS,

\hCOLLECTING SAMPLES OF
MOON ROCK FOR ANALYSIS.

\hAND TAKE A SERIES OF
MEMORABLE PHOTOGRAPHS.

\hMay: SOME OF THEM ARE
ICONIC, LIKE THE PICTURE

\h\hOF BUZZ IN HIS SPACE
SUIT STANDING ON THE MOON

\h\h\h\h\hAND YOU CAN SEE THE
PHOTOGRAPHER, NEIL ARMSTRONG,

MIRRORED IN THE VISOR.

Cox: FOR ME THE GREATEST
IMAGE IS THE FOOTPRINT,

\h\hAND IT’S A VERY
SIMPLE ICONIC IMAGE.

\hFOOT PRINTS ARE
EVOCATIVE THINGS.

WHY ARE WE THE WAY WE ARE?

ONE OF THEM REASONS IS WE BEGAN
TO WALK UPRIGHT, IN AFRICA.

\h\h\hAND ONLY FOUR
MILLION YEARS LATER,

THERE’S A FOOTPRINT ON THE MOON.

\hYOU JUXTAPOSE THOSE
TWO THINGS AND YOU SEE

WHAT WE’VE MANAGED
TO DO AS A SPECIES,

IN A VERY SHORT SPACE
\hOF GEOLOGICAL TIME.

\h\h\hNASA Radio: NEIL
AND BUZZ, THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES
IS IN HIS OFFICE NOW

AND WOULD LIKE TO SAY A
FEW WORDS TO YOU, OVER.

\hNarrator: HAVING
WATCHED THE LANDING

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
A RELIEVED PRESIDENT

NIXON MAKES THE FIRST
EVER LUNAR PHONE CALL.

Nixon: I JUST THOUGHT I’D
\h\h\hTELL YOU HOW PROUD

WE ALL ARE OF WHAT
\h\hYOU HAVE DONE.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE
PRESIDENT’S WORDS HAD

BEEN CAREFULLY EDITED
\h\hBY FRANK BORMAN.

\hBorman: NASA HAD SENT OVER A
SUGGESTED SCRIPT INVOLVED NIXON

\hTAKING CREDIT FOR THE
SUCCESS OF THE LANDING.

I POINTED OUT TO HIM
THAT HE REALLY DIDN’T

DO ANYTHING FOR THE LANDING,
\hTHAT WAS ALL PRIOR TO HIS

ADMINISTRATION, I SAID I DON’T
\h\hTHINK YOU SHOULD DO THIS.

AND HE AGREED WITH ME.

Nixon: BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU
\h\hHAVE DONE, THE HEAVENS

HAVE BECOME A PART
\hOF MAN’S WORLD.

Narrator: HAVING PUT
ITS MEN ON THE MOON,

AMERICA CAN AFFORD
TO BE MAGNANIMOUS.

\hAND WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS
LEAVE A PLAQUE FOR FUTURE

VISITORS TO READ, THEIR
\hMESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL.

\h\h\h\hNASA Radio: SO
READ THE PLAQUE THAT’S

ON THE FRONT LANDING
\h\hGEAR OF THIS LM.

Chapin: I SAT IN SEVERAL
MEETINGS AS WE SCRIPTED

WHAT WOULD BE LEFT ON THE
MOON, BUT WHEN PUSH CAME

\hTO SHOVE EVERYTHING ALWAYS
WENT BACK TO THE VERY BASICS.

\h\h\hAstronaut: HERE MEN FROM
THE PLANET EARTH FIRST STEPPED

FOOT UPON THE MOON, WE CAME
\hIN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND.

Chapin: AND THE IMPORTANT
\h\h\hTHING THERE WAS THE

FOR ALL MANKIND NOT JUST
\hFOR THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA, BUT WE CAME
ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD.

\h\hNarrator: AFTER 21
HOURS AND 36 MINUTES ON

THE SURFACE OF THE MOON,
THE LUNAR MODULE PREPARES

TO FIRE ITS SINGLE
\h\hASCENT ENGINE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNASA Radio:
TRANQUILITY BASE, HOUSTON,

YOU’RE CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF.

Collins: THE PART OF THE
\h\h\hFLIGHT THAT I WAS

MOST CONCERNED ABOUT
\hWAS THEIR ASCENT.

Astronaut: AND YOU UNDERSTAND

WE’RE NUMBER ONE ON THE RUNWAY.

NASA Radio: ROGER.

Collins: IF THEY COULDN’T GET
\h\h\h\hOFF, THEY WERE DEAD.

\h\h\hNASA Radio:
FIVE, FIRST STAGE,

ENGINE ON ASCENT PROCEED.

Aldrin: WHEN WE KNEW THAT THE
\h\hASCENT ENGINE HAD FIRED,

\hTHE MONSTER THAT LIVED UNDER
MY BED, RIGHT, HAD BEEN SLAYED.

\h\h\hAstronaut: THAT’S
BEAUTIFUL, VERY SMOOTH.

Alderin-Pocock: AT THAT MOMENT,
THE WORLD WENT TO THE MOON,

IT’S AS IF WE WERE
\h\hALL WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THAT’S WHY KENNEDY
\h\hWAS SO CLEVER, BECAUSE IF

\hYOU JUST SENT AN OBJECT
TO THE MOON, THAT’S GREAT.

BUT IF YOU SEND PEOPLE,
WE GO THERE WITH THEM,

WE FEEL THE EMOTION,
\hWE SHARE THE JOY.

Massimino: I HAD THE SENSE THAT
IT WASN’T JUST EVERY

AMERICAN WHO WAS INTERESTED
\h\h\h\h\hBUT IT WAS PEOPLE

\hFROM AROUND THE WORLD, THE
WHOLE WORLD STOPPED AND TOOK

NOTICE AND EVERYONE COULD AGREE
THAT THIS WAS A GOOD THING.

\hUNLESS YOU WERE
EXTREMELY GRUMPY.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: AND SO, AN
ACHIEVEMENT BORNE IN THE HEAT

OF THE COLD WAR IS HAILED AS
A TRIUMPH FOR ALL HUMANITY.

Collins: AFTER THE FLIGHT OF
APOLLO 11 WE WERE PRIVILEGED

TO MAKE A WORLD TOUR AND I
WAS AMAZED BY THE RECEPTION

\hTHAT WE GOT, EVERYWHERE WE
WENT PEOPLE FELT PART OF IT.

\h\h\hAND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL RESPONSE.

NASA Radio: LIFT OFF.

WE HAVE LIFT OFF.

32 MINUTES.

Narrator: THE APOLLO
PROGRAM ENDS IN 1972.

\h\h\h\hBUT IT LEAVES QUITE A
LEGACY, AND NONE OF THOSE WHO

PLAYED A PART WILL FORGET THE
\hDAY WE WALKED ON THE MOON.

Kennedy: WE CHOOSE TO
\h\h\hGO TO THE MOON.

Kranz: WE HAD THIS DREAM THAT
\h\hWE’RE GOING TO GO DO THIS

THING, WE WERE CHALLENGED
\h\hBY PRESIDENT KENNEDY

TO DO THIS, WITH TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF THINGS

THAT HAD TO WORK PERFECTLY,
\h\hAND WE MADE IT HAPPEN.

\h\hN. Armstrong: IT’S
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN.

Collins: HEY, WE DID IT,
\h\hWE HUMAN BEINGS HAVE

LEFT THE PLANET,
GONE TO THE MOON.

\h\h\hN. Armstrong: ONE
GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

Duke: THIS MOMENT WHERE
\hWERE FIRST STEPPED ON

TO ANOTHER HEAVENLY
BODY, I’M JUST VERY,

\h\hVERY THANKFUL THAT MY
GENERATION GOT TO DO THAT.