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OVER. 7 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:19,019 {\an7}\h\h\hWoman: YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND HOPE. 8 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:20,353 {\an7}Man: THEY WERE ON THEIR OWN-- 9 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:22,856 {\an7}THREE PEOPLE ON THE FAR SIDE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE MOON 10 00:00:22,890 --> 00:00:25,626 {\an7}WITH NO COMMUNICATION TO EARTH \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF ANY KIND. 11 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:27,728 {\an7}\h\h\h\hMan: CLEARLY THERE WAS NO SIGNAL FROM THE SPACECRAFT. 12 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:30,797 {\an7}\hIT WAS LIKE WE HAD THIS BIG SHADOW HANGING OVER OUR HEAD. 13 00:00:30,831 --> 00:00:32,566 {\an7}Woman: THERE WERE STILL \h\hREALLY BIG QUESTIONS 14 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:37,170 {\an7}ABOUT HOW TO SAFELY BRING \h\hTHOSE ASTRONAUTS BACK. 15 00:00:37,204 --> 00:00:39,673 {\an7}Man: ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS’ \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWIVES SAID, 16 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:42,342 {\an7}"IF THAT ENGINE DOESN’T FIRE, 17 00:00:42,376 --> 00:00:47,114 {\an7}YOU WILL RUIN THE MOON \h\h\hFOR EVERYBODY." 18 00:00:47,147 --> 00:00:48,448 {\an7}THOSE WERE THE STAKES. 19 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:52,586 {\an7}Narrator: THREE DARING MISSIONS 20 00:00:52,619 --> 00:00:55,822 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TIMELINE... 21 00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:58,292 {\an7}Man: NOBODY FORGOT FOR A MOMENT 22 00:00:58,325 --> 00:01:02,396 {\an7}\h\h\hTHAT THE GOAL WAS MAN, MOON, 1970. 23 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:04,998 {\an7}Narrator: ...ON THE MOST \hCOMPLICATED SPACECRAFT 24 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:06,166 {\an7}EVER BUILT. 25 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:10,003 {\an7}Woman: THEY’VE ACCOMPLISHED \h\hA HUGE NUMBER OF FIRSTS. 26 00:01:10,037 --> 00:01:12,139 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: FEATURING RARE ARCHIVAL INTERVIEWS 27 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:14,675 {\an7}WITH THE ASTRONAUTS \h\h\hTHEMSELVES... 28 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:16,543 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hMan: YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO PINCH YOURSELF. 29 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:18,813 {\an7}\h"HEY, WE’RE REALLY GOING TO THE MOON!" 30 00:01:18,845 --> 00:01:22,349 {\an7}Narrator: ...IMAGES THAT STILL \h\h\hRESONATE WITH WONDER... 31 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:26,019 {\an7}Woman: THE PHOTOGRAPH HAS HAD \h\h\hA HUGE CULTURAL IMPACT. 32 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:29,990 {\an7}Narrator: ...AND STORIES DRAWN FROM THE ARTIFACTS THEMSELVES. 33 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:31,258 {\an7}Man: I’M JUST AMAZED 34 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:35,095 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAT THE INCREDIBLE MECHANICAL COMPLEXITY OF IT. 35 00:01:35,128 --> 00:01:39,032 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: RELIVE A TIME WHEN NASA GAMBLED EVERYTHING 36 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:42,436 {\an7}TO GET ITS FIRST SHOT \h\h\h\h\hAT THE MOON. 37 00:01:52,179 --> 00:01:54,815 {\an7}1968, 38 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:59,953 {\an7}ONE OF THE MOST TUMULTUOUS YEARS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. 39 00:01:59,987 --> 00:02:03,457 {\an7}BITTER DIVISIONS THREATEN TO FRAY THE SOCIAL FABRIC 40 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,425 {\an7}BEYOND REPAIR. 41 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:10,164 {\an7}\hJeffrey Kluger: 1968 WAS THE BLOODIEST, MOST TRAUMATIC YEAR 42 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:14,034 {\an7}IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. 43 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:16,970 {\an7}WE WERE IN VIETNAM. 44 00:02:17,004 --> 00:02:19,707 {\an7}MARTIN LUTHER KING DIED. 45 00:02:19,740 --> 00:02:22,643 {\an7}BOBBY KENNEDY DIED. 46 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:25,679 {\an7}THE CITIES EXPLODED IN VIOLENCE. 47 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:28,615 {\an7}CAMPUSES EXPLODED IN VIOLENCE. 48 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:31,819 {\an7}THE WORLD WAS COMING UNHINGED. 49 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:38,058 {\an7}Narrator: AMID THE TURMOIL, NASA TRIES TO STAY FOCUSED. 50 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:45,432 {\an7}ITS HIGH-PROFILE APOLLO PROGRAM IS HOPELESSLY FAR BEHIND. 51 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:48,401 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNOT ONE PART OF ITS MOON-CAPABLE SPACECRAFT 52 00:02:48,435 --> 00:02:51,338 {\an7}\h\hHAS BEEN TESTED BY HUMANS IN FLIGHT. 53 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:52,939 {\an7}Bill Barry: PRESIDENT KENNEDY \hSAYS WE’RE GOING TO THE MOON 54 00:02:52,973 --> 00:02:54,208 {\an7}BY THE END OF THE DECADE, 55 00:02:54,241 --> 00:02:57,244 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND WE’VE GOT TWO YEARS TO GET ALL THESE MISSIONS FLOWN 56 00:02:57,277 --> 00:03:00,514 {\an7}AND MAKE IT TO THE MOON SAFELY \h\h\h\h\hAND GET BACK AGAIN, 57 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:05,318 {\an7}\h\hAND EVERYBODY AT NASA FELT THAT, UM, INTENSELY. 58 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:09,590 {\an7}\hNarrator: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PRESS HARD TO MEET THE DEADLINE 59 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:13,127 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND FULFILL THE PRESIDENT’S PROMISE. 60 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,563 {\an7}FOR NASA, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. 61 00:03:16,596 --> 00:03:21,468 {\an7}♪ 62 00:03:21,501 --> 00:03:25,238 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE COMMAND MODULE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DELAYS. 63 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:29,643 {\an7}NASA HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT \h\hFOR NEARLY EIGHT YEARS. 64 00:03:29,676 --> 00:03:31,578 {\an7}Barry: THE COMMAND MODULE \hIS WHERE THE CREW LIVED. 65 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:33,680 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S WHERE THE NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT WAS 66 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:36,283 {\an7}AND THREE SEATS FOR THE CREW, 67 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:39,019 {\an7}ALL THE CONTROL PANELS \h\h\h\h\hWERE THERE, 68 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:42,889 {\an7}\hSO THAT WAS THE LIVING AND WORKING COMPARTMENT. 69 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:45,225 {\an7}\h\h\hIT’S ALSO THE ONLY PART THAT EVER COMES BACK TO EARTH. 70 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:49,696 {\an7}♪ 71 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:52,132 {\an7}Narrator: ENGINEERS \h\hWORK FURIOUSLY, 72 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:57,037 {\an7}TRYING TO BALANCE SPEED \h\h\h\h\hWITH CAUTION. 73 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,072 {\an7}AN ACCIDENT NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO 74 00:03:59,106 --> 00:04:02,977 {\an7}IS STILL VERY MUCH \hON THEIR MINDS. 75 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:04,378 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBarry: THEY KNEW THEY WERE DOING RISKY WORK 76 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:06,246 {\an7}\h\hAND THAT THEY WERE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES 77 00:04:06,279 --> 00:04:07,914 {\an7}AND THAT THEY WERE PUSHING FAST, 78 00:04:07,948 --> 00:04:10,484 {\an7}BUT NOBODY EXPECTED \h\h\hTHAT ACCIDENT. 79 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:14,054 {\an7}IT WAS A HUGE SHOCK. 80 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:15,723 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: FLAWS IN AN EARLIER DESIGN 81 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:18,058 {\an7}CAUSED A DEVASTATING FIRE... 82 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:25,098 {\an7}...KILLING ASTRONAUTS GUS GRISSOM, ED WHITE, 83 00:04:25,132 --> 00:04:27,835 {\an7}AND ROGER CHAFFEE 84 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:31,705 {\an7}BEFORE THEY EVEN LEFT THE GROUND. 85 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:36,176 {\an7}Teasel Muir-Harmony: THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE WIRING. 86 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,712 {\an7}\h\hTHE HATCH WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN, 87 00:04:38,745 --> 00:04:40,113 {\an7}AND IT SEALED, 88 00:04:40,147 --> 00:04:42,883 {\an7}AND THE ASTRONAUTS WERE NOT ABLE TO, TO GET IT OPEN IN TIME. 89 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:50,824 {\an7}\hNarrator: NOW THE COMMAND MODULE HAS BEEN REDESIGNED, 90 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:55,895 {\an7}\h\h\hWITH NEW WIRING, A FIREPROOF INTERIOR, 91 00:04:55,929 --> 00:04:59,599 {\an7}AND A HATCH THAT’S EASIER \h\h\hTO OPEN FROM INSIDE. 92 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:06,773 {\an7}THE SMITHSONIAN’S AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM GIVES VISITORS A CHANCE 93 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:11,578 {\an7}\hTO TAKE A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THIS ENGINEERING FEAT. 94 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:12,645 {\an7}\h\hMuir-Harmony: THE COMMAND MODULE 95 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:16,183 {\an7}WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY \h\h\hCOMPLEX MACHINE. 96 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:17,484 {\an7}IT HAD TO BE VERY COMPACT 97 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:19,853 {\an7}IN ORDER TO BE LAUNCHED \h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE MOON, 98 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:22,188 {\an7}AND IT HAD TO ACCOMPLISH FEATS 99 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:25,459 {\an7}THAT HAD NEVER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE. 100 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:27,928 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: ITS BODY’S HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE PROTECTS IT 101 00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:33,166 {\an7}FROM THE 5,000-DEGREE RE-ENTRY \h\hAND THE ICY COLD OF SPACE. 102 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:38,772 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALTOGETHER IT HAS OVER TWO MILLION WORKING PARTS. 103 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:46,747 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNOW NASA BELIEVES IT HAS THE PERFECT DESIGN, 104 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:48,882 {\an7}AND THEY’RE READY TO RISK SENDING IT 105 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:52,585 {\an7}ON ITS FIRST HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 106 00:05:52,619 --> 00:05:57,290 {\an7}\h\h\hIT WILL ORBIT THE EARTH IN A MISSION CALLED APOLLO 7. 107 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:58,725 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAndrew Chaikin: THE MISSION OF APOLLO 7 108 00:05:58,758 --> 00:06:01,594 {\an7}WAS TO JUST GET THIS THING \h\h\h\h\h\h\hUP IN SPACE, 109 00:06:01,628 --> 00:06:04,397 {\an7}LET IT STAY UP THERE \h\h\h\hFOR 11 DAYS, 110 00:06:04,431 --> 00:06:07,401 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SPACE-WORTHY. 111 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:09,503 {\an7}Barry: THE STAKES \hARE REALLY HIGH. 112 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:12,539 {\an7}\h\hTHERE WAS A NEED TO REGAIN CONFIDENCE BOTH OF THE PUBLIC 113 00:06:12,572 --> 00:06:15,842 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ALSO OF THE NASA TEAM ITSELF. 114 00:06:15,876 --> 00:06:17,311 {\an7}Narrator: TO COMMAND IT, 115 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:21,915 {\an7}NASA NEEDS SOMEONE WHO CAN FLY \hA TEXTBOOK-PERFECT MISSION. 116 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:25,985 {\an7}THEY CHOOSE THE CELEBRATED \hSPACEMAN WALLY SCHIRRA. 117 00:06:26,019 --> 00:06:29,456 {\an7}\h\h\h\hChaikin: WALLY SCHIRRA WAS ONE OF THE GREAT VETERANS 118 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:30,724 {\an7}OF SPACEFLIGHT, RIGHT? 119 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:35,595 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI MEAN, HE’D FLOWN A SIX-ORBIT MISSION ON MERCURY. 120 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:39,766 {\an7}THEN HE HAD COMMANDED GEMINI 6. 121 00:06:39,799 --> 00:06:42,602 {\an7}Narrator: ROOKIES DONN EISELE \h\h\h\hAND WALTER CUNNINGHAM 122 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:44,071 {\an7}ROUND OUT THE CREW. 123 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:45,706 {\an7}Chaikin: DONN EISELE AND WALT CUNNINGHAM 124 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,408 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE THIRD GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS 125 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:51,411 {\an7}THAT HAD BEEN SELECTED IN 1963. 126 00:06:51,444 --> 00:06:55,415 {\an7}THEY WERE ALL VERY GUNG HO \h\h\h\hAND READY TO FLY. 127 00:06:55,448 --> 00:06:57,917 {\an7}[APPLAUSE] 128 00:06:57,951 --> 00:06:59,119 {\an7}Narrator: IN THE PRESS ROOM, 129 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:02,222 {\an7}SCHIRRA HOLDS FORTH \h\h\hWITH BRAVADO, 130 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:05,091 {\an7}HAPPY TO BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. 131 00:07:05,125 --> 00:07:06,093 {\an7}\h\h\hWally Schirra: I THINK YOU’LL FIND 132 00:07:06,126 --> 00:07:07,828 {\an7}\hTHAT YOU’LL SEE A GOOD PERFORMANCE 133 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:08,995 {\an7}OUT OF THIS TOTAL CREW, 134 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:10,464 {\an7}AND WE’VE TRIED VERY HARD 135 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:13,233 {\an7}TO MAKE THIS MACHINE WORK \hJUST THE WAY IT SHOULD. 136 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:17,270 {\an7}Narrator: THE APOLLO 7 TEAM \h\h\hKNOWS THE RISKS WELL. 137 00:07:17,304 --> 00:07:20,140 {\an7}THEY WERE THE BACKUP CREW \h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR APOLLO 1 138 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:24,244 {\an7}AND LOST THREE GOOD FRIENDS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THAT FIRE. 139 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:26,780 {\an7}\hBarry: WALLY SCHIRRA AND HIS CREW WERE REALLY UNDER THE GUN 140 00:07:26,813 --> 00:07:28,948 {\an7}TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MISSION \h\h\h\h\h\h\hGOES AS SMOOTHLY 141 00:07:28,982 --> 00:07:30,717 {\an7}AND AS SUCCESSFULLY AS POSSIBLE. 142 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:36,690 {\an7}Narrator: OCTOBER 11th, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h9:00 A.M. 143 00:07:36,723 --> 00:07:41,361 {\an7}SCHIRRA, CUNNINGHAM, AND EISELE ARRIVE AT THE LAUNCH PAD, 144 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:44,330 {\an7}\h\h\hMAKE THEIR WAY TO THE LAUNCH TOWER, 145 00:07:44,364 --> 00:07:46,533 {\an7}AND ASCEND TO THEIR FATE. 146 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:57,510 {\an7}♪ 147 00:07:57,544 --> 00:08:00,514 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE SURFACE, THE CREW IS CALM AND MEASURED. 148 00:08:00,547 --> 00:08:05,385 {\an7}♪ 149 00:08:05,418 --> 00:08:09,355 {\an7}UNDERNEATH, EMOTIONS RUN HIGH. 150 00:08:09,389 --> 00:08:12,058 {\an7}NO ASTRONAUT HAS LIFTED OFF \h\h\h\h\hFROM CAPE KENNEDY 151 00:08:12,092 --> 00:08:13,961 {\an7}IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. 152 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:18,932 {\an7}JUST A THOUSAND FEET AWAY \h\h\hFROM THE LAUNCH PAD, 153 00:08:18,965 --> 00:08:22,368 {\an7}DIRECTORS RUN THE FINAL CHECKS. 154 00:08:22,402 --> 00:08:25,805 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT 11:00 A.M., THE SPACESHIP GETS THE GO-AHEAD. 155 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:27,841 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMan: ONE MINUTE, 10 SECONDS, AND COUNTING. 156 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:32,011 {\an7}WE STILL ARE "GO" AT THIS TIME. 157 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:35,849 {\an7}5, 4, 3, 2, 158 00:08:35,882 --> 00:08:37,584 {\an7}WE HAVE IGNITION. 159 00:08:37,617 --> 00:08:45,158 {\an7}♪ 160 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:50,663 {\an7}[RUMBLING] 161 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:03,743 {\an7}[RUMBLING] 162 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:06,446 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 7, HOUSTON, \h\h\h\hHOW DO YOU READ? 163 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:09,048 {\an7}Man: JETTISONED BEAUTIFULLY. \h\h\h\h\h\hDID YOU READ US? 164 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:12,819 {\an7}Man: ROGER. SHE LOOKS REAL GOOD. LITTLE BUMPY RIDE. 165 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:15,288 {\an7}Man: YOU’RE LOOKING REAL FINE, APOLLO 7. 166 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:17,557 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMan: ROGER. SHE’S RIDING LIKE A DREAM. 167 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:25,298 {\an7}♪ 168 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:27,233 {\an7}Narrator: JUST MINUTES \h\h\h\hAFTER LIFTOFF, 169 00:09:27,267 --> 00:09:32,139 {\an7}\h\hAPOLLO 7 ORBITS THE EARTH AT OVER 17,000 MILES PER HOUR. 170 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:35,108 {\an7}\h\h\hWalter Cunningham: I REMEMBER MY THOUGHTS. 171 00:09:35,141 --> 00:09:36,242 {\an7}THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED OUT, 172 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:40,413 {\an7}\h\h\hFILLING MY WINDOW WAS THE SINAI PENINSULA. 173 00:09:40,447 --> 00:09:41,848 {\an7}AND I REMEMBER THINKING, 174 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:45,351 {\an7}"GEE, IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IN THE DRAWINGS THEY HAD IN THE PAPER." 175 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:50,890 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 7, HOUSTON. 176 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:54,261 {\an7}Narrator: AS MISSION CONTROL \hCALLS FOR THE FIRST TEST, 177 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:58,899 {\an7}WONDER QUICKLY TURNS \h\h\h\hTO WORKLOAD. 178 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:01,001 {\an7}FIRST, SCHIRRA MUST SEPARATE 179 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,570 {\an7}FROM THE LAST STAGE \h\h\hOF THE ROCKET 180 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:06,106 {\an7}AND TURN AROUND IN SPACE. 181 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:07,641 {\an7}Barry: THAT’S A CRITICAL TEST. 182 00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:09,910 {\an7}IS THE COMMAND MODULE \hMANEUVERABLE ENOUGH 183 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:12,412 {\an7}TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO? 184 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:13,279 {\an7}Man: BEAUTIFUL. 185 00:10:13,313 --> 00:10:14,214 {\an7}Man: YEAH, IT WAS OUTSTANDING. 186 00:10:14,247 --> 00:10:17,217 {\an7}Man: REAL FINE, OUTSTANDING. 187 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:21,821 {\an7}Narrator: NEXT, THE CREW MUST TEST THE SPACECRAFT’S ENGINE. 188 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:25,092 {\an7}Barry: THAT ENGINE HAS TO FIRE \h\h\h\hTO GET YOU INTO ORBIT, 189 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:27,961 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS TO WORK TO GET YOU BACK 190 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:29,262 {\an7}AWAY FROM THE MOON BACK TO EARTH 191 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:32,598 {\an7}BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU’RE STUCK IN LUNAR ORBIT FOREVER. 192 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:34,667 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: ASTRONAUTS BURN THE ENGINE 193 00:10:34,701 --> 00:10:39,906 {\an7}AND HEAD BACK TO THE LAST STAGE OF THE ROCKET. 194 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:42,775 {\an7}FUTURE MOON MISSIONS WILL REQUIRE THE TWO SPACECRAFT 195 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:46,680 {\an7}TO RENDEZVOUS AND DOCK. 196 00:10:46,713 --> 00:10:49,282 {\an7}IT’S A DIFFICULT MOVE, 197 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:52,352 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT NASA’S FAITH IN SCHIRRA’S TEAM PAYS OFF. 198 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:54,787 {\an7}Man: COMING RIGHT DOWN THE LINE. 199 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:57,190 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hChaikin: WALLY SCHIRRA HAD EXPERIENCE WITH RENDEZVOUS. 200 00:10:57,223 --> 00:11:00,727 {\an7}\h\hHE CARRIED OUT THE FIRST RENDEZVOUS ON, ON GEMINI 6, 201 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,129 {\an7}\hAND SO THIS WAS KIND OF REVISITING 202 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,098 {\an7}OLD TERRITORY FOR HIM. 203 00:11:05,131 --> 00:11:06,499 {\an7}Man: ROGER, HOUSTON. \h\h\hIT’S APOLLO 7. 204 00:11:06,533 --> 00:11:07,934 {\an7}HOW DO YOU READ THIS TIME? 205 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:12,004 {\an7}Narrator: BY DAY TWO, IT’S CLEAR THAT THE COMMAND MODULE WORKS, 206 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:14,707 {\an7}BUT THINGS WITH THE CREW \h\hARE NOT GOING WELL. 207 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,710 {\an7}Man: ...AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN. 208 00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:20,981 {\an7}Chaikin: WALLY SCHIRRA CAME DOWN WITH A MONSTER HEAD COLD, 209 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:23,917 {\an7}AND IT WAS NOT A LOT OF FUN. 210 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:27,353 {\an7}Narrator: SCHIRRA’S COLD \h\hIS MISERY IN ORBIT. 211 00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:31,825 {\an7}\hIN THE ZERO-GRAVITY CAPSULE, HIS SINUSES JUST WON’T DRAIN, 212 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:36,062 {\an7}\h\hAND HE QUICKLY BECOMES IRRITABLE. 213 00:11:36,095 --> 00:11:39,131 {\an7}\h\h\hON EARTH, ASTRONAUTS MIGHT TURN TO COMFORT FOOD 214 00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:40,933 {\an7}WHEN THEY’RE SICK. 215 00:11:40,967 --> 00:11:43,837 {\an7}IN SPACE, THERE’S REALLY \h\h\h\h\hNO SUCH THING. 216 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:48,675 {\an7}\hJennifer Levasseur: TODAY WE’RE LOOKING AT A SELECTION 217 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,411 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SPACE FOOD FROM EARLY APOLLO MISSIONS. 218 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:53,146 {\an7}\hTHE SPACE FOODS ON THE TABLE HERE 219 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:54,247 {\an7}REPRESENT DIFFERENT PARTS 220 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,515 {\an7}OF A MEAL AND DIFFERENT MEALS 221 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:56,349 {\an7}THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 222 00:11:56,382 --> 00:11:59,785 {\an7}SO, WE HAVE SUGAR COATED CEREAL, 223 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:00,887 {\an7}SAUSAGE PATTIES, 224 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,722 {\an7}SO THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE BREAKFAST. 225 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:04,023 {\an7}WE HAVE CHICKEN STEW, 226 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,326 {\an7}\h\hWHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A LUNCH OR A DINNER ITEM, 227 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:09,195 {\an7}AND THEN BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING \h\h\h\hAND GRAPEFRUIT DRINK. 228 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:14,400 {\an7}Narrator: FIRST EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE FOOD WERE CAUTIOUS. 229 00:12:14,434 --> 00:12:17,537 {\an7}\h\h\hCOULD ASTRONAUTS EVEN SWALLOW IN SPACE? 230 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:19,105 {\an7}NOBODY REALLY KNEW. 231 00:12:21,174 --> 00:12:26,446 {\an7}IN 1962, JOHN GLENN PROVED \hTHAT ASTRONAUTS CAN EAT, 232 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:28,681 {\an7}AT LEAST FROM A TUBE. 233 00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:31,985 {\an7}HE COULD CHOOSE APPLESAUCE \h\h\h\h\hOR PUREED BEEF. 234 00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:38,791 {\an7}\h\h\hEARLY SPACE FOOD ISN’T VERY APPETIZING. 235 00:12:38,825 --> 00:12:40,860 {\an7}SCIENTISTS FREEZE-DRY \h\h\hAND DEHYDRATE IT 236 00:12:40,893 --> 00:12:43,195 {\an7}INTO BITE-SIZED MORSELS 237 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:47,166 {\an7}AND COAT IT WITH GELATIN \h\hTO STOP DOWN CRUMBS. 238 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,969 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hLevasseur: IN SPACE, CRUMBS DON’T FALL, THEY FLOAT, 239 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,239 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND AIR FILTERS COULD PICK UP THOSE CRUMBS, 240 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:53,840 {\an7}AND IT WOULD JUST CREATE \hA MAINTENANCE PROBLEM 241 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:55,241 {\an7}FOR THE ASTRONAUTS, 242 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,144 {\an7}WHERE THEY WOULD NEED TO CLEAN \h\hTHOSE FILTERS MORE OFTEN, 243 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:58,611 {\an7}\h\h\hAND WHEN YOU’RE REALLY BUSY IN SPACE, 244 00:12:58,645 --> 00:12:59,946 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE LAST THING YOU WANT TO BE DOING 245 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:03,983 {\an7}IS ADDING MORE ACTIVITIES TO YOUR ROUTINE EVERY DAY. 246 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:05,986 {\an7}Narrator: BY THE TIME \h\h\h\h\hOF APOLLO 7, 247 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:09,890 {\an7}ADDED FEATURES MAKE SPACE FOOD \h\h\h\hA BIT MORE DELICIOUS. 248 00:13:09,922 --> 00:13:13,092 {\an7}\h\h\hLevasseur: WALLY SCHIRRA, DONN EISELE, AND WALT CUNNINGHAM 249 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:14,661 {\an7}COULD REHYDRATE THINGS THAT HAD 250 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:16,529 {\an7}\h\hA BIT MORE FLAVOR AND DIMENSION TO THEM, 251 00:13:16,562 --> 00:13:18,397 {\an7}DISHES THAT MIGHT BE \h\h\hMORE ENJOYABLE 252 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:21,267 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND HAVE SOME ADDED FLAVORS AS WELL. 253 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:23,136 {\an7}Man: THERE’S QUITE A LOT \hOF CONCERN DOWN HERE. 254 00:13:23,169 --> 00:13:26,372 {\an7}Narrator: BUT NONE OF IT \hIS MOM’S CHICKEN SOUP. 255 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:30,343 {\an7}THE MOOD IN THE COMMAND MODULE \h\h\h\h\hQUICKLY GOES SOUTH. 256 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:32,778 {\an7}Cunningham: THERE WAS SOME, \h\h\h\hSOME REAL BICKERING 257 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:35,481 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WALLY AND THE GROUND. 258 00:13:35,515 --> 00:13:38,351 {\an7}\h\h\hWALLY WAS ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF HIS COLD, 259 00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:43,289 {\an7}\hAND WALLY WAS OBVIOUSLY INTO THE "WHO IS IN CHARGE?" MODE. 260 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:44,724 {\an7}\h\hSchirra: I SUGGEST SOMEBODY FOR TOMORROW 261 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:46,592 {\an7}GET TO WORK ON THE SLEEP PLAN. 262 00:13:46,626 --> 00:13:47,927 {\an7}Man: ROGER. 263 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,662 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSchirra: I ASKED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF SLEEP 264 00:13:49,696 --> 00:13:53,633 {\an7}\h\h\hFOR EACH OF US LAST NIGHT, AND THAT APPARENTLY WAS IGNORED. 265 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:57,470 {\an7}\h\hChaikin: IT MADE SCHIRRA IN PARTICULAR A LITTLE BIT GRUMPY, 266 00:13:57,503 --> 00:14:00,439 {\an7}\h\hAND THAT ALSO SPREAD TO SOME OF THE EXCHANGES 267 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:03,443 {\an7}\h\hBETWEEN THE CREW AND MISSION CONTROL. 268 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:05,511 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THREE DAYS INTO THE APOLLO PROGRAM’S 269 00:14:05,545 --> 00:14:07,614 {\an7}FIRST HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, 270 00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:10,617 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE MISSION IS THREATENING TO CRACK. 271 00:14:10,650 --> 00:14:13,686 {\an7}\hChaikin: ANY PROBLEM THAT CAME UP IS GOING TO THREATEN 272 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,525 {\an7}THIS CAREFULLY PLANNED SEQUENCE OF MISSIONS. 273 00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:20,593 {\an7}Kluger: ALL WE HAD LEFT \h\h\h\h\hAT THAT POINT 274 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:24,864 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWAS 14 MONTHS TO GET MEN TO THE MOON. 275 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:27,867 {\an7}THAT WAS ALMOST NO TIME AT ALL. 276 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,202 {\an7}Man: I’VE GOT TO DO \hBETTER THAN THAT. 277 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:34,173 {\an7}[RADIO CHATTER] 278 00:14:34,207 --> 00:14:35,875 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE APOLLO 7 FLIGHT CREW 279 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:40,012 {\an7}IS IN A BATTLE OF WILLS \hWITH MISSION CONTROL. 280 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,180 {\an7}NASA IS READY TO START 281 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:46,186 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hITS FIRST LIVE PUBLIC BROADCAST FROM SPACE, 282 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:50,890 {\an7}BUT ASTRONAUT WALLY SCHIRRA \h\h\h\hIS SICK, OVERWORKED, 283 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:53,393 {\an7}AND NOT IN THE MOOD TO COMPLY. 284 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:55,595 {\an7}Schirra: WE DO NOT HAVE \h\h\hTHE EQUIPMENT OUT. 285 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:58,431 {\an7}WE HAVE NOT EATEN AT THIS POINT. 286 00:14:58,464 --> 00:15:03,135 {\an7}\h\hI REFUSE TO FOUL UP OUR TIMELINES THIS WAY. 287 00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:05,004 {\an7}Barry: YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE GUYS ARE TEST PILOTS, 288 00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:07,139 {\an7}\h\h\hAND TEST PILOTS NORMALLY DON’T BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC 289 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:09,075 {\an7}ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE DOING \hIN THEIR TEST FLIGHTS. 290 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:11,611 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY’RE BUSILY DOING THE MISSION ON THE TEST FLIGHT, 291 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:13,079 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMAKING SURE THINGS WORK PROPERLY. 292 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,217 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FLIGHT DIRECTOR GLYNN LUNNEY 293 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:22,555 {\an7}\h\hISN’T USED TO HEARING NO, EVEN FROM ONE OF NASA’S STARS. 294 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:23,589 {\an7}\h\h\h\hGlynn Lunney: IT WAS THE FIRST TIME 295 00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:25,492 {\an7}\h\h\hWE ACTUALLY HAD A SERIOUS FALLING-OUT 296 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:29,029 {\an7}BETWEEN THE GROUND CREWS \hAND THE FLIGHT CREWS. 297 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:32,731 {\an7}\h\hI WAS KIND OF UPSET WITH, WITH WHAT WENT ON. 298 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,470 {\an7}Chaikin: MISSION CONTROL \h\hREALLY IS ESSENTIAL 299 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:40,106 {\an7}TO CARRYING OUT THE MISSION \h\h\h\h\h\h\hSUCCESSFULLY, 300 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:43,542 {\an7}\hAND I THINK IT CAME AS A, A BIT OF A SHOCK 301 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:45,278 {\an7}TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE \h\h\h\hON THE GROUND 302 00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:46,879 {\an7}THAT YOU HAVE A SPACE CREW 303 00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:51,117 {\an7}THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT THEM TO DO. 304 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:53,119 {\an7}Man: THERE IT IS. \h\h\hTHERE IT IS. 305 00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:55,855 {\an7}Narrator: A DAY LATER, \h\h\hTHE CREW RELENTS 306 00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:59,024 {\an7}AND AGREES TO SQUEEZE IN \hSOME TIME ON CAMERA... 307 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:01,060 {\an7}Man: WE’RE RECEIVING \h\h\h\hTHE PICTURE. 308 00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:03,696 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S A LITTLE BRIGHT. COULD YOU BRING IT IN A LITTLE? 309 00:16:03,729 --> 00:16:04,730 {\an7}Narrator: ...GIVING THE PUBLIC 310 00:16:04,764 --> 00:16:08,201 {\an7}ITS FIRST REAL-TIME LOOK \h\h\h\h\h\hINTO SPACE. 311 00:16:08,234 --> 00:16:09,535 {\an7}Man: ROGER. 312 00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:12,439 {\an7}FROM THE LOVELY APOLLO ROOM, \h\h\hHIGH ATOP EVERYTHING. 313 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:14,908 {\an7}\hMuir-Harmony: EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE ASTRONAUTS WERE CRITICAL 314 00:16:14,941 --> 00:16:17,243 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HAVING THE LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST, 315 00:16:17,276 --> 00:16:19,979 {\an7}\hNASA SAW IT AS A PRIORITY TO, TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE 316 00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:22,648 {\an7}\hOF SPACE EXPLORATION WITH THE WORLD PUBLIC, 317 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:25,251 {\an7}\h\hAND THIS OPENNESS WAS IN DIRECT CONTRAST 318 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:27,653 {\an7}TO THE SOVIET UNION’S \hMORE CLOSED PROGRAM. 319 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:28,821 {\an7}Man: WE’RE STARTING \h\hTO PICK YOU UP. 320 00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:31,458 {\an7}\hYOU’RE LOOKING GOOD. THAT’S A GOOD PICTURE. 321 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:32,792 {\an7}Man: OKAY. 322 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,227 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE BROADCASTS ARE A HIT, 323 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:38,498 {\an7}BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, TROUBLE. 324 00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:40,033 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMan: I THINK WE CAN WORK THAT OUT. 325 00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:43,836 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: SCHIRRA THINKS THE WORKLOAD IS WAY TOO MUCH. 326 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:46,439 {\an7}Schirra: WE SHOULD FIND OUT \h\hWHO THE IDIOT’S NAME IS 327 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:48,441 {\an7}WHO THOUGHT UP THIS TEST. 328 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:49,809 {\an7}I WANT TO FIND OUT, 329 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:52,345 {\an7}\h\h\hAND I WANT TO TALK TO HIM PERSONALLY WHEN I GET BACK DOWN. 330 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:53,946 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCunningham: WALLY WAS ONE OF THOSE 331 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:56,549 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWITH, LIKE, KIND OF A GENERAL BULL MOOSE COMPLEX, 332 00:16:56,582 --> 00:17:00,586 {\an7}\h\hSO WHEN WALLY HAD A COLD, EVERYBODY HAD TO BE MISERABLE. 333 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:02,489 {\an7}Man: AND THERE’S NO EXPERIENCE \hWITH THE HELMET ON, EITHER, 334 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:03,556 {\an7}THAT ONE. 335 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:05,091 {\an7}Narrator: ON THE FINAL DESCENT, 336 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:08,628 {\an7}MISSION CONTROL TELLS THE CREW \h\h\hTO PUT ON THEIR HELMETS. 337 00:17:08,661 --> 00:17:10,129 {\an7}Man: WE TRIED THEM ON \h\h\h\hTHIS MORNING. 338 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:12,197 {\an7}Narrator: THE CREW REFUSES. 339 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:15,034 {\an7}Man: IF WE HAD AN OPEN VISOR, \h\h\hI’D GO ALONG WITH THAT. 340 00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:16,769 {\an7}Chaikin: SCHIRRA DIDN’T \h\h\h\hWANT TO DO THIS 341 00:17:16,802 --> 00:17:19,938 {\an7}BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE \h\h\h\h\hTO CLEAR THEIR EARS 342 00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:23,809 {\an7}AS THE PRESSURE CHANGED \h\hDURING THE DESCENT. 343 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:25,945 {\an7}\h\h\hMan: OKAY, I GUESS YOU’D BETTER BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS 344 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:28,814 {\an7}IN SOME DETAIL WHEN WE LAND WHY WE HAVEN’T GOT THEM ON. 345 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:31,551 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT IT’S YOUR NECK, AND I HOPE YOU DON’T BREAK IT. 346 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:32,718 {\an7}Man: THANK YOU. 347 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:39,225 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: EVEN BEFORE THE ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK ON EARTH, 348 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,693 {\an7}MISSION CONTROLLERS SWEAR 349 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,462 {\an7}\hTHAT NONE OF THEM WILL EVER FLY AGAIN. 350 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:49,001 {\an7}\h\h\hLunney: IT LEFT A KIND OF A SOUR TASTE IN PEOPLE’S MOUTH. 351 00:17:49,035 --> 00:17:50,603 {\an7}WHEN YOU’RE IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE WORLD, 352 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:54,740 {\an7}THERE’S A WAY TO MAKE A POINT \hTHAT’S LESS CONFRONTATIONAL. 353 00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:56,509 {\an7}Narrator: 11 DAYS AFTER TAKEOFF, 354 00:17:56,542 --> 00:18:01,480 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAPOLLO 7 SPLASHES DOWN JUST 350 MILES SOUTH OF BERMUDA. 355 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:07,720 {\an7}SAILORS FROM THE U.S.S. ESSEX \h\h\h\h\hARE QUICKLY ON HAND. 356 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:12,158 {\an7}THE CREW MAY HAVE GONE ROGUE, 357 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:16,328 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THEY FLEW AN ALMOST PERFECT MISSION, 358 00:18:16,362 --> 00:18:17,864 {\an7}PROVING THAT THE COMMAND MODULE 359 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:21,734 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hCAN WEATHER THE WORLD OF DEEP SPACE. 360 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,636 {\an7}\h\h\h\hMuir-Harmony: AFTER THE EXPERIENCE OF APOLLO 1, 361 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:26,338 {\an7}\h\hAPOLLO 7 MADE IT FEEL LIKE THE COUNTRY WAS BACK ON TRACK 362 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:31,043 {\an7}AND THAT THE LUNAR MISSION \h\h\h\hWAS WITHIN REACH. 363 00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:34,113 {\an7}Narrator: BUT WHILE NASA \h\hSAVORS ITS SUCCESS, 364 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:37,850 {\an7}U.S. INTELLIGENCE REVEALS A SHOCK-- 365 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:41,553 {\an7}THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE BACK ON TRACK, TOO. 366 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,424 {\an7}Barry: THE COMMON CONCEPTION \h\h\h\hWAS THAT THE SOVIETS 367 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,627 {\an7}HAD SORT OF DROPPED OUT \h\h\hOF THE SPACE RACE. 368 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:49,595 {\an7}THAT’S ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH. 369 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:53,933 {\an7}♪ 370 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:56,869 {\an7}Narrator: THE LATEST REPORTS SAY THAT THE SOVIETS MAY BE READY 371 00:18:56,902 --> 00:19:01,507 {\an7}TO SEND ONE OF THEIR SPACECRAFT AROUND THE MOON. 372 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:02,975 {\an7}Muir-Harmony: THE UNITED STATES HAD BEEN TRAILING 373 00:19:03,009 --> 00:19:07,347 {\an7}\hBEHIND THE SOVIET UNION SINCE 1957 WITH THE LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK. 374 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:10,149 {\an7}\h\hTHEY SENT THE FIRST HUMAN INTO SPACE WITH YURI GAGARIN. 375 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:12,151 {\an7}THEY SENT THE FIRST WOMAN \h\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO SPACE. 376 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:15,220 {\an7}\h\h\hTHEY HAD THE FIRST EXTRA-VEHICLE ACTIVITY. 377 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,589 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SO, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN 378 00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:20,292 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT THIS WOULD BE YET ANOTHER BLOW TO U.S. PRESTIGE. 379 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:23,062 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hKluger: RUSSIAN EYES WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST EYES 380 00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:25,464 {\an7}TO SEE THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON. 381 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:29,769 {\an7}DURING THE SPACE RACE, THAT MADE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE. 382 00:19:29,802 --> 00:19:31,971 {\an7}Narrator: AFTER EIGHT YEARS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF EFFORT, 383 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:35,975 {\an7}\h\hNASA IS DETERMINED NOT TO COME IN SECOND. 384 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:38,911 {\an7}\h\h\hBUT THE PLAN THEY HAD FOR THE APOLLO 8 TEST FLIGHT 385 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:41,280 {\an7}ISN’T GOING TO WORK. 386 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:43,916 {\an7}\h\hBarry: THEY HAD FLOWN THE COMMAND MODULE IN EARTH ORBIT. 387 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:45,050 {\an7}THE NEXT LOGICAL THING 388 00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:47,853 {\an7}IS TO TEST THE LUNAR MODULE \h\h\h\h\h\hIN EARTH ORBIT. 389 00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:51,758 {\an7}\h\hKluger: IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE LUNAR MODULE WASN’T READY. 390 00:19:51,791 --> 00:19:56,062 {\an7}NOBODY KNEW WHAT THEY COULD DO \h\h\hUNTIL THE LEM WAS READY 391 00:19:56,095 --> 00:19:57,797 {\an7}IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE MISSION. 392 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:04,703 {\an7}Narrator: NASA’S BRAIN TRUST COOLLY CONSIDERS ITS OPTIONS 393 00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:08,708 {\an7}AND REVISITS A RADICAL IDEA. 394 00:20:08,741 --> 00:20:11,110 {\an7}\h\hBarry: THEY CAME TOGETHER WITH THIS REALLY BOLD PLAN OF, 395 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,112 {\an7}OKAY, WE DON’T HAVE \h\hA LUNAR MODULE. 396 00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:14,980 {\an7}LET’S TAKE THIS COMMAND \h\hAND SERVICE MODULE. 397 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:15,982 {\an7}\hWE’RE GONNA PUT THREE GUYS ON IT, 398 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:18,351 {\an7}WE’RE GONNA SEND THEM \h\h\h\h\hTO THE MOON. 399 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,854 {\an7}Narrator: THE COMMAND MODULE \h\h\h\hHAS FLOWN ONLY ONCE, 400 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:25,591 {\an7}AND NAVIGATION TO THE MOON \hHAS YET TO BE MASTERED. 401 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:28,627 {\an7}Kluger: THE THINKING WAS, IT’S THE RISKIEST MISSION, 402 00:20:28,661 --> 00:20:30,830 {\an7}IT’S THE SCARIEST MISSION, 403 00:20:30,863 --> 00:20:33,999 {\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT IT’S A MISSION WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLY, 404 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:39,138 {\an7}\hAND WE ARE GOING TO FLY IT BECAUSE IT’S WHAT IS NEEDED. 405 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:43,976 {\an7}Narrator: THE SCHEDULED LAUNCH-- DECEMBER 21st. 406 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:49,147 {\an7}THE CREW WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS \h\h\h\h\h\hCIRCLING THE MOON. 407 00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:53,118 {\an7}NASA HAS JUST 16 WEEKS \h\hTO MAKE THE SHIFT. 408 00:20:53,152 --> 00:20:56,856 {\an7}ASTRONAUTS, SOFTWARE TEAMS, \h\h\h\h\h\hFLIGHT PLANNERS, 409 00:20:56,889 --> 00:21:00,626 {\an7}\hALL STEP INTO HIGH GEAR TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGE. 410 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:03,428 {\an7}Kluger: IN TERMS OF PLANNING \h\h\h\hFOR A SPACE MISSION, 411 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:04,863 {\an7}THAT WAS LIKE SAYING, 412 00:21:04,897 --> 00:21:08,701 {\an7}"HERE’S OUR PLAN ON A MONDAY. \h\hLAUNCH IT ON A THURSDAY." 413 00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:11,637 {\an7}THAT’S HOW TIGHT IT WAS. 414 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:13,872 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: MOST OF THE U.S. NAVY’S PACIFIC FLEET 415 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:17,042 {\an7}SCRAMBLES TO ACCOMMODATE \h\h\h\h\h\hTHE EFFORTS, 416 00:21:17,076 --> 00:21:20,513 {\an7}\h\hCANCELLING THEIR SHORE LEAVE TO HEAD OUT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN 417 00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:22,848 {\an7}TO HELP IN THE RECOVERY. 418 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:28,521 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hKluger: EVERY ELEMENT OF THE GREAT NASA SPACE MACHINE 419 00:21:28,554 --> 00:21:30,689 {\an7}HAD TO MOVE AHEAD AT A SPEED 420 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:32,825 {\an7}THAT IT WAS NOT ACCUSTOMED \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO MOVING. 421 00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:38,564 {\an7}♪ 422 00:21:38,597 --> 00:21:39,965 {\an7}Narrator: DECEMBER 21st, 423 00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:43,269 {\an7}KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA. 424 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:45,471 {\an7}\hNEARLY FOUR MILES FROM THE LAUNCH PAD, 425 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:49,241 {\an7}A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE LINE UP TO WATCH NASA ATTEMPT 426 00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:51,778 {\an7}SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER DONE-- 427 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:55,682 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPUT MEN IN ORBIT AROUND ANOTHER CELESTIAL BODY. 428 00:21:57,883 --> 00:21:59,952 {\an7}BLASTING THEM INTO THE HEAVENS, 429 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:02,287 {\an7}NASA’S MIGHTY SATURN V, 430 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:05,157 {\an7}MAKING ITS VERY FIRST \h\hHUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 431 00:22:07,393 --> 00:22:12,598 {\an7}THIS 36-STORY BEHEMOTH WEIGHS 6 AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS-- 432 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:16,368 {\an7}FIVE AND A HALF MILLION \h\h\hOF THEM ARE FUEL. 433 00:22:16,402 --> 00:22:18,337 {\an7}Kluger: THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY \h\h\h\h\hTHAT WAS GENERATED 434 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:22,207 {\an7}WAS THE EQUIVALENT \hOF RECHANNELING 435 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:24,343 {\an7}EVERY RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES 436 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:29,481 {\an7}THROUGH A SINGLE HYDROELECTRIC \h\h\hDAM AT THE SAME MOMENT. 437 00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:33,119 {\an7}IT WAS HUGE, IT WAS TERRIBLE, \h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS WONDERFUL, 438 00:22:33,152 --> 00:22:36,722 {\an7}\hIT WAS VIOLENT, IT WAS REMARKABLE. 439 00:22:36,755 --> 00:22:39,992 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE FIVE MASSIVE ENGINES IN THE FIRST STAGE ALONE 440 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:44,096 {\an7}PRODUCE OVER 7,500,000 \h\hPOUNDS OF THRUST. 441 00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:50,503 {\an7}PUTTING A CREW ON TOP OF THE NEW ROCKET IS A RISKY VENTURE. 442 00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:53,372 {\an7}THE APOLLO 6 TEST FLIGHT \h\h\h\h\hSIX MONTHS AGO 443 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:57,209 {\an7}SHOOK SO MUCH THAT THE CREW \h\hCOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. 444 00:22:57,243 --> 00:22:59,245 {\an7}Kluger: CHRIS KRAFT, \h\h\h\hTHE DIRECTOR 445 00:22:59,278 --> 00:23:03,149 {\an7}OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS AT NASA, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS NEVER A MAN 446 00:23:03,182 --> 00:23:06,352 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PUT ANY KIND OF FAVORABLE SPIN ON SOMETHING, 447 00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:09,088 {\an7}AND AFTER THAT APOLLO 6 TEST, 448 00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:12,758 {\an7}HE SAID, "I WILL NOT CALL IT \hANYTHING BUT WHAT IT WAS. 449 00:23:12,791 --> 00:23:14,559 {\an7}IT WAS A DISASTER." 450 00:23:17,930 --> 00:23:20,065 {\an7}Narrator: FOUR HOURS \hBEFORE THE LAUNCH, 451 00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:22,935 {\an7}\h\hTHE CREW GATHERS IN THE SPACE CENTER. 452 00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:25,571 {\an7}FIRST, A MEDICAL CHECK. 453 00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:30,008 {\an7}\hTHEN, THEY’RE READY TO PUT ON THEIR SUITS. 454 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:33,212 {\an7}\h\h\hLEADING THE TEAM, ASTRONAUT FRANK BORMAN, 455 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:37,282 {\an7}COMMANDER OF THE 14-DAY \h\h\h\hGEMINI 7 FLIGHT. 456 00:23:37,316 --> 00:23:40,486 {\an7}\h\hHE’S A COLD WARRIOR WITH A FOCUSED MISSION. 457 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:42,254 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFrank Borman: MY REASON FOR JOINING NASA 458 00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:45,124 {\an7}\h\hWAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APOLLO PROGRAM, 459 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:47,693 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE LUNAR PROGRAM, AND HOPEFULLY BEAT THE RUSSIANS. 460 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:51,930 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hI NEVER LOOKED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL GOALS. 461 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:54,400 {\an7}Narrator: JOINING HIM, \h\h\h\h\hJIM LOVELL, 462 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,336 {\an7}A NAVAL AVIATOR AND TEST PILOT. 463 00:23:57,369 --> 00:24:02,541 {\an7}HE FLEW WITH BORMAN IN GEMINI 7 AND COMMANDED GEMINI 12. 464 00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:06,178 {\an7}Jim Lovell: WE WERE SO CURIOUS, SO EXCITED. 465 00:24:06,211 --> 00:24:07,879 {\an7}WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIND OF FEAR 466 00:24:07,913 --> 00:24:09,915 {\an7}\h\hOR "ARE WE GOING TO GET BACK OR NOT?" 467 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:13,453 {\an7}IT WAS JUST, JUST TO BE THERE. 468 00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:15,620 {\an7}Narrator: BILL ANDERS \h\h\h\hIS THE ROOKIE. 469 00:24:15,654 --> 00:24:17,055 {\an7}THE AIR FORCE FIGHTER PILOT 470 00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:20,259 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIS ONE OF NASA’S THIRD GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS. 471 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:24,863 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAPOLLO 8 WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME IN SPACE. 472 00:24:24,897 --> 00:24:26,866 {\an7}Bill Anders: I FRANKLY THOUGHT \hTHAT, WELL, THERE’S PROBABLY 473 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:30,669 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA ONE-THIRD CHANCE OF THE TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL MISSION. 474 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:32,171 {\an7}\hTHERE’S PROBABLY A ONE-THIRD CHANCE 475 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,840 {\an7}WHERE YOU WENT BUT YOU DIDN’T \h\h\h\h\hACCOMPLISH THE GOAL, 476 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:37,909 {\an7}AND THERE WAS A ONE-THIRD CHANCE THAT YOU DIDN’T COME BACK. 477 00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:45,718 {\an7}Narrator: CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA. 478 00:24:45,751 --> 00:24:47,553 {\an7}65 YEARS TO THE MONTH 479 00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:50,889 {\an7}AFTER THE FIRST AMERICAN \h\hAIRPLANE LIFTED OFF, 480 00:24:50,923 --> 00:24:53,759 {\an7}HUMANKIND IS ON ITS WAY \h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE MOON. 481 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:59,531 {\an7}♪ 482 00:24:59,565 --> 00:25:04,070 {\an7}ALL EYES ARE ON THE NEW ROCKET \hON ITS FIRST MANNED FLIGHT. 483 00:25:04,103 --> 00:25:09,208 {\an7}♪ 484 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:13,979 {\an7}THE SPACECRAFT RACES UPWARD \hAT 7,000 FEET PER SECOND. 485 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:19,752 {\an7}♪ 486 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:21,654 {\an7}Man: OKAY, THE FIRST STAGE \h\h\h\h\hWAS VERY SMOOTH, 487 00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:23,255 {\an7}AND THIS ONE IS SMOOTHER. 488 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:24,890 {\an7}\h\hMan: UNDERSTAND, SMOOTH AND SMOOTHER. 489 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:26,057 {\an7}LOOKS GOOD HERE. 490 00:25:26,091 --> 00:25:31,263 {\an7}♪ 491 00:25:31,296 --> 00:25:32,430 {\an7}APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. 492 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:36,234 {\an7}YOUR TRAJECTORY AND GUIDANCE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE GO, OVER. 493 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:39,805 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: SO FAR, THE SATURN V ROCKET WORKS. 494 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:41,673 {\an7}Man: OKAY, YOU’RE LOOKING \h\h\h\hREAL GOOD, FRANK. 495 00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,142 {\an7}Borman: VERY GOOD. 496 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,744 {\an7}Narrator: 118 MILES \h\hABOVE THE EARTH, 497 00:25:45,778 --> 00:25:47,780 {\an7}THE CREW SETTLES IN \h\hFOR THE FLIGHT. 498 00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:51,450 {\an7}Man: ALL RIGHT, HOUSTON, 499 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:56,822 {\an7}WE’RE RECORDING ALTITUDE \h\h\hHA 1026, HP 96.8. 500 00:25:56,855 --> 00:26:00,592 {\an7}RVI, 25 560. 501 00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:03,529 {\an7}Man: ROGER, APOLLO 8. 502 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,897 {\an7}Narrator: IF ALL GOES WELL, 503 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:09,568 {\an7}APOLLO 8 WILL ORBIT THE EARTH \h\h\h\h\hTWO AND A HALF TIMES 504 00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:14,773 {\an7}AND SPEED OFF 233,000 MILES \h\h\h\h\h\hINTO DEEP SPACE. 505 00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:21,146 {\an7}ONCE THEY REACH THE MOON, THEY WILL ORBIT TEN TIMES 506 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:24,417 {\an7}AND THEN HEAD BACK TO EARTH. 507 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:25,584 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. 508 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:27,052 {\an7}Man: THIS IS 8. GO AHEAD. 509 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,321 {\an7}Narrator: IN HOUSTON, 510 00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:32,357 {\an7}\hMISSION CONTROL MONITORS THE SPACECRAFT’S PROGRESS. 511 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:36,128 {\an7}THE CREW IS ABOUT TO FACE ITS FIRST MAJOR MANEUVER, 512 00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:39,831 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE TLI, OR TRANSLUNAR INJECTION. 513 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:42,501 {\an7}\h\h\h\hIT WILL SHOOT THEM OUT OF THE EARTH’S ORBIT. 514 00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:46,404 {\an7}FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WATCH 515 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:50,943 {\an7}\h\hAS THE SPACECRAFT STRAINS AGAINST THE BONDS OF GRAVITY. 516 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:54,313 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTWO AND A HALF HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, IT’S TIME. 517 00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:58,850 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. 518 00:26:58,884 --> 00:27:00,085 {\an7}Man: GO AHEAD, HOUSTON. 519 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,556 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hMan: APOLLO 8, YOU ARE GO FOR TLI. OVER. 520 00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:06,659 {\an7}Man: ROGER, UNDERSTAND. \h\h\hWE ARE GO FOR TLI. 521 00:27:06,692 --> 00:27:09,762 {\an7}Narrator: MINUTES LATER, THE MAP ON THE WALL OF MISSION CONTROL 522 00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:14,600 {\an7}\h\h\h\hCHANGES TO SOMETHING NASA’S NEVER USED UNTIL NOW, 523 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:17,436 {\an7}THE FLIGHT PATH TO THE MOON. 524 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:20,672 {\an7}Lovell: IT WAS QUITE A, QUITE \hA SENSATION TO THINK ABOUT. 525 00:27:20,706 --> 00:27:22,408 {\an7}YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAD \h\hTO PINCH YOURSELF. 526 00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:24,677 {\an7}\h"HEY, WE’RE REALLY GOING TO THE MOON!" 527 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:31,217 {\an7}♪ 528 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:35,554 {\an7}Narrator: ON DAY THREE, THE CREW CROSSES AN INVISIBLE BORDER, 529 00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:39,057 {\an7}\h\hBECOMING THE FIRST HUMANS TO FEEL THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL 530 00:27:39,091 --> 00:27:41,627 {\an7}OF ANOTHER CELESTIAL BODY. 531 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:44,696 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMan: BY THE WAY, WELCOME TO THE MOON’S SPHERE. 532 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:46,732 {\an7}Man: THE MOON’S FAIR? 533 00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:49,067 {\an7}Man: THE MOON’S SPHERE. YOU’RE IN THE INFLUENCE. 534 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:50,336 {\an7}Barry: AT SOME POINT, 535 00:27:50,369 --> 00:27:52,605 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE MOON’S GRAVITY BEGINS TO BE A BIGGER EFFECT. 536 00:27:52,638 --> 00:27:53,606 {\an7}THEY CAN SEE IN THE WINDOWS 537 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:55,307 {\an7}\h\hTHAT THE MOON IS GETTING BIGGER 538 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,008 {\an7}AND THE EARTH IS GETTING SMALLER, 539 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:58,243 {\an7}AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, 540 00:27:58,277 --> 00:28:01,514 {\an7}WOW, THIS IS THE MOON, AND IT’S REALLY CLOSE. 541 00:28:01,547 --> 00:28:07,420 {\an7}♪ 542 00:28:07,452 --> 00:28:09,421 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: NAVIGATING A QUARTER OF A MILLION MILES 543 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:14,092 {\an7}THROUGH THE VASTNESS OF SPACE \hHAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, 544 00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:17,029 {\an7}AND THEY’RE TRYING TO HIT \h\h\h\h\hA MOVING TARGET. 545 00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:21,934 {\an7}THE SMALLEST DEVIATION \hFROM THE FLIGHT PATH 546 00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:27,439 {\an7}CAN RESULT IN MISSING THE MOON \h\h\h\hBY THOUSANDS OF MILES. 547 00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:30,108 {\an7}TO HELP, ASTRONAUTS \h\h\hRELY ON A TOOL 548 00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:33,345 {\an7}USED BY CENTURIES OF EXPLORERS. 549 00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:39,351 {\an7}Paul Ceruzzi: THIS IS A SEXTANT FROM AN APOLLO COMMAND MODULE, 550 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:43,388 {\an7}\h\hAND IT WAS USED TO NAVIGATE FROM EARTH TO THE MOON AND BACK 551 00:28:43,422 --> 00:28:47,259 {\an7}BY TAKING READINGS ON STARS 552 00:28:47,292 --> 00:28:50,595 {\an7}JUST THE WAY SHIPS AT SEA \h\h\h\hDID FOR CENTURIES. 553 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:56,267 {\an7}WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ARTIFACT \h\h\hTODAY, I’M JUST AMAZED 554 00:28:56,301 --> 00:28:59,304 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAT THE INCREDIBLE MECHANICAL COMPLEXITY OF IT. 555 00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:03,375 {\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S BUILT LIKE THE FINEST SWISS WATCH. 556 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:07,913 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS INCREDIBLY DETAILED. 557 00:29:07,946 --> 00:29:10,816 {\an7}\hTHE FACT THAT IT HAD A VERY COMPLEX NETWORK 558 00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:12,551 {\an7}OF GEARS AND MIRRORS 559 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:17,322 {\an7}SO THAT YOU COULD LINE UP \hA STAR ON THE CROSSHAIRS 560 00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:20,793 {\an7}\h\h\hBY TURNING SOMETHING TO MAKE IT LINE PROPERLY, 561 00:29:20,826 --> 00:29:23,028 {\an7}THAT’S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT. 562 00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:27,799 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: TO DETERMINE THE SPACESHIP’S POSITION, 563 00:29:27,833 --> 00:29:30,469 {\an7}ASTRONAUTS LOCATED \hA SPECIFIC STAR 564 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:34,539 {\an7}USING A SINGLE-POWER WIDE-FIELD TELESCOPE 565 00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:37,142 {\an7}AND THEN TOOK A FIX \hWITH THE SEXTANT. 566 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:43,949 {\an7}\h\hCeruzzi: THE ASTRONAUTS HAD TO MEMORIZE THE CONSTELLATIONS, 567 00:29:43,982 --> 00:29:47,686 {\an7}AND THE MAJOR STARS WERE GIVEN NUMBERS, 568 00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:50,455 {\an7}AND THEY WOULD KEY THOSE NUMBERS INTO THE COMPUTER. 569 00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:54,626 {\an7}Narrator: THE COMPUTER SENT THAT INFORMATION 570 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:56,228 {\an7}DOWN TO TRACKING STATIONS 571 00:29:56,261 --> 00:30:00,832 {\an7}\hAT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALL AROUND THE EARTH. 572 00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:03,836 {\an7}\h\hTHESE TRACKING STATIONS WORKED WITH MISSION CONTROL 573 00:30:03,869 --> 00:30:08,574 {\an7}\h\h\hTO VERIFY THE SPACESHIP’S LOCATION WITH EXTREME PRECISION, 574 00:30:08,607 --> 00:30:10,742 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALLOWING IT TO MAKE MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS 575 00:30:10,776 --> 00:30:12,945 {\an7}TO ITS COURSE AS IT FLEW. 576 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,849 {\an7}Ceruzzi: IT WAS QUITE AN EFFORT BY A LOT OF PEOPLE 577 00:30:17,883 --> 00:30:19,251 {\an7}TO DO THE PLANNING. 578 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:22,020 {\an7}WE MAY TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED \hTODAY BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT, 579 00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:25,024 {\an7}YOUR CAR HAS A NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN IT OR SOMETHING, 580 00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:28,460 {\an7}\h\h\hBUT THIS WAS QUITE AN, AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR ITS DAY, 581 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:29,861 {\an7}AND IT STILL AMAZES ME 582 00:30:29,895 --> 00:30:33,799 {\an7}THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL \h\hSOMETHING LIKE THIS OFF. 583 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:37,302 {\an7}Man: SIRIUS, RIGEL, 137 311. 584 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,438 {\an7}Narrator: MANNING THE GUIDANCE \h\h\h\hAND NAVIGATION STATION 585 00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:42,174 {\an7}\h\h\h\hON APOLLO 8 FALLS TO JIM LOVELL. 586 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:45,277 {\an7}Lovell: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. 587 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:46,511 {\an7}Man: GO AHEAD, HOUSTON. 588 00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:49,114 {\an7}Narrator: MISSION CONTROL \h\h\hHAS SOME GOOD NEWS-- 589 00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:52,050 {\an7}HE’S ON AN ALMOST PERFECT \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOURSE. 590 00:30:52,084 --> 00:30:53,986 {\an7}\hMan: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. YOU’RE LOOKING GOOD HERE. 591 00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:55,387 {\an7}RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER LINE. 592 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:56,855 {\an7}Lovell: ROGER, APOLLO 8. 593 00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:01,360 {\an7}Narrator: NOW, IT’S TIME FOR ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL MANEUVERS 594 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:02,928 {\an7}OF THE ENTIRE MISSION-- 595 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:06,064 {\an7}\h\hTO FIRE UP THEIR ENGINE AND THEN SLOW THE SPACECRAFT 596 00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:08,968 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hJUST ENOUGH TO ENTER LUNAR ORBIT. 597 00:31:10,769 --> 00:31:13,472 {\an7}THE MOOD IN THE CONTROL ROOM \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS TENSE. 598 00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:15,707 {\an7}THE SPACECRAFT MUST FLY \h\h\h\hINTO THIS ORBIT 599 00:31:15,741 --> 00:31:18,177 {\an7}AT A PRECISE SPEED AND LOCATION. 600 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:24,883 {\an7}GOING TOO CLOSE OR TOO SLOW WILL CAUSE IT TO CRASH INTO THE MOON. 601 00:31:24,916 --> 00:31:29,721 {\an7}TOO FAR OR TOO FAST WILL SEND IT ON A ONE-WAY JOURNEY INTO SPACE. 602 00:31:31,857 --> 00:31:33,692 {\an7}MAKING IT EVEN MORE COMPLICATED, 603 00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:37,696 {\an7}\hASTRONAUTS WON’T HAVE MISSION CONTROL TO HELP. 604 00:31:37,729 --> 00:31:40,732 {\an7}Kluger: THE KEY MANEUVERS \h\h\h\hHAD TO TAKE PLACE 605 00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:44,236 {\an7}\hWHEN THE ASTRONAUTS WERE BEHIND THE MOON, 606 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:48,240 {\an7}SO THEY WERE COMPLETELY \h\hCUT OFF FROM EARTH. 607 00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:50,776 {\an7}\h\h\hBarry: A REALLY CRITICAL FLIGHT MANEUVER IS HAPPENING, 608 00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:53,979 {\an7}AND THERE’S NO WAY TO KNOW UNTIL AFTER IT’S ALL OVER. 609 00:31:55,881 --> 00:31:59,852 {\an7}\hNarrator: ALL THE TRAINING HAS BUILT UP TO THIS MOMENT. 610 00:31:59,885 --> 00:32:02,788 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNOW THE CREW WILL BE ON THEIR OWN. 611 00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:04,656 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. 612 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:08,226 {\an7}YOU’RE RIDING THE BEST BIRD \h\h\h\h\hWE CAN FIND. OVER. 613 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,729 {\an7}Kluger: PEOPLE HAD NAVIGATED \h\h\h\h\h\h\hACROSS OCEANS. 614 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:13,465 {\an7}PEOPLE HAD FOUND THEIR WAY \h\h\h\hACROSS CONTINENTS. 615 00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:15,800 {\an7}NOBODY HAD EVER FOUND THEIR WAY 616 00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:18,370 {\an7}\hACROSS A QUARTER OF A MILLION MILES 617 00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:23,608 {\an7}\h\h\hOF INTERPLANETARY, INTERWORLD VOID BEFORE. 618 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:25,277 {\an7}Narrator: ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 619 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:27,879 {\an7}\h\hMISSION CONTROL GIVES THE GO-AHEAD. 620 00:32:27,913 --> 00:32:30,015 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. \h\hONE MINUTE TO L.O.S. 621 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,417 {\an7}ALL SYSTEMS GO. 622 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,286 {\an7}Man: ROGER. SAFE JOURNEY, GUYS. 623 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:38,823 {\an7}Man: THANKS A LOT, TROOPS. 624 00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:40,192 {\an7}Lovell: WE’LL SEE YOU \h\hON THE OTHER SIDE. 625 00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:46,898 {\an7}♪ 626 00:32:46,932 --> 00:32:50,169 {\an7}Narrator: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1968. 627 00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:53,038 {\an7}THE MEN IN MISSION CONTROL \h\h\h\h\h\hWAIT ANXIOUSLY 628 00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:56,007 {\an7}\h\h\hTO SEE IF APOLLO 8 HAS SURVIVED ITS JOURNEY 629 00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:58,911 {\an7}TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON. 630 00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:01,413 {\an7}\h\h\hKluger: THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN, OF COURSE, 631 00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,648 {\an7}\h\h\hWOULD HAVE BEEN IF THEY HEARD NOTHING. 632 00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,552 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT THE ASTRONAUTS HAD CRASHED 633 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:10,689 {\an7}ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON. 634 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:12,857 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT WAS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY. 635 00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:18,529 {\an7}\hNarrator: 32 MINUTES AFTER LOSING CONTACT, 636 00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:22,434 {\an7}\h\h\h\hGROUND CONTROL SENDS A TEST CALL OUT INTO SPACE. 637 00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:24,336 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. OVER. 638 00:33:32,978 --> 00:33:34,746 {\an7}APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. OVER. 639 00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:43,555 {\an7}Man: GO AHEAD, HOUSTON. \h\h\hTHIS IS APOLLO 8. 640 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:46,024 {\an7}BURN COMPLETE. 641 00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:47,959 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMan: APOLLO 8, THIS IS HOUSTON. ROGER. 642 00:33:47,993 --> 00:33:50,696 {\an7}GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. 643 00:33:50,729 --> 00:33:52,231 {\an7}Kluger: IT WAS A CRITICAL STEP 644 00:33:52,264 --> 00:33:54,500 {\an7}\h\h\hIN BEING ABLE TO LAND ON THE MOON. 645 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:57,770 {\an7}\h\h\hDEEP SPACE TRAVEL WOULD ULTIMATELY REQUIRE 646 00:33:57,802 --> 00:34:01,873 {\an7}HAVING THE ABILITY TO ENTER ORBIT AROUND ANOTHER WORLD. 647 00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:04,843 {\an7}Man: OKAY, JIM. 648 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,778 {\an7}Lovell: SOMEBODY SUDDENLY \h\h\h\h\h\hCAME IN THERE. 649 00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:08,613 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: 60 MILES ABOVE THE MOON, 650 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:13,519 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE ASTRONAUTS TAKE IN THE LUNAR LANDSCAPE, 651 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:18,791 {\an7}\h\hDOCUMENTING FOR HUMANITY A RADICALLY DIFFERENT WORLD. 652 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:20,458 {\an7}Levasseur: BY THE TIME \h\h\h\h\hOF APOLLO 8, 653 00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:23,528 {\an7}\hASTRONAUTS HAD A VARIETY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT. 654 00:34:27,165 --> 00:34:28,967 {\an7}USING HASSELBLAD 70-MILLIMETER 655 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,468 {\an7}CAMERAS LIKE THIS ONE, 656 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:31,737 {\an7}THEY COULD TAKE A SERIES OF 657 00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:33,939 {\an7}PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE 658 00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:36,475 {\an7}THAT GEOLOGISTS AND SCIENTISTS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOULD STUDY 659 00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:38,076 {\an7}IN ORDER TO LEARN \hABOUT THE MOON, 660 00:34:38,109 --> 00:34:40,411 {\an7}\h\hBUT ALSO TO PLAN FOR FUTURE MISSIONS. 661 00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:44,449 {\an7}\h\hHASSELBLAD DID THINGS LIKE ADDING LARGE BUTTONS AND DIALS 662 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:46,017 {\an7}TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW AN ASTRONAUT 663 00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:48,020 {\an7}EVEN WITH THE GLOVES \h\h\hOF A SPACESUIT 664 00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:50,389 {\an7}TO OPERATE A CAMERA LIKE THIS. 665 00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:55,560 {\an7}[SHUTTER CLICKING] 666 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,664 {\an7}Narrator: AS THE CAPSULE ORBITS, ASTRONAUTS TRY TO CAPTURE 667 00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:03,302 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERY NUANCE OF THE POCKMARKED LANDSCAPE. 668 00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:05,003 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 8, HOUSTON. 669 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:09,507 {\an7}WHAT DOES THE OL’ MOON LOOK LIKE FROM 60 MILES? OVER. 670 00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:11,810 {\an7}Man: OKAY, HOUSTON. 671 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:15,180 {\an7}THE MOON IS ESSENTIALLY GRAY, 672 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:16,981 {\an7}NO COLOR, 673 00:35:17,015 --> 00:35:18,950 {\an7}LOOKS LIKE PLASTER OF PARIS. 674 00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:21,086 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hYOU CAN SEE QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL. 675 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,254 {\an7}THE CRATERS ARE ALL ROUNDED OFF. 676 00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:26,024 {\an7}THERE’S QUITE A FEW OF THEM. \h\hSOME OF THEM ARE NEWER. 677 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:28,326 {\an7}\hMANY OF THEM LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY THE ROUND ONES, 678 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:33,532 {\an7}LOOK LIKE HITS BY METEORITES OR PROJECTILES OF SOME SORT. 679 00:35:33,565 --> 00:35:36,168 {\an7}Man: ROGER. UNDERSTAND. 680 00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:37,736 {\an7}Narrator: ON THE THIRD ORBIT, 681 00:35:37,769 --> 00:35:41,673 {\an7}BORMAN TILTS THE SPACECRAFT \hTO ADJUST ITS TRAJECTORY, 682 00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:46,511 {\an7}\hAND A STARTLING OBJECT SLOWLY APPEARS ABOVE THE LUNAR HORIZON, 683 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:49,247 {\an7}TAKING ASTRONAUTS BY SURPRISE. 684 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:50,548 {\an7}\h\hAnders: HAND ME A ROLL OF COLOR QUICK, WOULD YOU? 685 00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:51,583 {\an7}Lovell: OH, MAN! 686 00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:55,286 {\an7}Anders: QUICK, QUICK. \h\h\hANYTHING QUICK. 687 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,156 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: BILL ANDERS IS THE MISSION PHOTOGRAPHER. 688 00:35:58,189 --> 00:35:59,857 {\an7}HE BEGINS TO SHOOT. 689 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:01,659 {\an7}Anders: I JUST STARTED \h\hSNAPPING PICTURES 690 00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:03,495 {\an7}AND CHANGING THE F-STOP. 691 00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:07,132 {\an7}[SHUTTER CLICKING] 692 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:08,700 {\an7}Lovell: OH, THAT’S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT. 693 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:11,402 {\an7}250 AT F-11. 694 00:36:11,436 --> 00:36:15,040 {\an7}Anders: AND FORTUNATELY ONE \hOF THEM WAS CHOSEN BY NASA 695 00:36:15,073 --> 00:36:17,642 {\an7}\hTO BE THE ICONIC EARTHRISE PICTURE. 696 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:23,482 {\an7}♪ 697 00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:24,850 {\an7}Kluger: EARTHRISE, 698 00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:27,452 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S ONE OF THE GREAT, MOST ICONIC PICTURES IN HISTORY. 699 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:32,791 {\an7}\h\hMuir-Harmony: THERE WEREN’T POLITICAL BOUNDARIES FROM SPACE. 700 00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:34,192 {\an7}IT REALLY SHOWED THAT THE, 701 00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:36,461 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT WE WERE ALL ON ONE PLANET TOGETHER. 702 00:36:39,898 --> 00:36:42,434 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FAR AWAY ON THE FRAGILE BLUE PLANET, 703 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:46,671 {\an7}AMERICA SETTLES IN FOR A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE BROADCAST, 704 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:50,008 {\an7}HOPING TO GET A GLIMPSE \h\h\h\hOF THE HEAVENS. 705 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:51,876 {\an7}Borman: WE WERE TOLD BY NASA 706 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:53,278 {\an7}\hTHAT WE WOULD HAVE THE LARGEST AUDIENCE 707 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:56,114 {\an7}\hTHAT HAD EVER LISTENED TO A HUMAN VOICE BEFORE 708 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:57,382 {\an7}ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 709 00:36:57,415 --> 00:37:00,184 {\an7}AND THE ONLY INSTRUCTIONS \h\hTHAT WE GOT FROM NASA 710 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:02,954 {\an7}WAS "DO SOMETHING APPROPRIATE." 711 00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:05,423 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AT 9:31 ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 712 00:37:05,457 --> 00:37:08,660 {\an7}ASTRONAUTS TURN THE CAMERA \h\h\h\h\hTOWARD THE MOON 713 00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:10,862 {\an7}AND BEGIN THE BROADCAST. 714 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,797 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLovell: WE HAD THIS RUDIMENTARY TV CAMERA 715 00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:15,901 {\an7}\hPOINTING OUT THE WINDOW WATCHING THE CRATERS GO BY 716 00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:18,804 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SLOWLY SLIPPING INTO DAYLIGHT. 717 00:37:18,837 --> 00:37:21,540 {\an7}\hMan: OKAY, FRANK. THERE WE, WE GOT IT. 718 00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:25,677 {\an7}IT’S COMING IN LOUD AND CLEAR. \h\h\h\hIT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE... 719 00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:26,778 {\an7}Narrator: EACH ONE OF THE CREW 720 00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:31,382 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTAKES A TURN SHARING A SINGLE MESSAGE. 721 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:32,751 {\an7}Anders: IN THE BEGINNING, 722 00:37:32,784 --> 00:37:35,887 {\an7}GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN \h\h\h\hAND THE EARTH, 723 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,922 {\an7}AND THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM, 724 00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:42,027 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND VOID, AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP. 725 00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:43,128 {\an7}Muir-Harmony: IT WAS DECIDED 726 00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:45,397 {\an7}THAT THEY SHOULD READ \h\h\h\hFROM GENESIS. 727 00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:48,566 {\an7}Anders: AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT, 728 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,070 {\an7}\hAND THERE WAS LIGHT. AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT. 729 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,707 {\an7}\hMuir-Harmony: THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS THAT IT WOULD RESONATE 730 00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:58,142 {\an7}WITH AS MANY PEOPLE \h\h\hAS POSSIBLE... 731 00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:00,578 {\an7}\h\h\hLovell: AND GOD CALLED THE LIGHT DAY, 732 00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:02,881 {\an7}AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT. 733 00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:06,184 {\an7}AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE FIRST DAY. 734 00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:09,087 {\an7}Muir-Harmony: ...BECAUSE GENESIS WAS SORT OF THE FOUNDATION 735 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,990 {\an7}OF MULTIPLE WORLD RELIGIONS... 736 00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:13,658 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman: GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. 737 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:14,492 {\an7}\h\h\h\hMuir-Harmony: ...THAT IT WOULDN’T BE 738 00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:15,527 {\an7}JUST A CHRISTIAN MESSAGE, 739 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,297 {\an7}BUT IT’D BE A MESSAGE \h\h\hFOR ALL MANKIND. 740 00:38:19,330 --> 00:38:20,565 {\an7}Borman: GOD SAW THAT IT WAS... 741 00:38:20,598 --> 00:38:22,467 {\an7}Narrator: THE CHRISTMAS EVE \h\h\h\h\hBROADCAST REACHES 742 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:26,004 {\an7}OVER A BILLION PEOPLE \h\h\hIN 64 COUNTRIES. 743 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:30,308 {\an7}Borman: GOOD NIGHT, GOOD LUCK, \h\h\h\h\h\hA MERRY CHRISTMAS, 744 00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:34,679 {\an7}\h\hAND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU ON THE GOOD EARTH. 745 00:38:40,718 --> 00:38:42,320 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: TWO AND A HALF DAYS LATER, 746 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:45,456 {\an7}THE THREE MEN ARE BACK \h\hON THE GOOD EARTH. 747 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:47,959 {\an7}\hBarry: APOLLO 8 WAS A HUGE SUCCESS 748 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:49,660 {\an7}AND A BIG CONFIDENCE BOOSTER, 749 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:52,263 {\an7}IN EFFECT, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY \h\h\hPUT PEOPLE ON THE MOON 750 00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:54,900 {\an7}BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE. 751 00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:58,503 {\an7}\hTHAT WAS A REALLY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. 752 00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:00,004 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT’S THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT 753 00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:04,943 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT NASA COULD HAVE-- THE SECOND PERFECT TEST FLIGHT. 754 00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:09,747 {\an7}THE FLIGHT TEAM INDULGES \hIN A RARE CELEBRATION. 755 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:13,084 {\an7}TOMORROW THEY’LL BE \h\h\hBACK AT WORK. 756 00:39:13,117 --> 00:39:17,154 {\an7}THEY HAVE JUST ONE YEAR LEFT \hTO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, 757 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:20,391 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND THEY STILL HAVE TO TEST THE LANDER. 758 00:39:20,425 --> 00:39:23,094 {\an7}Kluger: THERE WERE HUGE PARTIES, 759 00:39:23,127 --> 00:39:27,298 {\an7}\hAND THEN EVERYBODY WAS GONNA BE RUNNING FLIGHT SIMULATIONS 760 00:39:27,332 --> 00:39:31,536 {\an7}BECAUSE APOLLO 9 WAS LAUNCHING \h\h\h\h\h\h\h10 WEEKS LATER. 761 00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:34,305 {\an7}[CHEERING] 762 00:39:38,009 --> 00:39:40,879 {\an7}Narrator: DECEMBER 1968. 763 00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:42,914 {\an7}WHILE THE ASTRONAUTS OF APOLLO 8 764 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:46,083 {\an7}CELEBRATE THEIR TRIP \h\hAROUND THE MOON, 765 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:50,688 {\an7}\hANOTHER TEAM IS HARD AT WORK PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LAUNCH. 766 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:52,357 {\an7}Lunney: IT WAS LIKE WE JUST GOT THROUGH 767 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:55,226 {\an7}\h\h\hONE MAJOR SET OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 768 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:59,965 {\an7}AND BEFORE WE HAD TIME TO SAVOR AND ENJOY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT, 769 00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:01,666 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWE WERE OFF WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE. 770 00:40:03,601 --> 00:40:06,070 {\an7}Narrator: THE COMMAND MODULE \h\hAND THE SATURN V ROCKET 771 00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:08,807 {\an7}HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THEIR TEST FLIGHTS. 772 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:12,577 {\an7}\h\h\hNOW NASA MUST PROVE THE LUNAR MODULE AS WELL. 773 00:40:17,215 --> 00:40:21,286 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hKNOWING WHAT THEY WANT THE LUNAR MODULE TO DO IS EASY, 774 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:25,557 {\an7}BUT IT TAKES A SEVEN-YEAR SPRINT TO FIGURE OUT HOW. 775 00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:28,026 {\an7}Barry: THE LUNAR MODULE \h\h\hWAS DESIGNED TO BE 776 00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:29,594 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBASICALLY A LITTLE SHUTTLE VEHICLE 777 00:40:29,627 --> 00:40:33,898 {\an7}TO GET YOU FROM LUNAR ORBIT DOWN TO THE MOON AND BACK UP AGAIN. 778 00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:37,569 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: IT’S A PUZZLE THAT TAXES EVEN THE BRIGHTEST MINDS-- 779 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:39,037 {\an7}BUILDING SOMETHING ON EARTH 780 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:42,874 {\an7}\h\hTHAT WILL ONLY WORK IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE. 781 00:40:42,907 --> 00:40:46,110 {\an7}\hBarry: THEY’RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE THIS THING 782 00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:47,779 {\an7}IN THAT ATMOSPHERE 783 00:40:47,812 --> 00:40:49,914 {\an7}WHERE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO MEET 784 00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:53,084 {\an7}ARE NOT REALLY CLEAR YET. 785 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:55,286 {\an7}Narrator: BY MARCH 1969, 786 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,523 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hENGINEERS BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE PERFECT DESIGN. 787 00:41:01,693 --> 00:41:05,230 {\an7}Margaret Weitekamp: BEHIND ME IS THE LUNAR MODULE, WHICH IS LM-2, 788 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:07,732 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE SECOND ONE CREATED AND DEVELOPED, 789 00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:10,434 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THIS IS A REAL LUNAR MODULE 790 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,570 {\an7}THAT COULD HAVE LANDED \h\h\h\h\hON THE MOON. 791 00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:16,974 {\an7}♪ 792 00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:18,676 {\an7}ONE OF THE QUESTIONS \hTHAT WE OFTEN GET 793 00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:20,212 {\an7}IS THAT CAN’T BE REAL 794 00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:22,580 {\an7}AND THAT CAN’T BE THE WAY \h\h\hTHAT IT REALLY FLEW 795 00:41:22,613 --> 00:41:24,081 {\an7}BECAUSE IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE 796 00:41:24,115 --> 00:41:29,554 {\an7}\h\h\h\hWHAT PEOPLE EXPECT A SPACESHIP TO LOOK LIKE. 797 00:41:29,587 --> 00:41:32,190 {\an7}Narrator: WITH ITS STUBBY BODY, SPINDLY LEGS, 798 00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:35,159 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND GOLD FOIL WRAPPED AROUND ITS WAIST, 799 00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:38,863 {\an7}THE LUNAR MODULE LOOKS LIKE \hNOTHING THAT’S EVER FLOWN. 800 00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:40,331 {\an7}\hWeitekamp: THE FACT THAT THE LUNAR MODULE 801 00:41:40,365 --> 00:41:42,400 {\an7}DIDN’T NEED TO BE AERODYNAMIC 802 00:41:42,433 --> 00:41:43,968 {\an7}\hWAS A CHALLENGE FOR THE ENGINEERS 803 00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:46,671 {\an7}BECAUSE THEY WERE SO USED \h\h\h\h\hTO BUILDING THAT 804 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:49,840 {\an7}INTO HOW THEY WOULD CONSTRUCT A VEHICLE 805 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:52,677 {\an7}FOR AVIATION OR FOR SPACEFLIGHT, 806 00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:56,447 {\an7}\h\hSO THIS REALLY REQUIRED SOME OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING 807 00:41:56,481 --> 00:41:59,951 {\an7}\h\h\h\hABOUT WHAT WOULD A SPACECRAFT LOOK LIKE. 808 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,056 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: TESTING THE 16-TON TAXI, 809 00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:08,259 {\an7}ASTRONAUTS JIM McDIVITT, \h\h\h\h\h\hDAVE SCOTT, 810 00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:11,462 {\an7}AND RUSTY SCHWEICKART. 811 00:42:11,496 --> 00:42:15,867 {\an7}THEY’LL TAKE IT ABOVE THE EARTH FOR A TEST FLIGHT CLOSE TO HOME. 812 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,835 {\an7}Kluger: DAVE SCOTT ONCE DESCRIBED IT 813 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:20,672 {\an7}AS THE CONNOISSEUR’S MISSION. 814 00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:23,007 {\an7}\h\h\hTHEY HAD TO TAKE THIS UNTRIED VEHICLE, 815 00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:24,876 {\an7}THEY HAD TO FLY IT AROUND THE EARTH, 816 00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:28,179 {\an7}SEPARATING FROM THE SAFETY \h\h\h\hOF THE MOTHERSHIP, 817 00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:30,414 {\an7}AND THEN RE-DOCK AND COME HOME. 818 00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:36,454 {\an7}Narrator: THE MISSION STARTS \h\h\hWITH A DISAPPOINTMENT. 819 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:38,322 {\an7}THE LAUNCH HAS TO BE POSTPONED 820 00:42:38,356 --> 00:42:43,194 {\an7}WHEN ALL THREE ASTRONAUTS \h\hCOME DOWN WITH COLDS. 821 00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:44,628 {\an7}\hFLIGHT DIRECTORS ARE STILL REELING 822 00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:47,765 {\an7}FROM SCHIRRA’S PERFORMANCE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hON APOLLO 7. 823 00:42:47,799 --> 00:42:51,970 {\an7}THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANCE ANOTHER DIFFICULT FLIGHT. 824 00:42:52,003 --> 00:42:55,273 {\an7}Man: ALL ENGINES RUNNING. \h\h\h\hCOMMENCE LIFTOFF. 825 00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:56,908 {\an7}WE HAVE LIFTOFF. 826 00:42:56,941 --> 00:43:00,678 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: ON MARCH 3rd, THE FLIGHT TEAM TRIES AGAIN. 827 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:02,179 {\an7}THIS TIME, IT’S A GO. 828 00:43:02,213 --> 00:43:05,149 {\an7}\hMan: GO ALL THE WAY. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. 829 00:43:05,183 --> 00:43:06,651 {\an7}Narrator: IT’S NOT A MOON SHOT, 830 00:43:06,684 --> 00:43:12,223 {\an7}\hBUT IF THE LEM DOESN’T PASS THE TEST, THERE WON’T BE ONE. 831 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:15,926 {\an7}Man: AND, ROOKIE, EVERYTHING \h\h\h\hIS GOING REAL GREAT. 832 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,662 {\an7}Man: ROGER. 833 00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:19,564 {\an7}Narrator: THREE HOURS \h\h\h\hAFTER LAUNCH, 834 00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:23,634 {\an7}THE FLIGHT CREW SEPARATES FROM THE THIRD STAGE OF THE ROCKET. 835 00:43:23,668 --> 00:43:26,237 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY TURN THE COMMAND MODULE AROUND 836 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:29,707 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND DOCK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. 837 00:43:32,577 --> 00:43:33,478 {\an7}Man: ROGER. 838 00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:37,982 {\an7}Man: THIS IS HOUSTON. 839 00:43:38,015 --> 00:43:39,016 {\an7}Man: ROGER. IT’S OUT THERE, 840 00:43:39,050 --> 00:43:41,386 {\an7}AND WE’RE TURNED AROUND \h\h\h\h\hAND PROCEEDING 841 00:43:41,419 --> 00:43:43,454 {\an7}WITH THE STATION-KEEPING \h\h\h\h\h\hAND DOCKING. 842 00:43:43,488 --> 00:43:45,991 {\an7}Man: AH, TREMENDOUS, APOLLO 9. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHANK YOU. 843 00:43:48,326 --> 00:43:51,696 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: SCOTT SLOWLY ACCELERATES THE COMMAND MODULE, 844 00:43:51,729 --> 00:43:55,800 {\an7}EXTRACTING THE 16-TON LM \h\h\h\hFROM THE ROCKET 845 00:43:55,833 --> 00:44:00,071 {\an7}AND INTO ITS NEW HOME IN SPACE. 846 00:44:00,104 --> 00:44:02,807 {\an7}Man: ROGER, APOLLO 9, UNDERSTAND, HARD DOCK. 847 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:04,709 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: NEXT, SCHWEICKART AND McDIVITT 848 00:44:04,742 --> 00:44:07,612 {\an7}\h\h\h\hCLEAR THE TUNNEL BETWEEN THE SPACECRAFT, 849 00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:11,215 {\an7}MAKING SURE THE TWO SHIPS ARE LOCKED TOGETHER TIGHT. 850 00:44:11,249 --> 00:44:13,318 {\an7}Man: ...NOT FAR AT ALL. 851 00:44:13,351 --> 00:44:15,653 {\an7}Man: WE’RE READY TO GO. PREPPED. 852 00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:18,022 {\an7}Man: ROGER. 853 00:44:18,055 --> 00:44:21,425 {\an7}Narrator: NOW MISSION CONTROL \h\h\hCALLS FOR THE NEXT TEST, 854 00:44:21,459 --> 00:44:25,163 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAN EVA, OR EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, 855 00:44:25,196 --> 00:44:27,965 {\an7}COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SPACE WALK, 856 00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:32,637 {\an7}\h\h\hPLAN B TO KEEP ASTRONAUTS FROM GETTING STRANDED IN SPACE. 857 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,505 {\an7}Chaikin: IF YOU HAD \hA PROBLEM DOCKING 858 00:44:34,539 --> 00:44:37,175 {\an7}WHEN THE LUNAR MODULE CAME BACK FROM THE SURFACE OF THE MOON, 859 00:44:37,208 --> 00:44:40,378 {\an7}YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO SPACE WALK FROM THE LUNAR MODULE 860 00:44:40,411 --> 00:44:42,380 {\an7}BACK TO THE COMMAND MODULE. 861 00:44:42,413 --> 00:44:45,583 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SO IT WAS A "WHAT IF" EXERCISE TO SAY, 862 00:44:45,616 --> 00:44:48,085 {\an7}"WE’VE GOT TO TEST THIS OUT \h\h\hTO MAKE SURE IT WORKS 863 00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:49,621 {\an7}IN CASE WE ACTUALLY \hDO HAVE A PROBLEM 864 00:44:49,654 --> 00:44:52,290 {\an7}\hON ONE OF THESE LANDING MISSIONS." 865 00:44:52,323 --> 00:44:55,226 {\an7}Narrator: THE SPACE WALK \hFALLS TO SCHWEICKART. 866 00:44:55,259 --> 00:44:59,296 {\an7}\hHE’LL BE TESTING A BRAND-NEW SUIT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. 867 00:44:59,330 --> 00:45:02,466 {\an7}Kluger: ALL OTHER ASTRONAUTS WHO HAD EVER WALKED IN SPACE 868 00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:07,105 {\an7}HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THEIR SPACECRAFT VIA UMBILICALS. 869 00:45:07,138 --> 00:45:10,174 {\an7}IN ORDER TO WALK ON THE MOON, \hYOU HAD TO CUT THAT TETHER. 870 00:45:10,208 --> 00:45:13,478 {\an7}YOU HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE \h\h\hLIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM 871 00:45:13,511 --> 00:45:15,947 {\an7}ON YOUR BACK. 872 00:45:15,980 --> 00:45:18,883 {\an7}Man: MR. SCHWEICKART, \hPROCEED ON FORWARD. 873 00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:21,118 {\an7}Chaikin: RUSTY GOT OUT \hOF THE LUNAR MODULE. 874 00:45:21,152 --> 00:45:25,423 {\an7}HE WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST \h\h\hTO TEST THE MOON SUIT 875 00:45:25,456 --> 00:45:27,291 {\an7}IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE. 876 00:45:27,325 --> 00:45:28,493 {\an7}Man: THAT LOOKS COMFORTABLE. 877 00:45:28,526 --> 00:45:30,928 {\an7}Chaikin: MEANWHILE, DAVE SCOTT \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS STICKING OUT 878 00:45:30,962 --> 00:45:35,033 {\an7}\h\hOF THE COMMAND MODULE HATCH AND PHOTOGRAPHING AND OBSERVING 879 00:45:35,066 --> 00:45:37,368 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHILE RUSTY CHECKED OUT THE SUIT. 880 00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:39,904 {\an7}Rusty Schweickart: OH, DAVE, \hI’M GLAD WE STOPPED HERE. 881 00:45:39,937 --> 00:45:41,972 {\an7}\hDAVE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE MOVIES OF IT 882 00:45:42,006 --> 00:45:43,508 {\an7}SO THAT WE WOULD DOCUMENT 883 00:45:43,541 --> 00:45:47,245 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE STABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS. 884 00:45:47,278 --> 00:45:48,813 {\an7}I STARTED UP THE HAND RAIL, 885 00:45:48,846 --> 00:45:52,650 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND DAVE SAID, "UH, THE CAMERA JAMMED." 886 00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:55,686 {\an7}\h\h\hAND SO JIM SAID, "OKAY, DAVE, YOU’VE GOT FIVE MINUTES. 887 00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:58,623 {\an7}RUSTY, DON’T GO AWAY. \h\hSTAY RIGHT THERE." 888 00:45:58,656 --> 00:46:01,592 {\an7}\hNarrator: SCOTT DUCKS INTO THE COMMAND MODULE, 889 00:46:01,626 --> 00:46:06,598 {\an7}\h\hLEAVING SCHWEICKART TO AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD EXPERIENCE. 890 00:46:06,631 --> 00:46:08,700 {\an7}Schweickart: I JUST SPUN AROUND, AND I LOOKED AT THE EARTH, 891 00:46:08,733 --> 00:46:12,237 {\an7}\hAND I JUST SAID, "MY JOB RIGHT NOW 892 00:46:12,270 --> 00:46:16,941 {\an7}IS TO JUST BE A HUMAN BEING, \h\h\h\h\hJUST BE A PERSON." 893 00:46:16,974 --> 00:46:20,845 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I STOPPED BEING AN ASTRONAUT. 894 00:46:20,878 --> 00:46:24,782 {\an7}THERE I WAS, A HUMAN BEING \h\h\h\hIN SPACE, SAYING, 895 00:46:24,815 --> 00:46:27,151 {\an7}ABSORB THIS, YOU KNOW. \h\hJUST SOAK THIS UP. 896 00:46:27,184 --> 00:46:29,420 {\an7}JUST LET IT ALL COME IN. 897 00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:32,990 {\an7}\h\hTHAT FIVE MINUTES WAS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL TIME. 898 00:46:33,024 --> 00:46:44,469 {\an7}♪ 899 00:46:44,502 --> 00:46:45,903 {\an7}Man: APOLLO 9... 900 00:46:45,936 --> 00:46:49,573 {\an7}\hNarrator: SOON, THE ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT. 901 00:46:49,607 --> 00:46:52,176 {\an7}\h\h\h\hMISSION CONTROL CAN BREATHE EASIER NOW. 902 00:46:54,145 --> 00:46:57,348 {\an7}BUT THEIR BIGGEST TEST \h\h\hIS YET TO COME. 903 00:47:00,851 --> 00:47:06,256 {\an7}\hSCHWEICKART AND McDIVITT MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE LUNAR MODULE. 904 00:47:06,290 --> 00:47:10,961 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSCOTT STAYS IN THE COMMAND MODULE. 905 00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:12,930 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE PLAN IS FOR THE TWO SPACECRAFT 906 00:47:12,963 --> 00:47:15,199 {\an7}TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, 907 00:47:15,232 --> 00:47:18,268 {\an7}A CRITICAL PART OF THE MISSION. 908 00:47:18,302 --> 00:47:19,537 {\an7}Barry: UP UNTIL THIS POINT, 909 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:23,107 {\an7}NASA HAD BEEN FLYING MISSIONS \h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT WERE LARGELY, 910 00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:24,708 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW, ONE SPACECRAFT AT A TIME. 911 00:47:24,742 --> 00:47:25,943 {\an7}WHEN YOU GET TO APOLLO 9, 912 00:47:25,976 --> 00:47:27,878 {\an7}THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAVING \h\h\hMULTIPLE SPACECRAFT 913 00:47:27,912 --> 00:47:29,947 {\an7}WITH MULTIPLE CREWS ON BOARD, 914 00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:32,816 {\an7}SO IT’S A REALLY COMPLEX \h\h\h\hCHANGE OF PACE. 915 00:47:35,052 --> 00:47:37,521 {\an7}Narrator: WITH TWO SPACECRAFT \h\h\h\h\h\hNOW IN OPERATION, 916 00:47:37,555 --> 00:47:41,392 {\an7}THE TEAM NEEDS NEW CODE NAMES \h\h\h\h\hTO TELL THEM APART. 917 00:47:41,425 --> 00:47:42,993 {\an7}Barry: YOU’RE TALKING TO THEM ON THE RADIO. 918 00:47:43,027 --> 00:47:44,695 {\an7}WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING TO? 919 00:47:44,729 --> 00:47:45,930 {\an7}SO, THEY HAD TO COME UP \h\h\h\hWITH CALL SIGNS 920 00:47:45,963 --> 00:47:47,498 {\an7}FOR THE SEPARATE VEHICLES, \h\h\h\hAND THE CREW SAID, 921 00:47:47,531 --> 00:47:50,801 {\an7}WELL, THE COMMAND MODULE KIND \hOF LOOKS LIKE A BIG GUMDROP, 922 00:47:50,835 --> 00:47:52,503 {\an7}AND SO WE’RE GONNA CALL THAT GUMDROP, 923 00:47:52,536 --> 00:47:54,104 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE LUNAR MODULE LOOKS SORT OF LIKE A SPIDER, 924 00:47:54,138 --> 00:47:55,606 {\an7}SO WHEN THEY WERE FLYING SEPARATELY, 925 00:47:55,639 --> 00:47:57,774 {\an7}\h\hTHEY WERE CALLED GUMDROP AND SPIDER. 926 00:47:57,808 --> 00:47:58,942 {\an7}Man: SPIDER AND GUMDROP... 927 00:47:58,976 --> 00:48:02,346 {\an7}\hNarrator: NOW THE CREW MUST BEGIN THE MANEUVER. 928 00:48:02,380 --> 00:48:04,549 {\an7}THEY SLOWLY UNDOCK. 929 00:48:06,751 --> 00:48:09,120 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUNTIL NOW, THE CREW HAD THE SECURITY 930 00:48:09,153 --> 00:48:12,023 {\an7}OF BEING IN A SPACESHIP \h\hTHEY COULD LAND IN, 931 00:48:12,056 --> 00:48:16,027 {\an7}BUT SPIDER ISN’T DESIGNED \hTO COME BACK FROM SPACE. 932 00:48:16,060 --> 00:48:18,629 {\an7}Kluger: RUSTY SCHWEICKART \h\h\h\hAND JIM McDIVITT, 933 00:48:18,662 --> 00:48:22,933 {\an7}THEY WERE THE FIRST HUMAN BEINGS INSIDE A SPACECRAFT 934 00:48:22,967 --> 00:48:26,871 {\an7}THAT WAS UNEQUIPPED TO BRING THEM HOME. 935 00:48:26,904 --> 00:48:30,574 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE LUNAR MODULE, THAT WAS JUST FOIL ORIGAMI. 936 00:48:30,608 --> 00:48:33,878 {\an7}\h\hTHERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF ENTERING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE 937 00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:35,880 {\an7}IN THAT SPACECRAFT. 938 00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:37,014 {\an7}Man: OH, VERY GOOD. 939 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:39,416 {\an7}HEY, IT’S A TREMENDOUS \h\h\hPICTURE, SPIDER. 940 00:48:39,450 --> 00:48:40,618 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: McDIVITT AND SCHWEICKART 941 00:48:40,651 --> 00:48:42,786 {\an7}START A BROADCAST \h\hDOWN TO EARTH 942 00:48:42,820 --> 00:48:46,957 {\an7}\h\h\h\hAS THEY FLY SPIDER MORE THAN 100 MILES AWAY. 943 00:48:46,991 --> 00:48:50,061 {\an7}Man: GOING DOWN THE CHECKLIST \h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE A GOOD PILOT. 944 00:48:50,094 --> 00:48:51,662 {\an7}Man: GREAT. 945 00:48:51,695 --> 00:48:55,065 {\an7}Narrator: SCOTT SITS PATIENTLY \h\h\h\hIN THE COMMAND MODULE, 946 00:48:55,099 --> 00:48:58,970 {\an7}\h\hWAITING FOR SPIDER TO RETURN AND RE-DOCK. 947 00:48:59,003 --> 00:49:00,571 {\an7}Kluger: THEY BOTH KNEW, 948 00:49:00,604 --> 00:49:05,075 {\an7}\hIF WE CANNOT RENDEZVOUS AND DOCK WITH DAVE AGAIN, 949 00:49:05,109 --> 00:49:08,446 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWE WILL DIE, DAVE WILL COME HOME ALONE. 950 00:49:08,479 --> 00:49:12,883 {\an7}FOR THAT SPACECRAFT TO COME BACK WITH JUST ONE PERSON INSIDE 951 00:49:12,917 --> 00:49:17,822 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWOULD HAVE BEEN A WRENCHING NATIONAL TRAUMA. 952 00:49:17,855 --> 00:49:19,290 {\an7}Man: SPIDER, GUMDROP, \h\h\h\h\hI CAN SEE... 953 00:49:19,323 --> 00:49:21,325 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: A BURST FROM ITS ASCENT ENGINE 954 00:49:21,358 --> 00:49:23,327 {\an7}BRINGS SPIDER CLOSE TO TARGET. 955 00:49:25,362 --> 00:49:28,866 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE RE-DOCKING GOES EVEN MORE SMOOTHLY THAN PLANNED. 956 00:49:28,899 --> 00:49:30,134 {\an7}Man: ...RIGHT SIDE UP \h\hON THE BELLY BAND, 957 00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:32,002 {\an7}THEN WE GET BACK TO MAYBE ABOUT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, 958 00:49:32,036 --> 00:49:33,271 {\an7}AT LEAST IN PLANE. 959 00:49:33,304 --> 00:49:37,341 {\an7}\hNarrator: A BUZZER INDICATES THAT THE DOCKING IS COMPLETE. 960 00:49:37,374 --> 00:49:39,877 {\an7}Man: GOOD WORK. 961 00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:44,181 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE CREW STAYS IN ORBIT FOR FIVE MORE DAYS 962 00:49:44,215 --> 00:49:48,920 {\an7}AND THEN SPLASHES DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 963 00:49:48,953 --> 00:49:50,121 {\an7}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 964 00:49:50,154 --> 00:49:52,957 {\an7}\hAFTER APOLLO 9, NASA IS CONFIDENT 965 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:55,659 {\an7}THAT THE LUNAR MODULE’S \h\hTOUGH DESIGN PROCESS 966 00:49:55,693 --> 00:49:57,895 {\an7}HAS FINALLY PAID OFF. 967 00:49:57,928 --> 00:50:00,831 {\an7}Chaikin: IT WOULD NOT HAVE SURPRISED ANYBODY 968 00:50:00,865 --> 00:50:03,134 {\an7}IF THEY’D COME BACK \h\h\hFROM APOLLO 9 969 00:50:03,167 --> 00:50:05,002 {\an7}AND THEY’D SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? 970 00:50:05,035 --> 00:50:07,638 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWE GOT TO DO ANOTHER EARTH ORBIT MISSION, 971 00:50:07,671 --> 00:50:10,107 {\an7}\h\hUH, BEFORE WE CAN GO BACK TO THE MOON." 972 00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:12,175 {\an7}BUT APOLLO 9 WENT PERFECTLY. 973 00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:17,181 {\an7}Narrator: THAT’S THREE \hPERFECT TEST FLIGHTS 974 00:50:17,214 --> 00:50:19,750 {\an7}IN JUST UNDER FIVE MONTHS. 975 00:50:19,783 --> 00:50:23,320 {\an7}Kluger: THE EXTRAORDINARY THING ABOUT THE APOLLO MISSIONS 976 00:50:23,354 --> 00:50:28,860 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS THAT THEY CAME IN SUCH GATLING GUN SEQUENCE. 977 00:50:28,893 --> 00:50:32,697 {\an7}\h\h\hTHEY WERE BASICALLY, ACHIEVE ONE AMAZING THING, 978 00:50:32,730 --> 00:50:36,801 {\an7}COME HOME, SHOWER UP, \h\h\h\hHIT THE BOOKS, 979 00:50:36,834 --> 00:50:40,604 {\an7}SEND THE NEXT THREE GUYS UP, \h\h\h\h\h\hAND DO IT AGAIN. 980 00:50:40,638 --> 00:50:44,275 {\an7}Narrator: A DEEP SPACE CAPSULE, A POWERFUL ROCKET, 981 00:50:44,308 --> 00:50:47,311 {\an7}AND NOW THE LUNAR LANDER. 982 00:50:47,344 --> 00:50:48,445 {\an7}Chaikin: NASA WAS IN A POSITION 983 00:50:48,479 --> 00:50:50,648 {\an7}\h\h\hWHERE THEY COULD BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS 984 00:50:50,681 --> 00:50:53,751 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND CARRY OUT AN EVEN MORE AMBITIOUS MISSION-- 985 00:50:53,784 --> 00:50:55,152 {\an7}LANDING ON THE MOON. 986 00:50:55,185 --> 00:50:59,489 {\an7}♪ 118073

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