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Space has beckoned to us
from the dawn of time.
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The is the story of our greatest adventure
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when humans first stepped off the Earth
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into the unknown.
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Firing chain is armed.
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No unexpected error.
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Discovery's computer is now controlling.
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Water system is being activated.
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T minus 10 seconds, go for main engine start,
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seven, six, five, three
engines up and burning,
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three, two, one, and liftoff
of Space Shuttle Discovery.
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Beginning America's new journey
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to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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Rocket Men
The Conquerors of Space
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In the beginning...
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It's my pleasure to introduce these seven men
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who have been selected to begin training
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for orbital space flight.
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John H. Glenn.
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Virgil I. Grissom.
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Alan B. Shepard.
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Once upon a time,
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almost 50 years ago, a group of men
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were called upon to risk their lives
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on a mission to the skies as rocketmen.
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Walter M. Schirra
They call themselves
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star voyagers, astronauts.
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These, ladies and gentlemen,
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are the nation's Mercury astronauts.
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Everything they do to get
into space will be new.
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Every step they take a first.
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There are no mobile phones.
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Testing, testing. Testing, testing.
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Computers are the size of station wagons.
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And no one knows if a human can survive
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beyond the confines of Earth.
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It is the height of the Cold War,
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a huge arsenal of missiles
points towards the Soviet Union.
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The fight is for the hearts of men,
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the frontier is not Earth, but space.
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To win it, men must ride a rocket to the skies.
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Four, three, two, one, liftoff.
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On the last day of January 1961,
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America's first rocketman is ready.
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The spacecraft is to reach
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a maximum altitude of 120 statute miles.
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Four and a half minutes of weightlessness,
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a velocity of almost 5,000 miles per hour.
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The big question is, will
the star voyager survive?
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The spacecraft traveled 40 miles higher
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and a 120 miles farther than scheduled.
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It sustained 18 G instead of the normal 11.
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But Ham is fine,
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and made the trip into space and back safely.
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Ham, a four-year-old chimpanzee,
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is America's first astronaut,
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and an instant celebrity.
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He is also proof that you can survive in space
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provided the rocket doesn't kill you first.
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It's time for man to take his chance.
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The first is Alan Shepard.
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Better you than me, pal.
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Nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four, three,
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two, one, ignition.
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All right, now, liftoff and
the clock has started.
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This is Freedom 7, the fuel is go,
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1.2 g, cabin at 14 psi, oxygen is go.
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On the periscope, what a beautiful view.
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Cabin holding at 5.5.
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Just a glimpse at the wonder of space,
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but it changes the world.
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My condition is still good,
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I'm getting ready for impact.
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It just hit the water a moment ago,
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a cheer went up from the
ship's company watching here
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from all decks on the aircraft carrier.
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We choose to go to the Moon.
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We choose to go to the Moon.
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We choose to go to the Moon in this decade,
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and the other things.
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Not because they are easy,
but because they are hard.
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Because that challenge is one
that we're willing to accept,
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one we are unwilling to postpone,
and one we intend to win.
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To put a man on the moon
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and return him safely to Earth
before the decade is out.
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It is a dream of ages, and its time has come.
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The clock is running, it will
cost rocketmen their lives.
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Liberty Bell 7, Liberty Bell 7,
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this is Atlantic CapCom, do you read me, over?
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Astronaut Gus Grissom has
survived a trip to space,
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but will he survive the return?
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Astronaut is out of the capsule.
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After splashdown,
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the icy Atlantic has a grip on his space capsule.
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From a helicopter, they
were talking about...
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And on him.
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This helicopter to go right over the capsule.
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The helicopter has hooked onto the capsule.
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Correction, the capsule is
still floating in the water.
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Gus Grissom cheats death.
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It is the rocketman's gift, sometimes.
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It is time to send a voyager to circle the planet.
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This day stands here as a preparation
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of research and testing, of planning and training.
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And the purpose of it all is knowledge.
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Knowledge that will serve as the basis
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for space explorations of the future.
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Okay, John.
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John Glenn's tiny capsule
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waits for him atop the most powerful missile
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so far launched.
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If it fails, this surely
will be the last human hand
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he touches.
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CNS and beacons are on.
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We just gotta go, are you ready?
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Status check, pressurization.
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LOX tanking.
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I have a blinking high-level light.
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You are go, water systems go,
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range operations, Mercury capsule, go.
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All pre-start panel lights are correct,
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the ready light is on,
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Eject Mercury umbilical. All evacuate.
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Mercury umbilical clear. Mercury is go.
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All recorders to fast,
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T minus 18 seconds and counting, engines start.
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The good lord ride all the way up.
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Godspeed, John.
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Six, five, four, three,
two, one, liftoff.
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Roger, the clock is operating, we're underway.
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We're spreading out some now,
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getting out of the vibration area.
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Sky looking very dark outside.
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Roger, zero g and I feel fine.
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Capsule is turning around.
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Oh, that view is tremendous.
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Beautiful.
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Roger, 7, you have a go,
at least seven orbits.
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Roger, understand go for
at least seven orbits.
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Ammeter is indicating 23.
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ASCS is 112.
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Fans are 112, over.
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How does he look, Bermuda?
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Looks real good, okay,
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but certain to report everything
okay, all systems okay.
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Bermuda, Kano, Zanzibar.
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Horizon is a brilliant blue.
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17,000 miles an hour.
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Very good, John, you sound good.
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Roger, that was sure a short day.
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Alone in space,
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Glenn encircles all human life in just 19 minutes.
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Just to my right I can see
a big pattern of light.
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Apparently right on the coast,
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I can see a, the light of a
town and a very bright light
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just to the south of it.
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Roger that, it's Perth and Rockingham
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that you're seeing there.
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Roger, the lights show up very well
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and I wanna thank everybody for
turning them on, will you?
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Roger, sure will, John, very fine.
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Instantly, John Glenn is an American hero.
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♫ Going east on 98 highway
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♫ The top's down and the air is clear
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♫ She smiles and goes my senses
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♫ Best place in the world right here
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♫ When I look into her eyes
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♫ I see the truth that it will last forever
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♫ These are the best years of our lives ♫
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Earth orbit is one small step,
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giant leaps still lie ahead.
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Men must fly in larger rockets,
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and new rockets are a problem.
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One in five Titan rockets fail.
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Tough odds if you're a rocketman.
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Engineers drive themselves to find a fix.
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10, nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four, three,
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two, one, go.
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Men will ride next.
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The project is called Gemini, the twin sons
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of men and gods who lived
both on Earth and in heaven.
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Astronaut John Young will fly first
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with the man who cheated
death in the icy Atlantic,
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hero Gus Grissom.
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Okay, Dan, verify your
station, borders are on.
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A simple objective, test
drive the new rocket
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and return alive.
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Isolated batteries are normal.
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Isolated batteries normal, ready now.
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Stand by on the ammeter,
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electrical blocked out, external fire off.
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Roger.
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12 off, 18 off, 64 off, internal fire.
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This is Gemini Launch Control,
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T minus 60 seconds and counting.
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The launch vehicle is now
on its own battery power.
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All systems still looking good in the spacecraft
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and with the launch vehicle itself.
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10, nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four,
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three, two, one, zero.
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Ignition.
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Liftoff, we have a liftoff
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16 minutes left of the hour.
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There it goes.
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Roger, staging.
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No human eyes have ever seen
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what these explorers see.
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Even as they orbit, another
rocketman is preparing.
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In secret, he is getting ready for a bold step
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closer to man's dream of the moon.
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Ed White is 34, a father.
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Fewer than 40 people on Earth
know what he's training for
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and none of them are sure it can be done.
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Ed White will fly with his best friend,
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rocketman Jim McDivitt.
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Unless things go well,
McDivitt will come home alone.
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Liftoff.
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150 miles high, 17,000 miles an hour.
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A simple sounding instruction.
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Okay, we're giving you a go
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for your EVA at this time.
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The start of a great adventure.
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Okay.
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Roger, flight, let's go.
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Okay.
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My feet are out.
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I think I'm dragging a little bit,
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so I don't wanna fire the gun yet.
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Okay, I'm separating from the spacecraft.
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Okay, I'm out.
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Oh hey, there, I can see around now.
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Okay, just a sec.
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You're right in front, Ed, you look beautiful.
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I feel like a million dollars.
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This is the greatest experience,
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it's just tremendous.
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Looks like a thermal glove, Jim.
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I feel like a million dollars.
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The flight director says get back in.
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Jimmy, get back in.
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Okay. Going to come back in now.
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Now back in, come on.
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One, zero. Ignition.
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We will start, we have a liftoff.
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Rocketmen can walk in space,
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and one day might even walk on the Moon,
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but could they come home again?
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And you can tell him
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that the pad preparation
schedule is going very well.
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To find out, two ships must
fly in space together,
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and fly close enough to join.
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The word from the Cape is, we are go.
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The prime pilots for the Gemini 6 flight,
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Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford.
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Only if they can will men
return from the Moon.
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Three, two, one. Ignition.
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But will two ships even find each other
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in the vastness of space.
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Okay, their orbit is 87 by 140.
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How are the 7 boys doing?
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They go over a while ago?
264
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They sure did,
265
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they're about five minutes ahead of you.
266
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Roger, tell them we'll see them
267
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at the next station.
268
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Roger, read you loud and clear.
269
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Hey, I think I've got them.
270
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Is that space craft 7?
271
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Break, and point four eight nautical miles.
272
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660 feet.
273
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300 feet, we're directly below you.
274
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180 feet.
275
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Ask them what their range is now.
276
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About 20 feet.
277
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Twin ships meet in the heavens
278
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and fly almost close enough to touch.
279
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Gemini 7, are you able to see in the windows
280
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of 6 very easily, and vice versa?
281
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Roger.
282
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It is proof a moon lander
283
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could meet a mother ship and return.
284
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A giant leap towards the dream of the moon.
285
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And then, it's over.
286
00:25:21,879 --> 00:25:26,553
Coming home, death lurks just
inches from the rocketmen.
287
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A super-heated plasma envelops the craft,
288
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twice as hot as the surface of the sun.
289
00:25:55,749 --> 00:25:58,061
Frank Borman and Jim Lovell
290
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are the most traveled humans in history.
291
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They have voyaged more than six million miles,
292
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and the sun has risen and set on them 400 times.
293
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They have shown that men could live
294
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through the long journey to the moon,
295
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and it is their destiny to go there.
296
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The final part of the dream is coming.
297
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Its name, Apollo.
298
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In legend, the god Apollo
flew on the back of a swan
299
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to the land of eternal Spring.
300
00:27:05,010 --> 00:27:09,722
Fire will carry this Apollo,
a million gallons of fuel
301
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in a rocket the size of a 35 story building.
302
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It is beyond earthly names,
so they call it Saturn,
303
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the most powerful machine the human mind
304
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has ever conceived.
305
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In the first crew, 31-year-old Roger Chaffee
306
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joins the rocketmen elite,
307
00:27:41,486 --> 00:27:44,075
Gus Grissom, the man who cheats death,
308
00:27:45,557 --> 00:27:48,266
and Edward White, spacewalker.
309
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Good luck, John.
310
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The year is 1967,
311
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the last week in January.
312
00:28:19,822 --> 00:28:21,700
It is just after midday.
313
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This is a hard phrase to say,
314
00:28:53,142 --> 00:28:54,296
but I think it's a necessary one,
315
00:28:54,297 --> 00:28:56,704
it would be an instantaneous death, would it not?
316
00:28:56,705 --> 00:28:59,492
I think that's a fair assumption.
317
00:28:59,493 --> 00:29:02,599
These three men, they were
aware of consequences
318
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,225
of the risky work they were doing, were they not?
319
00:29:05,226 --> 00:29:06,897
They were, all of our pilots are.
320
00:29:07,875 --> 00:29:09,744
This is an extremely hazardous business,
321
00:29:09,745 --> 00:29:13,934
we've tried to convey that to people,
322
00:29:13,935 --> 00:29:16,391
and I know you newsmen have too.
323
00:29:16,392 --> 00:29:20,316
But, it's a shame that things
like this have to happen
324
00:29:20,317 --> 00:29:22,549
to bring it home to us so dramatically.
325
00:29:35,465 --> 00:29:37,542
Death will only wait so long.
326
00:29:38,745 --> 00:29:42,361
It came for Grissom, White, and Chaffee.
327
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A fire in the sealed capsule.
328
00:29:45,930 --> 00:29:50,001
The cause, a spark from wiring
beneath Gus Grissom's seat.
329
00:30:06,384 --> 00:30:09,181
From the ashes comes a phoenix,
330
00:30:09,182 --> 00:30:12,364
built on the lessons learned
from men who gave their lives.
331
00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:24,026
Almost two years later,
332
00:30:24,027 --> 00:30:27,102
a reborn Apollo is ready to fly.
333
00:30:27,103 --> 00:30:28,997
This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control,
334
00:30:28,998 --> 00:30:31,452
with two hours, 20 minutes and counting,
335
00:30:31,453 --> 00:30:33,215
we appear to have a beautiful morning here
336
00:30:33,216 --> 00:30:34,487
for a flight to the moon,
337
00:30:34,488 --> 00:30:36,960
and countdown's still going very satisfactory
338
00:30:36,961 --> 00:30:38,325
at this time.
339
00:30:38,326 --> 00:30:41,376
We expect that astronauts
Frank Borman, Jim Lovell,
340
00:30:41,377 --> 00:30:42,927
and Bill Anders will be coming out
341
00:30:42,928 --> 00:30:44,419
in a matter of a few minutes.
342
00:30:44,420 --> 00:30:47,561
400,000 people work for NASA.
343
00:30:47,562 --> 00:30:51,461
Today, just before Christmas 1968,
344
00:30:51,462 --> 00:30:53,622
they will seek to make history.
345
00:30:57,642 --> 00:30:59,264
50 seconds and counting,
346
00:30:59,265 --> 00:31:00,532
we have the power transfer,
347
00:31:00,533 --> 00:31:03,859
we're now on the flight batteries
within the launch vehicle.
348
00:31:03,860 --> 00:31:05,146
45 seconds.
349
00:31:15,613 --> 00:31:20,770
T minus 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.
350
00:31:23,559 --> 00:31:26,847
We have ignition sequence
start, the engines are on.
351
00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:33,494
Four, three, two, one, zero.
352
00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:50,904
We have commit, we have liftoff.
353
00:32:01,828 --> 00:32:03,524
We have cleared the tower.
354
00:32:28,618 --> 00:32:31,547
S2 has ignited, we can confirm,
355
00:32:31,548 --> 00:32:33,385
and the thrust looks good, all engines,
356
00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:36,345
all sources show that the
state is burning perfectly.
357
00:32:46,227 --> 00:32:47,909
The launch of the giant rocket
358
00:32:47,910 --> 00:32:50,975
can be seen for 100 miles.
359
00:32:54,128 --> 00:32:55,534
That was a very exciting ride
360
00:32:55,535 --> 00:32:58,945
on that big Saturn, but it worked perfectly.
361
00:32:58,946 --> 00:33:01,011
For time beyond time,
362
00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:04,289
men have dreamed of seeing Earth as a globe,
363
00:33:04,290 --> 00:33:05,675
a single planet.
364
00:33:07,408 --> 00:33:09,017
These rocketmen do so.
365
00:33:16,263 --> 00:33:20,589
These new adventurers are
Earth's most traveled pair,
366
00:33:20,590 --> 00:33:23,471
Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
367
00:33:24,893 --> 00:33:29,047
And with them, on his first
flight, astronaut Bill Anders.
368
00:33:34,743 --> 00:33:38,480
They are to be the first
men to travel to the Moon,
369
00:33:38,481 --> 00:33:40,878
orbit round it, and return.
370
00:33:47,613 --> 00:33:50,494
NASA rates their chances of living
371
00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,209
no more than 50-50.
372
00:33:55,828 --> 00:33:58,537
For almost a quarter of a
million miles they travel
373
00:34:00,521 --> 00:34:02,831
between the Earth on the Moon,
374
00:34:04,214 --> 00:34:06,366
and see it as no one has before.
375
00:34:07,736 --> 00:34:09,768
Point nine by 50.5.
376
00:34:11,286 --> 00:34:13,850
169.1 by 50.5.
377
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,011
This is Houston, roger,
378
00:34:17,012 --> 00:34:20,918
169.1 by 50.5, good to hear your voice.
379
00:34:23,402 --> 00:34:26,310
This is the first sight human eyes
380
00:34:26,311 --> 00:34:28,808
ever have of the far side of the moon.
381
00:34:40,284 --> 00:34:43,143
And then, orbiting the moon,
382
00:34:43,143 --> 00:34:45,507
they discover the Earth.
383
00:34:53,282 --> 00:34:55,549
For all the people back on Earth,
384
00:34:55,550 --> 00:34:58,265
the crew of Apollo 8 has a message
385
00:34:58,266 --> 00:35:00,548
that we would like to send you.
386
00:35:02,048 --> 00:35:07,203
On Christmas Eve 1968,
Apollo 8 calls home.
387
00:35:07,204 --> 00:35:09,383
More people listened than have ever heard
388
00:35:09,384 --> 00:35:11,733
a single human voice before.
389
00:35:15,831 --> 00:35:18,354
In the beginning, god created the heaven
390
00:35:18,355 --> 00:35:22,939
and the Earth, and the Earth was without form
391
00:35:22,940 --> 00:35:26,518
and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep.
392
00:35:29,192 --> 00:35:32,560
And the spirit of god moved
upon the face of the waters.
393
00:35:33,926 --> 00:35:36,967
And god said, "Let there be light."
394
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,305
And there was light.
395
00:35:42,334 --> 00:35:44,319
And god bless all of you,
396
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,688
all of you on the good Earth.
397
00:35:55,550 --> 00:35:57,597
Now we have seen the Moon,
398
00:35:57,598 --> 00:35:59,569
now we must make it ours.
399
00:35:59,570 --> 00:36:02,582
But one vital element is not ready,
400
00:36:02,583 --> 00:36:06,582
the lunar lander, a ship
that can actually set down.
401
00:36:08,699 --> 00:36:13,477
It will be very light, very
fragile, and very hard to fly.
402
00:36:13,478 --> 00:36:17,042
The world's best pilots will be needed to tame it,
403
00:36:17,043 --> 00:36:18,421
like Neil Armstrong.
404
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,865
The rocketman cheats death,
405
00:36:57,866 --> 00:37:01,097
it is their gift, sometimes.
406
00:37:07,199 --> 00:37:09,016
Liftoff, we have liftoff
407
00:37:09,017 --> 00:37:11,668
at 11am Eastern Standard Time.
408
00:37:16,948 --> 00:37:18,372
And, Apollo 9, it's five minutes,
409
00:37:18,373 --> 00:37:20,791
everybody's happy as a clam here, looking good.
410
00:37:24,294 --> 00:37:28,880
In the spring of 1969,
rocketmen fly once again.
411
00:37:35,463 --> 00:37:39,116
This time they bring with them
the LEM, the lunar lander,
412
00:37:40,194 --> 00:37:41,771
to fly for the very first time.
413
00:37:46,044 --> 00:37:49,250
Three, two, one, liftoff.
414
00:37:51,281 --> 00:37:52,257
You're good.
415
00:37:56,620 --> 00:37:58,540
It's a nice looking machine.
416
00:37:58,541 --> 00:37:59,837
So is yours.
417
00:37:59,838 --> 00:38:02,438
Orbiting Earth, the men who fly the lander
418
00:38:02,439 --> 00:38:06,781
have no hope their flimsy ship
could ever get them home.
419
00:38:06,782 --> 00:38:08,294
Upside down again.
420
00:38:08,295 --> 00:38:09,512
Yeah, I'm just thinking, one of us
421
00:38:09,513 --> 00:38:10,328
isn't right side up.
422
00:38:10,329 --> 00:38:12,104
It is so fragile,
423
00:38:12,105 --> 00:38:14,778
it would disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere,
424
00:38:17,319 --> 00:38:19,992
yet its windows give the best view
425
00:38:19,993 --> 00:38:22,575
a rocketman has ever seen.
426
00:38:47,459 --> 00:38:50,646
Hey, Dave, we're at 49
miles, we can still see you.
427
00:38:50,647 --> 00:38:52,954
Hey, that's pretty good.
428
00:38:52,954 --> 00:38:55,685
Returning to the mother ship in space
429
00:38:55,686 --> 00:38:57,863
will be the final test,
430
00:38:57,864 --> 00:39:01,129
and the only way the rocketmen will survive.
431
00:39:03,275 --> 00:39:05,960
I think I got a handle on it now.
432
00:39:05,961 --> 00:39:07,626
Good to go, Spider.
433
00:39:16,146 --> 00:39:17,588
Okay, Houston, we're locked up.
434
00:39:36,143 --> 00:39:38,188
The dress rehearsal.
435
00:39:38,189 --> 00:39:40,134
Apollo 10, you can tell the world
436
00:39:40,135 --> 00:39:41,821
that we have arrived.
437
00:39:41,821 --> 00:39:43,947
The complete Apollo flight plan.
438
00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:46,107
Charlie Brown Houston, over.
439
00:39:46,108 --> 00:39:48,700
Everything except the landing.
440
00:39:48,701 --> 00:39:51,043
Houston, Houston, this is Snoopy.
441
00:39:51,044 --> 00:39:53,274
Roger, Snoop, go ahead.
442
00:39:53,275 --> 00:39:55,500
We is go, and we is down among them, Charlie.
443
00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:59,526
Roger, I hear you weaving
your way up the freeway.
444
00:40:14,117 --> 00:40:17,377
There are no tests left,
445
00:40:17,378 --> 00:40:20,379
no more plans or calculations.
446
00:40:24,962 --> 00:40:28,974
If Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins
447
00:40:28,975 --> 00:40:32,980
are to live, a million things must go perfectly.
448
00:40:35,811 --> 00:40:38,391
Their labor is the most trying,
449
00:40:38,392 --> 00:40:42,909
and every small step watched by a world
450
00:40:42,910 --> 00:40:44,732
with a dream in its eyes.
451
00:40:51,838 --> 00:40:55,417
The crew design a mission badge,
452
00:40:55,418 --> 00:40:59,608
they alone of all the rocketmen
will fly with no names.
453
00:41:03,233 --> 00:41:06,878
It is not who will make this voyage, they say,
454
00:41:06,879 --> 00:41:08,738
but that the voyage is made.
455
00:41:10,103 --> 00:41:12,386
They will fly for all of us.
456
00:41:21,267 --> 00:41:23,467
The astronauts then sat down to breakfast.
457
00:41:23,468 --> 00:41:26,812
They had a menu of filet mignon, scrambled eggs,
458
00:41:26,812 --> 00:41:28,746
toast, coffee, and tea.
459
00:41:32,519 --> 00:41:33,825
This is Apollo Launch Control,
460
00:41:33,826 --> 00:41:36,044
we're still aiming toward a planned liftoff
461
00:41:36,045 --> 00:41:39,883
at the start of the lunar window,
9:32am Eastern Daylight.
462
00:41:44,677 --> 00:41:46,370
This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control,
463
00:41:46,371 --> 00:41:50,013
T minus three hours, four
minutes, 32 seconds and counting.
464
00:41:50,014 --> 00:41:51,889
Right on time as far as the astronaut's countdown
465
00:41:51,889 --> 00:41:53,840
is concerned, the flying crew now departing
466
00:41:53,841 --> 00:41:57,374
from their crew quarters here
at the Kennedy Space Center.
467
00:41:57,375 --> 00:41:59,332
Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins,
468
00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:00,991
and then finally Buzz Aldrin...
469
00:42:20,224 --> 00:42:21,977
The estimate is more than a million persons
470
00:42:21,978 --> 00:42:25,727
are in the immediate area out to watch the launch.
471
00:42:30,020 --> 00:42:31,559
This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control,
472
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,835
we've passed the six minute mark in our countdown
473
00:42:33,836 --> 00:42:38,020
for Apollo 11, the flight to
land the first men on the moon.
474
00:42:38,021 --> 00:42:41,849
The swing arm now coming back
as our countdown continues.
475
00:42:41,850 --> 00:42:45,377
Firing command coming in now,
we're on an automatic sequence
476
00:42:45,378 --> 00:42:48,021
as the master computer
supervises hundreds of events
477
00:42:48,022 --> 00:42:50,404
occurring over these last few minutes.
478
00:42:55,267 --> 00:42:56,658
Hey, we're over here.
479
00:43:08,195 --> 00:43:11,592
T minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal.
480
00:43:11,592 --> 00:43:17,093
12, 11, 10, nine,
ignition sequence start.
481
00:43:27,629 --> 00:43:31,473
Liftoff, we have a liftoff
32 minutes past the hour,
482
00:43:31,474 --> 00:43:32,995
liftoff on Apollo 11.
483
00:44:13,305 --> 00:44:15,902
For three days, the world waits,
484
00:44:15,903 --> 00:44:19,161
as Apollo 11 hurtles a quarter of a million miles
485
00:44:19,162 --> 00:44:20,388
to the Moon.
486
00:44:31,281 --> 00:44:33,538
CapCom, we're go for undocking.
487
00:44:38,483 --> 00:44:40,013
Roger, Eagle's undocked.
488
00:44:41,221 --> 00:44:42,344
Listen, babe, everything's going
489
00:44:42,345 --> 00:44:44,032
just swimmingly, beautiful.
490
00:44:44,033 --> 00:44:45,267
Great.
491
00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:47,822
I think you got a fine looking flying machine
492
00:44:47,823 --> 00:44:50,013
there, Eagle, despite the fact you're upside down.
493
00:44:52,016 --> 00:44:53,492
Somebody's upside down.
494
00:44:56,717 --> 00:44:58,212
Houston Eagle, how do you read?
495
00:44:58,213 --> 00:44:59,294
Five by, Eagle, we're standing by
496
00:44:59,295 --> 00:45:00,637
for your burn report, over.
497
00:45:01,684 --> 00:45:03,465
Roger, the burn was on time,
498
00:45:03,466 --> 00:45:05,159
the residuals before nulling...
499
00:45:08,586 --> 00:45:11,707
Houston, we've lost all data with Eagle.
500
00:45:11,708 --> 00:45:13,173
At a critical moment,
501
00:45:13,174 --> 00:45:15,727
all communication with the LEM is lost.
502
00:45:17,057 --> 00:45:18,673
Eagle, do you copy Columbia?
503
00:45:23,042 --> 00:45:24,747
We copy, over.
504
00:45:31,126 --> 00:45:33,141
Can you hear me now, Houston?
505
00:45:33,149 --> 00:45:35,866
Eagle, we got you now,
it's looking good, over.
506
00:45:35,867 --> 00:45:38,772
You're go to continue power descent.
507
00:45:38,773 --> 00:45:40,738
You're go to continue power descent.
508
00:45:42,366 --> 00:45:44,108
Okay, all flight controllers,
gonna go for landing.
509
00:45:44,108 --> 00:45:44,812
Retro. Go.
510
00:45:44,812 --> 00:45:45,329
Fido. Go.
511
00:45:45,329 --> 00:45:45,782
Guidance. Go.
512
00:45:45,782 --> 00:45:46,562
Control. Go.
513
00:45:46,562 --> 00:45:47,253
Deltcom. Go.
514
00:45:47,253 --> 00:45:48,140
GNC Go.
515
00:45:48,140 --> 00:45:48,759
Eecom. Go.
516
00:45:48,759 --> 00:45:49,529
Surgeon. Go.
517
00:45:49,530 --> 00:45:50,688
CapCom, we're go for land.
518
00:45:50,689 --> 00:45:53,374
Houston, you're go for landing, over.
519
00:45:53,375 --> 00:45:57,452
Then a warning from the
LEM's on-board computer.
520
00:45:57,453 --> 00:45:58,303
Program alarm.
521
00:45:58,303 --> 00:45:59,169
Affirmative.
522
00:45:59,170 --> 00:46:01,915
The 1202, 1202.
523
00:46:01,916 --> 00:46:03,840
No one is sure what it means.
524
00:46:03,841 --> 00:46:06,291
Give us the reading on the 1202 program alarm.
525
00:46:09,348 --> 00:46:11,286
We're go.
526
00:46:11,287 --> 00:46:12,999
Roger, we got you, we're go on that alarm.
527
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:15,751
It's looking to us,
528
00:46:15,752 --> 00:46:17,884
you're still looking good,
it's coming up three minutes.
529
00:46:24,326 --> 00:46:25,837
Then another problem.
530
00:46:25,838 --> 00:46:27,324
Our position check down range
531
00:46:27,325 --> 00:46:28,918
seems to be a little long.
532
00:46:28,919 --> 00:46:30,237
Roger.
533
00:46:30,238 --> 00:46:33,324
They are long, headed
outside their target area
534
00:46:33,325 --> 00:46:36,565
to a landing zone no one has prepared for.
535
00:46:39,234 --> 00:46:39,926
1201.
536
00:46:39,927 --> 00:46:41,732
1201, 1201.
537
00:46:41,733 --> 00:46:42,923
Roger, 1201 alarm.
538
00:46:42,924 --> 00:46:44,912
And the alarms keep coming in.
539
00:46:44,913 --> 00:46:46,458
We're go, same type, we're go.
540
00:46:47,983 --> 00:46:49,500
Into the AGS 47 degrees.
541
00:46:49,501 --> 00:46:50,617
Roger.
542
00:46:50,618 --> 00:46:53,182
300 feet down, three and a half, 47 forward.
543
00:46:55,451 --> 00:46:58,509
Then, Armstrong does what he has prepared for
544
00:46:58,510 --> 00:46:59,464
all his life.
545
00:46:59,465 --> 00:47:02,039
He's taking over manual control.
546
00:47:02,039 --> 00:47:05,586
He overrides the computer and takes control.
547
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:11,531
After millennia of dreaming,
it comes to one thing,
548
00:47:11,532 --> 00:47:13,643
a man flying a machine.
549
00:47:14,979 --> 00:47:15,796
60 seconds.
550
00:47:15,797 --> 00:47:18,138
60 seconds fuel remaining.
551
00:47:18,139 --> 00:47:21,582
There are 60 seconds of fuel left to burn.
552
00:47:21,583 --> 00:47:24,658
All the world can do is watch
553
00:47:24,658 --> 00:47:26,929
and count the moments he has remaining.
554
00:47:28,337 --> 00:47:31,746
40 feet down, two and a
half, it's not too bad.
555
00:47:31,747 --> 00:47:34,041
30 feet, two and a half down, the shadow.
556
00:47:35,261 --> 00:47:37,499
Four forward, four forward,
557
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:39,774
drifting to the right a little.
558
00:47:39,775 --> 00:47:40,850
Down a half.
559
00:47:40,851 --> 00:47:42,829
30 seconds.
560
00:47:42,830 --> 00:47:44,325
30 seconds of fuel remaining.
561
00:47:55,489 --> 00:47:59,139
Okay, engine stop. ACA out of detent.
562
00:47:59,140 --> 00:48:00,245
Mode control, both auto.
563
00:48:00,246 --> 00:48:02,442
Descent engine command override off.
564
00:48:02,443 --> 00:48:05,310
Engine arm off, 413 is in.
565
00:48:07,226 --> 00:48:09,547
We copy you down, Eagle.
566
00:48:09,548 --> 00:48:14,220
Houston, Tranquility Base here.
567
00:48:14,221 --> 00:48:15,773
The Eagle has landed.
568
00:48:15,774 --> 00:48:18,839
Roger, Tranquility, we copy you on the ground.
569
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:20,559
You got a bunch of guys who
are about to turn blue,
570
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,256
we're breathing again, thanks a lot.
571
00:48:27,202 --> 00:48:29,881
Houston, this is Neil, radio check.
572
00:48:29,882 --> 00:48:32,083
Neil, this is Houston, loud and clear.
573
00:48:32,084 --> 00:48:34,243
Break, break, Buzz, this is Houston,
574
00:48:34,244 --> 00:48:38,139
radio check and verify TV circuit breaker in.
575
00:48:38,140 --> 00:48:41,105
Roger, TV circuit breaker is in.
576
00:48:41,106 --> 00:48:42,652
Receive loud and clear.
577
00:48:53,383 --> 00:48:55,001
Okay, Neil, we can see you coming down
578
00:48:55,002 --> 00:48:56,221
the ladder now.
579
00:49:00,319 --> 00:49:04,090
Very, very fine grain as you get close to it,
580
00:49:04,091 --> 00:49:07,028
it's almost like a powder, it's very fine.
581
00:49:08,725 --> 00:49:10,908
I'm going to step off the LEM now.
582
00:49:13,193 --> 00:49:15,547
That's one small step for man,
583
00:49:17,997 --> 00:49:20,533
one giant leap for mankind.
584
00:49:29,597 --> 00:49:32,937
The surface is fine and powdery,
585
00:49:32,938 --> 00:49:35,724
I can pick it up loosely with my toe.
586
00:49:39,894 --> 00:49:41,648
Okay, gonna get the contingency sample there.
587
00:49:42,973 --> 00:49:44,569
Okay, looks good.
588
00:49:46,778 --> 00:49:48,129
I'll try to get a rock in here.
589
00:49:49,307 --> 00:49:51,687
All right, that looks
beautiful from here, Neil.
590
00:49:51,688 --> 00:49:53,151
You're waiting for me to come up?
591
00:49:53,152 --> 00:49:54,301
All set.
592
00:49:56,412 --> 00:49:58,830
You've got three more steps
and then a long one.
593
00:50:00,463 --> 00:50:01,685
There you go.
594
00:50:05,310 --> 00:50:07,442
It has a stark beauty all its own,
595
00:50:07,443 --> 00:50:11,393
it's like much of the high
desert of the United States,
596
00:50:11,394 --> 00:50:14,547
it's different but it's very pretty out here.
597
00:50:20,343 --> 00:50:23,376
Beautiful view, isn't that something?
598
00:50:23,377 --> 00:50:24,859
Magnificent sight out here.
599
00:50:26,165 --> 00:50:27,994
Magnificent desolation.
600
00:50:39,847 --> 00:50:41,102
Colombia, this is Houston
601
00:50:41,103 --> 00:50:42,724
reading you loud and clear, over.
602
00:50:42,725 --> 00:50:44,845
Houston, this is testing, reading.
603
00:50:44,846 --> 00:50:46,915
I read you loud and clear, how's it going?
604
00:50:46,916 --> 00:50:50,990
60 miles away, on his own in space,
605
00:50:50,991 --> 00:50:54,738
Michael Collins listens to
what is unfolding beneath him.
606
00:50:54,739 --> 00:50:56,267
I guess you're about the only person around
607
00:50:56,268 --> 00:50:58,549
that doesn't have TV coverage of the scene.
608
00:50:59,897 --> 00:51:01,866
That's all right, I don't mind a bit.
609
00:51:13,438 --> 00:51:14,589
They've got the flag up now
610
00:51:14,589 --> 00:51:16,846
and you can see the stars and
stripes on the lunar surface.
611
00:51:19,819 --> 00:51:21,398
Beautiful, just beautiful.
612
00:51:32,550 --> 00:51:33,796
We'll read the plaque
613
00:51:33,797 --> 00:51:36,943
that's on the front landing gear of this LEM.
614
00:51:36,944 --> 00:51:40,425
It says, here men from the planet Earth
615
00:51:40,426 --> 00:51:45,921
first set foot upon the
Moon, July 1969 AD.
616
00:51:47,164 --> 00:51:50,437
We came in peace for all mankind.
617
00:51:50,437 --> 00:51:53,646
It has the crew member's signatures
618
00:51:53,647 --> 00:51:57,634
and the signature of the
President of the United States.
619
00:52:01,716 --> 00:52:05,061
They came in peace, for all mankind.
620
00:52:20,546 --> 00:52:24,125
Nine, eight, seven, six,
621
00:52:24,126 --> 00:52:27,877
five, abort stage, engine arm ascent, proceed
622
00:52:33,444 --> 00:52:37,689
26, 36 feet per second up, be
advised for the pitch over.
623
00:52:39,066 --> 00:52:40,359
Very smooth.
624
00:53:35,206 --> 00:53:36,728
Nothing anyone has seen
625
00:53:36,729 --> 00:53:39,489
can prepare the world for
the return of the heroes,
626
00:53:40,904 --> 00:53:43,518
the rocketmen who walked on the moon.
627
00:53:49,885 --> 00:53:52,073
Then, four months later.
628
00:53:52,074 --> 00:53:55,175
257 feet coming down at five.
629
00:53:55,176 --> 00:53:56,972
240 coming down at five.
630
00:53:56,973 --> 00:53:59,990
Apollo 12 makes the drama look routine.
631
00:53:59,990 --> 00:54:02,583
Contact light. Outstanding there.
632
00:54:04,317 --> 00:54:07,475
Hey, I feel great, how
long we been out, Houston?
633
00:54:07,476 --> 00:54:10,235
Two moon walkers becomes four.
634
00:54:10,236 --> 00:54:13,185
Houston, you're go.
635
00:54:14,347 --> 00:54:15,287
And six.
636
00:54:15,288 --> 00:54:16,313
We're on the surface.
637
00:54:16,314 --> 00:54:18,456
Okay, we made it to landing.
638
00:54:18,457 --> 00:54:19,589
And ten.
639
00:54:19,590 --> 00:54:20,500
We landed on a slope,
640
00:54:20,501 --> 00:54:21,902
but other than that, we're in great shape,
641
00:54:21,903 --> 00:54:23,206
right on the landing site.
642
00:54:23,207 --> 00:54:24,776
We even take a car.
643
00:54:24,777 --> 00:54:26,927
This is gonna be a good day, Charlie.
644
00:54:28,354 --> 00:54:31,346
Oh, spectacular, just spectacular.
645
00:54:31,347 --> 00:54:32,882
And here we go.
646
00:54:44,814 --> 00:54:48,514
Woo! Man, I feel great, beats skiing.
647
00:54:49,603 --> 00:54:51,358
Man, you are really bouncing.
648
00:54:55,029 --> 00:54:56,959
Is he on the ground at all?
649
00:55:04,404 --> 00:55:06,686
We're doing, it's quick.
650
00:55:09,946 --> 00:55:12,366
You've got about two wheels on the ground.
651
00:55:12,367 --> 00:55:14,472
Okay, stay as you are.
652
00:55:14,473 --> 00:55:15,266
Yahoo!
653
00:55:15,267 --> 00:55:17,520
Tony, this is so great you can't believe it!
654
00:55:17,521 --> 00:55:19,187
Oh, I believe it, Charlie.
655
00:55:19,188 --> 00:55:20,312
Did you really see that?
656
00:55:20,313 --> 00:55:22,515
Look at it go, would you, Charlie!
657
00:55:22,516 --> 00:55:25,055
You've got all your steering, it's great!
658
00:55:31,245 --> 00:55:33,440
Four clicks an hour, Tony, and...
659
00:55:39,407 --> 00:55:41,357
Like children, we see the glory
660
00:55:41,358 --> 00:55:43,505
of what we have achieved on another world.
661
00:55:43,506 --> 00:55:45,218
What a ride, what a ride.
662
00:55:49,126 --> 00:55:51,320
In Vietnam, things are relatively quiet
663
00:55:51,321 --> 00:55:53,367
with only a few firefights.
664
00:55:53,368 --> 00:55:56,576
814 men of the third battalion.
665
00:55:56,577 --> 00:55:59,876
Gis north of Saigon were evacuating villagers.
666
00:55:59,877 --> 00:56:02,184
In the Mekong Delta, the south Vietnamese force...
667
00:56:08,533 --> 00:56:11,107
But it is what, on our own world,
668
00:56:11,108 --> 00:56:14,963
we have failed to achieve
that means we cannot go on.
669
00:56:25,807 --> 00:56:27,200
Hello, guys.
670
00:56:27,201 --> 00:56:30,156
Less than four years after the small step
671
00:56:30,157 --> 00:56:34,449
that gave us the Moon, it is
time for the dream to end.
672
00:56:36,411 --> 00:56:38,942
Rocketmen must bid the Moon farewell.
673
00:56:50,662 --> 00:56:53,045
We're go for liftoff here, CapCom.
674
00:57:30,993 --> 00:57:33,776
You're looking real good, right down the line.
675
00:57:51,711 --> 00:57:54,620
DNS 8pm echo.
676
00:57:54,621 --> 00:57:58,906
45 feet, down to two, fuel's good,
677
00:57:58,907 --> 00:58:03,400
20 feet, going down to two, 10 feet.
678
00:58:06,692 --> 00:58:08,165
Got contact.
679
00:58:09,914 --> 00:58:12,518
Okay, Houston, the Challenger has landed.
680
00:58:18,250 --> 00:58:20,702
As I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow,
681
00:58:21,768 --> 00:58:26,442
I'd like to dedicate the
first step of Apollo 17
682
00:58:26,443 --> 00:58:28,690
to all those who made it possible.
683
00:58:37,015 --> 00:58:40,065
♫ I was strolling on the Moon one day
684
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:43,797
♫ In the merry, merry month of December ♫
685
00:58:43,798 --> 00:58:47,919
No, May, May's the month, that's right.
686
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:49,151
May is the Earth Month.
687
00:58:52,975 --> 00:58:54,959
We'd like to leave immediately.
688
00:58:56,711 --> 00:59:00,179
Okay. My golly, this time goes fast.
689
00:59:02,611 --> 00:59:03,853
Okay, one minute, Houston,
690
00:59:03,854 --> 00:59:05,631
50 seconds now and we're go.
691
00:59:05,632 --> 00:59:09,876
Once we were kings, we walked on new worlds.
692
00:59:09,877 --> 00:59:11,516
You're looking good here.
693
00:59:12,772 --> 00:59:16,009
We saw what we had done, and it was good.
694
00:59:19,829 --> 00:59:22,376
Two, one, ignition.
695
00:59:24,532 --> 00:59:26,120
Burn away, Houston.
696
00:59:26,121 --> 00:59:27,422
It looks good.
697
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:31,738
Good cover.
698
00:59:31,739 --> 00:59:33,672
That's it, we have good thrust.
699
00:59:35,606 --> 00:59:37,748
Then, it is over.
700
00:59:43,457 --> 00:59:47,110
For 27 hours, the camera on the lunar rover
701
00:59:47,111 --> 00:59:50,632
sends pictures of our last mark on the moon.
702
01:00:30,709 --> 01:00:35,101
A great dream has been
accomplished, a great voyage made.
703
01:00:43,012 --> 01:00:46,843
But what is most clear to us,
is that while we journey,
704
01:00:49,078 --> 01:00:52,081
our eyes turn always towards our home.
705
01:01:11,873 --> 01:01:15,286
When next we venture into space,
706
01:01:15,287 --> 01:01:18,098
it will be in a craft that allows us better
707
01:01:18,099 --> 01:01:19,872
to study ourselves.
708
01:01:57,858 --> 01:01:59,834
30 seconds to the SRT minus one call.
709
01:01:59,835 --> 01:02:00,623
Bogey. Go.
710
01:02:00,623 --> 01:02:01,411
Network. Go.
711
01:02:01,411 --> 01:02:02,146
Echo. Go.
712
01:02:02,146 --> 01:02:03,105
FAL. Go.
713
01:02:04,018 --> 01:02:05,420
Any more?
714
01:02:05,421 --> 01:02:08,364
Houston is go, have a great flight.
715
01:02:08,365 --> 01:02:09,426
Stand by.
716
01:02:09,426 --> 01:02:11,701
Sideways lurch, just like they said.
717
01:02:15,458 --> 01:02:17,094
Okay, she's flying good.
718
01:02:17,095 --> 01:02:19,536
250, 11 alpha, pushing over.
719
01:02:25,509 --> 01:02:27,477
The space shuttle brings to life
720
01:02:27,478 --> 01:02:29,826
the dream of flying from the heavens.
721
01:02:31,781 --> 01:02:35,678
A giant ship, graceful and bold,
722
01:02:35,679 --> 01:02:39,460
that returns from space riding
on the winds of the world.
723
01:03:14,408 --> 01:03:18,251
But if the new rocketmen glide back on the wind,
724
01:03:18,252 --> 01:03:19,703
like those before them,
725
01:03:21,273 --> 01:03:23,268
they will rocket to space by fire.
726
01:03:26,490 --> 01:03:29,941
And lives will be forfeit if it fails.
727
01:04:21,184 --> 01:04:22,579
Going 40, CapCom.
728
01:04:22,580 --> 01:04:24,982
Colombia, Houston, you're going 40.
729
01:04:24,983 --> 01:04:26,004
You don't understand
730
01:04:26,004 --> 01:04:28,039
when we're going down here,
we got got seven hold points,
731
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:30,065
you remember where they are?
732
01:04:30,066 --> 01:04:33,210
Seven minutes, we got one in five minutes,
733
01:04:33,211 --> 01:04:36,367
we got one in four, then two more,
734
01:04:36,368 --> 01:04:39,111
and finally the one at 31 seconds.
735
01:04:39,112 --> 01:04:40,779
DPS? We're go.
736
01:04:40,779 --> 01:04:42,108
Guidance? Go.
737
01:04:42,109 --> 01:04:43,956
Fido. Go.
738
01:04:48,100 --> 01:04:52,590
T minus 10, nine,
eight, seven, six,
739
01:04:52,591 --> 01:04:55,518
five, four, main engines start.
740
01:05:23,114 --> 01:05:25,786
Okay, Houston, we have 40 seconds to LOS,
741
01:05:25,787 --> 01:05:27,632
configure LOS, you're looking
good burning over the hill,
742
01:05:27,633 --> 01:05:29,057
we'll see you at Madrid.
743
01:05:32,028 --> 01:05:33,442
And A off.
744
01:05:35,305 --> 01:05:36,549
And B off.
745
01:05:52,779 --> 01:05:55,730
Stopped falling, two of the RMS powers.
746
01:06:01,208 --> 01:06:05,124
We got the next position message
747
01:06:05,125 --> 01:06:07,256
which we think is a power transient.
748
01:06:10,471 --> 01:06:12,084
Go ahead, then.
749
01:06:15,969 --> 01:06:19,899
Houston, and we're passing about 11.
750
01:06:19,900 --> 01:06:22,587
37 times men orbit the Earth.
751
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:25,810
A million miles they see
752
01:06:27,564 --> 01:06:30,107
and always, there is something new.
753
01:06:53,121 --> 01:06:55,735
The last thing, mark two.
754
01:06:55,736 --> 01:06:57,903
Sync rate, still losing altitude
755
01:06:57,904 --> 01:06:59,717
at the rate about 200 feet per second.
756
01:07:16,888 --> 01:07:17,847
Gear down.
757
01:07:26,071 --> 01:07:27,819
Flight control reports steady braking.
758
01:07:33,890 --> 01:07:36,548
For a second time in our story,
759
01:07:36,549 --> 01:07:39,916
rocketmen make space travel seem routine.
760
01:08:03,049 --> 01:08:04,866
There it goes, very good.
761
01:08:06,097 --> 01:08:07,419
Okay.
762
01:08:45,756 --> 01:08:50,121
Yet, amidst the routine,
there is always magic.
763
01:08:59,850 --> 01:09:01,845
Okay, Bruce, we see you airborne.
764
01:09:08,859 --> 01:09:12,163
That may have been one small step for Neil,
765
01:09:12,165 --> 01:09:14,331
but it's a heck of a big leap for me.
766
01:09:31,072 --> 01:09:35,740
At 17,000 miles an hour,
untethered in space,
767
01:09:35,741 --> 01:09:39,068
this is the new dream of the rocketmen.
768
01:09:59,847 --> 01:10:03,179
Six, five, we have main engines, three.
769
01:10:03,180 --> 01:10:06,627
It is time for others to
join rocketmen in space.
770
01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:11,800
Oh, isn't it beautiful?
771
01:10:11,801 --> 01:10:13,892
Time for those who can bring back stories
772
01:10:13,893 --> 01:10:16,312
of how it is.
773
01:10:16,313 --> 01:10:18,548
Not rocketmen, but writers,
774
01:10:20,182 --> 01:10:24,030
poets, teachers.
775
01:10:34,528 --> 01:10:37,365
I've made nine wonderful friends
over the last two weeks.
776
01:10:37,366 --> 01:10:40,234
When that shuttle goes, there might be one body,
777
01:10:43,168 --> 01:10:45,783
but there's gonna be 10 souls
that I'm taking with me,
778
01:10:45,784 --> 01:10:47,196
thank you.
779
01:10:58,429 --> 01:11:02,237
It is January 28, 1986,
780
01:11:03,707 --> 01:11:04,886
an icy morning,
781
01:11:06,122 --> 01:11:08,881
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
782
01:11:16,634 --> 01:11:18,857
Christa McAuliffe has been handed an apple
783
01:11:18,858 --> 01:11:20,621
by the closeout crew.
784
01:11:21,677 --> 01:11:23,056
And here comes the flight crew now.
785
01:11:24,329 --> 01:11:26,975
T minus seven minutes and counting.
786
01:11:29,298 --> 01:11:31,282
Pilot Mike Smith is given a go
787
01:11:31,283 --> 01:11:34,000
to perform the auxiliary power unit pre-start.
788
01:11:35,077 --> 01:11:38,184
Ground launch sequence program has been initiated.
789
01:11:46,865 --> 01:11:49,665
T minus one minute and counting.
790
01:11:49,666 --> 01:11:52,570
Hydrogen burn, igniters also armed at this time.
791
01:11:52,571 --> 01:11:54,499
Sound suppression system now armed.
792
01:12:02,803 --> 01:12:06,570
10, nine, eight, seven, six,
793
01:12:06,571 --> 01:12:08,996
we have main engines start,
794
01:12:08,997 --> 01:12:13,449
four, three, two, one, and liftoff.
795
01:12:20,020 --> 01:12:21,569
Go, Christa, go!
796
01:12:34,008 --> 01:12:36,191
Re-throttle the engines back up to 100%.
797
01:12:37,502 --> 01:12:39,409
This'll probably go in the
Guiness Book of Records
798
01:12:39,410 --> 01:12:41,505
for the size of the flight crew aboard.
799
01:12:54,228 --> 01:12:55,227
Oh no.
800
01:13:01,693 --> 01:13:03,476
Flight Fido, flight fido.
801
01:13:03,477 --> 01:13:04,113
Go ahead.
802
01:13:04,114 --> 01:13:05,488
RSO reports vehicle exploded.
803
01:13:09,549 --> 01:13:10,593
Copy.
804
01:13:10,594 --> 01:13:12,279
Flight control is here looking very carefully
805
01:13:12,280 --> 01:13:13,751
at the situation.
806
01:13:17,238 --> 01:13:19,278
Flight, GC, we've had negative contact,
807
01:13:19,279 --> 01:13:20,966
loss of downlink.
808
01:13:20,967 --> 01:13:23,388
Okay, all operators, watch
your data carefully.
809
01:13:25,454 --> 01:13:29,250
19 years ago, almost to the
day, we lost three astronauts
810
01:13:29,251 --> 01:13:31,621
in a terrible accident on the ground.
811
01:13:31,622 --> 01:13:34,452
But we've never lost an astronaut in flight,
812
01:13:34,453 --> 01:13:36,718
we've never had a tragedy like this.
813
01:13:38,673 --> 01:13:40,496
We mourn seven heroes.
814
01:13:41,659 --> 01:13:43,868
We have a report from the
flight dynamics officer
815
01:13:43,869 --> 01:13:45,165
that the vehicle has exploded.
816
01:13:45,166 --> 01:13:46,088
Okay.
817
01:13:46,089 --> 01:13:48,213
We are looking at checking
818
01:13:48,213 --> 01:13:50,426
with the recovery forces to see what can be done
819
01:13:50,427 --> 01:13:51,653
at this point.
820
01:13:55,409 --> 01:13:58,321
The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted,
821
01:13:58,322 --> 01:13:59,583
it belongs to the brave.
822
01:14:04,295 --> 01:14:05,985
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren
823
01:14:05,986 --> 01:14:07,888
of America who were watching the live coverage
824
01:14:07,889 --> 01:14:10,276
of the Shuttle's takeoff.
825
01:14:10,277 --> 01:14:11,618
I know it's hard to understand,
826
01:14:11,619 --> 01:14:14,864
but sometimes painful things like this happen.
827
01:14:14,865 --> 01:14:17,617
It's all part of the process
of exploration and discovery.
828
01:14:19,699 --> 01:14:20,940
Nothing ends here.
829
01:14:22,022 --> 01:14:24,253
Our hopes and our journeys continue.
830
01:14:24,254 --> 01:14:26,261
Don't reconfigure your console,
831
01:14:26,262 --> 01:14:28,133
take hard copies of all your displays,
832
01:14:28,134 --> 01:14:30,630
make sure you protect any data source you have.
833
01:14:32,326 --> 01:14:33,917
We will never forget them,
834
01:14:33,918 --> 01:14:36,949
nor the last time we saw them this morning,
835
01:14:36,950 --> 01:14:40,308
as they prepared for their
journey and waved goodbye,
836
01:14:40,309 --> 01:14:43,725
and slipped the surly bonds of Earth
837
01:14:43,726 --> 01:14:45,304
to touch the face of god.
838
01:15:17,023 --> 01:15:20,314
Two years after the loss of their fellows,
839
01:15:20,315 --> 01:15:23,076
rocketmen return to flight.
840
01:15:23,077 --> 01:15:26,648
This time they bring with
them something to take us
841
01:15:26,649 --> 01:15:30,009
further into space than we have ever journeyed.
842
01:15:31,275 --> 01:15:35,512
An eye to take us to the
very edges of the universe.
843
01:15:56,344 --> 01:15:58,967
Discovery, go and throttle up.
844
01:16:31,733 --> 01:16:35,527
Discovery, Houston. Discovery, Houston.
845
01:16:36,710 --> 01:16:37,830
Morning.
846
01:16:37,831 --> 01:16:39,873
Gonna go for HSD deploy ops.
847
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:46,447
Discovery go, plus SDM deploy.
848
01:16:47,509 --> 01:16:48,278
Eagle. Go.
849
01:16:48,279 --> 01:16:49,959
FAL. Go.
850
01:16:49,960 --> 01:16:51,198
MMACS. Go.
851
01:16:51,199 --> 01:16:53,085
ERS. Go for it.
852
01:16:53,086 --> 01:16:54,868
Payloads, waiting on you.
853
01:16:57,118 --> 01:16:58,818
Flight payloads, we are go.
854
01:16:58,819 --> 01:17:01,059
CapCom, we have a go for release.
855
01:17:01,060 --> 01:17:03,939
Discovery, go for Hubble release.
856
01:17:10,715 --> 01:17:14,236
For centuries, people have dreamed of machines
857
01:17:14,237 --> 01:17:16,157
to let them travel through time.
858
01:17:17,619 --> 01:17:20,921
The Hubble Space Telescope is such a machine.
859
01:17:23,809 --> 01:17:27,042
With it, we can see distant suns
860
01:17:27,043 --> 01:17:28,620
from billions of years ago.
861
01:17:32,818 --> 01:17:36,410
Strange shapes across oceans of time
862
01:17:36,411 --> 01:17:39,081
that reveal the majesty of our universe.
863
01:17:43,413 --> 01:17:45,852
It has allowed the human mind
864
01:17:45,853 --> 01:17:48,519
to voyage to the very beginnings of time,
865
01:17:49,868 --> 01:17:53,101
to see a sun like our own across a distance
866
01:17:53,102 --> 01:17:54,597
beyond imagining.
867
01:17:55,693 --> 01:17:58,226
Every spot of light is a galaxy.
868
01:18:02,902 --> 01:18:06,182
Journeying through them, our minds must turn
869
01:18:06,183 --> 01:18:09,987
to find our place in this cosmic landscape.
870
01:18:14,534 --> 01:18:17,903
Are we alone in making sense
of what it is to be alive
871
01:18:21,624 --> 01:18:23,270
beyond the yellow sun,
872
01:18:26,176 --> 01:18:28,286
and a small blue planet
873
01:18:32,216 --> 01:18:35,469
with a grey moon of which we dream.
874
01:19:07,731 --> 01:19:11,898
On a winter's morning, seven astronauts embark
875
01:19:11,899 --> 01:19:14,561
on a routine flight into space.
876
01:19:14,562 --> 01:19:16,514
And our astronauts coming out now.
877
01:19:16,515 --> 01:19:19,743
They will spend 14 days and nights
878
01:19:19,744 --> 01:19:21,813
making observations of our world.
879
01:19:24,430 --> 01:19:25,946
Commander Rick Husband,
880
01:19:25,947 --> 01:19:27,578
and mission specialist, Laurel Clark.
881
01:19:27,579 --> 01:19:30,811
And you can Husband climbing in,
882
01:19:30,812 --> 01:19:33,075
somewhat difficult, cramped vehicle.
883
01:19:33,076 --> 01:19:34,159
Welcome aboard, Rick.
884
01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:36,017
Thank you very much, good morning, Jeff.
885
01:19:36,018 --> 01:19:38,999
10, nine, eight, seven,
886
01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:41,045
we have a go for main engine start,
887
01:19:41,046 --> 01:19:45,512
five, four, three, two, one,
888
01:19:45,513 --> 01:19:47,857
we have booster ignition and liftoff
889
01:19:47,858 --> 01:19:49,111
of space shuttle Colombia
890
01:19:49,112 --> 01:19:51,364
with a multitude of national and international
891
01:19:51,365 --> 01:19:53,058
space research experiments.
892
01:19:54,660 --> 01:19:55,730
Houston now controlling
893
01:19:55,731 --> 01:19:57,904
the flight of Colombia, the
international research mission,
894
01:19:57,905 --> 01:19:59,427
finally underway.
895
01:19:59,428 --> 01:20:01,209
Roger, Colombia.
896
01:20:03,396 --> 01:20:06,651
Colombia, Houston, you
are go to throttle up.
897
01:20:13,105 --> 01:20:14,417
On staging.
898
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:27,430
What the star voyagers do not know
899
01:20:27,431 --> 01:20:30,881
is that during launch, something
dreadful has occurred.
900
01:20:32,955 --> 01:20:36,370
A piece of foam insulation from
the rocket's main fuel tank
901
01:20:36,371 --> 01:20:39,771
became dislodged, and struck the shuttle's wing.
902
01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:46,447
High speed film shows the telltale plume of debris
903
01:20:46,448 --> 01:20:47,806
from the impact.
904
01:20:51,888 --> 01:20:55,121
Later, people will learn what no one knows now,
905
01:20:57,076 --> 01:21:00,139
that the astronaut ship is mortally wounded,
906
01:21:01,359 --> 01:21:03,881
that it can never make it back to Earth.
907
01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:11,243
Without knowing it, the rocketmen
have traded their lives
908
01:21:11,244 --> 01:21:13,307
for the best view in the world.
909
01:21:15,175 --> 01:21:18,077
A view perhaps they judge worth it.
910
01:22:30,261 --> 01:22:33,196
Colombia, Houston, good
burn, no trim required.
911
01:22:38,111 --> 01:22:39,041
This is amazing,
912
01:22:39,042 --> 01:22:41,259
it's really getting really bright out there.
913
01:22:41,260 --> 01:22:43,842
Yeah, you definitely don't
want to be outside now.
914
01:22:48,945 --> 01:22:49,854
Best go ahead and make sure
915
01:22:49,855 --> 01:22:52,438
you check your suit pressure integrity too.
916
01:22:52,439 --> 01:22:54,207
I don't have my gloves on yet.
917
01:22:54,208 --> 01:22:55,514
Yep, yep, yep, yep.
918
01:22:56,545 --> 01:22:58,021
That's all you gotta do.
919
01:23:00,425 --> 01:23:02,205
Oh, I can see on your mirror.
920
01:23:02,206 --> 01:23:03,348
Oh yeah?
921
01:23:03,349 --> 01:23:04,721
Yeah, yeah, now I can.
922
01:23:04,722 --> 01:23:06,202
Yeah, I can see you too.
923
01:23:07,405 --> 01:23:08,758
Colombia's right on track
924
01:23:08,759 --> 01:23:10,501
toward a landing at the Kennedy Space Center
925
01:23:10,502 --> 01:23:12,617
at 8:16am Central.
926
01:23:13,997 --> 01:23:15,344
I've got 16 here.
927
01:23:15,345 --> 01:23:16,814
Yeah, 22, 10, 16.
928
01:23:16,814 --> 01:23:19,075
Yeah, 22, 10, 16.
929
01:23:19,076 --> 01:23:22,483
And, Houston, we'll get
the 304 in five minutes.
930
01:23:22,484 --> 01:23:24,945
Rick, we're ready for ops drill four.
931
01:23:36,514 --> 01:23:37,596
Go ahead.
932
01:23:37,597 --> 01:23:41,127
FYI, I just lost four separate
933
01:23:41,128 --> 01:23:43,970
temperature transducers on the
left side of the vehicle,
934
01:23:43,971 --> 01:23:45,824
the hydraulic return temperatures.
935
01:23:47,214 --> 01:23:48,308
And Colombia, Houston,
936
01:23:48,309 --> 01:23:50,094
we see your tire pressure messages,
937
01:23:50,095 --> 01:23:51,288
and we did not copy your last.
938
01:23:51,289 --> 01:23:52,803
Is that instrumentation MMACS?
939
01:23:52,804 --> 01:23:55,214
MMACS. Those are also off scale.
940
01:24:01,233 --> 01:24:02,868
Flight Eecom.
941
01:24:02,869 --> 01:24:04,876
I got four temperature sensors
on the bond line data
942
01:24:04,877 --> 01:24:06,424
that are off scale low.
943
01:24:10,178 --> 01:24:12,888
Colombia, Houston, UHF comm check.
944
01:24:16,311 --> 01:24:17,736
12 and a half minutes to touchdown
945
01:24:17,737 --> 01:24:19,979
according to clocks in mission control.
946
01:24:21,249 --> 01:24:23,362
Colombia, Houston, comm check.
947
01:24:27,865 --> 01:24:29,410
Flight, I'd like to stay where we're at,
948
01:24:29,411 --> 01:24:30,883
see them go erratic for a little bit
949
01:24:30,884 --> 01:24:32,267
before they went away, but I do believe
950
01:24:32,268 --> 01:24:33,799
it's instrumentation.
951
01:24:35,251 --> 01:24:38,106
Okay, Fido, when are you expecting tracking?
952
01:24:38,107 --> 01:24:39,837
One minute ago, Flight.
953
01:24:43,112 --> 01:24:44,104
Okay.
954
01:25:09,223 --> 01:25:11,714
Perhaps one day, we will leave behind
955
01:25:11,715 --> 01:25:16,111
this great endeavor of space
exploration and move on.
956
01:25:18,919 --> 01:25:22,545
Perhaps we will say, no,
we do not want to discover
957
01:25:22,546 --> 01:25:24,261
what is not yet known.
958
01:25:28,240 --> 01:25:30,917
We no longer wonder what is out there.
959
01:25:32,265 --> 01:25:35,008
We just gotta go, you ready?
960
01:25:35,009 --> 01:25:36,763
Godspeed, John Glenn.
961
01:25:38,698 --> 01:25:43,571
We, the rocketmen, do
not care to go and see.
962
01:25:43,572 --> 01:25:45,678
Liftoff, we have a liftoff
963
01:25:45,679 --> 01:25:47,914
32 minutes past the hour.
964
01:25:47,915 --> 01:25:49,517
Liftoff on Apollo 11.
965
01:25:57,179 --> 01:25:59,403
Perhaps we shall say this.
966
01:25:59,404 --> 01:26:01,639
We choose to go to the Moon,
967
01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:03,880
we choose to go to the Moon.
968
01:26:03,881 --> 01:26:06,361
Houston, tranquility base here,
969
01:26:06,362 --> 01:26:07,893
the Eagle has landed.
970
01:26:09,025 --> 01:26:11,260
But not yet.
971
01:26:11,261 --> 01:26:13,293
That's one small step for man,
972
01:26:15,756 --> 01:26:18,256
one giant leap for mankind.
973
01:26:21,781 --> 01:26:24,182
The rocketmen fly for adventure.
974
01:26:26,646 --> 01:26:28,283
They fly for knowledge.
975
01:26:28,284 --> 01:26:30,594
It's time for you to return to flight.
976
01:26:30,595 --> 01:26:32,789
Our hopes and prayers ride with you, godspeed,
977
01:26:32,790 --> 01:26:34,618
and we'll see you in a couple of weeks.
978
01:26:34,618 --> 01:26:36,220
They fly for us.
979
01:26:37,814 --> 01:26:40,367
That is all crew members on board at this time.
980
01:26:45,065 --> 01:26:49,031
On behalf of many millions of people
who believe so deeply in what we do,
981
01:26:49,303 --> 01:26:51,379
good luck, godspeed, and
have a little fun up there.
982
01:26:55,440 --> 01:26:56,712
The future doesn't belong
983
01:26:56,713 --> 01:27:00,867
to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.
984
01:27:03,580 --> 01:27:06,360
T minus 10 seconds, go for main engines start,
985
01:27:06,361 --> 01:27:10,833
seven, six, five, three
engines up and burning,
986
01:27:10,834 --> 01:27:15,584
three, two, one, and liftoff
of Space Shuttle Discovery
987
01:27:15,585 --> 01:27:18,434
beginning America's new journey to the Moon,
988
01:27:18,435 --> 01:27:20,001
Mars, and beyond.
989
01:27:20,705 --> 01:27:25,705
This film is dedicated to all
the men and women of NASA,
who made the dream come true.
990
01:27:25,905 --> 01:27:28,004
And the vehicle has cleared the tower.
991
01:27:45,350 --> 01:27:47,998
Discovery, Houston, go at throttle up.
68416
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