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- Hello, my name
is Buzz Aldrin.

40 years ago, Neil Armstrong,
Michael Collins, and |

made history as the first men

on a mission
to land on the moon.

Our eight-day journey
aboard Apollo 11

was one of the most-watched
events ever,

filmed in unprecedented detail,
recorded second by second.

This is the story
of that mission, our training,

and our lives
behind the scenes.

Much is based on fact,
some scenes are imagined,

but they're pretty much
how it was.

Marsters: In 1969,
three men changed the world.

They flew to the moon aboard
the biggest rocket ever built.

- This is Apollo Saturn
launch control

aiming toward
our planned liftoff.

It's 9:32 am.
Eastern Daylight.

Marsters:
The mission

was the most-watched event
in history,

filmed in unprecedented detail,
recorded second by second.

- All systems look good.

Marsters: This is the story
of what was seen,

what was said,

and what might have happened

when the cameras
weren't running.

- A short while ago,
Deke Slayton

informed spacecraft commander
Neil Armstrong that,

"We are doing quite well,

in fact,
some 15 minutes ahead."

Armstrong replied,
"That was fine,

just as long as we don't launch
15 minutes early."

Marsters:
Some is documented fact,

some dramatic license.

But together,
it's the story of the mission

and of the men
that changed our world.

- This is Apollo Saturn
launch control.

Right on time as far

as the astronaut countdown
is concerned.

The prime crew now departing
from their crew quarters

here at the Kennedy
Space Center.

[applause]

Astronauts Neil Armstrong,
Buzz Aldrin,

and then finally Mike Collins

and director of flight crew
operations Deke Slayton

now boarding
the transfer van

for the trip
to the launchpad.

The estimate is,
more than a million persons

are in the immediate area
to watch the launch.

Once Armstrong,
who sits in the left-hand seat,

and Collins are aboard,
then Aldrin will take his seat,

the middle seat
in the spacecraft.

- T minus 20 seconds
and counting.

Astronauts report
it feels good.

T minus 15 seconds.

Guidance is internal.

12,11,10, 9.

Ignition sequence starts.

[engines roaring]

6.54321,0.

All engines on.

Liftoff.

We have a liftoff,
32 minutes past the hour.

Liftoff for Apollo 7117.

[engines roaring]

[men speaking over radio]

- Complete and the pitch
is programmed.

[applause]

One Bravo.

- Apollo 11, Houston.
You're good at one minute.

- We choose
to go to the moon.

We choose to go to the moon.

- Butterfly.

- Butterfly.

- We choose to go to the moon
in this decade

and do the other things...

- Larger butterfly.

- Not because they are easy
but because they are hard.

[applause]

I believe that this nation
should commit itself

to achieving the goal...

- Chicken...

- Before this decade
is out

of landing a man on the moon

and returning him safely
to the Earth.

- And how would you say
you've been coping

with the recent death
of your daughter?

- Is there a right or wrong
answer to that question?

- There's no right or wrong
in psychology, Neil.

It's just what you're feeling,

what your instincts
are telling you.

Okay.

- Thank you for that.

Okay, then.

- Well?

- I'm in.

- T minus 15, 14, 13, 12,

11,10, 9.

And we have ignition
sequence start.

4,3,2,1,0

[engines roaring]

- I make that
about seven seconds.

Who had seven seconds?

- I did.

I will take it now
if you want.

- You're a lucky
son of a bitch, Lovell.

- Luck?

- So I come to work,
7:00 in the morning,

I'm kind of a little hungover
if I can be honest about it.

And Andy's laying faced own

on the pavement
in a pool of blood

singing Elvis Presley songs.

You are a maniac.

[laughter]

- Morning, ladies.

Assignment time.

In no particular order,
Aldrin, mission planning.

How are we gonna
get to the moon?

How many flights?
Which order?

Gordon, cockpit integration.

Be more buttons and switches
than you can count.

Where are we
gonna put them?

Collins,
pressure suits and EVA.

What are we gonna wear
that's gonna keep us alive?

We're gonna need to move in it,
breathe in it,

and I'll warn you right now.

There's a strong chance you're
gonna have to crap in it too.

Cernan.

- Honey?

- "Uncoil collection bag
from around selector valve."

- Check.

- "Place penis against
receiver inlet check valve

and roll latex receiver
onto penis."

- Check.

- "Rotate selector valve knob
clockwise

to the urinate position."

- Check.

- "Urinate."

Mike?

- One moment.

- Check.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
Am I disturbing you?

- No.

It's okay.

- You're Edwin Aldrin.

- Oh, Buzz.
Everyone calls me Buzz.

- Why do they do that?

- My sister,
when we were kids,

she used to say "buzzer"
instead of "brother,"

so I sort of became Buzz.

- Oh.

- You never had a nickname?

- No, not that I knew about.

I'm Neil, by the way.

- Uh, yeah, Armstrong.
I know who you are.

- Well, I'll let you get back
to your books, Buzz.

- Sure.

Neil.

- You done the math yet?

- I'm still struggling
with geology.

- No, I mean
the simple calculation.

How many astronauts we got?

- Got the original seven,
the next nine,

and then the 14 of us.

- 30.

- Mm-hmm.

Estimated number of manned
Gemini flights: ten.

Number of astronauts
per flight: two.

I'm counting 30 guys
for 20 seats.

- What about the ones
that have already gone up?

- Are you kidding?

They're top of Deke's list
to go again.

- [laughs]

I hadn't heard anything
about a list.

- Uh, he keeps it up here.

And he sure as hell has one.

- Well, there's always Apollo.

- You think he won't just
go back to the top of the list?

This thing could all be over
before we pull on our boots.

- The end of the most dramatic
adventure in space history.

The Gemini 8 flight
had been successful

beyond all expectations
for nearly seven hours

until suddenly a short-circuited
rocket thruster

sent Gemini
into wild gyrations.

Command pilot Armstrong
did some superhuman maneuvering

to bring the Gemini
under control.

- How long is he
supposed to be in there?

- Until he hurls.

- During the next
two-man mission, Gemini 10,

there will be an attempt

to meet and join up
with an Agena target.

Copilot for the tenth mission:
astronaut Michael Collins.

It is Collins who will leave
the Gemini craft

for a spacewalk.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin:

it was Aldrin who established
a new record

for time outside a craft
in space,

more than 5 1/2 hours
during Gemini 12.

The 39-year-old astronaut
has an impressive background,

including a doctorate.

- Marion,
let's get the bags out.

Did I ever tell you
about the first time

he ever flew
in an airplane?

- [groans]

Only about a thousand times,
Dad.

- Two years of age,

threw up all the way
from New Jersey to Florida.

- Maybe if you were
a better flyer.

- How are they treating you?

- They give us pretty much
anything we need.

- What about the others
in the program?

- Good bunch of guys,
all things considered.

It's slightly awkward,
as you might expect.

- Too many egos?

- We all came in
at different times.

Nobody says anything,

but it's pretty obvious who's
gonna get the best missions.

- You should speak up
for yourself.

- I do, Dad.

Sometimes that's
what holds me back.

- They call him doctor,
some of them.

- Why would they do that?

- "Dr. Rendezvous."

- It's a joke.

- I don't get it.

- He's a doctor of science.

They're giving him
the gears.

- Dad, it's fine.

If people want to laugh at me
because I'm qualified,

I'll let them.

- Everybody's been so nice to us
since we moved here.

Charlie and Jeanie Basset
live right behind us.

- Every NASA employee's
within spitting distance.

- We have barbecues
and drinks.

We babysit
for each other.

It's all
very relaxed.

We hardly
have to go anywhere, do we?

- Doesn't sound like anybody's
in much of a hurry

to get to the moon.

- Kennedy said by the end
of the decade.

- Kennedy's dead.

Or did you miss
that little episode

over in Dallas?

- I think
we'll get there, Dad.

- The early missions
of Mercury

and the experience from Gemini
have brought this country

to the next major milestone:

the first Apollo
three-man spaceflight.

These are the men
to fly that mission:

Command pilot Virgil Grissom,
his third time into space;

astronaut Roger Chaffee;

the senior pilot,
Edward White.

He will be remembered for his
spacewalk during Gemini 4.

Everything is nearly ready,
including the crew,

for this country's
first three-man spaceflight.

- Gentlemen, to stay
ahead of our enemies

in the space race, we've got
to do something sensational.

Any suggestions?

- Why don't we put
a space capsule into orbit

and then have a man
get out of the capsule

and walk around--

[phone rings]

- Hello?

- Jan, it's Al.

- Hey, Al.

Listen, can I call you back
in a short while?

- I need to talk
to you now, Jan.

- What is it?

- I'm afraid
something's happened.

- Where's Neil?

- Neil's in Washington.
He arrived safely.

Our problem is here.

I need you to go run
to Ed White's house.

I want you to sit with Pat.

- I can do that.

- Somebody will be on their way
to explain,

but you need to stay
with Pat.

Can you do that for me,
Janet?

- Of course.

- Keep her away
from the television.

[knocking]

- Get out of the car.

- Hi, Jan.

- Can we go inside, Pat?

- Is something the matter?

- Hi, Mrs. Armstrong.
- Hi, Bonnie.

- Hi, Mrs. Armstrong.

- What's happened?

- That's Ed.

It's Ed's car.

- It's Bill.

- They've all got
those damn caddies.

- Uh, excuse me.

- There's been
an accident.

- No!

[sobbing
No! J

- I'm so sorry.

- It would be an instantaneous
death, would it not?

- I think
that's a fair assumption.

[line ringing]

- Virgil Grissom, Edward White,
and Roger Chaffee

lost their lives
in a spacecraft fire

while preparing
for manned orbital flight.

The fire was probably caused
by an electrical arc.

The precise origin of the fire

will probably never
be determined.

- This is an extremely
hazardous business.

We've tried to convey that
to people.

But it's a shame that things
like this have to happen

to bring it home to us
so dramatically.

- Six men in three years.

- But not one of them
in space.

- Does that make
a difference, Fred?

- Sure, it does.

- Yeah, on the ground
in training,

accidents are always
gonna happen.

It's the same
to avoid them up there.

- Did you know we're the only
animal that lives its life

knowing it's going to die?

- How can they
even prove that?

- I don't know.

But it doesn't
seem fair.

- Unless you die
in childhood.

That's a life
never knowing it'll end.

- Sorry, Jan.

I wasn't thinking.

- [sighs]

I don't know why everyone's
so fascinated by death.

Talking about it seems...

Well, it's not something
Neil and I ever do.

- Never?

- Stay still.

I'm not very good at this.

Oh, you're beautiful.

- Haven't you got enough footage
of that thing yet?

- Come on, don't you find him
fascinating?

- It's a monkey.

- Correction:
he's a monkey.

Stay.

Will you remember
to feed him for me?

- Where are you going?

- Mike Collins
is in the hospital.

They found a problem
with his spine.

- Is he gonna be all right?

- Sure.

The big question is,
will he fly again?

[monkey squeaking]

- What sort
of a grown man

keeps a monkey
for a pet?

- He's come to visit.

Be nice.

- Hey.

- Hey, Buzz.
- Hey, Buzz.

- I was gonna bring some cakes,
but Joan burned them.

How you feeling, Mike?

- Like someone just cut
a piece of my spine out.

- Yeah, you're lucky
they spotted it when they did.

- That's what I tell him.

- Yeah, I'm feeling
real fortunate.

- I'm gonna leave you boys
to talk.

- So what am I missing?

- The lunar module's not gonna
be ready for testing on 8.

- Another setback.

- Maybe not.

They're changing
the mission profile

because of it.

They want to put 8
into lunar orbit.

Frank Borman's going
all the way to the moon.

It's one hell of a ride
you're missing.

- Aren't you here
to make me feel better?

- [laughs]

Come on, Deke likes you.

He'll have you
back in rotation by 12.

And imagine
where we'll be by then.

And the surgery right now
could be a blessing.

- If I come back at all.

I've been offered a placement
in Washington.

Tom Payne asked me
to work with him

on the applications program.

- So you'd rather
babysit astronauts than be one.

- It's a good offer.

- Yeah.

Hi, Mike.

- Buzz.

[engines roaring]

[men speaking on radio]

- Okay, Houston.

The moon is essentially gray,
little color.

Looks like plaster of Paris.

- Okay, for colors, the waters
are all sort of a royal blue.

The clouds, of course,
are bright white.

The reflection
off the Earth is...

[knocking]

- You wanted to see me?

- Oh, Neil.
Yeah.

Come on in.

- Generally a brownish...

- You been listening to those
sons of bitches up there?

- Sounds like they're
enjoying themselves.

- TV stars.
Would you believe it?

Now, provided we bring back 8
without a hitch,

there's no reason
why we shouldn't accelerate

down the homestretch.

Apollo 9, we test
the lunar module in Earth orbit.

And 10, try the same thing
in lunar orbit.

And 11, we land.

- Well, that assumes
that 9 and 10 go to plan.

- Well, of course.

But everyone's in agreement

that our first shot
of landing is 11.

Are you okay with that?

- I'll take whatever's going.

- Mike is ready
to fly again,

and Buzz is next on rotation.

Are you happy
with that crew?

- Sure.

- This all points to being
a historic mission.

Now, I'm willing to shake it up
on your recommendation.

- Why don't you
make your point, Deke?

- Well, Buzz isn't the easiest
person to get along with.

Talented, certainly,
but personality-wise--

- I haven't had a problem
with him.

- Others have.

- I can't speak for them.

- I can make
Jim Lovell available.

Hell, I know you two
can work together.

Well, it's your crew,
your call.

Think about it.

- Is it what you want?

I mean, is it
what you really want?

Commander
of the first moon landing?

It's not something
I'd turn down.

- Who else is going?

Is Edwin Aldrin going?

- The final crew
hasn't been confirmed,

so don't say anything
just yet.

Okay, we shouldn't be
too long.

- Speak for yourself.

I intend to celebrate.

You can keep them up
for the broadcast, Alice.

- Okay.
- Then straight to bed.

Okay? Night, honey.

- Have a good party.
- And you.

- Santa's on his way, boys.

- Yay.

- Oh, he's a terrible bore.

- Oh, look,
it's Charlie and Dottie.

Hi.
- Hey, Dottie.

- Hi, Charlie.

Hi.

- Jan.

- Hey, Marylyn.

- You look lovely,
as always.

Neil, likewise.

- Busy house.

- We just sent a load of people
over to Fredo's.

I'm worried not everyone's
gonna get to see the screen.

- Oh, I'm sure we'll manage.

- Hey, did you hear
what old Shake y's done?

- Don't you dare tell anyone.

- He named a moon mountain
after her, Mount Marylyn.

- Twin peaks, apparently.

[laughter]
- Really?

- Come on.

- How you doing, Buzz?

- Pretty good.

Let's get those open for you,
shall we?

- Yeah.

- We are now approaching
lunar sunrise.

And for all the people
back on Earth,

the crew of Apollo 8
has a message

that we would like
to send to you.

"In the beginning, God created
the heaven and the Earth.

"And the Earth
was without form and void,

"and darkness was upon the face
of the deep.

"And the spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.

"And God said,
'Let there be light.'

"And there was light.

"And God saw the light,
that it was good.

And God divided the light
from the darkness."

- You're missing it.

- "And God called the dry land
the Earth

"and the gathering together
of the waters the seas.

And God saw
that it was good."

I'm familiar with Genesis.

Of course, this is what
it's gonna be all about

from now on, isn't it?

It's not enough
to go to the moon.

You got to do it
on television.

- Does that bother you?

- My, uh--

My face doesn't fit
on the screen

like some
of the other guys.

Too big, too long.

I'm sure they can find
a suitable lens.

- You don't like that side of it
so much, do you, the press?

- Well, if they want to ask me
about the technical aspects,

then sure,
I'm happy to answer them.

But for some reason,

they all just want to know
how everything feels.

- Even if you could tell them,
they wouldn't get it.

"Cause when you're up there
in space looking down,

there's nothing wrong
with the world.

But when you're down here
looking up,

everything's different.

You know what
my biggest problem is?

I'm always trying
to remind myself

how it was up there.

But it's impossible.

I know.

You can only really feel it
when you're there.

- Merry Christmas, Buzz.

- Mm.

- And from the crew
of Apollo 8,

we close with good night,
good luck,

a merry Christmas,
and God bless all of you,

all of you on the good Earth.

[applause]

- Joan, honey.

Can you swing by
and pick me up?

As soon as you can.

No, no, no.
Everything's fine.

Okay.

The washing machine's
packed up.

Faye says we can do a load
in her machine.

- I'm going to the moon.

- If you can't fix it by Monday,
I'm gonna call somebody out.

I don't care
how much it costs.

- Did you hear
what I just said?

Apollo 11 is gonna land.

- [screams]

Oh, baby!
Oh, Buzz.

- Whoa, baby, I'm driving.
I'm driving.

Come here.

You can't just bend down
and pick up a rock.

It could fall.

It could shag your suit.

Anything can go wrong.

So what you got to have
is a scoop.

Hey, here. Honey?

Throw me a couple socks
and a pillowcase.

So, you know, the first thing
you have to do on the surface--

[laughs]

On the surface--
is get the rocks, yeah?

It's a contingency sample.

So if anything else goes wrong,
if you have to call and abort,

at least you got the rocks.

Yeah?

That looks easy enough.

But you try this
at /6 gravity.

You know, I need--how long
does this thing have to be?

I need a tape measure.

Do you got a tape measure
around here?

- Honey, I'm real happy
for you.

When I get this washing up,

I'm gonna come celebrate
with you.

But right now,
you're in my way.

- I need--

Dad.

I've got some news.

Are you sitting down?

[flashbulbs popping]

[men shouting]

- Gentlemen, I give you
the crew of Apollo 11.

Questions?

- Which one of you gentlemen
is going to be the first man

to set foot
on the lunar surface?

- We haven't really decided
on that issue yet.

We've done a large amount
of simulation.

I think whoever steps out first

will be dependent
on further tests.

Hell, is it that big a deal?

Have another go there, Tom.

- Of course you know
it's gonna be Neil, don't you?

- If it's good for the mission,
it's good for me.

- You qualify before him.

He's second 9.

You're third 14.

You know the order.

He's a commander.

Hell, he's gonna be closer
to the hatch,

you want to split hairs
about the whole thing.

- Like I said,

if it's good for the mission,
it's good for me.

- Yeah, sure.

The pilot performs the EVA,

and the commander remains
in the command position.

- Ergo at the control.

- Yeah, but it's not
a standard EVA.

Once you've landed,

you don't need anyone
at the controls.

- You can't just set a precedent

and then change it
at the last minute.

I've clocked 5 1/2 hours
of spacewalks.

That's more than anyone.

Neil's never even done
an EVA before.

- I understand
why you would have assumed--

- Whoa.

I haven't assumed
a damn thing.

This doesn't bother me
either way, Mike.

I'm just waiting to be told.

- How does Neil
feel about this?

- How does Neil feel
about anything?

- My suit's caught.

[grunting]

It's stuck on something.

[laughter]

A little help, somebody?

[applause]

- You all get back into position
and try that again.

Come on, guys.

We haven't got long
to figure this out.

- Not long enough.

- Well, you can't walk on it
unless you land on it.

- No kidding.

- Well, I guess the walking
is quite monumental

when you see it
from the layman's perspective.

- You want to be
the first out?

- Are you offering or asking?

- Actually, I'm just cutting
through the crap.

- Well, given the choice,
sure, I'll take it.

Not given the choice,
okay by me.

Does that answer
your question, Buzz?

- You've got some nice
holiday snaps there, Tom.

- We could have landed
if they'd given us enough fuel

to get back up again.

Not to mention a thousand
other technicalities.

Truth is, boys, we just
didn't want to spoil your fun.

This is where you're gonna
put down.

We painted some white lines
in the sky.

You can't miss.

- What if we do?

- You don't want to.

- I think what Buzz
is saying is,

can you at least show us
what to expect?

- Oh, my God.

- That crater there,
how big is that?

- Tom?

- That one is probably the size
of a football stadium.

- Cowboys or dolphins?

- What you've seen is the safest
place to set down.

If you're gonna miss that,

you might want
to think about an abort.

- How are Neil and Buzz
getting along?

- Don't see much of the men.

- Different simulators.

- You'll get your chance
in the lunar module, Mike.

You can back up
as commander on 14

and land with 17.

- Yeah, I've been thinking
about that.

If Apollo 11 aborts
and falls into the ocean,

well, then, yeah, sure,

I'd love to give it
another shot.

But if we fly this one
as planned,

I think that's
gonna be it for me.

- Apollo 11, you are go
for landing, over.

- Understand.
Go for landing, 3,000 feet.

- Eagle to Houston.
Your Delta-H is high.

- We're gonna need a lock-on.
- Got a lock on?

- Yeah. Let's do this.
- Okay.

- Roger.

Delta-H
is still looking high.

[buzzing noises]

- 6 plus 25, throttle down.

- Okay, we have an alarm.

Can you give us a reading
on the program alarm?

[electronic beeping]

Yeah, I know.

- Roger, we have good data.

- 600.

- Can you give us a reading
on the program alarm?

- Stand by for that.

- Neil, abort.
Hit abort!

[alarm sounds]

- Okay, guys.

That's a vehicle loss.

Save all your data.

Reset and debrief
at 0800 hours.

- Sorry, Buzz.

They're gonna put that one down
as a crew failure.

- Whoa, whoa.

Hey, Buzz.

- Where are you putting
our names?

- [sighs]

I'm not putting them on it.

- You don't think that people
will want to remember

the three guys who were destined
to die up there?

- You've been
in the simulator too long.

- Oh, you didn't hear
about today?

Our commander
deliberately crashed.

- And why would he do that?

- I don't know.

Why does he do anything?

- You're making too much
noise out here.

- I'm going to bed.

- Something you want
to say to me, Buzz?

- Why didn't you abort?

- It was a simulation.

- That's not an excuse.

We have to get it right
every single time.

- So do they.

And on this occasion,
they messed up.

- I told you to abort.

- But they didn't.

They heard the alarm.

I know what we would have done
in that situation.

I wanted to see
what they were gonna do.

- So what exactly did we learn
from all of that?

- That we are on our own
up there.

I will see you in the morning.

- Sorry I'm late.

- You're already aware
of the discussion.

- Yeah, Buzz or Neil.

- Gene Aldrin's
been on the phone

pressing his son's case.

- You're not gonna shut him up
in a hurry.

- First guy out
will be a Lindbergh,

worldwide fame
and recognition.

He'll gonna have to shoulder
that responsibility

the rest of his natural life.

- Neil's quiet,

calm, resolute.

Neil's what it says
on the label.

Buzz is--well, you never know
what you're gonna get

from one day to the next.

- Yeah, they're making us
go to the moon.

We don't need any trouble
on top of that.

- Well, Buzz wants it more.

- Which is a reason
not to give it to him.

We all know who we want,

so why are we wasting
our time here?

- Neil's first out.

- How's Neil feeling
about the upcoming mission?

Has he talked to you about
what he's taking up with him?

- Kids okay?

- How do you feel about--

- What's he going to say
on the moon, Mrs. Armstrong?

- Get inside.

Hurry up.

- Are you worried about
the return journey, Janet?

[blender whirring]

- The flowers, the house,
the food, everything.

- I think
there's some lemon spray

you can get for that.

- I hear you and Neil are going
to the lake this weekend.

- Oh, we love it there.

- Mm.

I'll probably get Buzz
to do some chores.

Dishwasher's
on the blink again.

- How about you, Pat?

- I think Mike and I are just
gonna relax with the kids,

try and take his mind
off things.

- Is he worried?

- Would he tell me
if he was?

- What are the odds?

- I think
what scares him most

is the prospect
of coming back alone.

Sorry.

I shouldn't
have said that.

- Why avoid it?

If any of our husbands
are gonna come back,

it's gonna be yours.

- Did either of you
see the letter?

Both: What letter?

- "Fate has ordained

"that the men
who went to the moon

"to explore in peace

"will stay on the moon
to rest in peace.

"These brave men,
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin,

know that there is no hope
for their recovery."

And this is the first
I'll hear of it?

- Apparently,
the president will call you

before making the statement.

- Nixon?
Nixon will call me?

- Mm-hmm, so they tell me.

- Wow.

I mean, I hope he doesn't.

- They want to be prepared
for every eventuality.

That's all this is.

- Neil, why didn't you
show me this before?

- It doesn't exist
unless they need it.

- I think you should talk
to the boys,

explain what's happening.

- I don't think
they'll understand.

- They need to know
that there's a good chance

their father
might not come home.

- What's it made of?

- That's a good question, Rick.

Hopefully
we're about to find out.

- Will it make you sick?

- Why do you ask that?

- Mom said
when you come home,

you'll have to stay
in a special room.

- Yeah, it's called
a lunar receiving laboratory.

And it's just a precaution.

If there are germs up there,

it's important
that we don't spread them.

It's like when
you get a cold.

We keep you off school
for a few days.

- What if you like it up there
and don't want to come home?

- Living on the moon
is impossible.

But I'm not gonna lie
to you.

There is a chance that I won't
be able to come back.

- Why not?

- Well, because nobody's
ever done this before.

Things can go wrong.

But they can also go right.

So if it's at all possible,
I will be coming home.

I promise.

- My friends all think
you're a hero.

- Well, not yet.

- For Neil Armstrong.

Have you decided on something
suitably historical

and memorable to say
when you perform

this symbolic act
of stepping down onto the moon

for the first time?

- No, I haven't.

- A little louder, please.

- No, I haven't.

- Will you take personal
mementos to the moon, Neil?

- Well, if I had a choice,
I would take more fuel.

- Will you lose
your private life

after this achievement?

- [sighs]

I think that a private life
is possible.

But, well, if it isn't,

then it would have been
a fair exchange.

- Is there any philosophical
reason for going to the moon?

- I think it's in human nature
to face challenges.

We're required
to do these things just as--

Well, just as salmon
swim upstream.

- Houston,
you are go for staging.

- At three minutes downrange,
70 miles, 43 miles high.

Velocity 9,300 feet per second.

- Inboard cutoff.
- Inboard cutoff.

- Staging.

And ignition.

[rockets whooshing]

- 11, Houston.
Thrust is go, all engines.

You're looking good.

- Roger.
You're loud and clear, Houston.

- The Apollo 11 launch
as seen from the Champs-Elysées.

[cheers and applause]

- The moment of takeoff
is now.

[applause]

- The first critical phase
of this flight is over.

Apollo 11 is on the way,
riding that pillar of flame

from the Saturn 4 into the skies
250,000 miles away,

where the moon is waiting.

The flight could take
three days.

- Tower's gone.

- Roger, tower.

- Yeah, they finally gave me
a window to look out.

- Apollo 11,
this is Houston.

You are confirmed go
for orbit.

- How does zero G feel?

Your head feel funny,
anybody?

Anything like that?

- It just feels like we're
floating around upside down.

- I didn't feel that.

- Look at that horizon.

Get a picture of that.

- Anybody seen a camera
floating loose?

It couldn't have gone far.

He's a big son of a gun.

Hey, I see a pen
floating loose down here.

Anybody lost a ballpoint pen?

- Is it a ballpoint
or a felt tip?

- Let me see.

Felt tip.

- I'll take it
if you don't want it.

- You haven't seen
the Hasselblad

anywhere down below, Buzz?

- No, I already looked.

- Ah, there it is.

It looks like trees and forests
or something.

Snow and trees,
fantastic.

- Apollo 11, Apollo 11.

This is Houston
through ARIA 4.

Radio check, over.

- Okay.

5925.

- Saturn 4 will place
the spacecraft

into a hundred-mile orbit
around the Earth.

Roughly two orbits later,

the last stage of the Saturn 4
will reignite,

placing the spacecraft
on a trajectory

that will lead it
out to the moon.

- Apollo 11, this is Houston.

Slightly less
than one minute to ignition,

and everything is go.

- When you feel it,
that's when it is.

- There we go.

Thrust.

- Ignition.

Call it at 15.

- Okay.

- We confirm ignition,
and the thrust is go.

- Threshold's good.

- Apollo 11,
this is Houston.

At one minute, trajectory
and guidance looks good,

and the stage is good.

- Apollo 11, roger.

- Don't look out window 1.

If it looks like
what I see out window 5,

you don't want
to look at it.

- Damn, there's sparks
flying out there.

- I wouldn't worry
too much about that.

- And the velocity
exceeds 29,000 feet per second,

building up.

Present altitude,
to 115 nautical miles,

35,000 feet per second.

Cutoff.

Apollo 11,
this is Houston.

You're go for separation, over.

- Okay, Houston,
we are ready to separate.

- Okay.

Thrusting.

Look at that trash.

- Hey, Houston, Apollo 11.

All 12 latches are locked.

- Uh, roger, 11.
This is Houston.

Understand 12 latches locked.

- Separation complete.

Look at that SLA panel.

She's darn well unbelievable.

- Hey, Houston, Apollo 11.

That Saturn gave us
a magnificent ride.

- Roger, 11.
We'll pass that on.

And it certainly looks like
you're well on your way now.

- Anybody ready
for some music?

- That's good for me,
Commander.

- Did you bring
anything good?

- Oh, yeah.

- This is Apollo control
at 13 hours, 27 minutes

into the flight of Apollo 11.

The spacecraft now traveling

at a speed of about
5,000 miles an hour.

And it's at a distance

of 63,880 nautical miles
from Earth.

Our flight surgeon
reported a short while ago

that Mike Collins appeared

to be sleeping soundly
at this time.

Biomedical data
on the other two crewmen...

[flatulence]

Indicates
that they are still awake.

- Anybody else think
we're getting too much hydrogen

in our drinking water?

- We should just cut
the thrusters

and do the job ourselves.

[flatulence]

[laughter]

- How far out are we?

- Stand by.

I will give it to you exactly.

It looks like around 130,000,
but stand by.

- Okay.
- 125,200 miles.

And you're traveling
at 4,486 feet per second.

- Pretty far and pretty slow.

Just past halfway.

- 11, Houston.

If you could comply,

we'd like to see
some smiling faces up there.

If you could give us
some interior views,

I'm sure everybody
would like to see you, over.

That's big Mike Collins there.

- Hello, there, sports fans.

You got a little bit of me,

plus Neil
is in the center couch,

and Buzz is doing
the camera work at this time.

- And, Mike,
you're coming in five-by.

- I would have put on
a coat and tie

if I'd known about this
ahead of time.

- A real good picture
we're getting here.

Neil is coming in five-by
there, 11.

Mike, see you
in the background.

And Neil's standing
on his head again.

He's trying to make me nervous.

He's disappearing
up into the tunnel, of course,

as he would
going into the lunar module,

only backwards.

Yeah, those are Buzz's
two star charts

that he is using right now
as sun shades

over the right-hand window,
window number 5.

- If we can get some
of the wires untangled here,

we'll give you
a demonstration

of how easy
push-ups are up here.

When it gets pretty hard
doing it that way,

well, we just roll around
and do it the other way.

- You just roll over
and do it the other way.

- 11, you got
a pretty big audience.

Is live in the US.

It's going live to Japan,
Western Europe,

and much of South America.

- Apollo 11,
this is Houston.

How do you read?

- The Gold stone station
reports a very weak signal.

- Buzz, you got
the flashlight?

- Yeah.

- Thanks, man.

- Anyone else see that?

Window 1.

- Let's have a look at that
through the monocular.

- How far away is that?

- At a guess,
I'd put it at 100 miles.

Not approaching.

- Anyone report a sighting
like this before?

- Nothing on 8, 9, or 10.

- Are you sure?

- I think a memo like that
would have stood out.

Don't you, Buzz?

- We should tell them.

- Whoa, whoa, hang on a minute.
Tell them what?

- That we have
an unidentified flying object.

- I don't think we should use
those words, Buzz.

- Okay, what is
the most likely explanation?

- Oh, let them figure that out.
Just tell them.

- Could be the third stage.
- That's possible.

- Well, then we need
to find that out, don't we?

- Uh, Houston, Apollo 11.

- Go ahead, 11, over.

- Do you have any idea where
the S4B is with respect to us?

- Stand by.

- If it's not the third stage,
what do we say next?

- Neil?

- Well, why make them
aware of it

if there's nothing
they can do?

- Oh, we can't keep this
from anyone.

They'd be interested to know.

- Yeah, that's what worries me.

What, you want this
taking up resources

that could be looking out
for us?

- He has a point.

- I mean, right now,
it's not close to us.

It's not approaching us.
It's not affecting us.

- Apollo 11, Houston.
- Go ahead, Houston.

- The S4B is about
6,000 nautical miles

from you now, over.

- 6,000 miles.
Okay, Houston, thank you.

- Well, at least we know
what it isn't.

- We all saw those panels
come away.

There's no tracking device
on those.

- Could be the panel.

- Buzz?

- If that's what you say it is,
Commander.

- We will lose signal
with Apollo 11

at 75 hours,
41 minutes, 23 seconds

as it goes behind the moon.

- If the crew
does nothing,

they will loop around the moon
and return

on a free return trajectory
back to the Earth.

However, at the back side
of the moon,

if things are as we expect,

the crew will ignite
the service propulsion system

on the spacecraft
and place themselves

into an elliptical
60-mile by 170-mile orbit

around the moon.

- I don't know
if we're 60 miles or not.

But at least we haven't hit
that mother.

- Look at that.
Look at that, 169.6 by 60.9.

- Beautiful, beautiful,
beautiful.

You want to write that down
or something, Buzz?

Write it down
just for the hell of it.

170 by 60, like gangbusters.

- It's a beautiful burn.

- We only missed by a couple
of tenths of a mile.

- Hello, moon.

- Oh, give me the camera.

There's a huge, magnificent
crater over there.

Look at that big beauty.

Want to take a look
at that, Neil?

- Yeah, yeah, I see him.

- Don't you want to get
the Earth coming up?

It's gonna be nine minutes.

- Oh, let's get
some pictures here first.

- You don't want to miss
that first one.

- We're gonna have
plenty of passes, Mike.

- Plenty of Earth rises,
I guess.

There's the biggest one yet.
God, it's huge.

It's so big, I can't even
get it in the window.

- There's a big mother
over here too.

- Come on, now, Buzz.

Don't refer to them
as big mothers.

Give them
some scientific name.

- Big mothers
are good enough for me.

- You guys are actually
gonna walk on that.

- It's one minute to loss
of signal, we've been told now.

I don't know whether
we're getting a transmission

from the spacecraft or not
at this moment.

- Apollo 11, Apollo 11,

this is Houston
broadcasting in the blind.

Request Omni Bravo,
if you read us.

Request Omni Bravo, out.

Apollo 11, this is Houston.

How do you read, over?

- We hear nothing but static
at this moment.

- Apollo 11, Apollo 11,
this is Houston.

Do you read, over?

- We now have had confirmation
of loss of signal

from the Apollo 11.

The Apollo 11 is, at the moment,
on the far side of the moon.

- Houston, Apollo 11.

[static crackling]

Houston, Apollo 11, over.

[static crackling]

- Where are we, Mike?

- Well, I can't see
a damned thing,

and no one's answering,

so I guess there's only
one place we can be.

- We're approaching one of the
critical moments of this flight.

Just 2 1/2 minutes
from now,

the spacecraft
should again come around

the near side of the moon.

At that time, the command module
and the lunar module

will begin undocking,

beginning the maneuvers which,

in 2 hours and 32 minutes
from now,

should place it on the surface
of the moon.

- Apollo 11, this is Houston.

Radio check, over.

- Houston, this is Apollo 11.

- Roger, we're copying you
about five by two, very weak.

- Anything interesting
in the papers for us today?

- It looks like
it's gonna be impossible

to get away from the fact
that you guys

are dominating all the news
back here on Earth.

- Anything happening
in sports?

- Say again.
- Ignore.

- Even Pravda in Russia
is headlining the mission

and calls Neil
the czar of the ship.

I think maybe they got
the wrong mission.

- West Germany has declared
Monday to be Apollo day.

Schoolchildren in Bavaria
have been given the day off.

And in Italy,
Pope Paul VI has arranged

for a special color TV circuit
at his summer residence

in order to watch you,

even though Italian television
is still black-and-white.

- Back here in Houston,

Mike Junior was quoted
as replying, "Yeah,"

when somebody asked him
if his daddy

was gonna be in history.

Then after a short pause,
he asked,

"What is history?"

- See you later.

- You cats
take it easy down there.

If I hear any huffing
and puffing,

I'm gonna start bitching
at you.

[hatch slams]

- From the day
of our birth,

we were meant
for this time and place.

Today we will land an American
on the moon.

Whatever happens here today,

I will stand behind
every decision you will make.

We came into this room
as a team,

and we will leave as a team.

Lock the control room doors.

From now on, no person
will leave or enter this room

until we have either landed,
we have crashed,

or we have aborted.

Those are the only three
outcomes from this time on.

- Think you've got

a fine-looking
flying machine there, Eagle,

despite the fact
you're upside down.

- Somebody's upside down.

- You guys take care.

- See you later.

- It's looking good.

You're still looking good.

Coming up
three minutes.

- Okay, we went by
the three-minute point early.

We're gonna land long.

- Rate of descent
is looking pretty good.

Altitude's right about on.

- Uh, Houston,
our position checks downrange

show us to be a little long.

- Roger, copy.

- AGS is showing two feet
per second greater rate.

- Mike, stand by.

- Altitude rate looks
right down the groove.

- Roger,
about three seconds long.

That's gonna put us
about three miles

out of the landing zone.

We are long.

- Delta-H is minus 2,900.

And we've got the Earth
straight out our front window.

- Sure enough.

- Houston, you're looking
at our Delta-H.

- That's affirmative.

- Program alarm.
- It's a 1202, 1202.

- What is it?
- I don't know.

- Give us a reading
on the 1202 program alarm.

[electronic beeping]

- Roger, we got you.
We're going that alarm.

- Roger, 330.

- 6 plus 25, throttle down.

- Roger, copy.

- 6 plus 25.

- Same alarm.

It appears to come up
when we have a 1668 up.

- Roger, copy.

- Is it coming down?

- Coming down beautifully.

- Roger, Delta-H
is looking good to us.

- Whoa.

- [chuckles]
Throttle down.

- Throttle down on time.

- Right.

- You can feel it in here
when it throttles down

better than the simulator.

- Okay, no flags.

RCS is good.

DPS is good.

Pressure okay.

- Looking great to us, Eagle.

Eagle, you're looking great.

Coming up
nine minutes.

- Manual altitude control
is good.

- Roger, copy.

Okay, all flight controllers,
go, no-go for landing.

Retro.

- FIDO.

- Guidance.
- Go.

- Control.
- Go.

- GNC.

- EECOM.

- Surgeon.
- Go.

- CAPCOM,
we're go for landing.

- You're go
for landing, over.

- Roger, understand,
go for landing, 3,000 feet.

We have alarm, 1201.

-1201.

Roger, 1201 alarm.

We're go, same type.

We're go.

- 2,000 feet.
2,000 feet.

- Give me an LPD angle.

- Into the AGS.

47 degrees.

-47.

That's not a bad-looking area.

- 1,000 at 30.

- 1,000 at 30 is good.

What's LPD?

- Eagle, looking great.
You're go.

- 35 degrees, 35 degrees.

750 coming down to 23.

700 feet.

21 down.

33 degrees.

- That's a pretty rocky area.

- 600 feet, down at 19.

- Okay, I'm going
to manual control.

- 400 feet, down at 9.

- No problem.

- 350 feet, down at 4.

330, 3 1/2 down.

300 feet down, 3 1/2.

47 forward.

1 1/2 down.

- How's the fuel?

- 8%.
- Okay.

This looks like
a good area here.

- I've got the shuttle
up there.

Altitude, velocity lights.

8 1/2 down.

220 feet.

13 forward.

11 forward.

Coming down nicely.

- Gonna be right over
that crater.

- 200 feet, 4 1/2 down.

5 1/2 down.

- I got a good spot.

- 100 feet,
3 1/2 down.

9 forward.

5%.

Coming in nice.

Okay, 75 feet.

And it's looking good.

Down a half,
6 forward.

- 60 seconds.

- Light's on.
- 60 seconds fuel remaining.

- Down 2 1/2.

Forward, forward.

40 feet, down 2 1/2.

Picking up some dust.

30 feet, 2 1/2 down.

Great shadow.

4 forward.

4 forward,
drifting to the right a little.

Down a half.

- 30 seconds.

30 seconds fuel remaining.

- Contact light?

- Shut down.

- Engine stop.
ACA out of detent.

- Out of detent. Auto.

- Mode control, both auto.

Descent engine command
override off.

Engine arm off.
- Engine arms off.

- We copy you down, Eagle.

- Houston, uh,

Tranquility Base here.

The Eagle has landed.

- Roger, Tranquility.
We copy you on the ground.

You got a bunch of guys
about to turn blue.

We're breathing again.
Thanks a lot.

- Thank you.

- Oh, boy.

- Thank you.

You're looking good here.

- Mm.

- As he said,
"The Eagle has landed,"

words that are due to live

in the history books
for evermore.

- We'll get to the details
of what's around here,

but it looks like a collection
of just about every variety

of shapes, angularity,

granularity,

about every variety of rock
you could find.

[laughs]

The colors, well, it varies

pretty much depending
on how you're looking

relative
to the zero phase point.

There doesn't appear to be

too much of a general color
at all.

- Right, Tranquility.

Be advised there are lots
of smiling faces in this room

and all over world, over.

- There are two of them
up here.

- And don't forget one
in the command module.

- Right, that was
a beautiful job, you guys.

- I did it, Dad.

- Houston, Tranquility, over.

- Tranquility, Houston.
Go ahead.

- Roger, this is the LEM pilot.

I'd like to take
this opportunity

to ask every person
listening in,

whoever, wherever they may be,

to pause for a moment
and contemplate

the events
of the past few hours

and to give thanks
in his or her own way.

"I am the vine.

"He who abides in me
and I in him

"will bear much fruit.

For apart from me..."

"You can do nothing."

[grunting]

Pressure's at 1/10 of a pound.

[sighs]

All this way,
and we can't get the door open.

- You want me to take a run up
and shoulder barge it?

[laughter]

- We got to get
the air out somehow.

- Why don't we try
the unconventional method?

I will just wedge it open.

- Okay.

Wow.

- Hold on.

You're not quite square.

- Okay.

- There you go.
Now you're good.

- How am I doing?

- You're doing fine.

- Houston, this is Neil.
Radio check.

- Neil, this is Houston.
Loud and clear.

Break, break.
Buzz, this is Houston.

Radio check and verify
TV circuit breaker in.

- Roger,
TV circuit breaker's in.

- And we're getting
a picture on the TV.

- Hmm.

- Okay, Neil, we can see you
coming down the ladder now.

- Visual is incoming.

- I'm at the foot
of the ladder.

The LEM footpaths are only
depressed in the surface

about one or two inches,

although the surface
appears to be

very, very fine-grained
as you get close to it.

It's almost like
a powder.

Ground mass is very fine.

I'm going to step off
the LEM now.

That's one small step for man,

one giant leap for mankind.

The surface
is fine and powdery.

I can kick it up
loosely with my toe.

It does adhere in fine layers,
like powdered charcoal,

to the sole and sides
of my boots.

There seems to be no difficulty
in moving around,

as we suspected.

It's even, perhaps, easier
than the simulations

of 1/6 G that we performed

in various simulations
on the ground.

Absolutely no trouble
to walk around.

It has a stark beauty
all its own.

It's like much
of the high desert

of the United States.

It's different,
but it's very pretty out here.

- Now I'm gonna back up
and partially close the hatch,

making sure
not to lock it on my way out.

[laughter]

- Okay, you've got
about three more steps

and then a long one.

- That's a good last step.

Beautiful view.

- Isn't that something?

Magnificent sight
out here.

- Magnificent desolation.

Very, very fine powder,
isn't it?

- Isn't it fine?

- Right in this area, I don't
think there's much of any--

Fine powder--
clods together.

It's hard to tell
whether it's a clod or a rock.

- Tell me if you got
a picture, Houston.

- We got
a beautiful picture, Neil.

- Okay.

- Okay, that looks good
there, Neil.

Okay, that looks good, Neil.

- Columbia, Columbia,
this is Houston.

AOS, over.

- Yeah, read you
loud and clear.

How's it going?

- Roger, the EVA
is progressing beautifully.

I believe they're
setting up the flag now.

- Great.

- I guess you're about
the only person around

that doesn't have TV coverage
of the scene.

- Looks good.

- That's all right.
I don't mind a bit.

- Tranquility Base,
this is Houston.

Can we get both of you on the
camera for a minute, please?

- Say again, Houston.

- Roger, we'd like to get
both of you

in the field of view
of the camera for a minute.

Neil and Buzz, the president
of the United States

is in his office now

and would like to say
a few words to you, over.

- That would be
an honor.

- That would be an honor.

- All right,
go ahead, Mr. President.

This is Houston, out.

- Hello, Neil and Buzz.

I'm talking to you
by telephone

from the Oval Room
at the White House.

And this certainly has to be

the most historic telephone call
ever made.

I just can't tell you how proud
we all are of what--

For every American,

this has to be the proudest day
of our lives

and for people
all over the world.

I am sure they, too,
join with Americans

in recognizing
what an immense feat this is.

Because of what you have done,

the heavens have become
a part of man's world.

And as you talk to us
from the Sea of Tranquility,

it inspires us to redouble
our efforts to bring peace

and tranquility to Earth.

For one priceless moment
in the whole history of man,

all the people on this Earth
are truly one.

- Thank you, Mr. President.

It's a great honor
and privilege for us to be here

representing
not only the United States

but men of peace
from all nations

with interest and curiosity

and with a vision
for the future.

- And thank you very much.

And I look forward--
all of us look forward

to seeing you
on the Hornet on Thursday.

[heavy breathing]

- Okay, the hatch
is closed and latched

and verified secure.

- Good job.

- Yeah, you too, Buzz.

- You smell that?

- What is that,
eggs, gunpowder?

- You think people will be
interested to know

that the moon
doesn't smell so good?

- Let's keep this
between ourselves for now.

- Tranquility Base,
this is Houston.

- Go ahead.
Tranquility Base here.

- Roger, just wanted
to let you guys know

that since you're an hour
and a half over your timeline

and we're all taking
a day off tomorrow,

we're gonna leave you.

See you later.

- I don't blame you a bit.

- That's a real great day, guys.

Really enjoyed it.

- Thank you.

You couldn't have enjoyed it
as much as we did.

- It was great.

- Sure wish you'd hurry up

and get that trash
out of there, though.

- Okay, we're just about
to do it.

- Okay.

- Columbia,
this is Houston, over.

- Houston, Columbia.

Go ahead.

- Roger, unless you have
some other traffic with us,

I guess we'll bid you
a good night

and let you get
some sleep, Mike, over.

- Okay, sounds fine.

Just having some dinner.

Oh, the last
of the shrimp cocktail.

Better not mention that
to Buzz.

[people cheering]

- "That's one small step
for man,

one giant leap for mankind."

- This great historic day,
"men land on the moon."

[voices overlapping]

- This, then,
was a long day,

exhilarating and exhausting.

- I just can't tell you
how proud we all are of what--

For every American,

this has to be the proudest day
of our lives.

Marsters:
While the world was celebrating,

two men were still on the moon.

Because they landed long,
Mike Collins in Columbia

never actually knew
where they were.

- Columbia,
this is Houston, over.

- This is Columbia.
Go ahead.

- Roger, were you successful
in spotting the LEM

on that pass?

Over.

- Negative,
I checked both locations.

- Okay, if you'd like
to look again next pass,

we have a different set
of coordinates.

Marsters:
This shouldn't have mattered

so long as the ascent engine

to rocket them off the moon
worked as planned.

- Apollo 11,
this is Houston.

Marsters:
But on the evening of day five,

Buzz and Neil discovered
a potential disaster.

A circuit breaker to activate
the ascent engine,

the only way the craft
would escape from the moon,

was broken.

- Did that break in the "on"
or the "off" position?

- If it's open,
we're not going anywhere.

Marsters: Without somehow
flicking the switch,

coming home
might be impossible.

- Houston, Tranquility.

Is there any way of showing
the configuration

of the ascent engine arm
circuit breaker?

The reason I'm asking is,
it appears to be broken off.

Uh, I think we can
push it in again.

I'm not sure we could
pull it out

if we've pushed it in,
though, over.

- Roger, we copy.
Stand by, please.

- How did it happen?

- Tranquility Base,
this is Houston.

Our telemetry shows
the engine arm circuit breaker

in the open position
at the present time.

We want you to leave it open

until it is nominally scheduled
to be pushed in,

which is later on, over.

- I can't get my finger
in there.

- [sighs]

- That might do it.

- Courtesy of Mike Collins.

- Tranquility Base, Houston.

Guidance recommendation is PGNS,
and you're cleared for takeoff.

- Okay.

At five seconds,

I'm gonna get abort stage
and engine arm.

And you're gonna hit proceed.

- Right.

- And that's all.

Okay.

On your countdown.

- Nine, eight, seven,

six, five.

Abort stage.

Engine arm ascent.

Proceed.

[sighs]

[rockets whooshing]

- 26, 36 feet per second up.

Be advised of the pitch over.

Very smooth.

Balance couple off.

Very quiet ride.

There's that one crater
down there.

- We can see the shape
of your vehicle now, Mike.

- Welcome home, boys.

[laughter]

You guys stink.

- You ready for some
million-dollar boxes?

- Hell, yeah.

Any rocks?

[laughter]

- Damn, I knew we went
for something.

[laughter]

- Congratulatory messages
on the Apollo 11 mission

have been pouring
into the White House

from world leaders
in a steady stream all day.

Among the latest are telegrams

from Prime Minister
Harold Wilson of Great Britain

and the king of Belgium.

The world's press has been
dominated by news of Apollo 11.

Some newsmen estimate
that more than 60%

of the news used in papers
across the country today

concern your mission.

You're probably interested
in the comments

that your wives have made.

Neil, Jan was asked if she
considered the moon landing

the greatest moment
in her life.

She said, "No, that was the day
we were married."

- [chuckles]

- And, Mike,
Pat said simply,

"It was fantastically
marvelous."

Buzz, Joan said--

Apparently couldn't quite
believe the EVA on the moon.

She said, "It was hard
to think it was real

"until the men actually moved.

After the moon touchdown,
I wept because I was so happy."

But she added,
"The best part of the mission

will be the splashdown."

- Apollo 11, Apollo 11.

This is Hornet.
Hornet, over.

- The world waited.

Never before had so many people
been attuned to one event

at one time.

- So America has been
to the moon and back

safely and successfully

and in the act of doing this
rediscovered itself.

- The lunar age has begun...

[cheers and applause]

With a small step for man,

a giant leap for mankind,

in Armstrong's
unforgettable words.

The date's now indelible.

It's going to be remembered
as long as man survives:

July 20, 1969,

the day man reached
and walked on the moon.

[cheers and applause]

- We choose to go to the moon
in this decade

and do the other things

not because they are easy
but because they are hard.

That challenge is one
that we're willing to accept,

one we are unwilling
to postpone,

and one we intend to win.

- Back on Earth,
I said to Neil and Mike,

"Look, everyone's celebrating,
and we missed the whole thing."

40 years later,
the world is still different

thanks to all the thousands
of men and women

who sent Neil, Mike, and me
to the moon.