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WEBVTT 1 00:00:43.628 --> 00:00:45.130 (ENGINE HUMMING) 2 00:00:51.886 --> 00:00:53.096 (WHOOSHING) 3 00:00:53.972 --> 00:00:54.973 (GRUNTS) 4 00:00:55.890 --> 00:00:57.142 (PANTING) 5 00:00:58.435 --> 00:00:59.644 (RATTLING) 6 00:01:18.830 --> 00:01:21.332 BUTCH: (OVER RADIO) <i>Twenty seconds to drop.</i> 7 00:01:22.625 --> 00:01:24.185 JOE: (OVER RADIO) <i>Arm switch lite check.</i> 8 00:01:25.837 --> 00:01:27.881 <i>Brakes out, check.</i> (AIR HISSING) 9 00:01:30.842 --> 00:01:32.135 <i>What's your mixing chambers?</i> 10 00:01:32.469 --> 00:01:35.680 BUTCH: <i>Real rough up here, fluctuating a half degree on each side.</i> 11 00:01:35.889 --> 00:01:38.016 JOE: <i>I see that.</i> 12 00:01:39.642 --> 00:01:40.935 BUTCH: <i>Ten seconds.</i> 13 00:01:41.186 --> 00:01:42.604 (PANTING HEAVILY) 14 00:01:48.777 --> 00:01:50.069 (EXHALING) 15 00:01:52.614 --> 00:01:55.992 JOE: <i>Good on track, 15 seconds.</i> Huh? 16 00:02:11.508 --> 00:02:13.968 (ENGINE HUMMING) 17 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:35.156 (METAL CREAKING) 18 00:02:45.792 --> 00:02:46.793 (CREAKING CONTINUES) 19 00:02:48.753 --> 00:02:49.963 (SCREAMS) 20 00:02:50.046 --> 00:02:51.464 (GASPING) 21 00:02:57.262 --> 00:02:58.263 (EXHALES) 22 00:03:25.999 --> 00:03:28.001 JOE: <i>Give us a visual estimate of your location.</i> 23 00:03:30.336 --> 00:03:33.464 <i>Okay. 140,000 feet. On your way down.</i> 24 00:03:37.802 --> 00:03:38.803 (RATTLING) 25 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:43.766 <i>Approaching 115,000 feet.</i> 26 00:03:44.475 --> 00:03:46.394 <i>Should be regaining aerodynamic control.</i> 27 00:03:48.646 --> 00:03:49.772 <i>Right turn.</i> 28 00:03:56.905 --> 00:03:59.240 <i>We show you ballooning, not turning.</i> 29 00:04:07.916 --> 00:04:10.752 <i>Altitude rising. A lot more right.</i> 30 00:04:13.004 --> 00:04:14.923 <i>Neil, you're bouncing off the atmosphere.</i> 31 00:04:15.006 --> 00:04:16.007 (NEIL CLEARS THROAT) 32 00:04:19.427 --> 00:04:20.720 (RADIO STATIC) 33 00:04:20.803 --> 00:04:22.847 JOE: (DISTORTED) <i>The altitude's still rising, Neil.</i> 34 00:04:24.349 --> 00:04:25.350 (GASPING) 35 00:04:26.434 --> 00:04:27.435 (RAPIDLY FLIPPING SWITCH) 36 00:04:40.490 --> 00:04:41.491 (GRUNTS) 37 00:04:48.748 --> 00:04:49.832 (METAL CREAKING) 38 00:05:24.367 --> 00:05:26.703 JOE: <i>You're gonna have to stretch out your glide.</i> 39 00:05:30.915 --> 00:05:32.500 <i>You seem to be a tad short.</i> 40 00:05:32.625 --> 00:05:33.626 (NEIL GRUNTS) 41 00:05:40.425 --> 00:05:42.176 <i>Stow your flaps down, Neil.</i> 42 00:05:43.636 --> 00:05:44.929 (PANTING) 43 00:05:46.389 --> 00:05:47.473 (THUDS) 44 00:05:47.932 --> 00:05:48.933 (GRUNTING) 45 00:06:07.618 --> 00:06:09.370 I'm down. 46 00:06:12.248 --> 00:06:14.083 JOE: <i>Roger.</i> 47 00:06:40.318 --> 00:06:41.736 (CREAKING) 48 00:06:42.028 --> 00:06:43.029 (SIGHS) 49 00:06:43.780 --> 00:06:45.114 You okay? 50 00:06:48.826 --> 00:06:49.869 Yeah. 51 00:06:50.787 --> 00:06:52.121 Okay, Neil. 52 00:06:56.125 --> 00:06:58.169 Kid's a good engineer. 53 00:06:58.461 --> 00:07:00.171 But he's distracted. 54 00:07:00.671 --> 00:07:02.173 JOE: He got home, Chuck. 55 00:07:02.298 --> 00:07:04.978 He bounced off the atmosphere and still figured out how to get home. 56 00:07:05.051 --> 00:07:06.469 CHUCK: Third mishap this month. 57 00:07:06.552 --> 00:07:08.763 Bikle should ground him before he hurts himself. 58 00:07:20.525 --> 00:07:21.859 (MECHANICAL WHIRRING) 59 00:07:29.700 --> 00:07:30.701 (WHIRRING STOPS) 60 00:07:38.084 --> 00:07:40.002 (WHIRRING RESUMES) 61 00:07:49.053 --> 00:07:50.221 (KAREN CRYING) 62 00:07:52.098 --> 00:07:54.225 (SOFTLY) There you go. (RETCHES) 63 00:07:54.642 --> 00:07:56.227 It's okay. 64 00:07:56.894 --> 00:07:58.729 It's okay, sweetheart. (CRYING) 65 00:08:12.827 --> 00:08:13.828 (GASPS) 66 00:08:14.996 --> 00:08:16.289 What's that? 67 00:08:20.543 --> 00:08:22.086 Look. Who's that? 68 00:08:29.218 --> 00:08:30.678 Is that a kite? 69 00:08:32.638 --> 00:08:34.473 Does that fly in the sky? 70 00:08:34.640 --> 00:08:35.641 Yeah. 71 00:08:36.601 --> 00:08:37.977 How? 72 00:08:41.022 --> 00:08:42.732 (SINGING) <i>I see the moon</i> 73 00:08:44.358 --> 00:08:47.445 <i>The moon sees me</i> 74 00:08:48.029 --> 00:08:53.993 <i>Down through the leaves of the old oak tree</i> 75 00:08:55.161 --> 00:09:01.042 <i>Please let the light that shines on me</i> 76 00:09:02.877 --> 00:09:07.882 <i>Shine on the one I love</i> 77 00:09:09.091 --> 00:09:11.469 NEIL: <i>Maybe I should talk to Dr. Johns about it.</i> 78 00:09:12.261 --> 00:09:13.262 JACK: <i>Who?</i> 79 00:09:13.346 --> 00:09:15.139 Dr. Harold Johns. 80 00:09:16.140 --> 00:09:18.517 He developed a procedure in Saskatchewan. 81 00:09:18.726 --> 00:09:20.561 <i>So you'd go to Canada?</i> 82 00:09:20.728 --> 00:09:22.772 I guess I would take some time off. 83 00:09:23.397 --> 00:09:24.815 <i>Why don't you talk to the hospital?</i> 84 00:09:24.982 --> 00:09:26.025 <i>See if the tumor might...</i> 85 00:09:26.108 --> 00:09:28.110 I spoke to them already. 86 00:09:28.569 --> 00:09:31.364 <i>I'm sorry, Neil. I wish I had more to offer.</i> 87 00:09:31.864 --> 00:09:34.492 That's okay, Jack. Appreciate it. <i>Of course.</i> 88 00:09:35.409 --> 00:09:37.536 Give my love to June. <i>You got it.</i> 89 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:39.705 Okay, bye now. <i>Bye.</i> 90 00:09:58.641 --> 00:10:00.768 NEIL: Now, who made that? You or Grace? 91 00:10:00.851 --> 00:10:01.936 JOE: Grace did. 92 00:10:02.186 --> 00:10:03.896 I'll take it, then. 93 00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:05.815 Thank you. Thank you. 94 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:07.719 JOE: Dick Day called from Houston. 95 00:10:07.775 --> 00:10:09.235 He was asking after you. 96 00:10:09.318 --> 00:10:11.279 That about Gemini? 97 00:10:12.154 --> 00:10:15.283 They're looking for pilots with a solid background in engineering. 98 00:10:16.242 --> 00:10:19.704 (SIGHS) Well, maybe once Karen starts feeling better. 99 00:10:20.538 --> 00:10:23.124 Just, you know, I wouldn't wanna move her until then. 100 00:10:25.793 --> 00:10:28.129 Well, it would be nice to keep you around. 101 00:10:28.838 --> 00:10:30.631 JOE: Enjoy the casserole. NEIL: Thank you. 102 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:32.049 JOE: You're welcome. 103 00:10:34.218 --> 00:10:35.553 Joe. Hey, Jan. 104 00:10:35.761 --> 00:10:37.555 You, uh, hanging in? 105 00:10:37.763 --> 00:10:39.640 Oh, you know. 106 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.519 It's nice of you to come by. 107 00:10:43.728 --> 00:10:45.313 Of course. 108 00:10:48.607 --> 00:10:50.484 Night, now. 109 00:10:56.324 --> 00:10:57.575 (CAR STARTS) 110 00:11:33.444 --> 00:11:34.612 (LEVER SQUEAKING) 111 00:11:53.464 --> 00:11:54.882 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 112 00:12:10.940 --> 00:12:12.274 Dad, wanna come play? 113 00:12:14.026 --> 00:12:15.194 (MARBLE ROLLING) 114 00:12:16.237 --> 00:12:18.239 I should, uh... 115 00:12:19.281 --> 00:12:21.534 I have to help your mother. 116 00:12:42.930 --> 00:12:43.931 (SNIFFLES) 117 00:12:45.850 --> 00:12:46.976 (SOBS SOFTLY) 118 00:13:05.870 --> 00:13:06.871 (SOBBING) 119 00:13:27.933 --> 00:13:28.934 (SNIFFLES) 120 00:13:49.788 --> 00:13:51.790 I thought I might go to work. 121 00:13:57.046 --> 00:13:58.756 Okay. 122 00:14:16.982 --> 00:14:18.418 JOE: They're gonna use VTOL technology. 123 00:14:18.442 --> 00:14:20.212 BUTCH: They don't even have it figured out how to get there yet. 124 00:14:20.236 --> 00:14:21.737 I'm not gonna waste my time on... 125 00:14:23.405 --> 00:14:24.740 Morning. 126 00:14:26.784 --> 00:14:28.118 Neil. 127 00:14:28.827 --> 00:14:30.955 JOE: You can take a few days off, you know. 128 00:14:32.581 --> 00:14:34.208 I know. 129 00:14:34.750 --> 00:14:38.921 I'm just getting up to speed on the new delta wing in the UK. 130 00:14:40.839 --> 00:14:42.508 Bikle canceled the trip. 131 00:14:44.385 --> 00:14:48.180 He wants you focused on writing up the pilot report from your last flight. 132 00:14:55.938 --> 00:14:57.565 Am I grounded, Joe? 133 00:15:00.109 --> 00:15:02.278 Write up the report on the bounce, okay? 134 00:15:16.792 --> 00:15:18.210 (EXHALES DEEPLY) 135 00:16:01.545 --> 00:16:03.088 Civilian? 136 00:16:03.756 --> 00:16:06.091 Yeah. Yeah. Me, too. 137 00:16:07.009 --> 00:16:09.219 Elliot. Neil. 138 00:16:11.805 --> 00:16:13.140 Tough morning, huh? 139 00:16:13.432 --> 00:16:15.893 I barely lasted two minutes in that ice bath. 140 00:16:16.769 --> 00:16:18.687 Of course, I suppose NASA's more interested 141 00:16:18.771 --> 00:16:20.314 in the psychological reaction. 142 00:16:21.815 --> 00:16:27.196 Well, I think I made it pretty clear that I thought it was cold. 143 00:16:28.656 --> 00:16:29.657 (CHUCKLES) 144 00:16:30.574 --> 00:16:31.617 Armstrong. 145 00:16:33.994 --> 00:16:34.995 Good luck. 146 00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:36.121 And to you, too. 147 00:16:41.001 --> 00:16:42.294 Another egghead. 148 00:16:42.503 --> 00:16:45.063 BOB: <i>Neil, we've been chatting with candidates about the program.</i> 149 00:16:45.339 --> 00:16:48.884 As you know, our decision to forego direct ascent 150 00:16:49.009 --> 00:16:51.178 in favor of a lunar orbit rendezvous approach 151 00:16:51.261 --> 00:16:52.554 to the eventual Moon mission 152 00:16:52.638 --> 00:16:54.056 has had a major impact on Gemini. 153 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:55.779 Do you have any thoughts on that decision? 154 00:16:57.351 --> 00:17:00.312 Well, even considering von Braun's initial criticism, 155 00:17:00.396 --> 00:17:04.525 it seems that the payload saved by parking the primary vehicle in orbit 156 00:17:04.692 --> 00:17:07.820 and sending a smaller ship down to the lunar surface 157 00:17:07.903 --> 00:17:09.655 is well worth the resulting challenges. 158 00:17:09.738 --> 00:17:11.198 What do you see as the challenges? 159 00:17:11.532 --> 00:17:13.367 Cislunar navigation, for one. 160 00:17:13.450 --> 00:17:14.910 And rendezvous and docking. 161 00:17:15.035 --> 00:17:16.829 Why do you think spaceflight's important? 162 00:17:19.581 --> 00:17:25.337 I had a few, uh, opportunities in the X-15 to observe the atmosphere. 163 00:17:26.088 --> 00:17:30.300 It was so thin, such a small part of the Earth 164 00:17:30.384 --> 00:17:31.635 you could barely see it at all. 165 00:17:31.719 --> 00:17:34.471 And when you're down here in the crowd and you look up, it... 166 00:17:35.222 --> 00:17:37.891 It looks pretty big and you don't think about it too much, but... 167 00:17:39.226 --> 00:17:44.064 When you get a different vantage point, it changes your perspective. 168 00:17:45.691 --> 00:17:49.945 I don't know what space exploration will uncover, 169 00:17:50.028 --> 00:17:55.367 but I don't think it'll be exploration just for the sake of exploration. 170 00:17:55.701 --> 00:18:00.622 I think it'll be more the fact that it allows us to see things 171 00:18:00.789 --> 00:18:04.668 that maybe we should've seen a long time ago. 172 00:18:04.835 --> 00:18:09.381 But just haven't been able to until now. 173 00:18:12.217 --> 00:18:14.344 Does anyone have anything else? JOHN: Yeah. 174 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.638 Neil, I was sorry to hear about your daughter. 175 00:18:19.683 --> 00:18:22.394 I'm sorry, is there a question? 176 00:18:22.644 --> 00:18:23.645 JOHN: Um... 177 00:18:24.730 --> 00:18:28.484 (STAMMERS) What I mean is, uh, do you think it will have an effect? 178 00:18:32.738 --> 00:18:34.990 I think it would be 179 00:18:35.073 --> 00:18:37.826 unreasonable to assume that it wouldn't have some effect. 180 00:18:40.204 --> 00:18:41.413 BOB: All right, Neil. 181 00:18:41.497 --> 00:18:43.290 Thank you. That's fine. 182 00:18:44.291 --> 00:18:47.169 Thank you. Thank you for your time. 183 00:18:50.297 --> 00:18:51.298 (TELEPHONE RINGS) 184 00:18:54.718 --> 00:18:56.053 Hello? 185 00:18:57.429 --> 00:18:58.639 Yeah, sure. Neil. 186 00:19:00.265 --> 00:19:02.142 Hello? Can I go play outside? 187 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.685 Yeah. 188 00:19:05.562 --> 00:19:07.064 Yes, sir. 189 00:19:09.566 --> 00:19:11.109 Thank you, sir. 190 00:19:15.197 --> 00:19:17.032 I got it. 191 00:19:23.664 --> 00:19:25.249 It's a fresh start. 192 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.752 Are you sure? 193 00:19:30.337 --> 00:19:31.672 Yeah. 194 00:19:36.885 --> 00:19:38.053 Hey. 195 00:19:39.346 --> 00:19:40.973 It'll be an adventure. 196 00:19:58.949 --> 00:20:00.868 NARRATOR: <i>Since the time of Jules Verne,</i> 197 00:20:00.951 --> 00:20:04.079 <i>man has imagined traveling to the Moon.</i> 198 00:20:04.246 --> 00:20:06.206 <i>The old idea of how to get to the Moon</i> 199 00:20:06.290 --> 00:20:09.543 <i>was to send one spacecraft all the way there and back.</i> 200 00:20:09.793 --> 00:20:13.088 <i>However, NASA engineers have developed a modern approach.</i> 201 00:20:13.255 --> 00:20:18.260 <i>Where one rocket contains several ships that will make the journey together.</i> 202 00:20:18.427 --> 00:20:20.262 <i>Just as Columbus took a rowboat</i> 203 00:20:20.345 --> 00:20:23.098 <i>from the</i> Santa María <i>to the shore of the New World.</i> 204 00:20:23.432 --> 00:20:25.934 <i>The astronauts will take a smaller spacecraft</i> 205 00:20:26.018 --> 00:20:29.021 <i>from the mothership down to the lunar surface.</i> 206 00:20:29.187 --> 00:20:31.773 <i>When it's time to return, the smaller craft</i> 207 00:20:31.857 --> 00:20:33.525 <i>will lift off from the surface</i> 208 00:20:33.817 --> 00:20:37.779 <i>and dock with the mothership, which will then power the crew back to Earth.</i> 209 00:20:38.030 --> 00:20:40.741 <i>Thus, thanks to the brilliant minds of NASA,</i> 210 00:20:40.824 --> 00:20:43.201 <i>the age-old dream of going to the Moon</i> 211 00:20:43.327 --> 00:20:45.203 <i>will soon be achieved.</i> 212 00:20:54.004 --> 00:20:56.298 DEKE: <i>Sputnik, Sputnik 2...</i> 213 00:20:56.548 --> 00:20:58.091 <i>Vostok...</i> 214 00:20:58.175 --> 00:20:59.343 Gagarin. 215 00:20:59.593 --> 00:21:03.263 The Soviets have beaten us at every single major space accomplishment. 216 00:21:03.513 --> 00:21:05.182 Our program couldn't compete. 217 00:21:05.849 --> 00:21:08.226 So we've chosen to focus on a job so difficult, 218 00:21:08.310 --> 00:21:10.896 requiring so many technological developments, 219 00:21:11.355 --> 00:21:14.358 that the Russians are gonna have to start from scratch. 220 00:21:14.691 --> 00:21:16.193 As will we. 221 00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:19.321 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 222 00:21:20.697 --> 00:21:22.157 Hi. I'm Pat. Hi. 223 00:21:22.324 --> 00:21:25.410 Got here about a week before you, so welcome to the neighborhood. 224 00:21:25.494 --> 00:21:27.829 Oh, that's so nice of you. (SIGHS) 225 00:21:27.913 --> 00:21:29.081 I'm Janet. 226 00:21:29.164 --> 00:21:30.999 Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. 227 00:21:31.208 --> 00:21:33.961 DEKE: So, instead of here, we go... 228 00:21:41.802 --> 00:21:42.928 (BOARD SCRAPING) 229 00:21:55.148 --> 00:21:56.149 Here. 230 00:21:56.650 --> 00:21:58.443 That's to scale. Check it. 231 00:21:58.735 --> 00:22:00.112 PAT: That's my husband, Ed. 232 00:22:00.195 --> 00:22:02.823 And that's Eddie Junior. I don't know where Bonnie is. 233 00:22:03.281 --> 00:22:04.783 You've got two? I do. 234 00:22:05.033 --> 00:22:07.577 I see... Is this your first one? Oh. 235 00:22:07.661 --> 00:22:10.122 No, no. We've got a boy, Rick. 236 00:22:10.497 --> 00:22:11.832 How old is he? 237 00:22:11.957 --> 00:22:13.250 He's five and a half. 238 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.740 Oh, we should get them together. 239 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.420 DEKE: If we wanna get this done, 240 00:22:16.628 --> 00:22:19.172 we need to prove that two ships can find each other in orbit 241 00:22:19.256 --> 00:22:20.966 and dock without crashing. 242 00:22:21.633 --> 00:22:23.844 That's the primary mission of Project Gemini. 243 00:22:24.261 --> 00:22:25.470 When we think you're ready, 244 00:22:25.554 --> 00:22:28.640 each of you will be assigned a flight with a specific task. 245 00:22:28.890 --> 00:22:32.310 Only after we master all these tasks do we move on to Apollo. 246 00:22:32.728 --> 00:22:34.354 Consider trying to land on the Moon. 247 00:22:34.730 --> 00:22:36.130 It's nice to meet you. And you, Pat. 248 00:22:36.189 --> 00:22:37.482 Bye. Bye. 249 00:22:38.483 --> 00:22:39.985 PAT: Eddie! Put that down. 250 00:22:40.277 --> 00:22:41.528 DEKE: <i>Gus...</i> 251 00:22:41.903 --> 00:22:43.238 You got anything to add? 252 00:22:44.364 --> 00:22:45.866 Just do your job. 253 00:22:49.286 --> 00:22:50.704 Almost to scale. 254 00:22:51.204 --> 00:22:56.001 GUS: The Multi-Axis Trainer was designed to replicate roll coupling on three axes. 255 00:22:56.752 --> 00:22:58.795 The kind you might encounter in space. 256 00:23:00.130 --> 00:23:04.801 The challenge is to stabilize the machine before you pass out. 257 00:23:05.677 --> 00:23:08.221 First victim, Armstrong. 258 00:23:46.301 --> 00:23:47.511 (MACHINE HUMMING) 259 00:23:59.689 --> 00:24:00.941 (WHIRRING) 260 00:24:30.387 --> 00:24:31.388 (EXHALES) 261 00:24:54.661 --> 00:24:55.871 White, you're up. 262 00:24:56.121 --> 00:24:57.622 Yeah, I got it. 263 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:59.040 I'm okay. 264 00:25:02.377 --> 00:25:03.545 Let's go again. 265 00:25:05.714 --> 00:25:06.715 (MACHINE HUMMING) 266 00:25:08.967 --> 00:25:09.968 (EXHALES) 267 00:25:13.221 --> 00:25:14.222 (RETCHING) 268 00:25:17.976 --> 00:25:18.977 (FLUSHING) 269 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.486 (GAGS) 270 00:25:29.196 --> 00:25:30.780 ED: Oh, fuck. 271 00:25:30.864 --> 00:25:31.865 (RETCHING) 272 00:25:46.671 --> 00:25:48.840 Gentlemen, welcome to Basic Rocket Physics. 273 00:25:49.257 --> 00:25:51.593 We'll just be covering the first chapter tonight. 274 00:25:53.178 --> 00:25:55.513 When using a multi-stage launch vehicle, 275 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:59.684 it's necessary to determine what the right sizing is of those stages. 276 00:26:38.556 --> 00:26:39.849 Hi. 277 00:26:40.016 --> 00:26:41.309 Hi. 278 00:26:44.354 --> 00:26:45.438 You okay? 279 00:26:45.814 --> 00:26:47.440 Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT) 280 00:26:47.524 --> 00:26:50.902 Just thinking about this lecture. It's kinda neat. 281 00:26:54.030 --> 00:26:55.740 What's neat about it? 282 00:26:57.742 --> 00:26:58.785 Well, 283 00:26:59.035 --> 00:27:02.080 it was about how to rendezvous with the Agena. 284 00:27:02.455 --> 00:27:05.208 If you thrust, it actually slows you down 285 00:27:05.292 --> 00:27:06.852 because it puts you into a higher orbit, 286 00:27:06.918 --> 00:27:09.671 so you have to reduce thrust and drop into a lower orbit 287 00:27:09.838 --> 00:27:11.214 in order to catch up. 288 00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:13.425 It's backwards from what they teach you as a pilot. 289 00:27:13.508 --> 00:27:17.846 But if you work the math, it... It follows. 290 00:27:19.681 --> 00:27:20.974 It's kinda neat. 291 00:27:21.558 --> 00:27:22.559 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 292 00:27:23.310 --> 00:27:24.436 Yeah. 293 00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:26.146 What's funny? 294 00:27:26.354 --> 00:27:28.315 No, it's not funny. It's just... 295 00:27:31.026 --> 00:27:32.610 It's kinda neat. 296 00:27:34.070 --> 00:27:35.572 (BOTH LAUGHING) 297 00:27:42.037 --> 00:27:43.038 (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 298 00:27:56.301 --> 00:27:58.011 Do you remember this? 299 00:27:59.804 --> 00:28:00.972 Yeah. 300 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:03.558 I'm surprised that you remember it. 301 00:28:54.442 --> 00:28:55.860 (SLOW FOLK SONG PLAYING) 302 00:28:56.903 --> 00:28:58.363 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 303 00:29:00.281 --> 00:29:01.282 (GIRL LAUGHING) 304 00:29:01.449 --> 00:29:02.909 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 305 00:29:03.952 --> 00:29:04.994 ELLIOT: Great. Thank you. 306 00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.704 MARILYN: Thank you for having us. 307 00:29:06.788 --> 00:29:08.108 PAT: It's a pleasure. (CLATTERING) 308 00:29:08.206 --> 00:29:09.624 Carrie. (GIRL LAUGHS) 309 00:29:09.707 --> 00:29:11.227 PAT: Here you go. Would you like some salad? 310 00:29:11.251 --> 00:29:13.920 ELLIOT: Thank you. That's a lovely piano, Pat. Do you play? 311 00:29:14.003 --> 00:29:16.214 Bonnie's taking lessons. Mmm. 312 00:29:16.423 --> 00:29:18.550 Well, perhaps we'll sing for our supper. 313 00:29:20.635 --> 00:29:21.845 Neil plays piano? 314 00:29:22.011 --> 00:29:23.847 Neil knows all kinds of show tunes. 315 00:29:24.097 --> 00:29:25.598 Janet... Oh, come on. 316 00:29:25.682 --> 00:29:27.201 He was musical director at his fraternity in college. 317 00:29:27.225 --> 00:29:28.309 Honey... 318 00:29:28.393 --> 00:29:30.246 JANET: Yeah, he wrote the musical for the all-student revue. 319 00:29:30.270 --> 00:29:31.747 NEIL: I didn't write the music. Yeah, you did. 320 00:29:31.771 --> 00:29:35.108 No, we used music from Gilbert and Sullivan. 321 00:29:35.275 --> 00:29:36.818 JANET: Well, he wrote all-new lyrics. 322 00:29:37.527 --> 00:29:39.529 <i>The Land of Egelloc.</i> 323 00:29:40.029 --> 00:29:41.531 It was quite funny. 324 00:29:41.656 --> 00:29:44.659 <i>The Land of Egelloc?</i> 325 00:29:44.868 --> 00:29:46.119 Egelloc. JANET: Mmm-hmm. 326 00:29:46.411 --> 00:29:47.579 You've never heard of it? 327 00:29:48.163 --> 00:29:49.247 I haven't. 328 00:29:49.414 --> 00:29:51.374 NEIL: Oh, I'm surprised. It's a distant land. 329 00:29:51.624 --> 00:29:53.668 But, uh, it's a magical place. 330 00:29:53.751 --> 00:29:55.295 It's "college" spelled backwards. 331 00:29:59.007 --> 00:30:00.300 Seriously? 332 00:30:02.260 --> 00:30:03.344 Yep. 333 00:30:03.470 --> 00:30:04.762 (LAUGHTER) 334 00:30:07.682 --> 00:30:10.477 ED: You're, uh, backup on 5, huh? ELLIOT: Yeah. 335 00:30:10.643 --> 00:30:12.443 Don't worry, you'll get your own mission soon. 336 00:30:13.146 --> 00:30:15.106 How's training going on 4? It's good. 337 00:30:15.231 --> 00:30:16.524 I think we're close on EVA. 338 00:30:17.358 --> 00:30:18.776 First man to walk in space. 339 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.487 That'd be something, huh? 340 00:30:20.653 --> 00:30:23.114 Yeah. Well, you know, the walking's the easy part. 341 00:30:23.448 --> 00:30:25.450 It's getting back inside that's tough. 342 00:30:25.617 --> 00:30:28.703 You know, it'd be a hell of a ride to come back with my tail hanging out. 343 00:30:28.870 --> 00:30:31.664 Oh, I think McDivitt will cut the cord before that ever happens. 344 00:30:31.748 --> 00:30:34.209 ED: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You throttle back there, Armstrong. 345 00:30:34.292 --> 00:30:36.169 Ed! Phone for you. Yeah? 346 00:30:36.252 --> 00:30:37.837 Yeah, who is it? It's Deke. 347 00:30:38.004 --> 00:30:39.005 Okay, hang on. 348 00:30:39.172 --> 00:30:40.608 ELLIOT: I think that's Castor and Pollux. 349 00:30:40.632 --> 00:30:41.632 (LAUGHS) 350 00:30:41.716 --> 00:30:44.052 I was testing you. And you passed. (LAUGHS) 351 00:30:44.969 --> 00:30:46.572 NEIL: I thought about letting it fly, but... 352 00:30:46.596 --> 00:30:47.680 ELLIOT: Yeah. 353 00:30:47.764 --> 00:30:48.765 (BOTH LAUGH) 354 00:30:52.727 --> 00:30:54.771 ED: No, I'll turn it on right now. 355 00:30:55.563 --> 00:30:56.689 Hey, guys. 356 00:30:56.981 --> 00:30:59.210 MALE NEWSCASTER: <i>With a Soviet pressure suit, we're told,</i> 357 00:30:59.234 --> 00:31:01.194 <i>that was designed for the lunar surface.</i> 358 00:31:01.361 --> 00:31:02.487 ED: I'll call you back. 359 00:31:02.654 --> 00:31:06.407 <i>This is, of course, mankind's first EVA, or extravehicular activity.</i> 360 00:31:06.574 --> 00:31:08.409 <i>Within the American space program,</i> 361 00:31:08.576 --> 00:31:13.039 <i>EVA is seen as one of the crucial tests the astronauts must master</i> 362 00:31:13.206 --> 00:31:16.543 <i>if they are to successfully carry out their mission to the Moon.</i> 363 00:31:17.043 --> 00:31:19.837 <i>Astronaut Ed White was scheduled to perform</i> 364 00:31:19.963 --> 00:31:22.882 <i>the first EVA during Gemini 4.</i> (ED SLAMS TABLE) 365 00:31:23.258 --> 00:31:25.176 <i>So this is yet another major victory</i> 366 00:31:25.260 --> 00:31:28.221 <i>for the Soviet Union in the Space Race.</i> 367 00:31:30.390 --> 00:31:31.808 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 368 00:31:38.147 --> 00:31:39.607 PETE: <i>We got it from here.</i> 369 00:31:40.942 --> 00:31:42.318 MAN: Thanks, Elliot. 370 00:31:50.326 --> 00:31:51.578 ELLIOT: <i>Eight days up there.</i> 371 00:31:51.786 --> 00:31:54.080 To be honest, I'm kinda glad we didn't get this one. 372 00:31:54.330 --> 00:31:56.374 Hope they don't kill each other. 373 00:31:58.543 --> 00:32:00.753 At least it'd be quieter around here. (SNORTS) 374 00:32:01.629 --> 00:32:03.256 (MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 375 00:32:09.887 --> 00:32:11.055 DEKE: Neil! 376 00:32:11.472 --> 00:32:12.557 (MUTTERS SOFTLY) 377 00:32:13.891 --> 00:32:15.977 Neil Armstrong, our backup commander. 378 00:32:16.227 --> 00:32:17.312 Buzz Aldrin. 379 00:32:17.395 --> 00:32:18.438 Roger Chaffee. 380 00:32:18.521 --> 00:32:21.649 Couple of greenhorns from third group. They'll be at blockhouse for launch. 381 00:32:21.983 --> 00:32:24.110 Listen, can I speak to you for a minute? 382 00:32:24.193 --> 00:32:25.320 Fellas. 383 00:32:26.738 --> 00:32:28.072 (MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 384 00:32:30.575 --> 00:32:33.119 We're putting you in command of Gemini 8. 385 00:32:33.286 --> 00:32:34.746 Dave Scott is gonna be your pilot. 386 00:32:35.830 --> 00:32:38.791 We get the Agena back online. 387 00:32:39.375 --> 00:32:41.544 You're probably gonna be the first to dock. 388 00:32:44.047 --> 00:32:45.423 (MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 389 00:32:48.426 --> 00:32:51.179 Don't worry about Elliot. We'll put that brain of his to work. 390 00:32:51.429 --> 00:32:55.350 We've got a big EVA planned for 8. Dave's a workhorse. 391 00:32:56.643 --> 00:32:57.644 Yes, sir. 392 00:32:57.852 --> 00:32:59.896 I'll talk to you later today. Thank you. 393 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:06.194 (INDISTINCT) 394 00:33:08.488 --> 00:33:10.615 (SHOW TUNE PLAYING) (WATER SPLASHING) 395 00:33:12.116 --> 00:33:16.037 GIRL: (LAUGHING) My eye! My eye! 396 00:33:17.330 --> 00:33:18.831 GIRL: Mr. Armstrong. 397 00:33:19.957 --> 00:33:21.292 PAT: When'd you start swimming? 398 00:33:21.459 --> 00:33:23.437 JANET: I don't remember exactly, but I think school. 399 00:33:23.461 --> 00:33:24.545 In high school? 400 00:33:24.629 --> 00:33:28.508 Yeah. And we had a... We had a summer house in northern Wisconsin 401 00:33:28.591 --> 00:33:30.885 and I just used to go to the lake and fish 402 00:33:30.968 --> 00:33:33.429 and I just used to swim for miles and miles. 403 00:33:33.513 --> 00:33:34.764 I've always loved it. 404 00:33:35.098 --> 00:33:36.099 (YELLS) 405 00:33:37.892 --> 00:33:40.019 Nothing quite compares to your terrible life. 406 00:33:40.103 --> 00:33:41.354 (BOTH LAUGH) 407 00:33:44.774 --> 00:33:45.858 You got it comin'. 408 00:33:51.406 --> 00:33:53.991 It's the longest bridge in the world, but... 409 00:33:54.075 --> 00:33:56.261 NEIL: It's the second-largest suspension bridge in the world 410 00:33:56.285 --> 00:33:58.205 but these cables are the longest. (KNOCK ON DOOR) 411 00:33:59.622 --> 00:34:01.207 Hey, Ed. ED: Oh, hi. 412 00:34:01.374 --> 00:34:03.042 Can I speak with Neil? 413 00:34:03.334 --> 00:34:06.087 Yeah, sure. Why don't you come on in? You're soaked. 414 00:34:06.629 --> 00:34:09.632 No, I'll... I'll wait here. Thanks. 415 00:34:11.426 --> 00:34:12.528 NEIL: You could fly under there. 416 00:34:12.552 --> 00:34:14.345 RICK: That would hurt if you jumped under it. 417 00:34:15.012 --> 00:34:18.725 NEIL: What's that? That would hurt if you jumped over it. 418 00:34:19.475 --> 00:34:20.727 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. 419 00:34:20.893 --> 00:34:22.061 Uh, here are the sky pieces... 420 00:34:22.145 --> 00:34:23.563 JANET: Neil. Ed's outside. 421 00:34:24.147 --> 00:34:26.315 Okay. Excuse me, son. 422 00:34:28.401 --> 00:34:29.402 Hi. 423 00:34:30.236 --> 00:34:31.404 Do you wanna come in? 424 00:34:31.571 --> 00:34:33.489 Some bad news about Elliot. 425 00:34:37.994 --> 00:34:40.079 No, I know. Deke told me he bumped him, but... 426 00:34:40.163 --> 00:34:43.249 Neil, Elliot and Charlie were flying into St. Louis this morning. 427 00:34:43.332 --> 00:34:45.793 Their T-38 crashed on approach. 428 00:34:51.174 --> 00:34:52.175 Oh. 429 00:34:57.513 --> 00:34:59.265 There was a lot of fog. 430 00:35:13.905 --> 00:35:16.699 RICK: So did you really fly under that bridge? 431 00:35:22.455 --> 00:35:24.248 Was it fun? 432 00:35:25.458 --> 00:35:27.168 Were you scared? 433 00:35:27.627 --> 00:35:28.878 JANET: Ricky. 434 00:35:29.337 --> 00:35:30.379 Honey. 435 00:35:30.463 --> 00:35:33.090 Why don't you go and get your homework so I can check it? 436 00:35:33.257 --> 00:35:34.258 RICK: Yes, ma'am. 437 00:35:40.807 --> 00:35:42.183 Who was it? 438 00:35:48.898 --> 00:35:50.233 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 439 00:35:52.610 --> 00:35:53.611 GUS: Shit. 440 00:35:54.445 --> 00:35:55.947 How the hell did this happen? 441 00:35:56.656 --> 00:35:57.657 Mmm. 442 00:35:57.907 --> 00:36:00.576 Cernan told me cloud cover was down to 500 feet. 443 00:36:00.993 --> 00:36:02.870 Probably never saw the building. 444 00:36:03.329 --> 00:36:04.914 Clearly, the error was the approach. 445 00:36:04.997 --> 00:36:06.999 He was coming in too slow to reach the runway. 446 00:36:12.046 --> 00:36:13.297 What? 447 00:36:15.550 --> 00:36:19.637 You know Deke had his doubts about him, that's why he moved Elliot off 8. 448 00:36:20.888 --> 00:36:22.765 Deke gave Elliot his own command. 449 00:36:23.474 --> 00:36:26.519 Elliot wasn't aggressive enough. You of all people have to know that. 450 00:36:26.602 --> 00:36:28.062 No, I don't. 451 00:36:29.021 --> 00:36:31.274 I didn't investigate the crash. 452 00:36:32.191 --> 00:36:36.028 I didn't study the flight trajectory. And I wasn't the one flying the plane. 453 00:36:36.195 --> 00:36:38.739 So I wouldn't pretend to know anything. 454 00:36:43.452 --> 00:36:45.496 We'll never be 100% sure. 455 00:36:48.291 --> 00:36:50.001 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 456 00:36:54.297 --> 00:36:55.965 (CHILDREN SHRIEKING) 457 00:37:33.210 --> 00:37:34.795 Can we go? 458 00:37:35.296 --> 00:37:36.297 Uh... 459 00:37:37.256 --> 00:37:39.967 Not right now. I wanna help Marilyn clear all this up. 460 00:37:40.051 --> 00:37:42.386 I don't wanna have her do it after we're gone. 461 00:37:48.392 --> 00:37:49.435 Neil? 462 00:37:52.355 --> 00:37:53.356 (CAR STARTING) 463 00:37:53.898 --> 00:37:54.899 (TIRES SCREECHING) 464 00:37:58.194 --> 00:37:59.570 I'm sorry. 465 00:38:00.071 --> 00:38:01.864 I hate to be a bother. PAT: Oh. 466 00:38:01.948 --> 00:38:04.617 Jan, it's no bother. Oh, Jan. Yeah, no. 467 00:38:05.910 --> 00:38:07.161 JANET: Neil's, uh... 468 00:38:12.208 --> 00:38:15.044 There was a year when we were at Edwards... 469 00:38:15.252 --> 00:38:16.712 Four pilots died. 470 00:38:20.967 --> 00:38:23.302 We got good at funerals that year. (SIGHS) 471 00:38:25.054 --> 00:38:26.931 We haven't been to one in a while. 472 00:38:30.726 --> 00:38:32.937 Does he ever talk to you about Karen, Ed? 473 00:38:34.689 --> 00:38:37.316 Not really. No. 474 00:38:40.528 --> 00:38:42.697 Does he talk to you about her? 475 00:38:43.781 --> 00:38:44.865 No. 476 00:38:47.493 --> 00:38:48.828 Never. 477 00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.947 Hey, buddy. 478 00:39:27.658 --> 00:39:29.410 You know, you should be with Jan. 479 00:39:32.038 --> 00:39:33.718 Neil, you should be playing with your kids. 480 00:39:33.956 --> 00:39:35.958 You know, putting them into bed. 481 00:39:37.626 --> 00:39:39.746 Times like these... Do you think I'm standing out here 482 00:39:40.171 --> 00:39:43.132 in the backyard 'cause I wanna talk to somebody, Ed? 483 00:39:44.008 --> 00:39:45.468 I'm sorry? 484 00:39:47.970 --> 00:39:50.723 Do you think I left there 'cause I wanna talk to somebody? 485 00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:16.749 MAN: <i>T-minus one minute and counting on the Atlas-Agena launch.</i> 486 00:40:38.562 --> 00:40:39.563 (CREAKING) 487 00:40:45.736 --> 00:40:48.572 MALE AGENA CONTROL: <i>Liftoff.</i> ASSISTANT FLIGHT DIRECTOR: <i>Agena is go.</i> 488 00:40:51.826 --> 00:40:55.454 <i>Flight dynamics for unmanned Agena target vehicle looking good.</i> 489 00:40:55.996 --> 00:40:58.082 <i>Stand by for Gemini launch.</i> 490 00:41:22.356 --> 00:41:23.524 MALE TECH: Yeah. 491 00:41:32.867 --> 00:41:33.868 (NEIL GRUNTING) 492 00:41:37.621 --> 00:41:38.664 NEIL: <i>Okay.</i> 493 00:41:44.003 --> 00:41:45.522 CARNARVON CAPCOM: <i>Guaymas, read you loud and clear.</i> 494 00:41:45.546 --> 00:41:46.881 <i>We have S band track.</i> 495 00:41:47.047 --> 00:41:49.258 <i>We have just locked up on T.M.</i> 496 00:41:49.425 --> 00:41:50.735 DAVE: <i>All right. Yeah, what's that?</i> 497 00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:53.199 ASSISTANT FLIGHT DIRECTOR: <i>Did you say all systems go on T.M.?</i> 498 00:41:54.722 --> 00:41:55.824 PETE: Hold still, hold still. 499 00:41:55.848 --> 00:41:57.099 DAVE: <i>So, what is that?</i> 500 00:41:57.266 --> 00:41:59.826 PETE: Wait. Hold on a second. Scoot... Can you scoot down at all? 501 00:42:01.729 --> 00:42:02.873 Hey. DAVE: <i>What are you doing?</i> 502 00:42:02.897 --> 00:42:04.499 PETE: Does anybody got a Swiss Army knife? 503 00:42:04.523 --> 00:42:05.709 GUENTER: Hold on, hold on a sec. 504 00:42:05.733 --> 00:42:07.627 <i>What'd you say?</i> GUENTER: See if this will do the trick. 505 00:42:07.651 --> 00:42:08.777 <i>A Swiss Army knife?</i> 506 00:42:08.944 --> 00:42:11.655 PETE: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's just a little... 507 00:42:12.364 --> 00:42:14.204 DAVE: <i>Are you kidding me?</i> GUENTER: There we go. 508 00:42:14.241 --> 00:42:15.510 DAVE: <i>Good Lord.</i> MALE TECH: You got it. 509 00:42:15.534 --> 00:42:17.161 GUAYMAS CAPCOM: <i>Guaymas, Agena is go.</i> 510 00:42:18.329 --> 00:42:19.969 ASSISTANT FLIGHT DIRECTOR: <i>Roger, Guaymas.</i> 511 00:42:32.468 --> 00:42:34.887 (CREAKING) 512 00:42:43.729 --> 00:42:45.898 (CREAKING) 513 00:42:48.776 --> 00:42:50.236 (OXYGENATED BREATHING) 514 00:42:52.446 --> 00:42:53.656 (INAUDIBLE) 515 00:43:08.379 --> 00:43:09.380 (METAL CLANKING) 516 00:43:28.857 --> 00:43:30.109 (BIRD SQUAWKING) 517 00:43:35.197 --> 00:43:37.092 DAVE: <i>Switching to HF. One, two, three, four, five.</i> 518 00:43:37.116 --> 00:43:39.243 <i>Five, four, three, two, one. Check out.</i> 519 00:43:39.493 --> 00:43:41.161 GT-8 STC: <i>Copy. T-minus two minutes.</i> 520 00:43:41.453 --> 00:43:42.621 <i>Engines to start.</i> 521 00:43:42.913 --> 00:43:44.164 <i>Ground power removal.</i> 522 00:43:44.415 --> 00:43:46.625 LVTC: <i>Stage 2 prevalves coming open. Five seconds.</i> 523 00:43:46.709 --> 00:43:47.710 (RADIO BEEPS) 524 00:44:00.848 --> 00:44:01.849 (FLY BUZZING) 525 00:44:12.401 --> 00:44:13.402 (SWATTING) 526 00:44:16.572 --> 00:44:18.073 (METAL CREAKING) 527 00:44:37.176 --> 00:44:39.345 LVTC: <i>T-minus 20 seconds. Mark.</i> 528 00:44:49.146 --> 00:44:51.899 LCC PAO: <i>Ten, nine,</i> 529 00:44:52.274 --> 00:44:54.943 <i>eight, seven,</i> 530 00:44:55.486 --> 00:44:59.448 <i>six, five, four,</i> 531 00:44:59.740 --> 00:45:03.994 <i>three, two, one.</i> (RUMBLING) 532 00:45:04.953 --> 00:45:06.163 <i>Ignition.</i> 533 00:45:06.747 --> 00:45:07.915 (THRUSTERS IGNITE) 534 00:45:10.334 --> 00:45:11.877 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 535 00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:16.340 <i>Liftoff!</i> 536 00:45:24.848 --> 00:45:27.059 NEIL: <i>Clock is running. Got a roll program in.</i> 537 00:45:27.142 --> 00:45:29.478 JAMES: <i>Roger. Roll. Good liftoff, 8.</i> 538 00:45:32.773 --> 00:45:33.774 (RATTLING) 539 00:45:39.947 --> 00:45:42.449 <i>Pitch program.</i> JAMES: <i>Roger. Pitch program.</i> 540 00:45:52.584 --> 00:45:54.169 DAVE: <i>DCS update received.</i> 541 00:45:54.545 --> 00:45:55.921 JAMES: <i>Roger. DCS.</i> 542 00:46:05.472 --> 00:46:07.141 NEIL: <i>Stage two tanks look good.</i> 543 00:46:07.307 --> 00:46:08.892 <i>That's about three and a half g's.</i> 544 00:46:46.930 --> 00:46:48.891 JAMES: <i>Go from the ground for staging.</i> 545 00:46:49.016 --> 00:46:50.350 NEIL: <i>Roger.</i> 546 00:46:53.896 --> 00:46:55.147 (WHOOSHING) 547 00:47:04.615 --> 00:47:06.366 <i>Fuel cells are solid.</i> 548 00:47:07.784 --> 00:47:10.662 JAMES: <i>Gemini 8. Mark. V over Vr</i> 549 00:47:10.746 --> 00:47:12.831 <i>is point zero eight.</i> 550 00:47:13.290 --> 00:47:14.958 NEIL: <i>Okay. Mode three.</i> 551 00:47:15.584 --> 00:47:16.919 (HIGH-PITCHED WHINE) 552 00:47:18.295 --> 00:47:19.922 (RATTLING) (GRUNTING) 553 00:47:20.297 --> 00:47:21.298 (RUMBLING STOPS) 554 00:47:21.381 --> 00:47:22.925 <i>We had SECO.</i> (PANTS) 555 00:48:10.722 --> 00:48:14.184 "Fear that someone will break in (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) 556 00:48:14.601 --> 00:48:17.813 "and steal all of my 557 00:48:18.647 --> 00:48:20.399 "Hank Williams..." 558 00:48:20.482 --> 00:48:22.402 HAWAII CAPCOM: <i>Roger. Transmitting maneuver load.</i> 559 00:48:23.068 --> 00:48:24.361 DAVE: <i>It's a height adjust.</i> 560 00:48:26.113 --> 00:48:28.949 NEIL: <i>Height adjust. Got DCS.</i> 561 00:48:29.575 --> 00:48:32.286 HAWAII CAPCOM: <i>Roger. And are you ready to copy the update? Over.</i> 562 00:48:32.661 --> 00:48:34.329 NEIL: <i>Okay, go with the update, Hawaii.</i> 563 00:48:34.663 --> 00:48:39.501 HAWAII CAPCOM: <i>Roger. GET B 1-3-4-3-7.</i> 564 00:48:39.585 --> 00:48:42.212 <i>Delta-V, two-decimal-nine.</i> 565 00:48:42.296 --> 00:48:45.382 <i>Burn time, zero plus zero-five.</i> (JANET CLEARS THROAT) 566 00:48:46.967 --> 00:48:48.218 MARK: "Out of..." 567 00:48:48.343 --> 00:48:50.554 LOUISA: Hi. Hey, Mom, can I get you anything? 568 00:48:50.971 --> 00:48:52.472 (RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES) 569 00:48:52.931 --> 00:48:54.141 "Constant." 570 00:48:55.267 --> 00:48:59.563 HAWAII CAPCOM: <i>Thrusters forward. Maneuver retrograde. Did you copy?</i> 571 00:48:59.855 --> 00:49:01.440 DAVE: <i>Roger, Hawaii. Got it.</i> 572 00:49:01.732 --> 00:49:04.335 PAUL: <i>This is Paul Haney at Gemini Control Houston.</i> (TURNS UP VOLUME) 573 00:49:04.359 --> 00:49:06.903 <i>Our display chart shows Gemini 8 in orbit.</i> 574 00:49:07.070 --> 00:49:10.198 <i>The crew will now attempt to find the unmanned Agena spacecraft</i> 575 00:49:10.282 --> 00:49:11.950 <i>and dock with it.</i> 576 00:49:15.120 --> 00:49:16.496 (RUMBLING) 577 00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:23.378 (INAUDIBLE) 578 00:49:30.552 --> 00:49:32.220 Burn end. DAVE: Good burn. 579 00:49:46.443 --> 00:49:48.403 Shouldn't we have a visual on the Agena by now? 580 00:49:52.991 --> 00:49:55.118 Houston, I think we overdid it a little. 581 00:49:55.327 --> 00:49:56.487 We should have stopped early. 582 00:49:56.620 --> 00:49:57.621 JAMES: <i>Roger.</i> 583 00:49:58.038 --> 00:50:00.332 8, stand by for a correction. 584 00:50:01.333 --> 00:50:02.373 (MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 585 00:50:03.752 --> 00:50:05.170 HODGE: FIDO, Flight. How we doing? 586 00:50:05.337 --> 00:50:06.981 FIDO: Okay, we got a solid track on both vehicles. 587 00:50:07.005 --> 00:50:08.006 Calculating for the burn. 588 00:50:08.173 --> 00:50:10.467 HODGE: FIDO, Agena, do you have what you need from us? 589 00:50:10.550 --> 00:50:13.470 (INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO) FIDO, did you copy that? 590 00:50:13.720 --> 00:50:15.514 FIDO: Roger, Flight. I copy. 591 00:50:15.764 --> 00:50:16.848 You guys getting this? 592 00:50:17.057 --> 00:50:19.184 We just have some ratty data with the Gemini computer. 593 00:50:21.645 --> 00:50:23.271 Need the correction, gentlemen, let's go. 594 00:50:23.563 --> 00:50:24.856 GUIDANCE: Sending it up now. 595 00:50:24.981 --> 00:50:27.919 HODGE: Okay, CAPCOM, let's get it up to them. JAMES: This is Houston CAPCOM. 596 00:50:27.943 --> 00:50:29.337 We're gonna need you to do another burn here 597 00:50:29.361 --> 00:50:31.279 very shortly, so stand by to copy. 598 00:50:31.822 --> 00:50:35.325 GET B 0-3-0-3-4-1. 599 00:50:36.034 --> 00:50:40.205 Uh, Delta-V is two seconds posigrade. 600 00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:41.540 Two feet... 601 00:50:41.623 --> 00:50:44.042 Uh, Delta-V is two feet posigrade. 602 00:50:45.043 --> 00:50:47.504 <i>Uh, 8, do you copy?</i> 603 00:50:50.716 --> 00:50:51.717 (MARK PICKS UP RADIO) 604 00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:54.010 Mark. NEIL: <i>Two feet posigrade...</i> 605 00:50:54.094 --> 00:50:56.030 Give that back, Mark. Give that back. Put it back on the table. 606 00:50:56.054 --> 00:50:57.573 JAMES: <i>That is correct. Zero, zero, zero.</i> 607 00:50:57.597 --> 00:50:59.641 Honey. Give me it. It's really important. 608 00:50:59.725 --> 00:51:01.285 JAMES: <i>Let me know what the results are.</i> 609 00:51:01.309 --> 00:51:03.103 Give that back to Mom right now. 610 00:51:03.186 --> 00:51:04.479 JAMES: <i>Do you copy?</i> 611 00:51:05.814 --> 00:51:07.734 Mark Armstrong, if you don't give me that back... 612 00:51:07.858 --> 00:51:08.900 JAMES: <i>8, do you copy?</i> 613 00:51:09.317 --> 00:51:10.819 JANET: I'm not joking, Mark. 614 00:51:11.403 --> 00:51:16.116 I'm getting a horrendous 20 to 25 feet per second down, Neil. 615 00:51:16.366 --> 00:51:18.368 I can't see any possible reason for that. 616 00:51:18.660 --> 00:51:20.221 DAVE: Where are we on the plot? We're above it. 617 00:51:20.245 --> 00:51:22.205 Right, but what does it look like if... I can't. 618 00:51:22.289 --> 00:51:25.500 I'm sorry. I have to... I have to look at this. 619 00:51:25.584 --> 00:51:27.184 Okay. JAMES: <i>8, can you give us a status?</i> 620 00:51:27.544 --> 00:51:29.880 No. I got too much to do. 621 00:51:30.213 --> 00:51:31.673 JAMES: <i>Copy. Standing by.</i> 622 00:51:33.675 --> 00:51:34.676 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 623 00:51:34.760 --> 00:51:36.678 Okay, we're gonna go with a closed loop. 624 00:51:37.179 --> 00:51:38.346 Twenty-five forward, 625 00:51:38.555 --> 00:51:40.974 eight left, three up. 626 00:51:41.892 --> 00:51:43.602 And I'm going to rate command. 627 00:51:47.147 --> 00:51:49.816 Three, two, one, 628 00:51:49.900 --> 00:51:50.901 burn. 629 00:51:52.068 --> 00:51:53.236 (WHOOSHING) 630 00:51:57.657 --> 00:51:58.867 (WHOOSHING STOPS) 631 00:52:32.776 --> 00:52:33.944 NEIL: Could be a planet. 632 00:52:34.778 --> 00:52:36.321 Could be. 633 00:52:41.660 --> 00:52:43.095 JAMES: <i>This is Houston, we have your ground</i> 634 00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:45.580 <i>TPI backup when you're ready to copy.</i> 635 00:52:45.664 --> 00:52:47.833 Uh, stand by, we have a visual on the Agena. 636 00:52:48.708 --> 00:52:51.169 <i>At least something we think looks like the Agena.</i> 637 00:52:51.878 --> 00:52:54.923 JAMES: <i>Understand, possible visual on the Agena.</i> 638 00:52:55.465 --> 00:52:56.859 We're getting a little out of plane now. 639 00:52:56.883 --> 00:52:59.928 Yeah. We gotta get three aft and two and a half up. 640 00:53:00.011 --> 00:53:02.389 I'm gonna start braking. Give me a digital range and rate. 641 00:53:08.186 --> 00:53:09.312 I better back off a bit. 642 00:53:09.604 --> 00:53:11.773 DAVE: 6,000 feet, 31 feet per second. 643 00:53:16.194 --> 00:53:18.697 Put in a little to the left. 1,680 feet. 644 00:53:25.370 --> 00:53:26.371 (DAVE CHUCKLES) 645 00:53:26.580 --> 00:53:28.373 That's unbelievable. 646 00:53:29.040 --> 00:53:30.625 Would you look at that? (CHUCKLES) 647 00:53:40.385 --> 00:53:41.761 You tell 'em. 648 00:53:45.974 --> 00:53:46.975 (SIGHS) 649 00:53:47.058 --> 00:53:50.812 Houston, we're station-keeping on the Agena about 150 feet. 650 00:53:50.896 --> 00:53:52.022 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) 651 00:53:52.105 --> 00:53:55.066 HODGE: Okay, stay focused, gentlemen. We're only halfway there. 652 00:53:56.067 --> 00:53:57.569 FIDO: Thanks for the extra hands. 653 00:54:03.325 --> 00:54:04.910 HODGE: Stay focused, gentlemen. 654 00:54:11.333 --> 00:54:12.334 (DAVE CHUCKLES) 655 00:54:26.473 --> 00:54:28.016 Man, it flies easy. 656 00:54:28.183 --> 00:54:29.893 DAVE: Does it really? 657 00:54:30.393 --> 00:54:32.646 NEIL: The station-keeping, it's just... 658 00:54:32.896 --> 00:54:34.648 It's like nothing. 659 00:54:44.157 --> 00:54:45.825 DAVE: Uh, RKV, this is 8. 660 00:54:46.409 --> 00:54:48.536 We're sitting about two feet out. 661 00:54:49.412 --> 00:54:51.998 RKV CAPCOM: <i>Roger. Stand by for a couple of minutes here.</i> 662 00:54:52.082 --> 00:54:53.166 DAVE: Roger. 663 00:54:54.376 --> 00:54:57.212 RKV CAPCOM: <i>Okay, Gemini 8, we have TM solid.</i> 664 00:54:57.295 --> 00:55:00.548 <i>You're looking good on the ground. Go ahead and dock.</i> 665 00:55:12.185 --> 00:55:13.186 (THUDS) 666 00:55:17.357 --> 00:55:20.610 Okay, we're gonna cycle our Rigid-Stop switch now. 667 00:55:38.128 --> 00:55:39.129 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 668 00:55:40.922 --> 00:55:41.923 (BOTH LAUGH) 669 00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:47.053 Flight, we are docked. 670 00:55:47.554 --> 00:55:48.930 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 671 00:55:57.939 --> 00:55:59.816 Someone call Cronkite! 672 00:56:00.025 --> 00:56:02.444 Have him tell the Soviets that they can go screw! 673 00:56:02.819 --> 00:56:04.419 ED: Get him on the phone, man. (LAUGHTER) 674 00:56:04.487 --> 00:56:07.699 Hey, Pete! Hey, call those idiots at Congress while you're at it! 675 00:56:07.782 --> 00:56:09.617 Yeah, I'll start with Rhode Island. 676 00:56:09.701 --> 00:56:10.702 (LAUGHTER) 677 00:56:11.161 --> 00:56:13.371 Oh, damn. 678 00:56:13.872 --> 00:56:15.808 FIDO: Well done. Let's go ahead and get a state vector 679 00:56:15.832 --> 00:56:17.250 on the combined spacecraft. 680 00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:20.060 JAMES: <i>Gemini 8, this is Houston CAPCOM. Please stand by to copy.</i> 681 00:56:20.128 --> 00:56:21.880 RICK: Check out my room like this. 682 00:56:21.963 --> 00:56:24.132 Look at all these papers. I know. 683 00:56:24.632 --> 00:56:29.137 I spent days trying to work on that, and now it's crumpled up. 684 00:56:29.596 --> 00:56:31.890 Look at my drawer. I know. 685 00:56:32.057 --> 00:56:35.643 I had all my crayons in that, and now look at all the crayons. 686 00:56:35.810 --> 00:56:37.455 But, Ricky, are you telling me the full story? 687 00:56:37.479 --> 00:56:38.622 'Cause I'm not sure your brother would do that. 688 00:56:38.646 --> 00:56:39.814 Yes, I am telling you! 689 00:56:39.898 --> 00:56:41.983 Don't you get angry with me. Look at this! 690 00:56:43.151 --> 00:56:44.402 Don't get upset. 691 00:56:44.819 --> 00:56:46.019 JAMES: <i>Uh, 8, this is Houston.</i> 692 00:56:46.362 --> 00:56:49.032 <i>Uh, I've got a nodal update for you. Stand by.</i> 693 00:56:49.824 --> 00:56:50.825 (JANET GROANS) 694 00:56:51.076 --> 00:56:52.952 NEIL: <i>Okay, go ahead.</i> Rick! 695 00:56:53.036 --> 00:56:55.205 JAMES: <i>Roger. Node 0-7-0-4-4-7...</i> 696 00:56:55.371 --> 00:56:58.249 JANET: Okay, out here now. Out here now. 697 00:56:58.333 --> 00:57:00.877 JAMES: <i>1-5-5-2 right ascension.</i> 698 00:57:01.044 --> 00:57:03.546 JIM: <i>Gemini 8, we're about to have loss of signal.</i> 699 00:57:03.630 --> 00:57:06.216 <i>We'll pick you up over the hill for Dave's EVA.</i> 700 00:57:06.299 --> 00:57:07.300 (RADIO STATIC) 701 00:57:14.557 --> 00:57:15.642 NEIL: Well... 702 00:57:16.684 --> 00:57:18.061 That's peculiar. 703 00:57:18.686 --> 00:57:20.063 DAVE: Oh, good. 704 00:57:20.522 --> 00:57:23.191 I'm hoping that's just excess hydrogen. 705 00:57:23.691 --> 00:57:25.735 I think I'm gonna save mine for later. (CHUCKLES) 706 00:57:25.944 --> 00:57:27.070 Little treat. 707 00:57:27.153 --> 00:57:28.154 (BOTH LAUGH) 708 00:57:33.201 --> 00:57:34.577 Uh, Neil, we're in a bank. 709 00:57:41.918 --> 00:57:44.295 We're not doing it. It's not us. It must be... 710 00:57:44.379 --> 00:57:46.214 Shut off the Agena's control systems. 711 00:57:46.714 --> 00:57:48.133 Code 4-0-0... 712 00:57:48.299 --> 00:57:49.926 Agena control system shut down. 713 00:57:57.976 --> 00:57:58.977 (METALLIC CLANKING) 714 00:58:07.735 --> 00:58:08.736 (RUMBLING) 715 00:58:09.779 --> 00:58:10.780 (GASPS) 716 00:58:11.990 --> 00:58:12.991 (GROANS) 717 00:58:14.242 --> 00:58:15.910 NEIL: Cycle the Agena. 718 00:58:16.619 --> 00:58:19.122 DAVE: Turning it on. Turning it off. 719 00:58:20.748 --> 00:58:21.749 (DAVE GRUNTING) 720 00:58:29.924 --> 00:58:31.342 (METAL CREAKING) 721 00:58:39.851 --> 00:58:40.852 (NEIL GRUNTS) 722 00:58:41.394 --> 00:58:42.395 (DAVE GROANS) 723 00:58:43.730 --> 00:58:47.108 DAVE: I'm gonna cycle the ACME and the propellant motor valves. 724 00:58:48.151 --> 00:58:49.944 NEIL: Switching ADL to pitch. 725 00:58:50.486 --> 00:58:51.738 RL to pitch. 726 00:58:58.620 --> 00:59:00.580 DAVE: Roll meter 200 and rising. 727 00:59:03.666 --> 00:59:04.709 Separate from the Agena. 728 00:59:07.503 --> 00:59:09.839 DAVE: Setting Agena to allow remote command. 729 00:59:09.923 --> 00:59:11.591 Switching on the DAC. 730 00:59:11.674 --> 00:59:14.278 Make sure you give it extra thrust so we don't smash into the Agena. 731 00:59:14.302 --> 00:59:15.887 On my mark, undock. 732 00:59:18.139 --> 00:59:19.307 Two... 733 00:59:19.766 --> 00:59:21.059 One... 734 00:59:21.851 --> 00:59:22.852 (WHIRRING) 735 00:59:23.811 --> 00:59:24.812 (HISSING) 736 00:59:31.110 --> 00:59:32.111 (GRUNTS) 737 00:59:36.366 --> 00:59:38.618 DAVE: OAMS propellant, 13%. 738 00:59:38.743 --> 00:59:40.870 It's not the Agena. It's us. 739 00:59:40.954 --> 00:59:41.955 (GRUNTS) 740 00:59:42.038 --> 00:59:43.039 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 741 00:59:59.514 --> 01:00:00.848 (BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY) 742 01:00:03.351 --> 01:00:07.188 JIM: Gemini 8 coming back into range in three, two, one. 743 01:00:07.480 --> 01:00:09.691 This is CSQ, checking our comm link. 744 01:00:09.857 --> 01:00:11.359 How do you read? 745 01:00:11.609 --> 01:00:12.777 (RADIO STATIC) 746 01:00:14.195 --> 01:00:15.697 Gemini 8, how do you read? 747 01:00:15.989 --> 01:00:17.657 NEIL: <i>We have serious problems.</i> 748 01:00:17.991 --> 01:00:19.951 We're tumbling end over end up here. 749 01:00:20.034 --> 01:00:21.577 We're disengaged from the Agena. 750 01:00:22.996 --> 01:00:26.416 JIM: <i>Okay, we got your spacecraft free indication here.</i> 751 01:00:26.582 --> 01:00:28.126 <i>What seems to be the problem?</i> 752 01:00:28.376 --> 01:00:30.545 We're rolling up and we can't turn anything off. 753 01:00:30.712 --> 01:00:32.672 We're continuously increasing in a left roll. 754 01:00:33.423 --> 01:00:34.424 HODGE: <i>CSQ, Flight.</i> 755 01:00:34.507 --> 01:00:35.508 Go ahead, Flight. 756 01:00:35.717 --> 01:00:38.720 Did he say he cannot turn the Agena off? 757 01:00:38.886 --> 01:00:41.431 JIM: <i>No, he says he's separated from the Agena</i> 758 01:00:41.514 --> 01:00:44.017 <i>and he's in a roll, and he can't stop it.</i> 759 01:00:44.100 --> 01:00:46.602 <i>Flight, their roll meter reads 270 and rising.</i> 760 01:00:46.853 --> 01:00:50.273 <i>At that rate, they'll be passing out in about 40 seconds.</i> 761 01:00:51.733 --> 01:00:52.900 DEKE: Paul. 762 01:00:54.110 --> 01:00:55.236 Paul. 763 01:00:57.864 --> 01:00:59.824 NEIL: <i>Trying to stop the rates.</i> 764 01:00:59.907 --> 01:01:01.347 <i>We certainly have...</i> (RADIO CUTS OUT) 765 01:01:08.750 --> 01:01:10.043 (WHIRRING) 766 01:01:38.363 --> 01:01:39.572 JIM: <i>You need to...</i> 767 01:01:43.326 --> 01:01:45.620 <i>Gemini 8, you need to...</i> 768 01:01:51.084 --> 01:01:52.085 (PANTING) 769 01:01:52.543 --> 01:01:53.795 <i>We can't...</i> 770 01:01:54.796 --> 01:01:56.089 (DISTORTED RADIO TRANSMISSION) 771 01:02:07.767 --> 01:02:08.768 (GASPING) 772 01:02:10.895 --> 01:02:11.896 (CLANGING) 773 01:02:11.979 --> 01:02:13.147 (NEIL GROANS) 774 01:02:15.691 --> 01:02:17.443 Close the RCS breakers. 775 01:02:20.613 --> 01:02:21.697 Dave! 776 01:02:21.781 --> 01:02:25.660 JIM: <i>Gemini 8, did you say you are closing RCS breakers?</i> 777 01:02:27.036 --> 01:02:29.288 <i>Are you initiating RCS?</i> 778 01:02:30.706 --> 01:02:31.707 <i>Gemini 8...</i> 779 01:02:31.791 --> 01:02:35.670 <i>Again, did you say you are closing RCS breakers?</i> 780 01:02:36.712 --> 01:02:38.798 <i>You will not be able to control your attitude.</i> 781 01:02:39.173 --> 01:02:40.174 (HISSING) 782 01:03:05.658 --> 01:03:06.701 NEIL: Okay. 783 01:03:06.993 --> 01:03:08.995 We're regaining control of the spacecraft. 784 01:03:09.579 --> 01:03:10.913 Slowly in RCS direct. 785 01:03:11.664 --> 01:03:12.665 (EXHALES) 786 01:03:13.583 --> 01:03:14.750 JIM: <i>Roger.</i> 787 01:03:15.751 --> 01:03:16.752 HODGE: Roger. Copy. 788 01:03:16.836 --> 01:03:19.213 NEIL: <i>We're pulsing the RCS slowly. It's all roll right.</i> 789 01:03:20.173 --> 01:03:22.008 We're trying to kill our roll rate here. 790 01:03:22.216 --> 01:03:23.301 (RATTLING) 791 01:03:31.017 --> 01:03:32.894 Move us back to one ring. 792 01:03:33.478 --> 01:03:34.604 Copy. 793 01:03:38.483 --> 01:03:39.734 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 794 01:03:42.195 --> 01:03:43.821 (SPUTTERING) 795 01:03:45.364 --> 01:03:47.033 I want emergency landing options. 796 01:03:47.116 --> 01:03:49.116 Wait until you find out how much fuel there's left. 797 01:03:50.828 --> 01:03:52.371 Bob, what do you think? 798 01:03:53.873 --> 01:03:55.124 I think they'd better land now. 799 01:03:59.712 --> 01:04:00.755 Deke. 800 01:04:01.088 --> 01:04:02.548 Jan's outside. 801 01:04:14.268 --> 01:04:15.269 (DOOR OPENS) 802 01:04:18.314 --> 01:04:20.441 Jan, the ship is stable. They're gonna be all right. 803 01:04:21.317 --> 01:04:22.527 ED: He's okay, Jan. 804 01:04:22.735 --> 01:04:23.815 DEKE: I need you to go home. 805 01:04:23.903 --> 01:04:25.363 Fine. Turn the box back on. 806 01:04:25.696 --> 01:04:26.697 I'll see what I can do... 807 01:04:26.781 --> 01:04:29.033 Now. Turn the box back on now. 808 01:04:30.660 --> 01:04:31.929 Well, there's security protocol that's... 809 01:04:31.953 --> 01:04:33.120 Well, I don't give a damn. 810 01:04:33.496 --> 01:04:35.376 I've got a dozen cameras on my front lawn, Deke. 811 01:04:35.456 --> 01:04:37.176 Do you want me telling them what's going on? 812 01:04:37.708 --> 01:04:40.336 Jan, you have to trust us. We've got this under control. 813 01:04:40.419 --> 01:04:41.587 No, you don't. 814 01:04:41.671 --> 01:04:43.673 All these protocols and procedures to make it 815 01:04:43.756 --> 01:04:45.758 seem like you have it under control. 816 01:04:46.467 --> 01:04:49.637 But you're a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood. 817 01:04:49.720 --> 01:04:51.931 You don't have anything under control! 818 01:04:56.894 --> 01:05:01.107 MALE NAHA VOICE: <i>Naha Rescue One will be on station at splashdown.</i> 819 01:05:01.732 --> 01:05:03.359 <i>With a flotation collar.</i> 820 01:05:03.568 --> 01:05:05.444 NEIL: Did you get the call signs? 821 01:05:06.362 --> 01:05:08.114 Uh, yeah. It's Naha Rescue One 822 01:05:08.197 --> 01:05:09.699 and Naha Search One. 823 01:05:12.535 --> 01:05:16.372 Well, I'd like to argue with them about the going home, but I'm 824 01:05:16.497 --> 01:05:19.083 not sure how we can. 825 01:05:20.126 --> 01:05:21.294 Yeah. 826 01:05:23.087 --> 01:05:27.592 I just keep thinking, is there anything else that we forgot? 827 01:05:29.093 --> 01:05:31.470 We did everything, as far as I know. 828 01:05:44.567 --> 01:05:49.238 BOB: <i>Gemini 8 saw two complex vehicles launched on the same day on time.</i> 829 01:05:50.364 --> 01:05:52.825 We saw flawless rendezvous and docking. 830 01:05:53.492 --> 01:05:56.871 All of which is tended to be overshadowed by the malfunction. 831 01:05:57.371 --> 01:06:02.668 But I think we should focus on the progress resulting from the mission. 832 01:06:04.128 --> 01:06:06.964 The board would like to focus on the malfunction. 833 01:06:07.048 --> 01:06:10.176 Neil, walk us through the decision to separate from the Agena. 834 01:06:12.136 --> 01:06:13.137 (REPORTERS CLAMORING) 835 01:06:13.638 --> 01:06:17.141 REPORTER: You mentioned that the rate of revolution was more than once a second. 836 01:06:17.350 --> 01:06:18.870 How near were you to being unconscious? 837 01:06:19.268 --> 01:06:21.997 GEORGE: Did you think to use the Agena to stabilize the combined craft? 838 01:06:22.021 --> 01:06:23.230 We did. 839 01:06:23.856 --> 01:06:26.484 This was, uh, not successful. 840 01:06:27.318 --> 01:06:28.861 As I said, we initially assumed 841 01:06:28.944 --> 01:06:31.280 that the anomaly was with the Agena control system. 842 01:06:31.697 --> 01:06:34.492 'Cause there was no way to know that a thruster was causing the... 843 01:06:35.284 --> 01:06:40.206 If we could have, uh, isolated each of Gemini's thrusters... 844 01:06:40.289 --> 01:06:42.009 If we'd had that capability in the moment... 845 01:06:42.416 --> 01:06:43.542 (REPORTERS CLAMORING) 846 01:06:43.751 --> 01:06:44.919 Agence France. 847 01:06:45.002 --> 01:06:48.547 Did you have any feeling of anxiety after the failure of the thrusters? 848 01:06:48.631 --> 01:06:50.108 FEMALE REPORTER: In the midst of the spinning, 849 01:06:50.132 --> 01:06:54.512 did you seem to realize or feel the presence of God closer than other times? 850 01:06:54.887 --> 01:06:58.557 With this so hot on the heels of the loss of Charlie Bassett and Elliot See, 851 01:06:58.641 --> 01:07:00.810 do you question whether the program is worth the cost? 852 01:07:00.976 --> 01:07:02.186 In money and in lives? 853 01:07:12.613 --> 01:07:13.781 (WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY) 854 01:07:14.740 --> 01:07:15.980 GEORGE: All right, thanks, guys. 855 01:07:16.033 --> 01:07:18.911 We've got a lot to discuss and we'll be back in touch with you soon. 856 01:07:19.453 --> 01:07:20.538 Thank you. 857 01:07:22.206 --> 01:07:23.686 (RICK PLAYING OFF-KEY) JANET: Mmm-mmm. 858 01:07:25.167 --> 01:07:27.211 No. So, we're using our thumb now, honey. Oh. 859 01:07:27.420 --> 01:07:28.421 Okay. 860 01:07:29.296 --> 01:07:30.297 (LOUD BANG) 861 01:07:30.381 --> 01:07:31.590 (NEIL TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 862 01:07:32.425 --> 01:07:34.844 "Our Wild Ride In Space"? 863 01:07:34.927 --> 01:07:38.073 LIFE REPORTER: <i>It's marketing, Mr. Armstrong. NASA approval numbers are dropping.</i> 864 01:07:38.097 --> 01:07:39.265 That's not my concern. 865 01:07:39.473 --> 01:07:40.474 JANET: Almost. Okay. 866 01:07:40.558 --> 01:07:43.144 I'm gonna finish wrapping your brother's present. I'll be back. 867 01:07:43.227 --> 01:07:45.271 You practice that one. RICK: I'll try. 868 01:07:45.354 --> 01:07:46.480 (LOUD BANG) 869 01:07:47.064 --> 01:07:50.443 NEIL: I'm not interested in how other magazines are framing the story. 870 01:07:50.609 --> 01:07:51.944 (RICK CONTINUES PLAYING) 871 01:07:54.321 --> 01:07:55.322 (DOOR SLAMS) 872 01:08:04.457 --> 01:08:06.250 Okay. Keep going. 873 01:08:08.586 --> 01:08:11.630 PAT: <i>If it's any consolation, Ed was a zombie for weeks after Gemini 4.</i> 874 01:08:12.047 --> 01:08:13.048 Yeah? Mmm-hmm. 875 01:08:15.426 --> 01:08:20.055 Yeah. I guess it must be, uh, disorienting for them. 876 01:08:20.473 --> 01:08:21.724 Certainly. 877 01:08:23.017 --> 01:08:24.101 Yeah. 878 01:08:26.687 --> 01:08:27.980 God, Pat. 879 01:08:29.774 --> 01:08:32.568 I married Neil 'cause I wanted a normal life. 880 01:08:33.110 --> 01:08:34.111 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 881 01:08:34.195 --> 01:08:36.489 I know. I know. 882 01:08:38.949 --> 01:08:42.244 He was just so different from all the other boys on campus. Hmm. 883 01:08:43.954 --> 01:08:45.623 He'd been through the war. You know? 884 01:08:46.624 --> 01:08:48.167 He knew what he wanted to do. 885 01:08:49.502 --> 01:08:51.128 He just seemed so stable. 886 01:08:54.173 --> 01:08:56.258 I guess all I wanted was stability. 887 01:09:02.848 --> 01:09:04.850 I've got a sorority sister with a normal life. 888 01:09:05.351 --> 01:09:07.937 Yeah? She married a dentist. 889 01:09:08.437 --> 01:09:11.315 Dentist. Sounds good. 890 01:09:11.440 --> 01:09:12.733 He's home by 6:00 every night. 891 01:09:12.983 --> 01:09:16.529 And every few months, she calls to say she wishes he weren't. 892 01:09:18.614 --> 01:09:19.615 (CHUCKLES) 893 01:09:23.410 --> 01:09:24.620 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 894 01:09:24.703 --> 01:09:26.038 Yeah. 895 01:09:29.375 --> 01:09:30.376 (ED SIGHS) 896 01:09:31.252 --> 01:09:32.962 Still working, I see. 897 01:09:33.546 --> 01:09:34.547 NEIL: Yeah. 898 01:09:35.464 --> 01:09:39.510 Well, I was gonna go grab a beer at Dave's. 899 01:09:45.683 --> 01:09:47.184 Yeah, all right. Fine. 900 01:09:47.351 --> 01:09:48.769 I could use a beer. 901 01:09:53.858 --> 01:09:55.150 (DOO-WOP PLAYING ON RADIO) 902 01:09:57.403 --> 01:09:59.113 DAVE: You know, I will say one thing. 903 01:10:00.114 --> 01:10:01.782 It's all I can think about, 904 01:10:02.116 --> 01:10:03.409 is getting back up there. 905 01:10:04.368 --> 01:10:06.203 ED: Just caught a rough break. 906 01:10:06.745 --> 01:10:08.455 Well, you boys did everything right. 907 01:10:09.164 --> 01:10:10.207 Everything. 908 01:10:10.374 --> 01:10:12.644 You know, I was talking about it with Gus, and we both agreed. 909 01:10:12.668 --> 01:10:16.171 I did hear a little rumor that you and Gus have been hanging out. 910 01:10:16.338 --> 01:10:17.840 You did? DAVE: Mmm-hmm. 911 01:10:17.923 --> 01:10:18.924 Hey. 912 01:10:19.425 --> 01:10:20.593 Is it true? 913 01:10:21.635 --> 01:10:23.137 Is what true? 914 01:10:26.974 --> 01:10:30.227 Deke pulled me aside and told me that him and Gus want me on the crew. 915 01:10:32.062 --> 01:10:33.647 Of the first Apollo? 916 01:10:34.398 --> 01:10:35.399 DAVE: Yeah. 917 01:10:36.066 --> 01:10:38.736 Yeah. Holy shit, that's huge. 918 01:10:38.903 --> 01:10:40.446 Congratulations. 919 01:10:41.739 --> 01:10:43.157 I gotta shake your hand. 920 01:10:43.324 --> 01:10:44.366 Thanks, man. 921 01:10:44.533 --> 01:10:45.534 Wow. 922 01:10:45.701 --> 01:10:47.982 That Saturn's a monster, you're in for one heck of a ride. 923 01:10:48.120 --> 01:10:49.246 It is. 924 01:10:49.330 --> 01:10:50.410 DAVE: Oh, hey. (STAMMERING) 925 01:10:50.539 --> 01:10:53.584 You know Deke wants Gus to be the first one on the Moon, so... 926 01:10:54.919 --> 01:10:57.588 Hey, that puts you in the LEM with him for the landing. 927 01:10:57.755 --> 01:10:59.798 Oh, no. Let's not get carried away. 928 01:10:59.965 --> 01:11:02.068 DAVE: All right, get out of my house. I gotta go to bed. 929 01:11:02.092 --> 01:11:04.345 I'm not kidding, get out of my house. (LAUGHTER) 930 01:11:07.139 --> 01:11:08.140 Neil. 931 01:11:09.892 --> 01:11:12.853 Hey, Neil. Don't bother sitting, it's gonna be a short meeting. 932 01:11:13.646 --> 01:11:16.732 We've talked it through, we think it's pretty clear. If you hadn't kept cool, 933 01:11:16.815 --> 01:11:19.502 you wouldn't be here and we'd still be asking what the hell happened. 934 01:11:19.526 --> 01:11:21.195 So would Congress. It's a showstopper. 935 01:11:21.362 --> 01:11:22.655 BOB: This mission was a success. 936 01:11:22.988 --> 01:11:24.615 We're full steam ahead for Apollo. 937 01:11:24.823 --> 01:11:25.908 You good with that? 938 01:11:25.991 --> 01:11:27.952 (CHUCKLES) Yes, sir. 939 01:11:28.118 --> 01:11:30.537 I trust you won't mind representing us at the White House. 940 01:11:32.831 --> 01:11:33.999 No, sir. 941 01:11:34.166 --> 01:11:35.250 Good. 942 01:11:35.709 --> 01:11:36.835 Thank you. 943 01:11:36.919 --> 01:11:38.170 Thank you. 944 01:11:38.921 --> 01:11:40.506 Thank you. 945 01:11:40.881 --> 01:11:44.301 "Interface problems and develop operational techniques 946 01:11:44.468 --> 01:11:48.639 "for the most efficient use of onboard capabilities." 947 01:11:48.806 --> 01:11:50.182 What? 948 01:11:51.475 --> 01:11:52.476 (RICK LAUGHS) 949 01:11:55.020 --> 01:11:57.940 (SCREAMING) I got one. I got one. 950 01:11:58.107 --> 01:12:00.067 No! I got one. 951 01:12:00.234 --> 01:12:02.754 I don't know why you're laughing. He's gonna do that to you in a minute. 952 01:12:02.778 --> 01:12:05.155 This time, I'm gonna put this one in the freezer. 953 01:12:05.322 --> 01:12:06.365 JANET: You need a hand? 954 01:12:06.448 --> 01:12:07.808 NEIL: Yeah. JANET: Okay, in you go. 955 01:12:07.866 --> 01:12:08.969 NEIL: Can you open the freezer? 956 01:12:08.993 --> 01:12:10.595 JANET: Let's keep him for longer and then he won't... 957 01:12:10.619 --> 01:12:11.954 (RICK LAUGHING) In you go. 958 01:12:20.713 --> 01:12:21.714 (RICK SQUEALING) 959 01:12:23.090 --> 01:12:24.299 I got one. (GIGGLING) 960 01:12:24.675 --> 01:12:25.884 I got one. 961 01:12:26.301 --> 01:12:28.095 MARK: Because I want to. NEIL: Who did what? 962 01:12:28.262 --> 01:12:30.389 Me. JANET: Have you seen his room? 963 01:12:30.472 --> 01:12:32.224 Son, go stand in the corner. 964 01:12:37.271 --> 01:12:38.939 (WHISPERING) It's not funny. 965 01:12:39.606 --> 01:12:41.066 (BOTH SNICKERING) 966 01:12:42.026 --> 01:12:43.652 RICK: Thanks a lot, Mark! 967 01:12:43.736 --> 01:12:45.463 (WHISPERING) Stop laughing. MARK: You're lying! 968 01:12:45.487 --> 01:12:46.847 NEIL: Punish him. Just you stop it. 969 01:12:47.281 --> 01:12:48.866 You're the reason he's upset. 970 01:12:48.949 --> 01:12:50.468 NEIL: Your mother's not laughing, she's crying. 971 01:12:50.492 --> 01:12:52.786 I'm not laughing, I'm crying. 972 01:12:57.207 --> 01:12:58.751 ED: <i>I gotta tell you.</i> 973 01:12:59.168 --> 01:13:02.212 <i>Eddie's started asking questions about the new command module.</i> 974 01:13:02.755 --> 01:13:04.339 NEIL: <i>Is that right?</i> ED: <i>Yeah.</i> 975 01:13:04.631 --> 01:13:07.593 He wants to know if it's gonna fly any different to Gemini. 976 01:13:08.052 --> 01:13:10.804 If the little buttons are gonna be in the same place. (CHUCKLES) 977 01:13:11.805 --> 01:13:13.223 Oh, boy. Yeah. 978 01:13:13.599 --> 01:13:15.768 You got yourself a little engineer there. 979 01:13:16.518 --> 01:13:17.853 I tell you, though, 980 01:13:18.353 --> 01:13:20.064 I love that he's interested. 981 01:13:22.775 --> 01:13:25.444 Came in the other morning, he did. 982 01:13:25.611 --> 01:13:28.155 Comes runnin' up and he says, "Daddy, 983 01:13:28.906 --> 01:13:31.658 "if you go to the Moon, are you gonna be lonely out there? 984 01:13:31.867 --> 01:13:34.036 "So far away from the Earth. 985 01:13:36.830 --> 01:13:38.999 "All of us back here at home." 986 01:13:41.835 --> 01:13:44.546 This whole thing is expanding his horizons. 987 01:13:46.673 --> 01:13:48.550 It, uh, gives me faith. 988 01:13:50.344 --> 01:13:51.970 It make sense? 989 01:13:55.974 --> 01:13:58.644 Walkers got a new swing set. 990 01:14:00.562 --> 01:14:02.106 Yeah, I noticed that. 991 01:14:12.324 --> 01:14:16.703 We had a swing like that back up in Juniper Hills. 992 01:14:20.999 --> 01:14:22.876 Karen really loved it. 993 01:14:26.547 --> 01:14:28.257 That's your daughter? 994 01:14:37.391 --> 01:14:39.643 Guess I ought to be gettin' home. 995 01:15:30.652 --> 01:15:31.987 PAD LEADER: <i>Closing hatches now.</i> 996 01:15:39.203 --> 01:15:40.537 Okay, that's all of 'em. 997 01:15:40.621 --> 01:15:41.705 PAD LEADER: <i>Thanks, Ed.</i> 998 01:15:45.000 --> 01:15:46.210 <i>Ablative hatch closed.</i> 999 01:15:46.919 --> 01:15:49.171 <i>Closing the boost protective cover.</i> 1000 01:15:50.797 --> 01:15:52.549 <i>And plugs out.</i> 1001 01:16:02.601 --> 01:16:04.144 GUS: Ready for oxygen purge. 1002 01:16:04.811 --> 01:16:06.521 (AIR HISSING) (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) 1003 01:16:15.530 --> 01:16:18.825 Guys, you wanna hold down the chatter? We're on open mic. 1004 01:16:18.992 --> 01:16:20.702 ROCCO: <i>Let's hold the countdown.</i> 1005 01:16:24.748 --> 01:16:26.625 <i>Sorry, guys, we'll get this squared.</i> 1006 01:16:26.875 --> 01:16:28.710 GUS: Shit, we're gonna be here all night. 1007 01:16:28.877 --> 01:16:30.212 ROCCO: <i>Gus, we didn't get that.</i> 1008 01:16:30.379 --> 01:16:31.588 'Course you didn't. 1009 01:16:31.964 --> 01:16:32.965 (CHUCKLING) 1010 01:16:34.591 --> 01:16:36.677 Glad you think this is funny. 1011 01:16:38.095 --> 01:16:39.554 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1012 01:16:43.934 --> 01:16:45.477 JAMES: We finished strong with Gemini 1013 01:16:45.560 --> 01:16:47.813 and we're very, very bullish on Apollo, Senator. 1014 01:16:47.896 --> 01:16:50.732 SENATOR: I should hope so, given the time we've spent developing it. 1015 01:16:50.816 --> 01:16:53.026 Half the country doesn't think it's worth it anymore. 1016 01:16:53.235 --> 01:16:54.486 Uh, well, 1017 01:16:55.946 --> 01:16:59.700 we learned to fly only 60 years ago, 1018 01:17:00.909 --> 01:17:04.746 so if you consider the technological developments in the context of history... 1019 01:17:04.830 --> 01:17:08.041 I'm considering it in the context of taxpayer dollars. 1020 01:17:08.125 --> 01:17:09.584 JAMES: And so are we, Senator. 1021 01:17:09.751 --> 01:17:13.338 Between us, we're doing some final tests on the new command module today. 1022 01:17:13.547 --> 01:17:15.966 I'm sure Mr. Gilruth would be happy to tell you about it. 1023 01:17:16.091 --> 01:17:17.926 Let me introduce you to Bob. Come on. 1024 01:17:18.093 --> 01:17:19.219 Okay. 1025 01:17:19.678 --> 01:17:21.013 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1026 01:17:39.573 --> 01:17:41.373 ROGER: Well, I haven't talked yet. How's this? 1027 01:17:41.450 --> 01:17:43.785 One, two, three, four, five, 1028 01:17:44.411 --> 01:17:46.496 four, three, two, one. 1029 01:17:46.830 --> 01:17:48.165 (RADIO STATIC) 1030 01:17:53.587 --> 01:17:56.214 ROCCO: <i>Uh, we need another minute to get it sorted.</i> 1031 01:17:56.673 --> 01:18:00.135 How are we gonna get to the Moon if we can't talk between three buildings? 1032 01:18:00.844 --> 01:18:02.846 They can't hear a thing you're saying. 1033 01:18:04.139 --> 01:18:05.682 Jesus Christ. 1034 01:18:05.849 --> 01:18:06.850 ROCCO: <i>Say again?</i> 1035 01:18:07.017 --> 01:18:08.369 GUS: I said, how are we gonna get to the Moon 1036 01:18:08.393 --> 01:18:10.273 if we can't talk between two or three buildings? 1037 01:18:10.437 --> 01:18:11.438 (CHUCKLING) 1038 01:18:12.647 --> 01:18:14.066 You tell 'em, Gus. You tell 'em. 1039 01:18:14.149 --> 01:18:15.400 GUS: Mickey Mouse shit. 1040 01:18:15.484 --> 01:18:18.028 TECH: <i>I got a surge in the AC bus two voltage.</i> 1041 01:18:18.737 --> 01:18:21.177 TECH 2: <i>Try resetting the meter.</i> ROCCO: <i>You getting this, Gus?</i> 1042 01:18:22.157 --> 01:18:25.911 Rog, you picking anything up on the dials? (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) 1043 01:18:35.754 --> 01:18:37.506 Hey, we got a fire in the cockpit. 1044 01:18:40.175 --> 01:18:41.176 (WHIMPERING) 1045 01:18:43.387 --> 01:18:45.097 Hey, we got a bad fire! 1046 01:18:48.392 --> 01:18:49.476 (ED GRUNTS) 1047 01:18:49.559 --> 01:18:51.436 We're burning up in here! 1048 01:18:52.604 --> 01:18:53.605 (MUFFLED EXPLOSION) 1049 01:19:02.322 --> 01:19:05.826 Mr. Armstrong? I have Deke Slayton on the phone for you. 1050 01:19:06.034 --> 01:19:07.035 Oh. 1051 01:19:07.369 --> 01:19:08.537 Right this way. 1052 01:19:08.745 --> 01:19:10.330 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1053 01:19:16.753 --> 01:19:18.004 Thank you. 1054 01:19:18.171 --> 01:19:19.423 Well, I'm glad you called. 1055 01:19:19.589 --> 01:19:22.050 I'm not sure if I'm helping or hurting over here. 1056 01:19:22.217 --> 01:19:24.636 DEKE: <i>Neil, we had a problem with the plugs-out test.</i> 1057 01:19:24.803 --> 01:19:27.681 Well, that's why we have tests, right? 1058 01:19:27.848 --> 01:19:29.349 We'll figure it out. 1059 01:19:29.516 --> 01:19:31.059 <i>There was a fire.</i> 1060 01:19:32.769 --> 01:19:35.272 <i>God, there's no easy way to say this.</i> 1061 01:19:35.814 --> 01:19:37.816 <i>Ed, Gus, and Roger...</i> 1062 01:19:38.942 --> 01:19:40.318 <i>They're gone.</i> 1063 01:19:45.282 --> 01:19:48.535 <i>We think it was a wiring issue. A spark in all that oxygen.</i> 1064 01:19:48.618 --> 01:19:50.454 <i>It happened very quickly.</i> 1065 01:19:50.579 --> 01:19:53.707 <i>Now, listen, we need you guys to head back to the hotel.</i> 1066 01:19:53.874 --> 01:19:55.417 <i>The press is gonna be all over this.</i> 1067 01:19:55.500 --> 01:19:58.086 <i>Congress is gonna be calling for investigations.</i> 1068 01:19:58.587 --> 01:20:01.631 <i>We just don't want you guys in the middle of all that.</i> 1069 01:20:03.216 --> 01:20:05.093 <i>Do you understand?</i> 1070 01:20:06.928 --> 01:20:08.096 Yeah. 1071 01:20:10.724 --> 01:20:12.058 <i>All right, then.</i> 1072 01:20:14.936 --> 01:20:16.271 Okay. 1073 01:20:31.077 --> 01:20:32.204 (HANGS UP PHONE) 1074 01:20:37.459 --> 01:20:38.460 (GLASS CRACKING) 1075 01:20:47.511 --> 01:20:51.056 ED: (ON TV) <i>A lot of people forget about the influence that the lunar program has</i> 1076 01:20:51.139 --> 01:20:53.517 <i>on the raising of our young people in the country.</i> 1077 01:20:53.767 --> 01:20:55.936 <i>I think that if a civilization doesn't look out,</i> 1078 01:20:56.019 --> 01:20:58.688 <i>if it doesn't try to expand its horizons,</i> 1079 01:20:58.772 --> 01:21:02.150 <i>then we're not going to progress as a nation.</i> 1080 01:21:03.944 --> 01:21:05.704 MIKE WALLACE: <i>At 10:30 tonight, Eastern Time,</i> 1081 01:21:05.737 --> 01:21:09.115 <i>rescue teams began to remove the bodies of the three astronauts</i> 1082 01:21:09.199 --> 01:21:11.576 <i>from the charred spacecraft.</i> 1083 01:21:11.743 --> 01:21:16.039 <i>A NASA spokesman said the dead astronauts were left in the ship for four hours</i> 1084 01:21:16.122 --> 01:21:18.792 <i>to aid the investigation into the tragedy.</i> 1085 01:21:20.085 --> 01:21:22.420 <i>And according to the latest information from NASA</i> 1086 01:21:22.504 --> 01:21:24.464 <i>at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston,</i> 1087 01:21:24.548 --> 01:21:28.176 <i>the first Apollo flight, which was scheduled for February...</i> 1088 01:21:28.260 --> 01:21:29.261 (EXHALES) 1089 01:21:40.355 --> 01:21:43.275 FRANK: <i>Winds are pretty rough today. Keep an eye on your yaw.</i> 1090 01:21:43.900 --> 01:21:45.443 NEIL: Copy. Correcting. 1091 01:21:56.204 --> 01:21:57.330 1,000 feet. 1092 01:21:57.497 --> 01:21:58.498 Switching to lunar mode. 1093 01:22:02.127 --> 01:22:03.378 Final landing approach. 1094 01:22:06.923 --> 01:22:08.341 FRANK: <i>You're too low. Climb!</i> 1095 01:22:11.011 --> 01:22:12.012 Control is degrading. 1096 01:22:12.971 --> 01:22:14.055 FRANK: <i>Slow your rates.</i> 1097 01:22:15.140 --> 01:22:16.725 <i>Do you read?</i> 1098 01:22:17.434 --> 01:22:18.435 <i>Neil?</i> 1099 01:22:20.020 --> 01:22:21.021 (GASPS) 1100 01:22:40.665 --> 01:22:41.666 (GRUNTS) 1101 01:22:49.591 --> 01:22:50.884 (PANTING) 1102 01:23:22.916 --> 01:23:24.334 DEKE: <i>The vehicle's not safe.</i> 1103 01:23:24.417 --> 01:23:26.670 Unfortunately, it's the best simulation we have. 1104 01:23:26.753 --> 01:23:28.338 And you and the others are too valuable. 1105 01:23:28.421 --> 01:23:30.149 It's a fly-by-wire system that's got no backup. 1106 01:23:30.173 --> 01:23:31.591 The ejection seat is the backup. 1107 01:23:31.675 --> 01:23:33.694 Political fallout from another accident will compromise our... 1108 01:23:33.718 --> 01:23:36.572 With all due respect, sir, it's not my job to worry about the political fallout. 1109 01:23:36.596 --> 01:23:38.491 The damn thing could've killed you. Well, it didn't. 1110 01:23:38.515 --> 01:23:40.266 A split second more and you would not be... 1111 01:23:40.350 --> 01:23:41.434 Well, we need to fail. 1112 01:23:41.518 --> 01:23:44.145 We need to fail down here, so we don't fail up there. 1113 01:23:44.229 --> 01:23:45.647 Okay, Neil, Neil. 1114 01:23:46.272 --> 01:23:48.358 At what cost, huh? 1115 01:23:49.317 --> 01:23:50.902 At what cost? 1116 01:23:51.569 --> 01:23:55.865 Well, it's a little bit late for that question, isn't it, sir? 1117 01:23:59.744 --> 01:24:01.246 (PEOPLE CHANTING) 1118 01:24:03.873 --> 01:24:06.018 REPORTER: (ON RADIO) <i>They raise their voices, their placards,</i> 1119 01:24:06.042 --> 01:24:07.522 <i>and they march against the government.</i> 1120 01:24:07.585 --> 01:24:10.171 <i>But some go farther, burning Selective Service cards</i> 1121 01:24:10.338 --> 01:24:11.589 <i>and obstructing the draft.</i> 1122 01:24:11.715 --> 01:24:15.385 <i>Most dissenters confine themselves to this kind of protest activity.</i> 1123 01:24:15.552 --> 01:24:18.680 MALE PROTESTER: (ON RADIO) <i>Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?</i> 1124 01:24:19.472 --> 01:24:23.643 <i>Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?</i> 1125 01:24:28.064 --> 01:24:29.190 Pat? 1126 01:24:43.830 --> 01:24:44.873 Pat? 1127 01:24:46.708 --> 01:24:47.834 You okay? 1128 01:24:48.168 --> 01:24:49.461 Yes. 1129 01:25:03.057 --> 01:25:04.517 (CLOSES TRUNK) 1130 01:25:07.687 --> 01:25:09.189 Why don't we go inside? 1131 01:25:34.172 --> 01:25:35.173 (DOOR OPENING) 1132 01:25:37.091 --> 01:25:38.092 Hi. 1133 01:25:43.223 --> 01:25:44.766 Are you okay? Jesus! 1134 01:25:45.183 --> 01:25:46.309 Oh, I'm fine. 1135 01:25:46.559 --> 01:25:47.560 Look at your face. 1136 01:25:47.685 --> 01:25:48.812 Excuse me. 1137 01:25:52.565 --> 01:25:54.108 Dad, wanna come play? 1138 01:25:54.359 --> 01:25:55.443 JANET: Ricky. NEIL: Uh... 1139 01:25:56.152 --> 01:25:58.154 JANET: Boys, go on. Go on. 1140 01:25:58.404 --> 01:26:00.240 I know, I know, I know. Dad's fine. 1141 01:26:00.323 --> 01:26:02.951 Go on, go back outside. Go back, go back. 1142 01:26:07.664 --> 01:26:09.749 (CLEARS THROAT) What happened? 1143 01:26:09.999 --> 01:26:11.000 Um... 1144 01:26:14.128 --> 01:26:15.338 I, uh... Jesus. 1145 01:26:15.421 --> 01:26:18.758 I just remembered I left something at the office. 1146 01:26:18.842 --> 01:26:19.843 (NEIL CLEARS THROAT) 1147 01:26:33.273 --> 01:26:36.568 NEWS ANCHOR: <i>You've lately taken a couple of swipes at the space program.</i> 1148 01:26:36.776 --> 01:26:39.779 <i>I think it would be interesting to talk more about</i> 1149 01:26:39.863 --> 01:26:42.657 <i>whether this is the proper thing to do with the public treasury.</i> 1150 01:26:42.740 --> 01:26:44.409 <i>The sort of dreams I would have</i> 1151 01:26:44.492 --> 01:26:46.870 <i>would be a habitable New York City, for instance.</i> 1152 01:26:46.953 --> 01:26:49.789 <i>It would seem to me that that would be a reasonable thing to do.</i> 1153 01:26:50.039 --> 01:26:52.792 MALE INTERVIEWER: <i>What has been the reaction of your friends in this?</i> 1154 01:26:52.876 --> 01:26:54.854 WOMAN: <i>Well, they mostly think that it's ridiculous</i> 1155 01:26:54.878 --> 01:26:56.504 <i>that we're spending so much money</i> 1156 01:26:56.588 --> 01:26:59.048 <i>to go somewhere where we don't know anything about.</i> 1157 01:26:59.132 --> 01:27:02.385 <i>And that the money could be used for a lot more helpful things.</i> 1158 01:27:02.594 --> 01:27:03.928 (PROTESTERS CHEERING) 1159 01:27:08.516 --> 01:27:10.286 MALE PROTESTER: Power to the people! (DRUMS PLAYING) 1160 01:27:10.310 --> 01:27:12.437 (SINGING) <i>A rat done bit my sister Nell</i> 1161 01:27:12.604 --> 01:27:14.314 <i>With Whitey on the Moon</i> 1162 01:27:15.106 --> 01:27:17.275 <i>Her face and arms begin to swell</i> 1163 01:27:17.442 --> 01:27:19.027 <i>And Whitey's on the Moon</i> 1164 01:27:20.236 --> 01:27:22.155 <i>I can't pay no doctor bills</i> 1165 01:27:22.405 --> 01:27:24.032 <i>But Whitey's on the Moon</i> 1166 01:27:25.116 --> 01:27:27.201 <i>Ten years from now I'll be payin' still</i> 1167 01:27:27.410 --> 01:27:29.287 <i>While Whitey's on the Moon</i> 1168 01:27:29.996 --> 01:27:34.334 <i>The man just upped my rent last night and Whitey's on the Moon</i> 1169 01:27:34.959 --> 01:27:36.836 <i>No hot water no toilets, no lights</i> 1170 01:27:37.003 --> 01:27:38.671 <i>But Whitey's on the Moon</i> 1171 01:27:40.173 --> 01:27:42.467 <i>I wonder why he's upping me</i> 1172 01:27:42.634 --> 01:27:44.218 <i>'Cause Whitey's on the Moon?</i> 1173 01:27:45.053 --> 01:27:47.639 <i>Well, I was already giving him, like, 50 a week</i> 1174 01:27:47.805 --> 01:27:49.349 <i>And Whitey's on the Moon</i> 1175 01:27:49.432 --> 01:27:50.975 Jesus, that's a big mother. 1176 01:27:51.100 --> 01:27:52.644 BUZZ: It's a political rush job. 1177 01:27:52.894 --> 01:27:54.938 Congress wouldn't fund us to come in second. 1178 01:27:55.521 --> 01:27:57.815 Why else would NASA be sending a rocket 1179 01:27:57.899 --> 01:28:00.318 that's had one issue after another to the Moon? 1180 01:28:00.735 --> 01:28:02.779 Thanks for the insight, Buzz. 1181 01:28:05.198 --> 01:28:06.950 Always a pleasure with you. 1182 01:28:09.369 --> 01:28:11.412 It doesn't matter, he's not in the lunar lottery. 1183 01:28:11.496 --> 01:28:12.705 And you are? 1184 01:28:12.914 --> 01:28:16.876 Well, the only guys they let on the LLTV since Neil's accident 1185 01:28:17.043 --> 01:28:18.169 are ones that might land. 1186 01:28:18.419 --> 01:28:19.899 So you think you're going to the Moon? 1187 01:28:20.338 --> 01:28:22.382 It's been up for grabs since Gus died. 1188 01:28:24.217 --> 01:28:26.469 I'm just saying what you're thinking. 1189 01:28:31.641 --> 01:28:33.226 Well, maybe you shouldn't. 1190 01:28:38.773 --> 01:28:42.568 SATURN 5 ANNOUNCER: <i>Apollo 8 clearing the VAB and headed toward the launchpad.</i> 1191 01:28:48.574 --> 01:28:50.034 Hell of a rocket. 1192 01:28:50.868 --> 01:28:52.078 Yeah. 1193 01:28:53.329 --> 01:28:56.541 Everything stays on track, 11's gonna be the landing. 1194 01:28:56.624 --> 01:28:58.876 I talked to Bob, everyone's in agreement. 1195 01:28:59.002 --> 01:29:00.837 We'd like you to command. 1196 01:29:08.052 --> 01:29:09.178 Okay. 1197 01:29:15.059 --> 01:29:16.870 WALTER CRONKITE: (ON TV) <i>...helicopter vectored that way.</i> 1198 01:29:16.894 --> 01:29:19.897 <i>It looks like a red dot with a long, long tail.</i> 1199 01:29:20.106 --> 01:29:22.233 <i>A long plume. That's got to be the spacecraft.</i> 1200 01:29:22.400 --> 01:29:24.777 <i>That has to be Apollo 10 reentering.</i> 1201 01:29:25.903 --> 01:29:28.281 <i>And so, the flight of Apollo 10</i> 1202 01:29:28.364 --> 01:29:32.201 <i>has performed the major function of its mission.</i> 1203 01:29:32.285 --> 01:29:35.329 <i>It has proved, through these daring three astronauts,</i> 1204 01:29:35.413 --> 01:29:38.041 <i>that all of the systems work properly</i> 1205 01:29:38.124 --> 01:29:42.587 <i>and that there should be no reason why man cannot, perhaps as early as July,</i> 1206 01:29:42.670 --> 01:29:46.549 <i>land on that picked spot on the Moon's equator.</i> 1207 01:29:46.716 --> 01:29:50.386 <i>These are sailors of the sky, and what we've seen</i> 1208 01:29:50.553 --> 01:29:55.933 <i>and heard today make the great ocean voyages of the earthbound seem,</i> 1209 01:29:56.100 --> 01:29:58.102 <i>well, earthbound indeed.</i> 1210 01:29:58.186 --> 01:30:01.230 <i>For as the poet wrote, the crew of Apollo 10</i> 1211 01:30:01.314 --> 01:30:04.192 <i>has "slipped the surly bonds of Earth"</i> 1212 01:30:04.358 --> 01:30:06.069 <i>and carried us over into tomorrow.</i> 1213 01:30:06.152 --> 01:30:07.445 <i>In the past few hours,</i> 1214 01:30:07.528 --> 01:30:10.198 <i>man has come closer to the Moon than ever in his history.</i> 1215 01:30:10.490 --> 01:30:12.867 <i>There were those terrifying moments when...</i> 1216 01:30:12.950 --> 01:30:14.786 Mom, what's wrong? Hmm? 1217 01:30:15.495 --> 01:30:16.913 What's wrong? 1218 01:30:17.705 --> 01:30:19.165 Nothing, honey. 1219 01:30:20.583 --> 01:30:22.543 Your dad's going to the Moon. 1220 01:30:23.252 --> 01:30:24.295 Okay. 1221 01:30:26.297 --> 01:30:27.965 Can I go outside? 1222 01:30:28.716 --> 01:30:29.967 Sure. 1223 01:30:30.426 --> 01:30:31.803 (MARK RUNNING) 1224 01:30:35.306 --> 01:30:39.936 NEIL: (CLEARS THROAT) Uh, we're here today to talk about the forthcoming flight. 1225 01:30:40.019 --> 01:30:42.563 But we're able to talk about it 1226 01:30:42.647 --> 01:30:44.649 because of previous flights. 1227 01:30:45.650 --> 01:30:48.027 Every flight took on new objectives, 1228 01:30:48.402 --> 01:30:52.198 and left us with very few additions to be completed. 1229 01:30:52.573 --> 01:30:53.991 We're very grateful to those people 1230 01:30:54.075 --> 01:30:55.910 who made it possible for us to be here today. 1231 01:30:57.036 --> 01:30:58.913 DEKE: All right, we'll take some questions now. 1232 01:30:59.789 --> 01:31:00.790 Jim? 1233 01:31:00.873 --> 01:31:03.626 Neil, when you learned you were going to command this flight, 1234 01:31:03.793 --> 01:31:06.129 were you surprised? Overjoyed? 1235 01:31:06.546 --> 01:31:07.839 I was pleased. 1236 01:31:07.922 --> 01:31:09.924 Okay, but how would you compare this feeling 1237 01:31:10.007 --> 01:31:12.510 to winning an automobile or being selected as an astronaut? 1238 01:31:15.304 --> 01:31:16.806 I was pleased. 1239 01:31:18.349 --> 01:31:19.350 Brian? 1240 01:31:19.433 --> 01:31:21.769 Neil, if it does turn out, 1241 01:31:22.061 --> 01:31:23.479 you'll go down in history. 1242 01:31:23.563 --> 01:31:26.333 What kind of thoughts do you have about that when the thought hits you... 1243 01:31:26.357 --> 01:31:28.276 "Uh, gosh, suppose that flight's successful..." 1244 01:31:28.359 --> 01:31:30.199 We're planning on that flight being successful. 1245 01:31:30.653 --> 01:31:31.737 BRIAN: Uh... (STAMMERS) 1246 01:31:32.280 --> 01:31:35.658 I just meant how you feel about being a part of history. 1247 01:31:36.534 --> 01:31:38.661 I think I can shed some light here. 1248 01:31:39.662 --> 01:31:41.455 It's a responsibility, 1249 01:31:42.498 --> 01:31:44.876 but it's exciting to be the first. 1250 01:31:45.751 --> 01:31:47.670 Even my wife is excited. 1251 01:31:47.753 --> 01:31:51.007 She keeps slipping jewelry into my PPK. (CHUCKLES) 1252 01:31:51.090 --> 01:31:52.133 (LAUGHTER) 1253 01:31:52.216 --> 01:31:54.361 REPORTER: You're planning on taking some of her jewelry to the Moon, Buzz? 1254 01:31:54.385 --> 01:31:55.428 Sure. 1255 01:31:55.553 --> 01:31:59.182 What fella wouldn't wanna give his wife bragging rights? 1256 01:31:59.807 --> 01:32:00.850 REPORTER: Neil, 1257 01:32:00.933 --> 01:32:02.435 will you take anything? 1258 01:32:03.311 --> 01:32:05.563 Uh, if I had a choice, I'd take more fuel. 1259 01:32:06.731 --> 01:32:08.482 DEKE: All right, next question. 1260 01:32:20.953 --> 01:32:23.247 I thought you were gonna talk to the boys. 1261 01:32:23.873 --> 01:32:25.875 What did you want me to say? 1262 01:32:27.251 --> 01:32:29.045 What do you wanna say? 1263 01:32:29.128 --> 01:32:31.255 You're the one that's going away. 1264 01:32:31.339 --> 01:32:34.258 Well, it's too late now. They're asleep. 1265 01:32:36.719 --> 01:32:38.221 No, they're not, Neil. 1266 01:32:39.222 --> 01:32:40.890 You know they're not. 1267 01:32:41.515 --> 01:32:43.309 Why can't you talk to them? (ZIPPING BAG) 1268 01:32:44.560 --> 01:32:46.103 What are you doing? 1269 01:32:48.731 --> 01:32:49.732 Uh... 1270 01:32:50.149 --> 01:32:51.317 I'm packing. 1271 01:32:52.360 --> 01:32:56.197 No. You're just killing time until you can get in the car. 1272 01:33:02.495 --> 01:33:04.121 Okay. Okay. 1273 01:33:08.417 --> 01:33:10.503 Neil, I need you to talk to the boys. 1274 01:33:12.797 --> 01:33:14.257 Can you hear me? 1275 01:33:16.175 --> 01:33:18.175 I need you to talk to the boys. What are you doing? 1276 01:33:19.428 --> 01:33:20.513 Stop. I'm going to work. 1277 01:33:20.596 --> 01:33:21.889 Well, just stop it. 1278 01:33:22.056 --> 01:33:24.475 Just stop... Just stop packing! 1279 01:33:31.107 --> 01:33:32.108 (SIGHS) 1280 01:33:38.614 --> 01:33:40.825 What are the chances you're not coming back? 1281 01:33:42.326 --> 01:33:44.930 Hmm? What are the chances this is the last time the boys are gonna see you? 1282 01:33:44.954 --> 01:33:46.580 Well, I can't give you an exact number. 1283 01:33:46.664 --> 01:33:49.583 I don't want a fucking number, Neil! 1284 01:33:52.169 --> 01:33:55.631 It's not zero, is it? Is it? 1285 01:33:57.883 --> 01:34:00.386 No. No, it's not. 1286 01:34:01.929 --> 01:34:03.723 Pat doesn't have a husband. 1287 01:34:04.765 --> 01:34:08.185 Those kids, they don't have a father anymore. 1288 01:34:10.479 --> 01:34:12.315 Do you understand what that means? 1289 01:34:14.358 --> 01:34:17.111 What are the chances that's gonna be Ricky and Mark? 1290 01:34:18.571 --> 01:34:22.533 And I... I can't tell 'em that their dad spent 1291 01:34:22.700 --> 01:34:25.244 the last few minutes packing his briefcase! 1292 01:34:27.538 --> 01:34:29.123 You're gonna sit 'em down. 1293 01:34:29.373 --> 01:34:30.833 Both of them. 1294 01:34:31.000 --> 01:34:34.420 And you're gonna prepare them for the fact that you might not ever come home. 1295 01:34:34.628 --> 01:34:37.214 You're doing that. You. 1296 01:34:38.174 --> 01:34:39.467 Not me. 1297 01:34:41.260 --> 01:34:42.470 I'm done. 1298 01:34:49.435 --> 01:34:52.146 So you better start thinking about what you're gonna say. 1299 01:34:56.692 --> 01:34:57.860 (SIGHS) 1300 01:35:14.627 --> 01:35:18.714 Jimmy asked what you're gonna say when you get onto the Moon. 1301 01:35:23.803 --> 01:35:27.348 Well, we're not sure we're gonna get onto the Moon. Uh... 1302 01:35:28.724 --> 01:35:31.685 A lot of things have to go right before that happens. 1303 01:35:32.728 --> 01:35:35.064 MARK: How long will you be gone? 1304 01:35:35.731 --> 01:35:36.732 NEIL: Um... 1305 01:35:36.816 --> 01:35:38.943 Well, we launch in 10 days, we'll be up for eight, 1306 01:35:39.026 --> 01:35:40.861 and then about a month in quarantine. 1307 01:35:40.945 --> 01:35:42.446 What's quarantine? 1308 01:35:43.572 --> 01:35:46.117 We'll be in isolation. 1309 01:35:48.911 --> 01:35:51.455 Uh, to protect in case we 1310 01:35:52.998 --> 01:35:56.085 carry any diseases from the lunar surface 1311 01:35:56.877 --> 01:36:00.339 or something of that nature. It's not likely, but it's a precaution. 1312 01:36:02.049 --> 01:36:04.718 So you won't be here for my swim meet? 1313 01:36:11.350 --> 01:36:12.351 (SMACKS LIPS) 1314 01:36:14.603 --> 01:36:15.729 No. 1315 01:36:18.441 --> 01:36:19.608 Sorry. 1316 01:36:30.619 --> 01:36:33.038 Does anyone have any other questions? 1317 01:36:35.791 --> 01:36:37.710 Do you think you're coming back? 1318 01:36:38.878 --> 01:36:40.921 We have real confidence in the mission. 1319 01:36:41.255 --> 01:36:43.382 And, uh, there are some risks, 1320 01:36:43.466 --> 01:36:46.051 but we have every intention of coming back. 1321 01:36:46.385 --> 01:36:48.262 But you might not. 1322 01:37:02.985 --> 01:37:04.403 That's right. 1323 01:37:13.996 --> 01:37:15.080 Okay. 1324 01:37:16.749 --> 01:37:18.334 Okay. Time for bed. 1325 01:37:54.036 --> 01:37:58.958 BOB: <i>"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace</i> 1326 01:37:59.250 --> 01:38:01.961 <i>"will stay on the Moon to rest in peace.</i> 1327 01:38:02.253 --> 01:38:05.965 "These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, 1328 01:38:06.048 --> 01:38:09.093 "know there is no hope for their recovery. 1329 01:38:09.552 --> 01:38:12.179 <i>"They will be mourned by their families.</i> 1330 01:38:12.763 --> 01:38:14.640 <i>"They will be mourned by a Mother Earth</i> 1331 01:38:14.807 --> 01:38:18.727 <i>"that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.</i> 1332 01:38:20.020 --> 01:38:23.816 <i>"For every human being who looks up at the Moon in the nights to come</i> 1333 01:38:23.983 --> 01:38:27.653 <i>"will know that there is some corner of another world</i> 1334 01:38:27.820 --> 01:38:30.197 <i>"that is forever mankind."</i> 1335 01:38:31.198 --> 01:38:35.953 "Prior to the statement, President will telephone each of the widows-to-be. 1336 01:38:36.412 --> 01:38:40.040 "A clergyman will adopt the same procedure as a burial at sea, 1337 01:38:40.708 --> 01:38:44.712 "commending their souls to the deepest of the deep." 1338 01:38:46.422 --> 01:38:47.798 Any thoughts? 1339 01:38:49.800 --> 01:38:51.427 Sounds fine. 1340 01:39:28.589 --> 01:39:29.590 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 1341 01:39:29.798 --> 01:39:30.799 (PENCIL SKETCHING) 1342 01:39:54.782 --> 01:39:55.783 (LOCK CLICKS) 1343 01:39:59.953 --> 01:40:00.954 (AIR HISSING) 1344 01:40:20.182 --> 01:40:21.517 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1345 01:42:20.219 --> 01:42:22.221 LAUNCH DIRECTOR: <i>T-minus two minutes and counting.</i> 1346 01:42:39.530 --> 01:42:42.115 <i>Twenty seconds and counting.</i> 1347 01:42:43.492 --> 01:42:46.662 <i>T-minus 15 seconds. Guidance is internal.</i> 1348 01:42:46.995 --> 01:42:50.749 <i>12, 11, 10, 9...</i> 1349 01:42:50.833 --> 01:42:53.126 <i>Ignition sequence start.</i> 1350 01:43:58.650 --> 01:44:00.485 <i>Tower cleared.</i> 1351 01:44:35.062 --> 01:44:36.772 (WHIRRING) 1352 01:44:59.878 --> 01:45:02.047 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Mark. Mode One Charlie.</i> 1353 01:45:02.130 --> 01:45:04.424 <i>Houston, you are a go for staging.</i> 1354 01:45:31.034 --> 01:45:33.721 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>This is Apollo Control. We're a minute from ignition</i> 1355 01:45:33.745 --> 01:45:36.248 <i>on trans-lunar injection maneuver.</i> 1356 01:45:36.456 --> 01:45:38.875 Okay, we're operate. 59:59. 1357 01:45:39.418 --> 01:45:41.086 (THRUSTERS IGNITE) 1358 01:45:44.798 --> 01:45:46.216 (METALLIC CLANGING) 1359 01:45:53.932 --> 01:45:59.438 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Apollo 11, we track your speed increasing to 36,000 feet per second.</i> 1360 01:45:59.521 --> 01:46:01.481 <i>You are now leaving Earth orbit.</i> 1361 01:46:01.606 --> 01:46:03.191 Apollo 11, roger. 1362 01:46:04.651 --> 01:46:05.986 (RUMBLING) 1363 01:46:10.991 --> 01:46:12.200 (RUMBLING STOPS) 1364 01:46:12.826 --> 01:46:14.494 We have cutoff. 1365 01:46:14.786 --> 01:46:15.888 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger, 11.</i> 1366 01:46:15.912 --> 01:46:18.206 <i>It certainly looks like you're well on your way now.</i> 1367 01:46:18.290 --> 01:46:20.250 Okay, Houston, we're about to SEP. 1368 01:46:20.417 --> 01:46:23.086 Mike, you got it? It's your ship now. 1369 01:46:52.324 --> 01:46:53.742 (THUD) (SHIP RATTLES) 1370 01:46:58.622 --> 01:47:00.415 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>And you can start PTC</i> 1371 01:47:00.540 --> 01:47:01.666 <i>at your convenience.</i> 1372 01:47:01.833 --> 01:47:03.877 MIKE: All right. Thank you, Houston. 1373 01:47:11.676 --> 01:47:13.261 MIKE: That smells funny. 1374 01:47:13.345 --> 01:47:15.680 Like, uh, charred electrical insulation. 1375 01:47:17.390 --> 01:47:19.184 Might just be rocket fumes. 1376 01:47:21.520 --> 01:47:23.772 BUZZ: Did you bring any music? MIKE: No. 1377 01:47:24.815 --> 01:47:26.108 Here, Buzz. 1378 01:47:35.784 --> 01:47:37.119 (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 1379 01:47:47.462 --> 01:47:50.173 Hey, Houston, are you hearing this? (BUZZ CHUCKLES) 1380 01:48:04.271 --> 01:48:05.772 (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) 1381 01:49:00.327 --> 01:49:03.330 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Apollo 11, now entering lunar orbit.</i> 1382 01:49:03.413 --> 01:49:06.958 <i>Your roll should give you a good view in about two minutes. Over.</i> 1383 01:49:07.792 --> 01:49:10.962 <i>When you have a free minute, could you give us your onboard readout</i> 1384 01:49:11.046 --> 01:49:13.965 <i>of N2 tank Bravo, please?</i> 1385 01:49:14.132 --> 01:49:16.259 BUZZ: Nitrogen tank Bravo is showing 1386 01:49:16.426 --> 01:49:18.970 1960, something like that. 1387 01:49:19.137 --> 01:49:20.222 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger.</i> 1388 01:50:10.146 --> 01:50:12.232 Would you look at that? 1389 01:50:37.924 --> 01:50:39.402 MIKE: <i>This is a damn three-ring circus.</i> 1390 01:50:39.426 --> 01:50:42.804 I got a fuel cell purge in progress, I'm watching an AUTO maneuver and... 1391 01:50:42.887 --> 01:50:44.306 (RAPID BEEPING) Jesus Christ! 1392 01:50:44.389 --> 01:50:45.807 (BEEPING STOPS) Normal, normal. 1393 01:50:45.890 --> 01:50:48.435 Houston, stand by for AUTO alarm. 1394 01:50:48.852 --> 01:50:50.770 Neil, the, uh... The voice tape recorder, 1395 01:50:50.854 --> 01:50:52.314 you know where that is? I don't know. 1396 01:50:52.397 --> 01:50:54.607 All this food and stuff up here, you want any of that? 1397 01:50:54.774 --> 01:50:55.775 No. 1398 01:50:55.984 --> 01:50:56.985 MIKE: All right. 1399 01:50:57.193 --> 01:51:00.155 What about this chewing gum? You want any of that? 1400 01:51:00.405 --> 01:51:01.573 Mike. 1401 01:51:05.744 --> 01:51:07.537 Come back, will you? 1402 01:51:09.664 --> 01:51:11.499 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Apollo 11, Houston.</i> 1403 01:51:11.583 --> 01:51:15.628 <i>Let us know when you've entered the LEM and closed up the hatch. Over.</i> 1404 01:51:24.512 --> 01:51:26.014 (SWITCH FLICKS) (WHIRRING) 1405 01:51:28.808 --> 01:51:32.270 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Eagle, this is Houston. We see the optics zero switch on.</i> 1406 01:51:32.354 --> 01:51:33.897 <i>Before you take some marks,</i> 1407 01:51:33.980 --> 01:51:37.317 <i>don't forget to cycle it back off and on, and then on. Over.</i> 1408 01:51:40.278 --> 01:51:41.404 (CLICKS) 1409 01:51:43.907 --> 01:51:45.658 <i>Eagle, Houston, could you give us a hack</i> 1410 01:51:45.742 --> 01:51:48.536 <i>on the time that you switched to LEM power</i> 1411 01:51:48.620 --> 01:51:52.582 <i>and also verify that we're on glycol pump 1? Over.</i> 1412 01:51:54.334 --> 01:51:56.461 NEIL: This is Eagle, we're on pump 1. 1413 01:51:56.920 --> 01:51:58.840 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger.</i> MIKE: <i>Eagle, Columbia.</i> 1414 01:51:58.963 --> 01:52:00.632 <i>All 12 docking latches are cocked.</i> 1415 01:52:00.840 --> 01:52:02.120 <i>I'm ready to button up the hatch.</i> 1416 01:52:02.175 --> 01:52:03.176 BUZZ: Roger. 1417 01:52:03.802 --> 01:52:07.639 MIKE: <i>I'm gonna start a maneuver now to our undocking attitude.</i> 1418 01:52:08.932 --> 01:52:10.517 BUZZ: Okay. 1419 01:52:14.604 --> 01:52:16.064 (WHOOSHING) 1420 01:52:30.703 --> 01:52:31.704 (WHOOSHING STOPS) 1421 01:52:33.498 --> 01:52:37.293 MIKE: <i>How about using, as an undocking time, 100 hours and 12 minutes?</i> 1422 01:52:38.753 --> 01:52:40.380 What have you got for AOS? 1423 01:52:40.463 --> 01:52:43.258 MIKE: <i>I have 100 hours and 16 minutes.</i> 1424 01:52:43.550 --> 01:52:46.511 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Eagle, keep an eye on your descent engine fuel.</i> 1425 01:52:46.678 --> 01:52:49.889 <i>Continuous burn time is limited to 910 seconds.</i> 1426 01:52:50.181 --> 01:52:51.558 <i>Over.</i> 1427 01:52:53.351 --> 01:52:57.188 <i>Apollo 11, Houston, we are go for undocking. Over.</i> 1428 01:53:09.617 --> 01:53:11.411 MIKE: <i>Fifteen seconds.</i> 1429 01:53:17.625 --> 01:53:19.419 <i>Okay, there you go.</i> 1430 01:53:20.753 --> 01:53:21.754 (RUMBLING) 1431 01:53:46.112 --> 01:53:48.907 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Eagle, Houston. We see you on the steerable. Over.</i> 1432 01:53:48.990 --> 01:53:50.408 NEIL: The Eagle is undocked. 1433 01:53:50.492 --> 01:53:51.886 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger. How does it look?</i> 1434 01:53:51.910 --> 01:53:53.745 The Eagle has wings. 1435 01:54:29.322 --> 01:54:30.615 NEIL: It just won't stay. 1436 01:54:32.951 --> 01:54:34.678 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Eagle, report status. Over.</i> 1437 01:54:34.702 --> 01:54:36.287 We'll have to tell them about that. 1438 01:54:37.163 --> 01:54:38.998 Let's prep for descent. 1439 01:54:39.666 --> 01:54:42.061 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Eagle, Houston. You're a go for powered descent.</i> 1440 01:54:42.085 --> 01:54:43.711 Roger. Read you. 1441 01:54:48.341 --> 01:54:49.342 (BEEPING) 1442 01:54:49.425 --> 01:54:51.844 Altitude light's on, we don't have radar data. 1443 01:54:57.767 --> 01:54:59.227 Let's proceed. 1444 01:55:01.020 --> 01:55:02.564 Proceed. 1445 01:55:03.106 --> 01:55:04.232 One... 1446 01:55:04.899 --> 01:55:05.900 Zero... 1447 01:55:06.067 --> 01:55:07.277 Ignition. 1448 01:55:16.869 --> 01:55:17.870 (ALARM BLARING) 1449 01:55:18.037 --> 01:55:19.664 Program alarm. 1450 01:55:20.206 --> 01:55:21.708 What's a 1202 alarm? 1451 01:55:21.874 --> 01:55:23.251 NEIL: I don't know. 1452 01:55:23.418 --> 01:55:26.337 Houston, give us a reading on the 1202 program alarm. 1453 01:55:26.921 --> 01:55:29.066 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger, we got you. We're a go on that alarm.</i> 1454 01:55:29.090 --> 01:55:30.091 (BEEPS) (ALARM STOPS) 1455 01:55:33.845 --> 01:55:34.929 (ALARM BLARING) 1456 01:55:35.305 --> 01:55:36.806 BUZZ: Same alarm. 1457 01:55:36.973 --> 01:55:38.826 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger. We're a go on that alarm.</i> 1458 01:55:38.850 --> 01:55:39.851 (ALARM STOPS) 1459 01:56:04.125 --> 01:56:05.668 NEIL: Okay, 3,000 at 70. 1460 01:56:05.752 --> 01:56:07.337 BUZZ: Roger. Understand. 1461 01:56:07.837 --> 01:56:10.214 (ALARM BLARING) Program alarm 1201. 1462 01:56:10.298 --> 01:56:12.133 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger. 1201 alarm.</i> 1463 01:56:16.137 --> 01:56:18.139 <i>Same type. We're go.</i> (ALARM STOPS) 1464 01:56:51.339 --> 01:56:53.257 NEIL: Pretty rocky area. 1465 01:56:57.011 --> 01:56:59.180 BUZZ: Those boulders are as big as cars. 1466 01:56:59.389 --> 01:57:00.723 We can't land there. 1467 01:57:09.357 --> 01:57:10.608 Going to manual. 1468 01:57:22.620 --> 01:57:23.996 540 feet, down to 30. 1469 01:57:24.580 --> 01:57:26.124 Watch your fuel. 1470 01:57:27.083 --> 01:57:28.793 330. 1471 01:57:29.001 --> 01:57:30.795 300 feet, down three and a half. 1472 01:57:36.008 --> 01:57:37.176 Fuel's at 8%. 1473 01:57:41.514 --> 01:57:43.975 (BEEPS) The radar's lost track of the surface again. 1474 01:57:44.976 --> 01:57:47.270 160 feet, six and a half down. 1475 01:57:47.854 --> 01:57:50.148 Five and a half down, nine forward. 1476 01:57:54.527 --> 01:57:56.612 CAPCOM-APOLLO 11: <i>Low level. Low level.</i> 1477 01:57:57.238 --> 01:57:58.489 120 feet. 1478 01:57:58.906 --> 01:58:00.783 5% fuel remaining. 1479 01:58:02.243 --> 01:58:03.244 (ALARM BLARING) 1480 01:58:03.327 --> 01:58:04.495 Quantity light! 1481 01:58:05.037 --> 01:58:08.583 Ninety-four seconds to bingo. 114's a mandatory abort. 1482 01:58:13.379 --> 01:58:14.964 Down to half, six forward. 1483 01:58:15.923 --> 01:58:17.800 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Stand by for 60. Rog.</i> 1484 01:58:18.217 --> 01:58:20.487 CAPCOM 3-APOLLO 11: <i>Sixty seconds.</i> (ALARM CONTINUES BLARING) 1485 01:58:20.511 --> 01:58:22.096 40 feet, down two and a half. 1486 01:58:29.061 --> 01:58:30.330 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Stand by for 30.</i> 1487 01:58:30.354 --> 01:58:32.074 <i>Thirty seconds.</i> CAPCOM 3-APOLLO 11: <i>Forward.</i> 1488 01:58:35.651 --> 01:58:37.731 BUZZ: 20 feet, down a half! (ALARM CONTINUES BLARING) 1489 01:58:43.618 --> 01:58:46.704 Faint shadow. Drifting forward, just a little bit. 1490 01:59:01.844 --> 01:59:03.971 (ALARM CONTINUES BLARING) 1491 01:59:18.569 --> 01:59:20.404 BUZZ: Contact light. 1492 01:59:21.989 --> 01:59:23.616 Shutdown. 1493 01:59:34.752 --> 01:59:37.004 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>We copy, you're down, Eagle.</i> 1494 01:59:41.217 --> 01:59:42.510 NEIL: Houston, 1495 01:59:43.010 --> 01:59:44.720 Tranquility Base here. 1496 01:59:47.557 --> 01:59:49.392 The Eagle has landed. 1497 01:59:49.934 --> 01:59:51.453 CAPCOM 2-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger, Tranquility.</i> 1498 01:59:51.477 --> 01:59:52.979 <i>We copy on the ground.</i> 1499 01:59:53.062 --> 01:59:54.897 <i>You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue.</i> 1500 01:59:54.981 --> 01:59:56.983 <i>We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.</i> 1501 01:59:59.318 --> 02:00:00.987 Thank you. 1502 02:00:04.365 --> 02:00:06.325 Very smooth touchdown. 1503 02:00:25.136 --> 02:00:27.221 (CLANKING) (WHIRRING) 1504 02:00:42.653 --> 02:00:44.071 (CREAKING) 1505 02:00:46.741 --> 02:00:47.742 (AIR HISSING) 1506 02:01:36.415 --> 02:01:38.250 (OXYGENATED BREATHING) 1507 02:01:54.934 --> 02:01:58.437 CAPCOM 3-APOLLO 11: <i>Okay, Neil, we can see you coming down the ladder now.</i> 1508 02:02:09.490 --> 02:02:11.784 NEIL: <i>Okay, I just checked. Uh...</i> 1509 02:02:12.243 --> 02:02:15.246 <i>Coming back up to that first step, Buzz, it's, uh...</i> 1510 02:02:16.998 --> 02:02:21.377 <i>The strut hasn't collapsed too far, but it's adequate to get back up.</i> 1511 02:02:22.294 --> 02:02:23.397 CAPCOM 3-APOLLO 11: <i>Roger, we copy.</i> 1512 02:02:23.421 --> 02:02:24.901 NEIL: <i>Takes a pretty good little jump.</i> 1513 02:02:42.606 --> 02:02:44.209 CAPCOM 3-APOLLO 11: <i>Buzz, this is Houston.</i> 1514 02:02:44.233 --> 02:02:47.069 <i>F2, 1/160 a second</i> 1515 02:02:47.403 --> 02:02:50.614 <i>for shadow photography on the sequence camera.</i> 1516 02:02:51.574 --> 02:02:53.117 BUZZ: <i>Okay.</i> 1517 02:02:56.912 --> 02:02:59.331 NEIL: <i>I'm, uh, at the foot of the ladder.</i> 1518 02:02:59.415 --> 02:03:05.212 <i>The LEM footbeds are only, uh, depressed in the surface</i> 1519 02:03:05.296 --> 02:03:08.299 <i>about one or two inches.</i> 1520 02:03:08.382 --> 02:03:12.011 <i>Although, the surface appears to be, uh,</i> 1521 02:03:12.970 --> 02:03:15.973 <i>very, very fine grain as you get close to it.</i> 1522 02:03:16.057 --> 02:03:19.477 <i>It's almost like a powder down there.</i> 1523 02:03:20.144 --> 02:03:21.729 <i>Very fine.</i> 1524 02:03:31.030 --> 02:03:33.282 <i>I'm gonna step off the LEM now.</i> 1525 02:03:43.959 --> 02:03:46.796 <i>That's one small step for man,</i> 1526 02:03:49.006 --> 02:03:52.176 <i>one giant leap for mankind.</i> 1527 02:05:22.474 --> 02:05:24.685 BUZZ: <i>Okay, you ready for me to come out?</i> 1528 02:05:58.219 --> 02:05:59.470 (OXYGENATED BREATHING) 1529 02:06:30.084 --> 02:06:31.460 (INAUDIBLE) 1530 02:08:45.511 --> 02:08:50.265 CAPCOM 3-APOLLO 11: <i>Five, four, three, two, one.</i> 1531 02:08:50.474 --> 02:08:51.558 <i>Ignition.</i> 1532 02:09:01.527 --> 02:09:05.030 ERIC SEVAREID: <i>...I suppose they can never really describe to us.</i> 1533 02:09:05.697 --> 02:09:07.008 <i>Or will we ever know?</i> WALTER CRONKITE: <i>No...</i> 1534 02:09:07.032 --> 02:09:08.283 <i>And it may not be a beauty</i> 1535 02:09:08.367 --> 02:09:11.078 <i>that one can pass on to future beholders either.</i> 1536 02:09:11.161 --> 02:09:13.956 <i>These first men on the Moon have seen something</i> 1537 02:09:14.039 --> 02:09:17.126 <i>that men who follow will have missed.</i> 1538 02:09:17.626 --> 02:09:21.922 ERIC SEVAREID: <i>They've peered into another life that we can't follow.</i> 1539 02:09:22.089 --> 02:09:25.634 NEWS ANCHOR: <i>Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square, where he joined the thousands</i> 1540 02:09:25.801 --> 02:09:28.095 <i>who watched an immense television screen</i> 1541 02:09:28.262 --> 02:09:30.305 <i>as the Apollo touched down on the Moon.</i> 1542 02:09:30.389 --> 02:09:33.434 ROMANIAN REPORTER: <i>The average Romanian thinks of Apollo 11 a little bit</i> 1543 02:09:33.517 --> 02:09:35.310 <i>as his own personal adventure.</i> 1544 02:09:35.394 --> 02:09:38.939 REPORTER: <i>It's been estimated that the audience was up in the hundreds of millions.</i> 1545 02:09:39.022 --> 02:09:42.776 <i>Perhaps 400 million persons or so watching this broadcast...</i> 1546 02:09:42.860 --> 02:09:45.154 REPORTER 2: <i>Countless millions more listened on the radio</i> 1547 02:09:45.237 --> 02:09:46.697 <i>to the voices from the Moon.</i> 1548 02:09:46.780 --> 02:09:50.033 <i>Never before had so many people been attuned to one event</i> 1549 02:09:50.284 --> 02:09:51.827 <i>at one time.</i> 1550 02:09:53.370 --> 02:09:55.456 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1551 02:09:56.582 --> 02:09:57.725 MAN: (ON TV) <i>...feats of all time.</i> 1552 02:09:57.749 --> 02:09:59.185 REPORTER: <i>Does it amaze you that it's taken place?</i> 1553 02:09:59.209 --> 02:10:03.088 MAN 2: <i>It not only amazes me, but I'm certain that it amazes everybody in this country.</i> 1554 02:10:03.172 --> 02:10:04.756 REPORTER 2: <i>What do you think of it?</i> 1555 02:10:04.840 --> 02:10:06.467 MAN 3: <i>The Moon, I hope that sometime</i> 1556 02:10:06.550 --> 02:10:08.010 <i>everybody will go there.</i> 1557 02:10:08.177 --> 02:10:10.780 REPORTER 2: <i>Wanna go yourself?</i> MAN 3: <i>Oh, yeah, I wish I can go right now.</i> 1558 02:10:10.804 --> 02:10:15.100 WOMAN: <i>I think this is a very important day. It's a historical day.</i> 1559 02:10:15.184 --> 02:10:19.229 <i>And the whole universe is concerned about this, the landing on the Moon.</i> 1560 02:10:19.313 --> 02:10:21.233 <i>And as a French woman, how do you think about it?</i> 1561 02:10:21.315 --> 02:10:23.400 <i>Oh, I think it's wonderful, I always trusted America</i> 1562 02:10:23.484 --> 02:10:25.027 <i>and I knew they couldn't fail.</i> 1563 02:10:25.777 --> 02:10:27.946 NEWS ANCHOR: <i>And in Washington, an anonymous citizen</i> 1564 02:10:28.030 --> 02:10:31.867 <i>placed a small bouquet on the grave of John F. Kennedy with a note.</i> 1565 02:10:32.117 --> 02:10:34.745 <i>"Mr. President, the Eagle has landed."</i> 1566 02:10:35.120 --> 02:10:38.999 <i>And indeed on this day, as we mark the astronauts' return,</i> 1567 02:10:39.082 --> 02:10:41.293 <i>it's hard not to think back upon that speech</i> 1568 02:10:41.376 --> 02:10:45.339 <i>our 35th president gave just seven short years ago.</i> 1569 02:10:45.631 --> 02:10:49.009 JOHN F. KENNEDY: <i>If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything,</i> 1570 02:10:49.384 --> 02:10:52.179 <i>it is that man, in his quest for knowledge</i> 1571 02:10:52.304 --> 02:10:55.724 <i>and progress is determined and cannot be deterred.</i> 1572 02:10:56.225 --> 02:10:58.185 <i>But why, some say, the Moon?</i> 1573 02:10:59.102 --> 02:11:01.438 <i>Why choose this as our goal?</i> 1574 02:11:01.897 --> 02:11:05.734 <i>And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain?</i> 1575 02:11:06.193 --> 02:11:09.363 <i>Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?</i> 1576 02:11:10.030 --> 02:11:11.990 <i>Why does Rice play Texas?</i> 1577 02:11:12.407 --> 02:11:14.701 <i>We choose to go to the Moon.</i> (CROWD APPLAUDING) 1578 02:11:15.118 --> 02:11:17.246 <i>We choose to go to the Moon.</i> 1579 02:11:19.081 --> 02:11:23.502 <i>We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things,</i> 1580 02:11:23.585 --> 02:11:27.422 <i>not because they are easy, but because they are hard.</i> 1581 02:11:27.923 --> 02:11:28.924 (ALL CLAMORING) 1582 02:11:29.007 --> 02:11:31.051 REPORTERS: Mrs. Armstrong! Mrs. Armstrong! 1583 02:11:31.468 --> 02:11:33.011 REPORTER: How do you feel? 1584 02:11:38.517 --> 02:11:40.203 REPORTER 2: Have you spoken with your husband? 1585 02:11:40.227 --> 02:11:42.187 Would your sons like to be astronauts like him? 1586 02:11:42.271 --> 02:11:43.689 REPORTER 3: Mrs. Armstrong! 1587 02:11:43.772 --> 02:11:45.649 Have all your prayers been answered? 1588 02:11:46.149 --> 02:11:47.401 Yes, yes, they have. 1589 02:11:47.484 --> 02:11:49.486 REPORTER 4: How would you describe the flight? 1590 02:11:50.028 --> 02:11:54.616 Well, uh, I can only say it was outta this world. 1591 02:11:54.700 --> 02:11:55.701 (LAUGHTER) 1592 02:11:55.951 --> 02:11:57.077 Thank you. (ALL CLAMORING) 1593 02:11:58.495 --> 02:12:00.473 DEKE: They will be quarantined the full three weeks, 1594 02:12:00.497 --> 02:12:02.666 but there is no sign of infection or disease. 1595 02:12:06.295 --> 02:12:08.046 Congratulations, Jan. 1596 02:13:17.532 --> 02:13:18.659 (SNIFFS)