1 00:00:14,039 --> 00:00:12,330 this is Apollo Saturn launch control we 2 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:14,049 passed the six-minute mark on our 3 00:00:20,089 --> 00:00:16,360 countdown for Apollo 11 the flights to 4 00:00:37,290 --> 00:00:20,099 land at the first men on the moon and 5 00:00:41,950 --> 00:00:41,229 of Apollo 11 drifted over four days in 6 00:00:44,350 --> 00:00:41,960 space 7 00:00:46,690 --> 00:00:44,360 navigating by the Stars we have to go 8 00:00:50,110 --> 00:00:46,700 given week there were Lander Eagle 9 00:00:56,310 --> 00:00:50,120 undock from the main ship Michael 10 00:01:01,510 --> 00:00:59,080 Armstrong recounts his impressions I 11 00:01:04,780 --> 00:01:01,520 think perhaps the final descent to the 12 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:04,790 lunar surface was for me that the 13 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:06,290 highlight of the flight is very 14 00:01:17,289 --> 00:01:13,550 challenging a lot of unknowns and it was 15 00:01:22,210 --> 00:01:17,299 for a pilot that it was a a wonderful 16 00:01:25,060 --> 00:01:22,220 experience on January 12 1969 17 00:01:27,370 --> 00:01:25,070 ratnamma world was wide television 18 00:01:30,969 --> 00:01:27,380 pictures of Neil Armstrong's descent 19 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:30,979 from the homeland he paused and stepped 20 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:33,710 on to the powdery surface becoming the 21 00:01:43,490 --> 00:01:35,840 first human to set foot on another 22 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:46,800 neil armstrong recalls when he decided 23 00:01:51,180 --> 00:01:49,869 on those historic words well actually i 24 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:51,190 didn't worry about it until after 25 00:01:58,170 --> 00:01:54,490 landing because i guess in my own new we 26 00:02:02,520 --> 00:01:58,180 didn't that good chance of completing a 27 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:02,530 successful landing did was i did think 28 00:02:07,350 --> 00:02:04,690 about it between that time of landing 29 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:07,360 and the time when we actually exited the 30 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:11,770 spacecraft orbiting nearly every 45 31 00:02:16,410 --> 00:02:13,890 minutes in the command service module 32 00:02:18,620 --> 00:02:16,420 michael collins stayed in close contact 33 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:18,630 with his colleagues on the lunar surface 34 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:21,550 mighty signs were not within the command 35 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:23,890 module but simply that something might 36 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:26,470 go wrong with the lamb with the lunar 37 00:02:29,610 --> 00:02:28,090 module and these two guys might get 38 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:29,620 stuck on the surface of the moon that 39 00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:34,090 was my my main concern during the two 40 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:35,800 and a half hours they spend on the 41 00:02:40,830 --> 00:02:38,200 moon's surface the Armstrong northern 42 00:02:43,350 --> 00:02:40,840 interior managed to collect 45 pounds of 43 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:43,360 moon rock and soil samples so that two 44 00:02:50,190 --> 00:02:46,769 experiments and raise an American flag 45 00:02:52,890 --> 00:02:50,200 walking under my condo problem with 46 00:02:54,990 --> 00:02:52,900 one-sixth the gravity of Earth bounding 47 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:55,000 across stretches of magnificent 48 00:03:01,350 --> 00:02:58,090 desolation was actually a for those 49 00:03:04,819 --> 00:03:01,360 Edwin it's just celestial neighbors of 50 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:04,829 father memory there was a stranger to me 51 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:07,510 before the mission but I now look back 52 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:09,790 at it and somewhat of a friend a place 53 00:03:13,430 --> 00:03:11,610 that I visited 54 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:13,440 the first moon landing was a 55 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:16,110 technological challenge met head-on by 56 00:03:21,950 --> 00:03:19,170 this nation after Apollo 11 there were 57 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:21,960 six more missions to go Ingram the three 58 00:03:27,650 --> 00:03:24,180 men who made the initial journey believe 59 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:27,660 we will return maybe just as a stopover