downtown houston amongst the tower and skyscrapers tranquility park a nice always has a green space for the everyday person to enjoy inspired by the 1st phrase spoken from the moon houston tranquility basehere that eagle has landed. one of the things i love about tranquility park really the name says it all if you can listen around you hear the nice kind of coldness of the water it's very refreshing very soothing it's a really good place to come you have a hectic day downtown you can come here relaxed. when visiting houston another must see is space and houston since we are the space city. so as a kid i used to watch these things go up into space it's amazing for me to be here in houston space city and be able to walk inside an actual space shuttle. so this is what it's like to live inside the shuttle check this out this is the sleeping bag where the a strap yourself in for a good night's rest. we even have the actual astronaut suit amazing. a long day in the city there's only one way to cool down and that's what a nice tall texan beer. well that was my day here in houston hope you guys had a good time hope you guys can cool down next time you hear don't forget visit houston and. the fe

downtown houston amongst the tower and skyscrapers tranquility park a nice always has a green space for the everyday person to enjoy inspired by the 1st phrase spoken from the moon houston tranquility basehere the eagle has landed. one of the things i love about tranquility park really the name says it all if you can listen around you hear the nice try and coolness of the water it's very refreshing very soothing it's a really good place to come you have a hectic day downtown you can come here relaxed. when visiting houston another must see is space in houston since we are the space city. so as a kid i used to watch these things go up into space it's amazing for me to be here in houston space city and be able to walk inside an actual space shuttle. so this is what it's like to live inside the shuttle check this out this is the sleeping bag where do a strap yourself in for a good night's rest. we even have the actual astronaut suit amazing. wachter a long day in the city there's only one way to cool down and that's what a nice tall texan beer. well that was my day here in houston hope you guys had a good time hope you guys can call down next time you hear don't forget visit houston and. e

downtown houston amongst the tower and skyscrapers tranquility park a nice a waste of green space for the everyday person to enjoy inspired by the 1st phrase spoken from the moon houston tranquility basehere that eagle has landed. one of the things i love about tranquility park really the name says it all if you can listen around you hear the nice kind of coldness of the water it's very refreshing very soothing it's a really good place to come you have a hectic day downtown you can come here relaxed. when visiting houston another must see is space and houston since we are the space city. so as a kid i used to watch these things go up into space it's amazing for me to be here in houston space city and be able to walk inside an actual space shuttle. so this is what it's like to live inside a shuttle check this out this is the sleeping bag where you a strap yourself in for a good night's rest. we even have the actual astronaut suit amazing. so after a long day in the city there's only one way to cool down and that's what a nice tall texan beer. well that was my day here in houston hope you guys had a good time hope you guys can call down next time you hear don't forget visit houston and

downtown houston amongst the tower and skyscrapers tranquility park a nice a waste of green space for the everyday person to enjoy inspired by the 1st phrase spoken from the moon houston tranquility basehere that eagle has landed. one of the things i love about tranquility park really the name says it all if you can listen around you hear the nicest kind of coldness of the water it's very refreshing very soothing it's a really good place to come you have a hectic day in downtown you can come here relaxed. when visiting houston another must see is space and houston since we are the space city. so as a kid i used to watch these things go up into space it's amazing for me to be here in houston space city and be able to walk inside an actual space shuttle. so this is what it's like to live inside the shuttle check this out this is a sleeping bag where do a strap yourself in for a good night's rest. we even have the actual astronaut suit amazing. plucker a long day in the city there's only one way to cool down and that's what a nice tall texan beer. well that was my day here in houston hope you guys had a good time hope you guys can call down next time you hear don't forget visit houston a

houston, tranquility base here. eagle has landed. from houston, roger, tranquility base. you've got a lot of guys about to turn blue. we are breathing again, thank you. and most of us didn't know why they were blue or why they had resumed breathing. because if you listen to the transcript, you don't actually have a sense of how urgent the situation was that they were going through. the apollo flights computer actually say that first lunar landing. it was the size of a small briefcase . and even in 1969, very basic computer understood what was going on.it was making decisions a lot faster than armstrong and aldrin ever could have madedecisions . i find it amazing that it was rebooting itself as the lunar module was slowing down to the ground area and rebooted itself or quickly in the typical macintosh laptop does these days. at one point when armstrong and aldrin were 1000 feet off the lunar surface and the last alarm went off, the display from computers and the lunar module dark, completely blank. for 10 long seconds, to be honest if the dashboard on my car were blank for

the houston -- tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> roger, tranquility, we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing a again. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> reporter: breathing again in mission control. they break into applause in houston. some wiping away tears. the images beamed back live, the control room sees them. >> and we're getting a fixture on the tv. >> reporter: cheers back on earth, back in america. and then neil armstrong emerges. >> i'm going to step off the lm now. >> july 20th, 10:56 p.m., neil armstrong walks on the moon and those famous words. >> that's one small step for man -- one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: 19 minutes later, it was buzz aldrin's turn. back home, tears and a little girl waving her american flag. and back at apollo mission control in houston, they knew they had a lot of work still left to do. these are the chairs they sat in? >> yes. >> reporter: and here in houston, they show us where they have restored apollo mission contro

houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> roger, tranquility, we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> reporter: breathing again in mission control. they break into applause in houston. some wiping away tears. abc news showing americans all over the country watching. >> here is central park in new york, where it's raining on the people who have assembled for, i guess you would call it a moon-in. >> reporter: the images beamed back live. the control room sees it. >> and we're getting a picture on the tv. >> reporter: cheers back on earth, back in america. and then neil armstrong emerges. >> i'm going to step off the lm now. >> july 20th, 10:56 p.m., neil armstrong walks on the moon and those famous words. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> he's on the moon! >> it has a stark beauty all its own. it's like much of the high desert of the united states. >> reporter: 19 minutes later, it was buz

. >> reporter: a this hour, 50 years ago -- >> houston, tranquility base here. the "eagle" has landed. >> reporter: two men, two americans, were on the moon in their lunar lander, preparing for the first ever moon walk. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: the one giant leap for mankind neil armstrong took led to a moon walk with buzz aldrin which lasted about two and a half hours. >> we came in peace for all mankind. >> reporter: an achievement marked a half century later with aldrin at kennedy space center with the vice president. mike collins, the command module pilot, thought there were more than two dozen things that could go horribly wrong. 50 years -- what is the legacy of apollo 11? >> the thing that amazes me about apollo 11 is everything worked as advertised. there's so many things that could go wrong, and yet nothing did. >> reporter: watching everything go right, 600 million people worldwide watching on television, those black and white pictures. even as the three astronauts were returning as heroes, president ni

he said, quote, houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. of course, he was talking to the greatest minds of the generation who were working at johnson space center in houston, texas. the men and women at mission control center exercised full control over apollo 11 from the launch at canada space center to the landing on the moon to the splashdown in the pacific ocean. for more than 50 years now, the johnson space center has been at the heart of america's space program. the successful apollo mission marked a turning point in space exploration and folks across texas are eager to celebrate this momentous anniversary. you can do like i have and visit johnson space center yourself and see nasa's mission control from apollo. it's redesigned to look exactly the way it did in 1969, down to the retrocoffee cups and glass ashtrays. you can watch the houston astros you can find space-themed menus and ask an astronaut events to educate our next generation of space travelers. to commemorate this historic mission in washington, i've introduced bipartisan,

the first words they heard on the moon were, houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. followed by the observation, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. as a native houstonian and representative of texas' seventh congressional district, these historic words are seared in my mind. the apollo 11 mission was more than just an amazing technological advancement. it brought americans from all backgrounds and beliefs together toward a common goal and a common purpose. it made people a part of something bigger than themselves, perhaps bigger than they had ever imagined. more than 400,000 americans worked to make the apollo 11 mission a success. many of them based at the johnson space center in houston. from the support crew to the flight directors at mission control to the spacesuit designers, to the human computers, engineers, and scientists who designed and built the hardware and software, to the custodial staff who worked in the building to make sure that they had a place to work, and every small job in between apollo 11 was the result of a historic col

. >> houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. >> roger, tranquility.about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. >> on this night 50 years ago millions around the world sat glued to their tv screens awaiting this historic moment beamed back from the surface of the moon. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> anyone with even a passing knowledge of history knows those words by heart, right? but a lot of people are at the johnson space center in houston today to commemorate the men and the mission of apollo 11. the fact is, that moment still inspires us. it still sends a chill up the spine of anyone who was alive and watching that grainy footage live on that hot july night 50 years ago either from mission control or their living room. a little boy named mike was just 6 years old that night. almost 40 years later, astro mike sent the first tweet from space on may 12th, 2009, writing, from orbit, launch was awesome. i am feeling great, working hard, and enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has be

. >> houston, tranquility base here, the eagle has landed. >> roger, 20, tranquility, we copy you onround. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. >>> big celebration there. but another reason they're about to turn blue. neil armstrong, the eagle landed down on the moon just in time. nasa said later it was just 30 seconds of fuel left in the tank. >> can you imagine? it's been 50 years now since apollo landed on the moon. to celebrate, there's a projection. look at this on the washington monument. back in 1969, more than 500,000 million watched on tv as neil armstrong stepped down that ladder and said that line that we all know so well. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> i want to go to the nerve center of that mission and so many others, rachel crane at the johnson space center in houston. that has got to be something to be there today, rachel. >> reporter: victor and christi, i'm coming to you live from probably the coolest location i personally have ever been to. this is apollo mission control. the historic landm

he said, quote, houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. of course, he was talking to the greatest minds of the generation who were working at johnson space center in houston, texas. the men and women at mission control center exercised full control over apollo 11 from the launch at canada space center to the landing on the moon to the splashdown in the pacific ocean. for more than 50 years now, the johnson space center has been at the heart of america's space program. the successful apollo mission marked a turning point in space exploration and folks across texas are eager to celebrate this momentous anniversary. you can do like i have and visit johnson space center yourself and see nasa's mission control from apollo. it's redesigned to look exactly the way it did in 1969, down to the retrocoffee cups and glass ashtrays. you can watch the houston astros you can find space-themed menus and ask an astronaut events to educate our next generation of space travelers. to commemorate this historic mission in washington, i've introduced bipartisan,

the first words they heard on the moon were, houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. followed by the observation, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. as a native houstonian and representative of texas' seventh congressional district, these historic words are seared in my mind. the apollo 11 mission was more than just an amazing technological advancement. it brought americans from all backgrounds and beliefs together toward a common goal and a common purpose. it made people a part of something bigger than themselves, perhaps bigger than they had ever imagined. more than 400,000 americans worked to make the apollo 11 mission a success. many of them based at the johnson space center in houston. from the support crew to the flight directors at mission control to the spacesuit designers, to the human computers, engineers, and scientists who designed and built the hardware and software, to the custodial staff who worked in the building to make sure that they had a place to work, and every small job in between apollo 11 was the result of a historic col

. >> tranquility base houston, how is the resting standing up there?hance to curl up on the engine cam? >> roger. neil has rigged himself a really good hammock and he's been lying on the engine cover and i curled up on the floor. over. >> roger. copy, buzz. >> our science support room here in mission control center reports receiving continuous data from the passive seismic experiment placed on the lunar surface last night by the apollo 11 crew. recorded the astronauts' footsteps on the moon and will probably receive its strongest signal when the ascent signal ignites and starts the lunar module into orbit and rendezvous with columbia. >> tranquility base, houston. >> go ahead. >> roger, just a reminder we want to make sure you leave the rendezvous radar circuit breakers full. >> okay. >> eagle and columbia, this is the backup crew. congratulations to yesterday's performance. our prayers are with you for the rendezvous. over. >> thank you, jim. >> thank you, jim. >> almost 5,000 pounds of propellant will be run through the ascent engine on the ascent bu

. >> houston, tranquility base here.as followed by one of the most anxious moments in the mission for astronaut mike collins in the command module orbiting the moon. with only one rocket on the lunar lander he was worried it might not work leaving armstrong and aldrin marooned. you talked about being a marked man if you had to come back alone. what did that mean? >> that's the guy who left those other two guys on the moon. it would not have been a happy thing. >> reporter: but the astronaut who seemed to be the happiest on the crew was not disappointed as all three heroes splashed down safely. >> 50 years, what is the legacy of apollo 11? >> so many things that could go wrong and yet nothing did. that to me is what i remember and the most amazing thing about it. everything worked. >> reporter: everything did work and i want to give you a close-up look at this lunar lander because you're not going to see this very often. the ladder they came down, up top they called the porch and that little square is actually the hatch t

there will never be a day like this again. >> tranquility base, this is houston. the experiment has been on -- uncaged and we are observing, over. >> very good, it is working. they are actually working. >> neil armstrong has been on the surface now for about an hour and 50 minutes. >> while we're talking about standing on the moon, i would begin to think maybe i would not want to log his flight time. log his moon time. mr. cronkite: [indiscernible] >> anytime. time and a half, planet to planet. [laughter] >> over time, i guess. mr. cronkite: the words of an old song come to me. there ought to be a moonlight savings time to keep that moon out over time. that moonwalk out overtime. both coming back home here. >> you see them driving that cord down now. there they are. he has the geologist pick and he has hammering on that little crossbar. a pike driving it into the moon's surface. >> buzz aldrin is collecting a cord to sample. >> i hope you are watching how hard i have to hit this into the ground to the tune of about five inches, houston. >> it is not as easy as it

. >> tranquility base houston you're cleared for takeoff, >> roger understand we are number one on theway. >> beautiful, very smooth, very quiet de. >> reporter: on their ride back home, they mveled at our perch in the universe, the moon was their destination, but for collins, the real discovery was earth itself. >> alright, i've got the world in my window for a change. >> the moon was nothinarg co to my view of home planet, it was it, it was the main chance. i look out the window and-- and there would be a tiny little thing, you know, we can obscure it with your thumb, but every time you put it away somewhere it pop out and wanted you to look at it. in wanted to be seen, it was gorgeous, it was shiny, blue and white, the blue of the oceans, the white of the clouds, little streak of rust color tha we cntinents, but it just glowed. having ge out 240,000 miles and seeing it, gives me a much fragility, a much greater urge to do something to protect tt fragility as we go along. >> reporter: his memoirar ing the fire", remains the standard by which all books authored by astronauts are judge

. >> tranquility base, this is houston. can we get both of you in the frame, please? wally: i think we are going to have an announcement here. mr. armstrong: roger, we are about to get in the frame of the camera. mr. cronkite: yeah, i think something important is coming up. presidentd buzz, the of the united states is in the office now and what like to say something to you. over. armstrong: that would be an honor. >> go ahead, mr. president. this is houston come out. buzz.lo, neil and i am talking to you on telephone from the oval room in the white house. this has to be the most -- telephone call ever made from the white house. i can't tell you how proud we all are of what you have done. for every american, this has to be the proudest day of our lives. and for people all over the too,, i am sure that they, joined with americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is. because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part world.s world -- man's and as you talk to us from the sea of tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranq