alan shepardthe first american in space, rode for 15 minutes, came back. so in 1962, the second group came along and when they came on, jean shoemaker here in flagstaff, who had brought the branch of astro geology here specifically to prepare for the moon missions, he talked to nasa and he and some other scientists and said if we're going to plan to, send people to the moon, should do more than just plant a flag and back. we should do science. what better way to learn about the origins of our planet and who we are then? by studying another body in the solar system, very similar to ours, kind of our partner, as it were. and so in january 1963, the next nine astronauts, it's the second group that included armstrong, jim lovell, frank, borman and others. they came out here on a very cold, flew into flagstaff airport. they flew on two planes in case one crashed. not all the astronauts would have perished. that the thinking. then they flew. and these guys were rock stars. they were met by the mayor. they were met by cheering fans autographs. but they went to me