aldrin: i said the rocks are rather slippery. >> roger. mr. aldrin: very powdery surface. fill up all the little very fine pores. wally: that would be armstrong detaching the camera, setting it up on a stand, then puts it back -- point it back in the entire lunar module. getting ready to move the tv camera to its panorama position. mr. cronkite: oh, the picture is inverted again. [laughter] mr. aldrin: start to lose my balance in one direction and recovery is quite natural and very easy. moving your arms around, jack, doesn't lift you off the surface. not quite that light-footed. mr. armstrong: i have the insulation off the mesa now. mr. aldrin: got to be careful that you are leaning in the direction you want to go, otherwise you -- slightly inebriated. you have to cross your foot over to stay underneath where your center of mass is. walter: [laughs] mr. aldrin: hey, neil, didn't i say we might see some purple rocks? mr. armstrong: find a purple rock? mr. aldrin: yep. mr. cronkite: sounds so happy. just beaming over there. mr. aldrin: very small. sparkly. some sort of -- t

aldrin called it a magnificent desolation. aldrin said stark beauty on its own. different from the united states desert. it does look pretty out there. kind wordsthe first of the moon. those on the surface think there is something about it. >> neil, this is houston. radio check. over. wally: maybe they think of it as not so pretty but their own. mr. armstrong: houston, loud and clear. mr. aldrin: loud and clear, houston. >> roger, buzz. wally: they can claim it for now, at least. mr. cronkite: they cannot claim it the declaration of the united nations. they all agreed that they would not claim the moon but use it for military purposes. so this planting of the flag is not the old 15th, 16th, 17th century planting a flag and claim territory. it is to put the united states flag there to let the world know that we are there. the sense of pride the american people feel in this tremendous accomplishment. mr. aldrin: i believe i am out of your field of view, is that right, houston? >> affirmative, buzz. you are in our field of view now. mr. aldrin: you do have to be car

aldrin: i said the rocks are rather slippery. >> roger. mr. aldrin: very powdery surface . fill up all the little very fine pores. wally: that would be armstrong detaching the camera, setting it up on a stand, then puts it back -- point it back in the entire lunar module. getting ready to move the tv camera to its panorama position. mr. cronkite: oh, the picture is inverted again. [laughter] aldrin: start to lose my balance in one direction and recovery is quite natural and very easy. moving your arms around, jack, doesn't lift you off the surface. not quite that light-footed. armstrong: i have the insulation off the mesa now. mr. aldrin: got to be careful that you are leaning in the direction you want to go, you -- slightly inebriated. you have to cross your foot over to stay underneath where your center of mass is. walter: [laughs] mr. aldrin: hey, neil, didn't i say we might see some purple rocks? mr. armstrong: find a purple rock? mr. aldrin: yep. mr. cronkite: sounds so happy. just beaming over there. small.rin: very sparkly. some sort of -- ofe a first guess, some sor

buzz aldrin had battled depression and alcohol addiction. in 2002 was involved in an altercation with a conspiracy theorist who claimed that the moon landing had been filmed at a hollywood studio. here. you walked away when you. thought of. your cowardice and. neil armstrong took a light hearted approach to such claims at the golden camera lord ceremony in berlin in 1999 he was honored for starring in the 1st live worldwide t.v. program the. first. kept me looking good as he. kept me alive. to recognize also my crew. or. only goes to show. ever but certainly most importantly swedish. decent. sort of. on location i. armstrong married his 2nd wife carol in 1904. if you believe the conspiracy theories anymore space probes that mapped the lunar surface in 20112012 found all sorts of evidence that apollo astronauts had indeed been there. the landing site of apollo 12. footprints left by the apollo 14 crew. lunar rover vehicles used during the apollo 151617 missions and their trucks. scientific equipment that the astronauts had set up. and of cour

aldrin: it gets rather tiring. this may be a function of this suit as well as the lack of gravity force here. >> 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. >> neil and buzz, the president of the united states is in the office now and what like to say something to you. over. mr. armstrong: that would be an honor. >> go ahead, mr. president. this is houston out. >> hello, neil and buzz. i am talking to you on telephone from the oval room in the white house. this has to be the most historic 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 world, i am sure that they, too, join with americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is. because of

gave aldrin instructions on how to use the camera. in the lab for all i want thank you but i can work out of a guardedly on the big question mark. have preferred. to get where they are are all the. characters are. on our characters. are all. very very fine and very learned to give birth or other horrible. bear very fine. armstrong stepped away from the latter and turned toward the camera. for. a lamb out and. then he spoke the words that would go down in history. or am. i up. the scene was filmed by a camera attached to the outside of the lander. and michael just dying while i was climbing down and if you'll pull the lever and open the storage panel which contained a black and white t.v. you can arrange all still under still for you know that someone got to see him climbing down the ladder so that's when you need i'm from a bit of to lie down i want to take on saw. armstrong was now the star of the 1st live global t.v. broadcast. war. or. the whole. world was watching. the moon landing was not broadcast in the u.s.s.r. in 2010 cosmona

buzz aldrin used a felt tip in to activate the mechanism. before they reentered the lunar module armstrong and aldrin left behind a commemorative plaque. on the barrier. during their 2 and a half hours on the moon surface the astronauts put up an american flag. oh my girl your. president richard nixon phoned the crew with a special message. i am right there i. am i think i remember the. right group. and am man. her iraq. a german newspaper said. is now american. the astronauts now had some time to sleep before they blasted off to rejoin the command module but they didn't get much rest it was cold and the earth was shining brightly . armstrong and aldrin left a lot of equipment on the moon surface including the modules landing gear and the scientific test equipment. i mean once they were back on board they reopened the hatch and tossed out their backpacks clubs and boots he told his to go to left all that stuff behind it to reduce the weight of the lander before lift off of it. if you take. they also had placed a gold in all of branch on the

as aldrin is headed for the service, the computers made alarm goes off . this is not the seatbelt hanger in your car. this is the car alarm of your car inside the car. it was hard to ignore. it was called the master alarm for a reason area computers alarm went off five times in four minutes. just as armstrong was discovering that he needed a new place to land and started looking for it, just as he was thinking about running out of fuel. and the question was what did neil need? were they safe to land on the moon? or did they have to, it was actually an abort button right there in the cockpit of the lunar module, or the saturday morning party version of an abort what. i tactical red button andif you push the red abort button , the lunar module took straight back off immediately and headed for orbit and safety of the question was what did neil need was rattling the entire inside of the lunar module because as i said, you only got one shot. there were no go rounds, there was a $20billion program at state in that moment . there was one guy who was used in in mi

interviewer: about exploring the moon's surface, asked her not aldrin had this to say. mr. aldrin: following the eva exploration period, we will go through planned, two men exploration of the surface with neil going down the ladder first. as he goes down the ladder, i will be taking pictures of him with a 16mm camera through the window. a television camera will also be recording his activities. initially he will collect a contingency sample. as i descend onto the surface, he will then be collecting a bulk sample, a larger sample of lunar material. while he is doing this, i will be participating in an extended eva evaluation, just what are the capabilities of man to perform tasks on the lunar surface. we will then join together following the deployment of television and then the deployment of the flag on the surface. we will then perform jointly an inspection, walking around the lunar module, looking at the various systems, landing gear, making a very thorough inspection of everything we can observe on it. in the process of doing this, we well be taking a series of panorama

neal armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins had the honor of actually meeting with buzz aldrin just the other day, shaking his hand and being able to listen to his perspectives about what has happened in the last 50 years. what a great american. and i would also honor the names at this moment of neal armstrong and michael collins. while neal armstrong and buzz aldrin got to step foot on the moon, michael collins' assignment was to stay in the vehicle and orbit solo above. it was not at all guaranteed that his two colleagues would get back. we certainly thought we had the technology. we thought we could do it, and indeed would did. but it was was not a given. michael collins wrote during that lonely flight while his two colleagues were walking on the face of the moon, i am absolutely isolated from any known life. i am it. if a count were taken, the score would be 300 billion plus two on the other side of the moon and one plus god knows what on this side. the words of american hero michael collins. these three men were separated from the rest of humanity, but they certainly were not a

the aldrin home likewise.popped with his father-in-law, from arcadia, enjoying the festivities there, and also, firecrackers on the lawn. reaction, excitement around the world. we heard president nixon say there might be promotions waiting for these fellows. actually the nasa rules up to now, perhaps all rules will be off with the flight to the moon but the rules up to now have been a promotion after the first flight in space and each of these fellows has had one flight before so they are not entitled by the old rules, they might get them anyway. if so, that will move air force colonel neil armstrong up to brigadier general and aldrin -- armstrong, he's a civilian, it would move aldrin up to brigadier general, wouldn't it and mike collins up to colonel. he's lieutenant colonel right now. nice retort they came back with, when they talked about the age. suggesting they were a little bit younger than they were when they went off, and he would be glad to have arthur clark explain it. but they came back and said th

armstrong, aldrin and collins the best of us.y have led us further and higher than we ever imagined we were likely to go. speaking for arthur clark all the surera and taff at cbs news space had, this is walter cronkite, good day. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this has been cbs news coverage of man on the moon. apollo 11.urney of >> cbs news reviews the historic apollo 11 tonight at 8:00 eastern time. this is harry cramer. >> 50 years ago on july 20, 1969, astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed the apollo 11 lunar module on the moon while michael collins orbited the moon in the module. c-span3 this week and for special apollo 11 coverage commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch, landing, and return of apollo 11 astronauts and spacecraft. on american history tv, a discussion about the apollo space suits 50 years after the first moon landing. spacesuiti

aldrin will follow just 20 minutes later, but armstrong will take the first step. the mission of apollo 11, a journey certainly for the history books. a beginning of man's greatest adventure, leaving this planet to set foot on the moon. >> no, no go for start. >> go. >> 61, verify. >> cs-18. >> switch is on. verify light. >> roger. >> all stations stand by to give a crew departure status at this time. >> rcs. >> go. >> bse. >> go. >> sds. >> go. >> sts. >> go. >> verify all. >> number 2 and 3 levels. >> roger. >> 214. >> roger. go for crew departure. >> roger. you are go for crew departure. >> all right. >> the dawn of this day heralded the dawning of a new age. it's a time of exhilaration, reflection, hope, fulfillment as a century's old dream starts toward reality. >> this is apollo launch control. t-minus three hours, four minutes, 31 seconds right on time as far as the countdown is concerned. the crew departing from their crew quarters from the kennedy space center. [ applause ] astronauts neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and finally mike collins and they're now boa

aldrin is down here now on the hanger deck. the tunnel, made of semitransparent plastic, is established between -- from the door on the side of the mobile quarantine facility waiting only for the moment when , the command module will be brought on-board. the command module, when it is brought back to land, will go to downy, california, for a 21-day quarantine period and very detailed inspection. by that time, lunar samples, the lunar rocks that the astronauts brought back from the moon, will have long since been removed, and sent to the various scientific teams that have been waiting anxiously for the samples from our earth's planet, our sister planet, the moon, for an examination and detail of the lunar soil and lunar rocks and the other substances the astronauts brought back. also, removed from the command module while it's on-board the hornet will be some of the astronauts' personal effects and a few other bits of material. they will be taken out by the nasa project engineer, and also by the astronauts. correction on somethi

aldrin will just 20 minutes later, but armstrong will take that first step. the mission of apollo 11, a journey certainly for the history books. the beginning of man's greatest adventure, leaving this planet to set foot on the moon. >> verify. >> spacecraft ready. >> switch is on. verify light. >> all stations stand by to give a crew departure status at this time. >> go ahead. >> go. >> fts. >> no. >> rts. >> go. >> 8. >> camera. >> verify number 2 and 3 level. >> okay. all right. 214. roger, you go for crew departure. >> roger here. go for crew departure. >> the dawn of this day heralded the dawning of a new age. it's a time of exhileration, reflection, hope, fulfillment. as a centuries old dream starts toward reality. >> this is launch control. t-minus four hours, three minutes, 32 seconds and counting. right on time as far as the astronaut countdown is concerned the crew now departing their quarters here at the kendeigh space center. astronauts neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and mike collins plus their suit technicians and director of flight crew operations

buzz aldrin does like the spotlight. mike collins does not like — with all due respect, sir — mike collins does not like the spotlight either. and yet here we are and we will talk about what happened in 1969. do you talk about it with an enduring sense of pride? very much so. i was very proud of the job that the three of us did getting us to and from the moon. the trip is a long and fragile daisychain and the links are very fragile and we were able to keep them all intact and do ourjob properly. but more than the three of us, there were almost 400,000 americans working on project apollo and i thank them. they're the ones who don't get recognised. i want to take you back quite some time before the mission, before those amazing pictures of the footsteps on the moon. i want to take you back tojohn f kennedy pledging to invest whatever it took to get american men onto the moon in 1961, i guess. and within the decade, he said, we will make it happen. absolutely. did you, at the time when he said that, did you think that "that

and 19 minutes later, buzz aldrin became the second. more than 600 million people around the world watched armstrong take his first steps on television. 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 b

a 50 years ago today july the 16th 1969 neil armstrong buzz aldrin and michael collins or poised to make history as part of the apollo 11 mission millions cheered in to watch their rocket lift off is how they are original black and white images this 1st manned mission to the moon i took to the skies from nasa as kennedy space center in florida and restates destination 4 days later the vessel was america demonstrating its power to the world today those black and white images are available in color bringing a new generation closer to one of the 20 century's most defining moments. for neil armstrong. michael collins. and buzz aldrin it was the mission of their lives the estimated probability for success was put it only 20 percent by nasa technicians and engineers. the launch was followed by multiple complex maneuvers each of which would have disastrous consequences if anything went wrong to get to the moon pilot mike collins had to ignite an engine to the nearest 2nd and then down the lander ferry and separated from the rocket. surely duke was one of the team members at the control center h

>> reporter: and this image we all now know of buzz aldrin and neil armstrong, the reflection in aldrin's visor. 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 the consoles they sat in? >> yes. >> reporter: here in houston, they show us where they have restored apollo mission control. the consoles, the screens, the apollo program on the monitors. even the cigarettes and coffee mugs are right where they were left. and sandra tetley, who helped lead the project, takes us to the console where flight director gene krantz sat. >> he tells an interesting story. after they landed on the moon, there was cheering and cajoling and the whole viewing room was just cheering because they had landed on the moon. >> reporter: and she shows us something else here in a room that now preserves all of that history made. she takes us to the console where the flight surgeon sat, the doctors. on the screen, a heartbeat. they had neil armstrong's vital signs right in front of them the whole time. >> abso

buzz aldrin filmed armstrong setting foot on the moon along with his historic words. armstrong then went about collecting dust and rock samples buzz aldrin set up some scientific equipment. together they planted the stars and stripes and the moon surface. and then the last big challenge the lunar module has only one engine and if it failed it would mean that the astronauts would be stranded on the moon. and mansion makes it into orbit around the moon without any problems and almost 4 hours later it docks on to the command capsule it. might seem like an impossible feat and then accomplished and on july 24th the 3 astronauts return to earth 1st they went into quarantine they could have brought dangerous microbes with them but later they were hailed as heroes all of them visibly touched by their part in the adventure of the century. let's go to more on that adventure of a century from nasa's chief historian bel barry who joins us from washington welcome to day w. we had at the start about before that this mission was only given a 20 percent likelihood of success we're ju

buzz aldrin, and jim bryden stein toward the historic launch pad 309a.g a commemorative apollo 11 event at the neil armstrong building and they will be not only praising the accompaniments of apollo 11 but also pivoting to the lunar future and the artemis mission which the trump administration hopes to return man and woman to the lunar surface starting five years from now. >> phil keating, thank you. i was out there yesterday and it is neat to see all these kids, their parents coming around and getting inspired by these old rockets and capsules, one of the apollo program's greatest achievements was its ability to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and astronauts. its legacy lives on at the smithsonian air and space museum, the most visited museum in the country and i caught up with one of the curators responsible for preserving the apollo 11 artifacts. start by showing some of your favorite artifacts from apollo 11. >> i am so excited we have this case on display for the 50th anniversary of apollo 11, the first landing on the moon in 19

as buzz aldrin said, if you go you might not be coming back. we might only have a plan where you go and stay perhaps forever. >> that's something that nasa hasn't allergic to. we in the united states want to bring our astronauts back alive. the laboratory in cal-tech pasadena is doing amazing work. we can look at the mars rover. but we don't want to send a robot to mars. we want to send human beings. the timetable is tricky. i have done my own investigation and most people feel by 2040 mars is doable if we focus on that right now. that might seem like a long time, but 20 years goes quickly. >> martha: it does. thank you very much. neil armstrong and buzz aldrin and michael collins began their historic mission from cape canaveral, florida. this is the daughter of 2 astronauts. i wanted to ask you about is this a lot of pieces on the newspapers and the internet. blaming nasa saying it was designed for men. let's put this up on the board from the "new york times": it was designed by men and for men. your thoughts on that? >> i think it's important

buzz aldrin, who jo would join the moon 19 minutes later. they took photographs, ran sign tiffist tests. 1:11 in the morning, july 21st, both astronauts were back inside, hatch closed, and they would sleep on the surface of the moon. few remember armstrong's backpack hit the "engine arming switch," needed to light the engine, and broke it off. aldrin then pulled a pen from the pocket of his spacesuit. >> so, i pushed that in, houston s says, oh, we've got a good, complete circuit. >> reporter: they would splash into the circuit at 12:50 p.m. july 24th. there would be five more successful lunar losing missions. >> okay, houston, we've had a problem here. >> reporter: and now, 50 years after apollo 11, nasa plans to return to the moon and then mars, on the orion spacecraft, successfully testing it just this month. the senior project manager we're building the mobile her, launcher, which will support the space launch system rocket and orion spacecraft to get us to that first step, which will be the moon. >> reporter: nasa hopes it will happen i

was aldrin set up scientific equipment.t.ogether, , they planteded the s && stripes on the moon''s surfa. then, the last big challenge, the lunanar module has only one engine. if it failed, it would mean the astronauts would be stranded on the moon. the module makes it into orbit around the moon without any problems and almost four hours later, it docs onto the command capsule. what seemed like an impossible feat had been accomplished. on july 20 fourth, the three astronauts returned to earth. first, they went into quarantine. they c cld have brought dangerous microbes w with them.. later,r, they were hailed asas heroes. all of thevisisibly touched by their part in the adventure of the century. brent: it is still moving to see those pictures 50 years later. i am joined by an astrobiologist. it's good to have you on the show. what have we learned 50 years on after that incredible day half a century y ago after we landed on the moon? >> what t we h have learnrn it s changed over t time. we are n now learnining that we should ha

there was a tense moment 4 days into the mission when armstrong and aldrin flew towards the moon again and again the radio cut out. then the navigation computer sounded the alarm neil armstrong took control and landed the lunar module gently on the moon's surface. when neil came back for it later the eagle has landed very excitedly ready i said roger toy for a week i'll be on the grill you got a bunch of guys about for a blueberry that buzz aldrin filmed armstrong setting foot on the moon along with his historic words. armstrong then went about collecting dust and rock samples buzz aldrin set up some scientific equipment. together they planted the stars and stripes and the moon surface. and then the last big challenge the lunar module has only one engine and if it failed it would mean that the astronauts would be stranded on the moon. the comanche makes it into orbit around the moon without any problems and almost 4 hours later it docks on to the command capsule. what seemed like an impossible feat had been accomplished and on july 24th the 3 astronauts returned to earth 1st they went

and buzz aldrin it was the mission of their lines. the estimated probability for success was put it only 20 percent by nasa technicians and engineers. and. the launch was followed by multiple complex maneuvers each of which would have disastrous consequences if anything went wrong to get to the moon. pilot mike collins had to ignite an engine to the nearest 2nd and then down the lander ferry and separated from the rocket. charlie duke was one of the team members at the control center he kept in touch with the astronauts on their mission. the ready enthusiasm for space was building but we were behind in the space race with the russians so that motivated the u.s. to commit to it. there was a tense moment 4 days into the mission when armstrong and aldrin flew towards the moon again and again the radio cut out. then the navigation computer sounded the alarm neil armstrong took control and landed the lunar module gently on the moon's surface. when neil. way through the eagle has landed very excitedly ready i said roger toy for a week i'll

buzz aldrin filmed armstrong setting foot on the moon along with his historic words. armstrong then went about collecting dust and rock samples buzz aldrin set up some scientific equipment. together they planted the stars and stripes and the moon surface. and then the last big challenge the lunar module has only one engine and if it failed it would mean that the astronauts would be stranded on the moon. the financial makes it into orbit around the moon without any problems and almost 4 hours later it docks on to the command capsule. what seemed like an impossible feat had been accomplished and on july 24th the 3 astronauts returned to earth 1st they went into quarantine they could have brought dangerous microbes with them but later they were held as heroes all of them visibly touched by their part in the adventure of this century. you know what you wus here's a rico the top story that we're following for you jilly's it was a left on the line has made a final push to become the 1st woman president of the european commission she set out a series of ambitious pledges on

we have even got two of the surviving astronauts, buzz aldrin and michael collins.ppearance. and, of course, across the country all sorts of events are going on, including a projection of the saturn five rocket onto the washington monument. now, the rocket you see behind me is similar to the one that was actually used to take the three astronauts to the moon. a three stage rocket at top speeds it was flying at 25,000 mph. so it's absolutely massive. but the little capsule that the astronauts sat in when they were taking off is tiny by comparison. that's it up there where it says the united states. so it gives you a sense of the fragility and the precariousness of this extraordinary mission and the fact that they even came back to earth alive is yet another thing to celebrate today. fascinating detail, jane. this must be an emotional moment, not least for the people who were there 50 years ago. it is indeed, because there was a lot of doubt about this mission. it had never been done before, of course. and so, there was a real concern about the safety. but also about

he can see in the helmet buzz aldrin.up but was asked not al worden commanding the command module. piloting a rather piece is what nasa and the apollo 11 team accomplished in those space race years cannot be understated. >> to me, the importance of neil armstrong landed on the moon, 50 years ago, was absolutely epic in one step, we told the world that here in the united states, we can do anything we wanted to if we put our mind to it. reporter: that famous quote - of course, one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. armstrong, aldrin and collins all became national treasures. armstrong passed away seven years ago. buzz aldrin and command module pilot michael collins all visited here at the kennedy space center this week for celebrations and collins recall this not so well known part of the whole story. >> when we came back from apollo 11, we were put under quarantine for a couple of weeks with a huge colony of white mice. and whether we had had a wonderful, wonderful successful flight were something that was a t

edwin "buzz" aldrin, lunar module pilot. michael collins, command module pilot.indiscernible voices] [foreign languages spoken] [beeping] ♪ ♪ far across the indian river 12 miles away, the rocket. at 6:32 a.m., three hours before launch, on pad 39a, armstrong and aldrin walked on the surface of the earth. their next steps would be on the moon. spectators rolled in by the thousands, campers, trailers, cars and pickups filled the beaches, lined the parkways, nose to tail gate from cape canaveral to titusville. ♪ >> very satisfactory, lunchtime, 85 degrees, t minus one hour 29 minutes and 30 seconds and counting. >> propellant load pressure and temperature, digital transmission worldwide tracking, stabilization and guidance, radiofrequency telemetry and voice communications, signal disintegration, spacecraft electrical power, flight control, s4b propulsion stage monitoring, every important valve, gave, circuit continually monitored throughout the 24 hour countdown. >> countdown is still going well, t -55 minutes, 10 seconds and counting. this is kennedy. ♪ narrator:

astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed on the moon millions watched from earth is on strong set foot on the moon a surface one small step that marks a giant leap for human space exploration the moon landing was achieved as part of the apollo program an ambitious project that cost around $25000000000.00 but that was in the 1960 s. wants feet just it for inflation it amounts to $200000000000.00 in today's money $400000.00 people work for the apollo program at its height and that's not just the astronauts in mission control is but also people like mathematicians nurses and caterers all of that eventually helped 12 apollo astronauts will call the luna surface all pilots all with military backgrounds and all men it was just one woman though who did walk in apollo 11 launch control the instrumentation controller joe morgan 50 years on humans once again have their sights set on the moon also in jordan explains. apollo weapon was the result of hard work little sleep and billions of dollars 300000 kilometers away a small blue planet watched in awe of 4 of. our. american neil armstron

buzz aldrin was saying, we are running out of fuel.pact that it wasn't just an american thing, the whole world was pushing them to say, this what is we can do as a species. thank you. they‘re going to spend the next few days here in leicester looking at the british contribution and leading into that big day on saturday, 50 yea rs into that big day on saturday, 50 years ago when we remember neil armstrong taking the first steps on the lunar surface. thank you. now the lunar surface. thank you. now the weather. while many of us get some sunshine today, there is a chance of seeing some wet weather later in the week. some rain on the garden may not be a bad thing where you are. this is how the rest of the afternoon is shaping up. may see a sharp shower in eastern northern ireland or eastern scotland and the odd one in the midlands and wales and later eastern england. away from western scotland, there could be some good clear spells if you‘re viewing the partial lunar eclipse and the temperatures not going down as far as they have done. a m

. >> reporter: aldrin in awe of his view from the capsule.strong and aldrin loaded onto the lunar module, beginning the attempt to be the first humans to land on the moon. >> houston, you're looking good for separating. >> reporter: it did not go smoothly. >> 12:02. >> 1202 alarm. >> reporter: first alarm showing that the computer was overloading. >> houston, you're a go for landing, over? >> reporter: then unexpected boulders in the landing field. armstrong has to take over control manually. >> 30 seconds. 30 feet down, two and a half. picking up some dust. two and a half houston, the eagle has landed. >> reporter: it was an epic moment, borne out of cold war rivalry. >> they said i wanted to win this space race. >> reporter: gene krantz is back in a fully-restored mission control hugh son. >> you can remember the calls that cap con made. >> reporter: it was krantz who made the call to land and then whether to stay. >> all flight controllers. >> go. go. >> go for landing. >> reporter: neil armstrong given the okay to make his way onto the mo