later after the astronauts have returned to earth armstrong is shown at the quarantine facility the moon mission seems to have changed him and not for the better he's more serious and remote. many other astronauts behave the same way after their missions. the 2011 us canadian film apollo 18 is a fictionalized account of a moon flight that never actually took place. apollo 18 was cancelled by nasa in 1970 but in the film the astronauts are sent to the moon on a top secret mission it ends in disaster when the astronauts are attacked by extra terrestrials left alone in space far away from their home planet they are the most lonely people imagine. there will not only really please. the soviet union was justifiably proud of its space program a $27000.00 russian film tells the story of cosmonaut aleksei leon of the 1st man to walk in space schley on nov left his orbiting capsule on march 18th 1965 and spent 12 minutes floating around outside. by the time he returned to earth soviet space officials had decided that leon of was to be part of moscow's 1st lunar mission but the project was later c

on july 20th 1069 astronaut neil armstrong became the 1st human to set foot on earth spoil me permanent satellite. this event would bring armstrong fame that he had never sought and it would also change his life forever. strong became a living legend in the history of space travel like a 20th century christopher columbus. but at the height of his popularity he voluntarily withdrew from public life. armstrong served as a navy pilot during the korean war in 1955 he signed on with the government's high speed flight station at edwards air force base in california. his 1st job was piloting chase planes during tests of experimental aircraft the flight station was home to some of the country's best airmen. they had the right stuff a combination of bravery and that drove them to take on dangerous missions with aircraft that were still in the development stage. armstrong's interest in aircraft dates back to his early childhood he and his father once took a ride in a ford tri motor known as the tin goose they also attended local air shows together . armstrong knew from the very start that he want

earth. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins were the trio tasked with humanity's inaugural flightworld watched with amazement. four days and 240,000 miles later, the mission reached the moon. and we can never forget these famous words. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 0ne one of the astronauts on apollo 11, michael collins, explained what ta keoff michael collins, explained what takeoff was actually like. as usn, very slowly and majestically, it's a different situation inside. you feel figgfing different situation inside. you feel jiggling left right and you won't quite sure whether those giggles are as big or as small as they should be oi’ as big or as small as they should be or how much closer they are going to put you do that launch a umbilical tower which you very much do not wa nt to tower which you very much do not want to hit right now at that moment. so it's a totally different feeling at lift—off than — the nervous novice driving a wide vehicle down day narrow alley. that was asked michael collins. i was only three years old when it all happened 50 y

earth. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins were the trio tasked with humanity's inaugural flightwhole world watched with amazement. five, four, three, two, one. zero. all engines running — liftoff, we have a liftoff, 32 minutes past the hour, lift on apollo 11. liftoff indeed, four days and 240,000 miles later, the lunar module landed on the moon. and we can neverforget these famous words. it's one small step a man, one giant lea p it's one small step a man, one giant leap for mankind. i was only three years old when it all happen 50 years ago, i spoke to jane 0'brien about the highlights of today's anniversary. i want to tell you i was only three years old as well, so we're both in the same boat but the highlights have been plentiful. people have come from all over the country, all over the world just to be on the spot that the apollo 11 launch happened 50 years ago when you and i were still three. and behind me, you can actually see the launchpad where the rockets of god and that's what people have really wa nted god and that's what people have really wanted to see. they wanted

armstrong: apollo 11 is man's first attempt to demonstrate the ability to go to the moon, to land there, and to return to earth. narrator: what are your responsibilities as commander of apollo 11? mr. armstrong: in general, the responsibilities of the commander are to make the on-board decisions whenever required, because i oversee the performance of, the duties of all the crew, including himself. in this particular case, i participate in procedures on board the spacecraft as well as oversee those of my fellow crewmembers, and the specific tasks that i am charged with the performance of include monitoring the launch, the manual climb of the boosters, should that be required, and taking my turn on watch and normal monitoring of the spacecraft systems in the command module. in the lunar module, i'm charged almost equally with the lunar module pilot in the operation of the lunar module systems and control of the vehicle during descent and ascent. interviewer: will you describe what will be happening before the lunar module touches down on the moon? mr. armstrong: we will continue burning the engine until an altit

four days later, armstrong and aldrin would become the very first people to set foot on the moon. after more than eight days in space, the crew safely returned to earthjoin us live at 8:45 on "fox & friends," so certainly tune in for that, putting that american flag on the moon, so iconic. this next story is out of this world as well. more than 1 million people signing up to storm the top secret military facility known as area 51, hoping to find aliens. the air force is warning against trespassing. here to weigh in is ufo expert, nick hope. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. heather: so this event started on facebook. and it was satirical, wasn't supposed to be taken seriously but we have all of these people signing up, saying they're going to storm area 51 on september 20t 20th 20th is the . what will they find there? what exactly is at area 51 now? >> well, what they are hoping to find of course is ufos and maybe aliens. what they will actually find is probably just next generation aircraft and drones. but, i mean, this thing is getting somewhat out of hand. i think when i last checked, a million plus people were saying that

astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed on the moon shortly after and millions watched from earth as armstrong set foot on the lunar surface one small step that marked a giant leap for human space exploration the moon landing was achieved as part of the apollo program an ambitious project cost around $25000000000.00 but that was in the 1960 s. once we adjusted 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 astronauts in mission control is but also people like mathematicians nurses and caterers all of that eventually helped 12 apollo astronauts walk on the lunar surface all pilots all with military backgrounds and all men it was just one woman who worked in apollo 11 launch control the instrumentation control and show and morgan 50 is all humans once again have their sights set on the moon as roslyn jordan explains. why. apollo 11 was the result of hard work little sleep and billions of dollars 300000 kilometers away a small blue planet watched in awe or for care for. our. american neil a

earth. mr. armstrong: thank you, mr. president. it is a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the united states, but men of peace of all nations, and with interest and curiosity, and men with a vision for the future. it's an honor for us to be able to participate here today. president nixon: thank you, very much. all of us look forward to seeing you on thursday. mr. armstrong: thank you. mr. aldrin: look forward to that very much, sir. mr. cronkite: splashdown should be on thursday in honolulu, hawaii. >> roger, i have the b-22 for you. mr. armstrong: roger, go ahead. >> p-22, landmark i.d., t11102656. t211032 -- mr. cronkite: they are reading off the engineering data again. >> 110340. mr. cronkite: electrical storm in flagstaff, arizona has denied the picture of this landing to the people at the geological laboratory. they have worked and slaved on this thing for years and now they are not getting the picture because of the electrical storm. similarly, an electrical storm in falls church, virginia and c

earth. mr. armstrong: thank you, mr. president. it is a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the united states, but men of peace of all nations, and with interest and curiosity, and men with a vision for the future. it's an honor for us to be able to participate here today. president nixon: thank you, very much. all of us look forward to seeing you splash down on thursday. mr. armstrong: thank you. mr. aldrin: look forward to that very much, sir. mr. cronkite: splashdown should be on thursday in honolulu, hawaii. >> roger, i have the b-22 for you. mr. armstrong: roger, go ahead. >> p-22, landmark i.d., t11102656. t211032 -- mr. cronkite: they are reading off the engineering data again. >> 110340. mr. cronkite: electrical storm in flagstaff, arizona has denied the picture of this landing to the people at the geological laboratory. they have worked and lived on this thing for years and now they are not getting the picture because of the electrical storm. similarly, an electrical storm in falls church, vir

earth. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins were the trio tasked with humanity's inaugural flighto the moon. they were americans, but the whole world watched with amazement. five, four, three, two, one, zero, all engines running, liftoff, we have a liftoff, 33 minutes past the hour, left off of apollo 11! four days after liftoff, and 240,000 miles later, the eagle begins its descent to the moon. but then, an alarm sounds, and with just minutes to go until the landing, the computer crashes. neil armstrong has to take manual control to land the space craft safely. and then those famous words. that's one small step for man. 0ne giant leap for mankind. half a century on, the apollo programme is probably still humankind's single greatest technological achievement. jane o'brien is at the kennedy space center at cape canaveral, where the historic launch took place. we have been talking about the astronauts, but really, anyway, the hero of the day is the space shuttle itself, isn't it? i am so glad you said that, because it is all about the saturn v rocket, one of which is right behind me

ton to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace." 240,000 miles from earth, the fates of neil armstrongd michael collins were llinl uncertain. their return trip a technical puzzle, involving a lunar liftoff, a docking maneuver, and a long journey through space. when they finally splashed down, ase world breathed a sigh of felief and celebrated a human milestone. just eight years and 59 days after kennedy's challenge, it was mission accomplished. some history. heat's the "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell in washington. good night. captioning spo ored by cbs at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we've created access from at&t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. >>> a grass fire breaks out. the battle to save homes. >>> a police serg

." >> sreenivasan: the rocks astronauts buzz aldrin and neil armstrong brought back to earth were sentto houston. thcontainers were then placed in a vacuum chamber and opened to begin the research process. geology instruction was expanded in subsequent moon missions. >> a lot of the people that worked here helped train thetr auts in geology. they went on field trips.om and... andof them really took it to heart. when they got on the moon, they were giving vivid descriptions of the terrain. >> sreenivasan:arrison schmitt helped train previous astronauts, and, in 1972, he became the first geologist on sie moon as part of the apollo 17 mis. he spent more than 20 hours on the surface of the moon, collecting samples and il.racting so >> here i am, folks, in the middle of a boulder field, just minding my own business. >> sreenivasan: all told, there elre four years of moon missions, which d a diversity of rocks for study. the lunar lab now distributes close to 700 sampleacto researcherss the world every year. to every once in a while, when we think we neeook at more rocks, we'd slice that lik

moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace." 240,000 miles from earth, the fates of neil armstrongldrin, and michael collins were still uncertain. their return trip a technical puzzle, involving a lunar liftoff, a docking maneuver, and a long journey through space. when they finally splashed down, the world breathed a sigh of relief and celebrated a human milestone. just eight years and 59 days after kennedy's challenge, it was mission accomplished. some history. i'm norah o'donnell in washington. good night. ♪ >> this is the "cbs overnight news." ♪ >>> welcome to the overnight news. i'm meg oliver. republicans and democratic are working feverishly to spin a long-awaited congressional testimony of former special counsel robert mueller who led the two year russian investigation interference in our last election. he spent more than five hours answering questions from two house committees and offers little that wasn't already in his final report. president trump his family and aides unleashed a tweet storm against mueller and democrats on the committee. some democratics hope it is the

and that was returning back to earth. 50 years ago today neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, michael collins splashed on in the pacific ocean. alameda's own uss hornet played a role in recovering the team at a predetermined spot, a big role. >>> back here at home, which is heating up. >> we are. 100 degrees. so many of you watching us right now in pacifica saying i will just take 60. maybe 65. we can warm up to 70 that would be nice. everybody got a little bit warmer, but it is inland in the heat and will sthot tomorrow. 102 concord, one of war 101 livermore. it did warm up in san francisco 275, that is the warmest day in the city since june 12. it is about an been about a month and a half. napa 96, fremont 93. 50s and 60s tonight, warmer for you and the hotspots, going down to 62 in livermore. they hit 100 degrees back east with the humidity dropped to 85 for a low so that is a gift that we have dry air and cools off rather efficiently and night. pollen count creeping back up almost to the six range on a 1- 12 range. so, you may have to hit the allergy meds once again, i will not finish wit

earth eons ago? how hot was the sun 3 billion years ago? >> when armstrongbe cut adrift. columbia fired out a lunar orbit to begin its three-day fall back wasarth, where the recovery waiting for its splashdown in the pacific. ♪ >> apollo 11 houston, with a little recovery information over. roger, the hornets is on the station just far enough off the target point to keep from getting hit. recovery one. >> the president of the united states was aboard. earth'sinto the invisible atmosphere carries with it one of the most critical moments. traveling nearly 25,000 miles per hour, the module can miss the reentry by several degrees and disintegrate into flames or bounce off in the space. >> velocity 32,000 the percent that. second.eet per 36,000 feet per second. reentry time. there is blackout. [no dialogue] >> apollo 11, houston. houston. 11, boom short time ago. houston. 11, made contact. apollo 11, houston. standing by, over. >> apollo 11, this is hornet. over. 1, 3, 3, 0. copy, 1, 3, three, x, 0, 7, 5. 6, 9, 1, 5. [sounds of band playing] [parade music] ♪ [appl

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 buzz aldrin's turn. back home, tears. and a little girl waving her american flag. >> beautiful view! >> 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 help

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 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 takes us to the console where flight director gene krantz sat. >> he requested the go/no go. gave the go to the cap come and they in a room that preserves all of that li listry made. she takes us to the console where the doctors sat. on the screen, a heartbeat. they had neil armstrong's vital signs ri

earth eons ago? how hot was the sun 3 billion years ago? ♪ narrator: when armstronge faithful eagle, its task completed, could be cut adrift. columbia fired out of lunar orbit, to begin its three-day fall back to earth, where the recovery fleet was waiting for its splashdown in the pacific. ♪ >> apollo 11, houston, with a little recovery force information, over. >> go ahead. >> roger, the hornet is on the station. just far enough off the target point to keep from getting hit. recovery one, the chopper is narrator: july 24, the hornet was on station, and the president of the united states was aboard. reentry into the earth's invisible atmosphere carries with it one of the most critical moments. traveling nearly 25,000 miles per hour, the command module can miss the angle of reentry by only several degrees, and disintegrate into flames, or bounce off into space, never to return. >> velocity 35,000 feet per second now. 36,000 feet per second. we are at entry time. there is blackout. [static] [wind sounds] >> apollo 11, houston arrived. apollo 11, houston through arrived

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earth. address at the vatican t and said neil armstrong's history making walk on the moon was the fulfillmenttraordinary dream and hopes the memory will give the people in the world incentives to make progress on other fronts. >>> yesterday marked 50 years since the apollo 11 moon landing. one piece of equipment that they used that day is still working to this day. >> reporter: the experiment led to technology that now enables your smart phone to give you driving directions. we have the story. >> reporter: 50 years after first landing on the moon, the experiment buzz aldrin is holding in his right hand still works to this day. >> reporter: horias manufactur called corner cubes. >> i've always said it is like the mona lisa optics. no matter where you stand in the museum, you see yourself. it's like she's looking at you. >> if you amylasuria this device will reflect the beam over you. and that's crucial because the moon is a constantly moving target with rugged terrain. >> it will make things difficult. nasa would only improve experiments with a quick set up. becoming a major selling point for

. >> tomorrow marks the day that neil armstrong and buzz aldrin returned to the earth. the lessons we have learned from the news landing. >>> dash cam video of a deadly crash in san francisco. good evening. i am ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. andria borba joins us with why this driver was not booked into jail. >> reporter: this all has to do with that scpd charged the crime in the field after the crash happened. dash cam video caught this rigid tesla going to the light. in man would be legally injured. >> heartbreaking. my heart instantly dropped. iss it is people we know and people from here. back in the video, you can see people running across the street to try to help the dean's while they are laying on the sidewalk. 21-year-old kelsey rita the telephone nearly 24 hours early. she is facing an infection for running a red light and a misdemeanor for vehicular manslaughter. reporter and legal analyst melissa caen plans why she was not booked into jail. >> reporter: at the time police only had enough evidence to rights this person up right misdemeanor, vehicul

neil armstrong reporting the roll and pitch programme which puts apollo 11 on a proper heading. in orbit, and a view from inside the spacecraft, the earthrmstrong shot by buzz aldrin, who get a few tips from mission control. roger, it's a little dark now, 11. maybe a bigger f—stop might help. the journey takes four days and the astronauts remain as clean—cut as ever for their big moment. as the eagle approaches the lunar surface, armstrong notices that the spacecraft is off course and headed towards terrain littered with dangerous boulders. 0k, our flight controller's going to go for a landing. retro. go. vital. go. guidance. go. neil armstrong takes manual control and with fuel running low, brings the spacecraft down. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. we copy on the ground. you've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. he then makes his descent onto the lunar surface. i'm going to step onto land now. and uttered the words that would reverberate through history forevermore. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. although it was the american flag, it was humanity's achievem

when those first snowy images of neil armstrong stepping off the bottom rung of the latter beamed to earthnday, july 20, 1969, they made an indelible mark not just on my imagination but on the imagination of my generation and every generation to come. it was a moment so rich in meaning that upon hearing neil armstrong's first call from tranquility base, even the era's greatest news man, walter cronkite, could only shake his head and other two words -- oh, boy. all at once, the nation held its breath. as through the crackling broadcast we listened to, we heard neil armstrong's immortal words, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. in that moment the men of apollo 11 did more than help expand our understanding of creation and they did more than when the space race. they brought together our nation and for one brief moment all the people of the world were truly one. true to their creed, astronauts have never liked the idea of being called heroes. yet for all they did, for all the risks they took, if neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins are not heroes than there

. >> tomorrow marks the day that neil armstrong and buzz aldrin returned to the earth.ed from the news landing. >>> dash cam video

earth. you've probably heard it before, those were spoken by american astronaut neil armstrong, first to stephe and buzz aldrin made history by taking those first human steps on the moon and today the world is marking the 50th anniversary of the major milestone. let's talk more now with a retired nasa astronaut leroy choi joining us from texas. what a moment, it opened imagination, inspired people around the world about the possibilities of space. and correct me if i'm wrong, but was instrumental in the trajectory of your own life. >> that's right. i was eight years old when we landed on the moon 50 years ago and that was an event that i can remember like it was yesterday watching an old black and white tv set and listening to the transcript missions coming back from the moon and hearing those famous words from neil armstrong that they had actually landed. that is what started the dream for me of wanting to become an astronaut myself. >> and of all the astronauts that you've spoken to during your career, your conversations with buzz aldrin, what has he told you about that particular mission a

earth. collins stayed behind in the command module as armstrong and aldrin descended to the moon's surface.unar lander's auto pilot was sending them toward a crater. >> it was a very large crater. >> reporter: as armstrong told ed bradley and "60 minutes" in 2005. >> steep slopes on the crater covered large rocks the size of automobiles. that was not the kind of place i wanted to make the first landing. >> reporter: armstrong flying manually had to improvise. he had roughly one minute of fuel to find a safe place to land. >> 60 seconds. >> reporter: legendary flight director jean kranz was in charge at houston's mission control. >> because it's like driving your car with the gas gauge reading empty. >> the tension was through the rife. >> reporter: charlie duke, also in mission control, was the man telling armstrong he was flying on fumes. >> tension you could see, tension you could feel? >> feel, more dead silence. i had never heard mission control so quiet, so that tension -- it was palpable. you could feel it. >> reporter: armstrong finally spotted smooth terrain. >> 30 seconds. >> and w

. >> this may be the age of neil armstrong we're living in now. that's how large earth'sitational pull is so houston now may be seen as the great american ity >>>. >>> president trump war of words with four democratic congress women have images of racism telling them to go back to where they came from and at a rally chanting send them back. we spoke to supporters who tell it us what that chance means to them. >> i have been told countless times to go back to my country. so many times that i can't even remember. >> everybody has a story. right. this is not something that is in anyway unusual this is like everybody's experience. >> phrases like speak english this is america. to have to be reminded this is america. hello. i know it's america, i was born here. >> sometimes they were just questions about where are you from and i'd say i'm from dallas and people would say no really where are you from. it's like oklahoma originally. >> i was chasing this very thing that wouldn't accept me, at the same time i was leaving behind parts of my indian heritage. i asked my parents to s

earth and set foot on the moon. so on this historic day neil armstrong and buzz aldrin are in their lunar module in their space suits this next pass, they are preparing to undock. >> all spacecraft looking very good at this time. the following revolution, revolution 13, armstrong and aldrin, they will undock from the command and service module, from which point the power descent to the lunar surface will be initiated. >> apollo 11, houston we're go for undocking. over. >> roger, understand. >> we're all set when you are, mike. >> there you go. see you later. >> eagle undocked. the eagle has legs. looking good. >> thrusting. okay, eagle, one minute. you guys take care. >> see you later. okay. all flight controllers going to go for power descent. retro now. guidance. >> go. >> control. >> go. >> telcom. >> go. >> gnc. >> go. >> econ. >> go. >> circuit. >> go. >> capcom we're go for power descent. >> eagle go for power descent, over. >> eagle, we've got you now. it's looking good. over. >> looks good. >> eagle, houston, everything is looking good here. over. >> roger. copy. houston, we're getting a little fluctuation.

earth. no other country has equaled. and we did it five more times. armstrong, collins, and aldrin could not have accomplished this alone. apollo 11 was the culmination of the hard work of more than 400,000 americans who, with limited experience and comparatively primitive technology, committed themselves to accomplish this task and completing president kennedy's order of rushing the astronauts safely home. i'm so proud to represent johnson space center in houston, texas, and the historic mission control of that apollo era. on the wall of the house science, space and technology committee, here in the -- on capitol hill where i serve as senior republican on the space and aeronautics subcommittee is written from the bible proverbing 29:18 which reads, where there is no vision, the people perish. the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing should serve as a reminder of what we as a nation can accomplish when we do have a clear mission. 600 million people from around the world gathered around their grainy television sets to watch those first steps. what is amazi

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

. >> reporter: cheers back on earth, back in america. and then neil armstrong to step off the lm now. >> reporter: july 20th, 10:56 p.m., neil armstrong walks on the moon, and those famous words. >> it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: back home, tears and a little girl waving her american flag. and this image we all now know of buzz aldrin and neil armstrong, the reflection in aldrin's visor. >> these are the chairs they sat in and the consoles they sat in? >> yes. >> reporter: here in houston they showed 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. sandra tetly, who helped lead the project, takes us to the console where flight director gene krantz sat. >> he tells an interesting story. he said, after they landed on the moon there was cheering and cajoling and the whole viewing room was cheering because they had landed the moon. >> reporter: she shows us something else in a room that now pres

spacecraft passed completely behind the moon, out of radio contact with earth for the first time during the mission. neil armstrong and buzz aldrin and michael collins were completely cut off from the rest of humanity for about 47 minutes. here's how apollo 11's first trip behind the dark side of the moon is captured in the award-winning new cnn film "apollo 11" which airs tomorrow at 11:00 here on cnn. >> the moon is there, boy, in all its splendor. >> hello, moon. how's your back side? >> all the systems are looking good. going around the corner, we'll see you on the other side. >> loss of signal as apollo 11 goes behind the moon. listerine® cleans virtually 100%. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™ >>> we are a week out now from special counsel robert mueller's testimony before congress and now we're learning more about the democrats' game plan for questioning him on what will be an historic appearance. we're told lawmakers will try to challenge trump's no collusion claim by focusing on his contacts with russia and wikileaks while zeroing i

this time tomorrow. 50 years ago, american astronauts neil armstrong, michael collins and edwin aldrin were spending their last night on earththe three men were feeling in those final hours. i spoke with former nasa astronaut nicole stott, who went on two space flights and spent 104 days living in space, about what it feels like to float above the earth. it's one of those things, i think, you know, very difficult to describe, of course. you know, floating and flying that way, seeing the earth from space, very liberating, i would say. this freeing kind of feeling, and really great that you are up there doing good work for all of us down here on earth as well. and how long did it ta ke earth as well. and how long did it take for you to train to be up in space? well, for my first flight, which is what we call the long duration mission on the space station, that was about three year training flow, where over 50% of my time was spent out of the us, training in russia, and europe, and japan, and canada, at all of our partner facilities. well, amazing, but it took such a long time to train to get up to space. but tell us, it has be

astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed on the moon millions watched from earth is on strong set foot on the moon a sophos 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 to be adjusted 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 and mission control is but also people like mathematicians nurses and caterers all of that eventually helped 12 apollo astronauts walk on the lunar 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 it's also in jordan explains. apollo 11 was the result of hard work little sleep and billions of dollars 300000 kilometers away a small blue planet watched in awe a core of. our. american neil arms