at these projection screens as man was landing on the moon. >> we're stay for t-1. >> reporter: gene kranz flight directors, one of the leaders in the room. kranz was on duty for the lunar landing. he is the one who had the final go, no go decision. >> okay, all flight controllers, go, no go for landing. retro. go. >> guidance. >> go. >> control. >> go. >> reporter: but it didn't go as planned. >> our final training run, we exercised those alarms, and i always go back and think what we would have done if we would have seen those for the first time. >> reporter: alarms dealt with but another alarming problem. the planned landing site was covered in huge boulders, so neil armstrong started flying manually. that means he's burning the limited precious fuel. >> 30 seconds. >> i think many americans sometime in their life have driven when the gas gauge in the car reads empty. that was the condition that we were on. >> the eagle has landed. >> at the instant of landing the people in the viewing room started cheering, stomping their feet, applauding, right on down the line. >> touchdown. override

gene kranz joins us right now.ing us. >> it is really great to be with you this morning. in the historic mission control. >> indeed, you made a lot of great memories possible. we all know about apollo 13 and what it took to get those men back but i didn't realize i guess in retrospect how close and i -- had dice the landing was they said a bunch of boulders were supposed to land and fuel is quickly running out and we have to find another place to land. you could have aborted it right then and there. >> i believe that they, the landing was a challenge all the way down. problems with communication, navigation problems, computer program alarms, you had to get the data into the computer. as we got closer to the ground we got to the lower level of the spacecraft and from then on my control team started -- they were seconds of fuel remaining. then later 30 seconds. very shortly about the time they said 50 we recognize that they were in the process of shutting down the engine. >> how much fuel really was left? we are told

where gene kranz says it's time we keep going. >> it demonstrated the power of free and open society. all of a sudden we quit. it's time for america to get moving to build the energy and passion and say what america and will america can do. >> nasa says they plan to put people on the moon again by 2024. >> and the bay area played a pivotal role in the abc 7 news reporter colonel bernhard is live at the uss hornet in alameda with a look back. coronell. >> reporter: eric, i got word that over 2000 people came aboard the uss hornet today. that's a big crowd. a private party happening right now. this is the navy ship that recovered the apollo 11 crew after splashdown in 1969. we spoke some of the originl recovery crew about their role in space history. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> 50 years ago, the entire nation stopped to watch history in the making. as apollo 11 astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin walked on the moon. >> the courage, the for the attitude. i just -- just blows me the away. >> among thousands who came aboard the historic uss hornet

. >> reporter: in mission control houston, flight director gene kranz. >> the people who lived here andalks to them and you can remember the calls that cap com made. >> flight controller is going to go for landing. >> go. >> go. >> go. >> go for landing. >> reporter: armstrong and aldrin battled alarms and dwindling fuel but made it to the surface, which for two and a half hours was their work area. aldrin placing a reflector, the only experiment still working 50 years later, allowing scientists to bounce lasers off of it, recording measurements. doug curry was a young scientist involved now and back then. >> my big thing was, buzz, quit jumping around like you're doing and get to work. >> reporter: the three astronauts returned heros, mission accomplished, moon dust and rocks. mike collins, the command module pilot, left some doodles behind. this smithsonian 3-d look inside the capsule of apollo 11 revealing the message collins left twice. >> there's a story that you went back in with a marker to make it permanent. is that true? >> i just didn't really want to say good-bye to columbia

. >> reporter: gene kranz was nasa's flight director. >> we had problems with communication, navigation problems, then the computer programs, landed the landing radar, as a result we were landing long so now we were running out of fuel. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> reporter: dispute the challenges it all worked and as we remember how the world came together a half century ago filled with both wonder and hope, here in the nation's capital, a giant image of the apollo 11 rocket has been projected on the washington monument and a few blocks away at the smithsonian's air and space museum, a new generation appreciates what the apollo 11 team accomplished so long ago. >> i didn't know how they did that, went over there and brave enough to do something like that. because what if it went wrong? >> reporter: and so many things could have gone so wrong, but ultimately we celebrate what went so right 50 years ago. back to you guys. >> and very exciting here in the bay area. thank you, doug. a piece of apollo 11 history is here in the bay area. the uss hornet recovered

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bit as ambitious and dominant in space as 50 years ago with the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says and now as ever failure is not an option we go. it's now just a matter of making good on that promise rosalyn shorten al-jazeera washington. time now for this fall with peta. mary ann thank you very much ireland's shane lowry has claimed east 1st ever golfing major by winning the open championship by 6 shots he was able to overcome his nerves and the stormy conditions at royal portrush to fulfill a childhood dream. for ports. with one hand already on the famed carrot jug shane lowry made an early start was final round dropping a shot straight away but that was to be no repeat of his choke at the 2016 us open we lit the final round by 4 shots only to finish 2nd birdies on $45.00 and $7.00 giving me our spring break in the room. tommy fleetwood was the only player who could realistically challenge the 32 year old and as his tee shots repeatedly went away would the feeling in the gallery group that there would be an irish champion lowry had 5 bogeys as the way the worsened as you go

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eastern, apollo 11 flight director gene kranz talks about training for the mission, spacecraft problems and the july 20 moon landing. >> and they are all cheering, and you get this weird feeling. it's chilling, that it soaks in through the room and i get it, say, my god, we're actually on the moon. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv. all weekend every weekend, only on cspan 3. >> a new cspan poll shows a third of americans have a favorable view of trump administration's efforts to create space force, nearly as many americans have an unfavorable view. the largest group has no opinion about space force. despite the even split among americans there are significant differences when you look at the partisan break down. almost half of republicans see space force flavor appavorably, under a quarter of democrats. national security came in second behind monitoring earth's environment when those surveyed were asked to select priorities. find all of the results, including the findings of americans attitudes toward nasa and its funding at c-span.org. >>> in 1979, a small knenet wor

charlie duke was "the voice" talking to the astronauts and gene kranz guided them.ellow astronauts made history strolling across the lunar surface. mark strassmann got to speak to all three and reports from the kennedy space center in florida. >> reporter: i'm standing underneath the saturn 5 rocket. this is the type that launched apollo 11's crew to the moon. seriously, would you take a look at how big it is? 363 feet long. that's taller than the statue of and the most powerful machine ever built. and riding on top was the lunar lander just like this one that brought the first men to the moon. >> lift off, we have a lift off. >> reporter: when the saturn 5 rocket roared to life, the apollo 11 mission soared into history. >> apollo 11, everything going well for a landing on the moon. >> reporter: nasa's dooers and dreamers sent three moon explorers, astronauts neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins. >>he three of us were the tip of a gigantic technological iceberg, if you will. >> reporter: collins now 88 told us at lift off, apollo 11's crew felt g-force p

a bishop and dominant in space as 50 years ago the life of the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says now is a failure is not an option. it's now just a matter of making good on that promise russell jor el just 0 washington. time for us to take a look at the top stories here it out is here britain's junior defense for the says he's sending assets to the strait of hormuz after iran sees one of its time because britain insists the ship was in amman the territorial wolfson's the u.k. government's written to the security council calling for the ship's release from the iranian capital his torso jabari with the latest on the investigation. the cole investigation is now under way in the port city of on that bus where this u.k. tanker that's been seized by the revolutionary guard is being kept along with the 23 crew members on board the sallow imperio has been taken to this port city where the officials have said that they are looking into what actually transpired on friday the revolution guard has said that the vessel risk maritime safety in the strait of hormuz and the reason for the s

in this interview, flight director gene kranz talks about training for the mission, spacecraft problems, and the 1969 moon landing. this interview is from nasa's oral history program. apollo 11. you were the lunar landing flight director. you were in charge of that. but you also took part in the whole thing, didn't you? >> yes. >> let's go back over apollo 11. what a thing to go over. that is a big project. >> there are many things that stand out to you. when a person says, where were you when? i had sure had an awful lot of great breaks in my life. whether they be in college, whether they be in flying airplanes. but one of the ones i remember that was related to apollo 11 in a very direct fashion was the day that i got the assignment to do the landing phase. cliff charlesworth was the lead flight director. and one of the responsibilities of the lead flight director is to identify which flight director is going to cover which phase of the mission. and i'm moving in. this was the first mission where, in apollo, where charlesworth and myself were actually coming back together again. so, y

apollo 11 flight director gene kranz. >> the emotional intensity in this room was almost overwhelmingit was the kind of thing that only happens once in your life. >> it took the nasa preservation center six years to make sure everything is just right. museums here in the bay area are recognizing the event. uss hornet recovered the apollo 11 astronauts after the splashdown. the chabot space and science center also offering simulated lunar missions. >>> amsome prime day is today and tomorrow. other companies including target, walmart and ebay are offering their own sales to try and compete. target's online sales called deal days run through tomorrow. walmart got a head start, offering discounts since yesterday. ebay has a 48-hour crash sale on phones, gaming systems and shoes. amazon's deals are available to prime members only. this morning on gma, rebecca jarvis explains how to keep track. >> you can look at the amazon app and look for the very specific things you want in your cart, that way you won't be incentivized to shop for anything. a lot of these deals are for a limited time onl

ambitious and dominant in space as 50 years ago discover like the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says and now is over failure is not an option. it's now just a matter of making good on that promise roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. conversely take a look at the top stories here it out to syria britain senior defense minister says it's sending assets to the strait of hormuz after iran seize one of its tankers britain insists the ship was in a man's territorial waters and has called for it to be released in unless it's the u.n. security council team barbara has the latest from london. person believes this vessel was in obama any waters that was allowing that was 1st stated by britain's defense secretary perry mordant on saturday repeated by foreign secretary jeremy hunt shortly afterwards and now this letter from the u.k. mission to the united nations really. criticizing the iranian action saying that. stands 100 percent by that fact that the iranians had no right to seize the vessel of course that version of events is disputed by to iran but it comes at a time when britain is t

. >> reporter: gene kranz was nasa's flight director. >> basically throughout the entire decent we hadwith communication, navigation problems, then we had the computer programs, we landed the landing radar and as a result of a trajectory aberration we were landinone sm giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: despite the challenges it all worked. and as we remember how the world came together a half century ago filled with both wonder and hope, here in the nation's capital a giant image of the apollo 11 rocket has been projected on the washington monument. and a few blocks away at the smithsonian's air and space museum, a new generation appreciates what the apollo 11 team accomplished so long ago. >> i don't know how they did that. i don't know how they went over there and they were brave enough to do something like that because what if it went wrong? >> reporter: and so many things could have gone wrong but ultimately we celebrate what went so right 50 years ago. back to you guys. >> thank you, doug. and celebrating apollo 50th anniversary celebration. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

the bishes and dominant in space as 50 years ago the life of the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says now is over failure is not an option we go. it's now just a matter of making good on that promise russell jor el just 0 washington. square at the top stories now iran's foreign minister zarif has accused u.s. national security adviser john bolton of trying to drag person into a quagmire off the seizure of a u.k. flagged oil tanker in the strait of hormuz person has written to the u.n. security council about is calling for the ships release and u.k. government also says it's weighing up its options and plans to announce the next steps on monday riot police in hong kong if i take gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators the violence broke out after protesters refused to stop marching through the streets and blocked roads near china's central government offices calling for direct elections and an independent investigation into police tactics at previous rallies mass protests began last month against a controversial extradition bill to the mainla

witnesses included gene kranz, the former nasa engineer and flight director of the apollo 11 and 13 missionsand homer hickam, author of rocket boys. this is 90 minutes. >>

bit as ambitious and dominant in space as 50 years ago with the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says and now as ever failure is not an option. it's now just a matter of making good on that promise rosalyn shorten al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera one baseball fan keeps his cool during the u.s. heat wave serious coming up next in sports with patel. a conflict that is now considered to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis how many would not have to die like this stock responses on are really for sale and investigation into how billions of euros are made from supplying arms to saudi arabia a leader of the coalition fighting a war in the south the case is interesting to watch as the amount of money involved yemen war profiteers coming soon the plundering of armenia's natural riches has uprooted residents and desecrated the habitat of some of europe's most inventors species. but a remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the mike 2 of the country's investors and putting high hopes on its newly elected prime minister people in power investigates armenia

cab conis now charlie duke and gene kranz and his team of controllers are preparing to take over theesponsibility from cliff charlesworth's team. >> looks good to us. we'll be ready to copy in a minute or two. >> the spacecraft will be placed in the passive thermal control mode, rotated about its x axis at a rate of about three revolutions per hour to maintain proper temperature balance within the spacecraft. >> houston, you might be interested that out my window right now i can observe the entire continent of north america down to the yucatan peninsula, cuba, then i run out of window. >> i didn't know what i was looking at but i sure did like it. >> okay. >> i didn't have much outside my window. >> apollo 11, houston, we'd like a crew status report. we're about to tell you good night. over. >> status report is as follows. radiation, 11002. 10002. lmp 09003. negative medications. over. fit as a fiddle. over. >> copy, 11. thank you much. you're cleared for some zs. over. >> okay. we'll maybe get around to lunch. after having studied at the university of toronto institute for space stu

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bishop and dominant in space as 50 years ago discover like the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says now is over failure is not an option. it's now just a matter of making good on that promise russell jordan al-jazeera washington. let's have a look at the top stories here it is here britain is insisting a tanker seized by iran was in amman's territorial waters and it's called for the release of the vessel in a letter to the un security council after the government held a 2nd emergency meeting in less than 24 hours at least 8 people have been killed in 2 attacks in northwestern pakistan 2 police officers were shot dead at a checkpoint in debtor israel 6 other people including civilians died in the blast at the hospital entrance the pakistan taliban has claimed responsibility protesters in hong kong are gathering for another mass rally as they continue to put pressure on the government there demanding the official withdrawal of a planned extradition law and an independent inquiry into the handling of weeks of demonstrations robin wright has mall. it is similar to a lot of other ma

eastern, apollo 11 flight director gene kranz talks about training for the mission space craft problems and the moon landing. >> and they're all cheering. and you get in weird feeling. it's chilling that it vokes in through the room and i get it and say, my god, we're actually on the moon. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv. all weekend every weekend. only on cspan3. >>> the house judiciary committee met last week to decide whether to subpoena white house officials about the trump administration's family separation policy at the u.s./mexico border and also the committee's ongoing obstruction of justice investigation relating to the mueller probe. the judiciary committee voted along party lines to issue the subpoenas. >> judiciary committee will please come to order. a your up being present without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess tennessee. ua

witnesses included gene kranz, the former nasa engineer and flight director of the apollo 11 and 13 missions, and homer hickam, author of rocket boys. this is 90 minutes. >> >> [gavel pounding] >> this hearing is call to order. welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9:30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7.5 million pounds of thrust, took off from kennedy space center in florida. roughly 1 million people had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. that included half of the u.s. congress. these 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. the u.s. 1969. the year before i was born. the astronauts were now i'm strong, but, and michael collins. and the mission was apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. when with more than one third of the earth's the earth watching, word listening live. they became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. the apollo 11 mission would go on to make history aga

eastern, apollo 11 flight director gene kranz talks about training for the mission, spacecraft problems and the july 20th moon landing. >> and they're all cheering and you get this weird feeling, it's chilling that it soaks in through the room and i get it and say my god, we're actually on the moon. explore our nation's past on american history tv. all weekend, every weekend. only on c-span 3. >>> this weekend on our companion network, c-span. congressman derek kilmer. chair of the new democrat coalition. will join us to discuss his legislative priorities. he's on newsmakers, sunday at 10 :00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> a hearing from a house ways and means subcommittee about how last year's tax law increased taxes on many people because of the cap on deductions for state and local taxes. local officials from new york, ohio, pennsylvania and virginia testified at the hearing. >> subcommittee will come to order. subcommittee on select revenue measures is gathered today to hear testimony in how recent limitations to the s.a.l.t. deduction armed communities, schools, first re

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reporter: gene kranz, the flight director who is in mission control when the eagle landed on the moon be a success, it needs two things. he needs leadership and unity. i know you believe that the trump administration is providing that leadership. but the unity piece. we were very divided congress and very divided country. what are you going to do to sell the plant to the american people and to democrats on capitol hill who need to fund the program? >> i think it all begins with a vision. president trump laid out a bold vision that we were going to return to the moon within the next five years. and then on to mars. and made a pledge of the first woman and the next man on the moon would be an american astronaut. we are also making changes in our national security apparatus. we will soon have united states space force to make sure that we can defend our nation from the outer reaches of space. but again, it begins with a vision just like it did with president kennedy. reporter: but you think congress assembled find it? >> the same questions were asked in the 1960s. history records that it

eastern, apollo 11 flight director gene kranz talks about training for the mission, spacecraft problems and the july 20th moon landing. >> and they're all cheering and you get this weird feeling, it's chilling that it soaks in through the room and i get it and say, my god, we're actually on the moon. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv. all weekend every weekend. only on c-span3. >>> next week on c-span 3 robert mueller will testify before the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee. the judiciary committee hearing will get under way at 8:30 a.m. eastern and the intelligence committee hearing begins at noon eastern. both are live here on c-span3 and on line at c-span.org and listen free with the radio app. navy admiral craig faller head of