heat and bonds -- buzz aldrin and michael collins will be at the white house. they are already calling for nasa to be more ambitious. they think we should be aiming to send a man did mission to mars by 2035. >> i'm going to step off right now. >> perhaps the most famous lending in history, the culmination of the space race. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> the journey had begun four days earlier at the kennedy space center. with blastoff of saturn 5, rocketing neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins to the moon. billions had been spent. many scientific advances made. but in the and, with their fuel running low, two men in a tiny lunar module that had to guide their lander down by hand. >> the eagle has landed. >> tranquillity, we copy you on the ground. you have a bunch of guys about to turn bluebeard we are breathing again. thanks a lot. >> we knew it was dangerous, but we don't think about those things. you are in there to execute. you are part of the team. there are other people who are members of that team, and your j

. >> the crew of the apollo 11, astronauts buzz aldrin, neil armstrong, and michael collins, gatheredast night to remember the historic moon landing 40 years ago today. the former astronauts spent only a short time talking about the apollo 11 mission in 1969, but they did urge mankind to send missions to mars despite government budget problems. >> reporter: the sense of wonder of what happened 40 years ago never goes away. machines that took man to the moon and back continue to fascinate at washington's air and space museum. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: the moon landing and neil armstrong's first steps were a defining moment of the 20th century. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: but there's still a debate about what it all meant and whether it was worth it. >> i was a pilot about eight years, and then i was an astronaut 18. i've been an artist longer than those two combined. >> reporter: allen bean was the fourth man to walk on the moon and now paints those experiences. >> it changed, i believe, most humans' opinion of what humans can

what neil, buzz, and michael collins have to say about going to the moon again, and maybe even mars.all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. >>> 40 years ago tonight, three men made history far from home. neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, the astronauts of apollo 11, reached out and touched the moon. today they're in washington, d.c. to celebrate that anniversary. abc's ned potter reports that 40 years have not dimmed their vision of the future. >> reporter: they have aged gracefully. today the three men of apollo 11, all in their late 70s, were at the white house, mostly trying to talk about future space exploration, but still admired by those who remember the history they made. >> touchstone for excellence is in exploration and discovery. it's always going to be represented by the men of apollo 11. >> reporter: the video from apollo 11 has been digitally improved, but it still looks ghostly. one has to remind one's s

last night, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins were here at the air museum.d in front of that module. we have a copy of that photo. there was a large crowd at the museum last night. thousands of people. many were lucky enough to get a ticket to hear the three astronauts speak. now, strangely enough, they didn't focus on the lun landing. they talked more about the future of the space program. neil armstrong, for example, only talked about the lunar landing for about 11 seconds. instead, the three astronauts focused on going to mars. they're urging nasa not to go back to the moon but to go to mars instead. buzz aldrin, however, did talk about the apollo 11 mission a little bit more. talked about the importance of it. apollo 11 was about exploration, about taking risks for great rewards in science and engineering, about setting an ambitious goal before the world and then finding the political will and the national means to achieve it. >> reporter: armstrong, aldrin and collins will be meeting with president barack obama in the oval office later on today at 2:00.

michael collins was the astronaut who was abored that capsule. he thinks maybe we didn't go to the right place. >> mars was always my favorite as a kid. and it still is today. i would like to see mars become the focus just as john f. kennedy focused on the moon. brian: right now we're going back to the moon. but here at the newseum we are reminded what a big media event it was. some 500 million people were watching in 1969 as armstrong stepped off that lunar lander. shep? shepard: brian wilson live at the newseum in washington. a live look at the international space station. the crew of the space shuttle endeavour had a busy day celebrating a spacewalk of their own. two astronauts went outside to attach a new antenna and pump to the international space station. see them hanging off with their feet. you can imagine looking down at earth like that. nasa has three more spacewalks planned while docked to the international space station. right now a total of 13 people are staying at the place. it's a bit tight. the most people ever in the thing at one

he was followed by buzz aldrin while michael collins orbited above this the command module to be their ride home. 15 hours was spent on the moon's surface. this happened eight years after americans were challenged to reach the moon. ten more astronauts leave their foot sprints over the next 3 1/2 years. you can follow it online as if it were happening any time. the website is called wechoosethemoon.com. it has some modern twists as well. for example, nasa is setting up tweet like they were from apollo all eats. i just noticed the e.v.a. line is brown and took a beating during the launch. neil is trying to make me nervous. that side again is wechoosethemoon.org. >>> the space shuttle "endeavour" crew finished its fist spacewalk despite technical problems. the two space walkers could barely be heard at time from the static in their microphone. the problem occurred during the entire five-hour phone call. >>> the aviation hall of fame has new members, including illene, the space shuttle pilot. she was the first one to command a late pilot. gym smi stewart reached rank of air force journal.

tonight, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins looked at the success of the space events. they took the opportunity to look forward. the astronauts say that america needs to look at the next step in space exploration, including a trip to mars. >> it may sound like it is beyond our reach, but that is what some called apollo's goal, to reach the moon. >> nasa plans to return to the moon by 2020. >> and can i go back to the cell phones? here is a tip, i learned it the hard way. when you change a plan sometimes you automatically sign up for another year with your phone company. >> i know, that is why i hung on to mine. >> all right, time for a breather, then we take the edge off with the world's largest cup cake. >> wait until you see dave ross having fun at nationals park. find out more on what he is doing today. >> i want to find out if they made that cup cake in a car. that is what i want to fnd out. >>> all right you know a great weekend, no problems with the weather, but changes as you head into the work week just ahead. hmmm... well... naaa..yeah! calculating for getaway

president obama and the world honored neil armstrong, michael collins and buzz aldrin. >> the country continues to draw inspiration from you. >> reporter: becky was 9 years old. >> i remember the day. >> you do? >> yes, i was in north carolina. they were about seven of us, watching that flickering image. we all cheered and hollered, and it was a huge deal. >> reporter: at the enoch library, visitors watched video. >> i was 2 years old. >> reporter: we look back, the pioneering astronauts are looking forward, asking president obama to lead the effort for a mission to mars. >> we, the planet earth, is going to send some people, one day, to the surface of mars. >> i think space exparticular ration is important up to a -- exploration is important up to a point. i think we have important priorities here. >> reporter: becky clark says those are fixing the health care system as well as getting the economy back on track first. >> thank you. scientists hope a mission to mars could determine if the red plan etc. could sustain life. >>> singer chris brown talks about the violent fight with rihan

. >> reporter: aldrin, armstrong, and michael collins were shooting through space on apollo 11. then while collins stayed back orbiting in alpoo, armstrong and aldrin raced down to the surface on board the lunar module. in all, just 12 men walked on the moon, the last two back in september of 1972. soon after that the apollo project was abandoned. america is building a new ship to go back to the moon by 2020. aldrin feels we should never have abandoned the moon and is pleased nasa is looking further into space. >> we should be to mars sometime in the 20 20s, early 30s. >> reporter: looking back and up to a place where man first set foot, 40 years ago. >>> and today the first astronauts to walk on the moon urged president obama to look to the future, and according to them, the future is mars. we'll have that part of the story coming up at 5:33 on 9news now. >>> shuttle astronauts observed today's anniversary with a space walk of their own. this is live look of astronauts hooking up new parts to the space station. other members are the less glamorous task of repairing two toilets.

that's what they're saying. [ light laughter ] astronaut, michael collins, was the pilot that day.ut he only got to orbit the moon. that's got to suck. [ laughter ] it's like being the designated driver for the greatest night of your buddy's life, you know? [ laughter ] "dude, you remember when we walked on the moon?" "no, i don't remember." [ laughter ] "because i didn't get to walk on the moon. i was driving. that one must have been fun. right?" little known fact, the reason michael collins didn't get to walk on the moon is because he chose paper and neil armstrong chose scissors. [ laughter ] beats paper. i always go with rock. rock. that's not rock, is it? yeah, rock, no. rock? is it like this? >> steve: that's rock. >> jimmy: that's not rock. all right. [ laughter ] all right. i guess you're right. that is rock. okay, we have more space news today. astronauts on the international space station are trying to repair an overflowing toilet. [ laughter ] they don't know who's responsible, but one astronaut bragged, "that's one small step for man, one giant poop for dan kind." [ lau

sure, it was neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins who took night in 1969 but it was the efforts of hundreds of thousands of nasa employees would got this mission off the ground. all of them honored. >> the path that john f. kennedy inspired us to choose was not easy. in fact, it was very hard. >> reporter: although tonight was a look back, it was also an opportunity to look forward. the apollo 11 astronauts said american leaders need to take that next step in space exploration including a trip to mars. >> it may sound like a distant destination beyond your reach but that is what some called apollo's goal to reach the moon. to mr. obama, let's get on with it. let's invest in the future. >>> nasa plans to return to the noon by 00 but buzz aldrin thinks man should reach mars by 2031. >> he says a lunar program will help them reach that goal. >>> fox 5 has today's milestone covered for you. we'll have extensive coverage of the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission throughout the day. you can follow the celebration on the web site also at myfoxdc.com. >>> a spectacular weekend fo

at a reunion, buzz aldrin and michael collins called for fresh efforts for a manned mission to mars. they were honored by president obama at the white house who described them as iconic figures who lifted the side of the entire world. adam reports. this was their moment. in the mind of the public, it would never have passed. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> neil armstrong and buzz aldrin -- they walk on them in 40 years ago. their footprints are probably still there. nasa has released a recording of them talking in the lunar lander as they descended to the surface of the moon. >> one thing i would appreciate it -- if you could -- [inaudible] >> the way to go. >> neil armstrong is an elderly man out and you do not often see him in public, but he emerged to say that the space endeavor was not driven by a scientific endeavor but competition and it lasted only a short time. >> the space race faded away. it was all to matt, peaceful competition. -- ultimate, peaceful competition. >> buzz aldrin pleaded for a mission to mars. leave them there. >> the mission to tak

just years after the word armstrong, aldrin and michael collins shooted on apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin raced down on the surface on board the tiny lunar module. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: in all just 12 men walked on the moon. the last two back in december 1972. soon after that the apollo project was abandoned for the space shuttle program. with the shuttle set to retire, america is building a new ship to go back to the moon by 2020. aldrin feels we should never have abandoned the moon and is pleased nasa is setting its sights farther into space. >> we certainly should be tomorrow somewhere in the early 2030s. >> reporter: aldrin, always the pioneer, looking into the future on date the world looks back and up to a place where man first set foot 40 years ago. drew levinson, cbs news, the kennedy space center. >> nasa crews plan a spacewalk today to commemorate the anniversary, but it won't be without hard work. they have to fix a broken toilet. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon. >> i am afraid that i might never see them again. >> a soldier

buzz and michael collins and also the fourth man to step onto the moon. they were all signing books this afternoon. we ran into a man who collects autographs and he has a couple of neil armstrong autographs. neil armstrong has been quite reclusive through the years and we understand at one point stopped giving autographs. this man tells me that one recent autograph of neil armstrong on a check was auctioned off for $27,000. the man i was talking to from houston, texas, showed me two or three autographs he has from neil armstrong through the years. so people gathering this evening for the lecture series getting to hear all three members of the apollo 11 crew together. how exciting. bruce? >> good assignment, dave. thank you. >>> his right arm in a cast and the pope greeted worshipers near his mountain vacation retreat. he underwent surgery friday to reset his wrist after a fall. the pope also blessed a few hundred of the faithful using his left hand. he then raised his right arm immobilized in a plaster cast and made the sign of the cross. pope benedict al

buzz aldrin, strong, and michael collins boarded the shuttle people crowded to watch the takeoff. it took three days to reach the moon's orbit, and a fourth before armstrong and aldrin road the module to the moon's surface. >> the three of us felt that all of a sudden we were no longer bolted to the ground. >> if fulfilled president kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960's. it was the first half a dozen missions were astronauts walked on the moon. 40 years ago. >>> let's talk about whether on this thursday. changes are finally here. we knew it had happened, because the low humidity is too good to be true. >> we could use a showers, so it is a good thing that we are getting into an unsettled weather pattern. at dulles airport, we have had 5/1 hundred of an inch of rain. more than an inch below average. that is why we are not in a drought. s cldoutill use a nice letl g.soeinak in it ill pilroblbl come best chance tomorrow night. here is a good time lapse for us. a fair amount c cuterlo ovearly th or.ningth as shein tshppunpoe edpo up, eay morning clouds cleared u

four days later, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first men to visit the moon as michael collinsbuzzed overhead. >>> you're watching cbs news. >>> a horrible moment from 25 years ago caught on tape. michael jackson's hair catches fire while he's filming a pepsi commercial. this never before seen footage was posted online. it may have led to his reported dependence on painkillers. >>> on the "cbs money watch," stock markets in asia rallied this morning. and the story of a mind boggling banking mistake. claire leka is here with more from new york. good morning. >> good morning, michelle. we'll get to that mistake in just a moment. but news of china's economy accelerated last quarter sent asian markets higher last night. japan's benchmark nikkei rose 1%. hong kong stocks jumped .5%. >>> an intel report restarted the rally on wall street. the dow jones industrial average starts the day up 256 points. the nasdaq jumped 63. jp morgan chase releases its quarterly earnings report before the start of trading. tech bell weathers google and ibm will roll out after the closing bell. and we g

but his crewmates, buzz aldrin and michael collins, say no. better to go beyond. >> as celestial bodies go, the moon is not a particularly interesting place and mars is the closest thing toarth's sister that we've found so far. >> aldrin has confessed to bouts of depression since apollo, perhaps brought on by the pressures of fame. but armstrong and collins have described themselves as happy. but lucky on my tomb stone joked collins, but not too soon. >> do you think nasa should focus its mission on putting on man on mars. give us your opinion. go to wjla.com to vote in today's pulse pole. >> i recall watching that as a kid in school. they stopped everything show us the coverage of that. >> it was a sunday afternoon, if i recall correctly. there were sigs or seven of us huddled around one tv in the living room. >> what about us here on earth? >> we need rain. we're in a dry pattern. t'le gett' our coverage started with live super doppler 7. he bm toof the screen, youm he t ywsello ahended r wshere the heaviest rain has been. but it's really no

. >> buzz aldrin says he felt a few butterflies as he, neil armstrong and michael collins climbed aboard apollo 11 40 years ago today. he reminisced at an event commemorating the historic space flight. >> maybe a little unnerving when you climb up and get on top of that thing. >> people crowded the beaches and highways to watch. a three-day journey to the moon and a short hair-raising ride on the eagle lunar module to the moon's surface, a ride in which the astronauts almost ran out of fuel. >> there was a time when the low-level light came on and we were still 100 feet off the ground and charlie says 60 seconds. i was beginning to wonder. charlie duke remembers there was dead silence in mission control. >> literally, we were holding our breath when we heard contact, engines stopped. >> the eagle has landed. >> nasa has released new enhanced images of armstrong climbing down the ladder and into the history books. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> it was a triumph of technology and a moment of national pride. >> they got the flag up now and you can see see t

so, madam speaker, i rise to support and to salute buzz aldrin, the lunar module pilot, michael collins, the command module pilot, and neil armstrong, the mission commander, who understood what it was to make this giant step. his other words as well, as we came in peace for all of man jnds kind, that should be the mantra, the standard, the medal, if will you, the heart of nasa. as we explore, we come in peace for all of mankind. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. inglis of south carolina. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> i raise the climb to speak out of order an address the house for five minutes and request permission to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccotter: thank you, madam speaker. the iranian people's peaceful struggle for freedom continue despite the tyrannical regime's bash rouse crackdown in fact, in his friday sermon, the former president called questions -- called into question the legitimacy of the present government and rebuked the regimer to its crackdown on peacef

this afternoon, armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins met with president obama to mark this historic milestone. the president praised the work of the astronauts and their pioneering spirit. >>> meantime hundreds gathered in armstrong's hometown wrapping up the festival celebrating the moon landing. a museum in ohio is full of artifacts from the space program, everythingm ro fmoon rocks to the jemini space craft. >>> perdue university has its own exhibit about the lunar landing. it includes mementos and personal papers from armstrong. they even have a space suit. >>> one year from now, the space shuttle is slated to retire. and the next manned rocket is at least five years away that's if the engineers can fix a host of problems. so what is the future of nasa and can we afford it? >> reporter: eugene sernan was the last man on the moon. >> i thought we'd be back to the moon by the end of that decade and on our way to mars. >> reporter: buzz aldrin was the sec guy on the moon 40 years ago. in his sights, a permanent and growing colony on mars. >> the pilgrims on the mayflower did not co

. >> on the eve of the anniversary, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins made an appearance at the national air and space museum, remembering the past but looking forward to the future. they said it is time to look beyond the moon and to a mission to mars. >> buzz aldrin has always been promoting that, and ever since he got out of the space program. >> it is likely the top will be brought up this afternoon at the newseum. apollo program astronauts discussed space exploration. the panel will be -- the event will be broadcast across the country. >> it is one of the biggest news stories in anybody's memory, and so we wanted to do something special with it today on its 40th anniversary. >> decades later, for many people is still an event they will never forget. >> it was kind of emotional because you never thought this could happen. >> in northwest, kathy parkabc 7 news. >> people looking for work in northern virginia will get to meet with governor tim kaine is today. the jobless rate rose slightly to 7.2% in june, well below the national average of 9.5%. the unemployment rate i

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released to mark the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11 launch when neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins became the first people to set foot on the moon. monday is the anniversary of the actual moon walk. apollo 11 blasted off july 16th of 1969. >>> and a check signed by neil armstrong before he took off for the moon sells for 270 times what it's worth. the check for $10.50 was for money armstrong had to borrow from a nasa manager. he wrote if anything happened to him, but not to cash it because he'll be back. the check sold at auction for more than $27,000. >>> new life is coming to the annapolis market house. three new tenants are moving in to the historic center on a temporary basis now. they are putting the finishing touches on the market house. the city regained control about two months ago after buying out a private firm that ran the market for several years. during that time, all but two of the tenants moved out and they want to turn it into more of a meeting place now. >> and the people coming in have to be up at january 4. the reason for that is we have to redesign the inside so

but neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins didn't dwell on the moon mission the instead they urged nasa to aim for a trip to mars. >> apollo 11 is a symbol of what a great nation and a great people can do if we work hard, work together and have strong leaders with vision and determination. that is what apollo 11 means to us today, to me today. >> it was the ultimate peaceful competition. usa versus ussr. i'll not assert that it was a diversion which prevented a war, nonetheless it was a diversion. it was intense. and it didllow both sides to take the high road. >> and the apollo crew members get another chance to make a pitch for a mars trip with they meet with president obama today at the white house. >>> mean wile the astronauts making history right now have a bit of a plumbing issue on their hands. one of the international space station's two toilets broke down and so far the crew has been unable to fix it. nasa says it's not urgent but it couldn't come at a worse time with the crew of "endeavour" a reco 13 people are now at the outpost. astronauts will try to fix the toil

michael collins.e take a closer look how they uplifted america's spirit at a time the country very much needed it. >> it has to be remembered in the context of the times. the vietnam war was going badly. protest marches, america's youth in open rebellion. the world is being turned upside-down. >> in your landing, over. >> reporter: then the government, the government did something truly amazing. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: and perhaps oh, about an hour's time or so, we will have the television picture of the century. >> okay, we can see you coming down the ladder now. >> reporter: july 20th, 1969 was a sunday, people were home. around the world, glued to their televisions, thrilled by the grainy, hard to decipher pictures that came to us, can you believe it, live from the surface of the moon. >> beautiful, beautiful. >> is isn't that something? magnificent sight out here. >> reporter: the astronauts back home rocks and pictures. >> a tiny finite oasis of life in the vastness of space. that p

earlier today the white house, president obama greeted the apollo 11 crew of neil armstrong, michael collins and zz aldrin and earlier in the day at nasa headquarters, they had the opportunity to speak with buzz aldrin and ask him his thoughts on america's progress or lack of it. >> i think we were all caught up with the -- to give a lot of thought to where this would really f in to the future. and i think we are getting back to what nasa and what the country really likes to see and that's exploration. to me, exploration is going to some place you haven't been before. >> and that some place buzz aldrin is talking about is mars, brian. he doesn't like the fact that nasa is in the process of returning to the moon. he wants a new mission, one he says will worldwide countries. this is really incredible. consolation mission will return astronauts to the moon in 2020. nasa is remapping the moon and has a satellite around the surface of the moon. and what nasa released today is nothing short of stunning. look at the images we got from nasa. that is a picture for wednesday of tranquility base that i

one thinks of man landing on the moon, they probably think of neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collinsw about john ryan? does that name ring a bell? if you haven't heard about him, he has a lot to tell you. he remembers the landing like it was yesterday. >> i can't remember about what i had for dinner yesterday, but i can remember coming out of there, sitting on the curb, smoking that cigarette and thinking man! >> reporter: 78-year-old john ryan is a resident here at charlestown. these days he spends his time playing softball and socializing. but 40 years ago, he played a major role in the apollo 11 mission. he was part of the team at the goddard space center that managed a high-tech switchboard, the only link that kept the brave astronauts from being lost in space. >> if they got up there and they couldn't talk, they were lost. this here is the flight plans of what -- what happened. >> reporter: with the 40th anniversary, john was happy to show us pictures, awards, and mementos from this pivotal moment in american history. he is one of only a few living team members that continue to

neil armstrong, buzz armstrong and michael collins met president obama and called for fresh efforts to send a manned mission to mars. >> this of was their moment, ann the minds of global public, it has never really been surpassed. >> it is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> neil armstrong and buzz aldrin walked on the moon 40 years ago today, and the stillness of the lunar surface, there's no wind there, means that the footprints are probably still there. nasa's released a recording of armstrong and aldrin talking in the lunar lander, as they descended to the surface of the moon. >> good to go. >> neil armstrong is an elderly man now, and you don't often see him in public, but he emerged to remind us that the space race was driven not by scientific endeavor, but by military and political competition with the soviet union, and it lasted only a short time. >> the space race paved the way. it was the ultimate peaceful competition. usa versus ussr. >> and buzz aldrin, too, today pleaded for a mission to mars. >> leave the astronauts there, he said. >> the mission that a

. >>> 40 years ago tonight buzz, neil armstrong and michael collins had their sights set on the moon.pollo 11, july 16, 1969. four days later they became the first men on the moon. tonight a look back at some things you might not know about that moon landing. for example, popular science says armstrong's small step, not really that small. in fact, it was actually about 3.5 feet from the last rung on that ladder to the service. once he was joined they had to make sure they didn't get locked out of the lunar landing. there was no door handle on the outside and that flag that armstrong and aldran placed on the lunar service, it came from sears. click on our moon landing memories button on our home page to get the history details. >>> all right. fast forward to now. after a month of delays space shuttle endeavour is in orbit but the success of tonight's launch has been dampened a bit. nasa says foam insulation hit the orbiter during launch. engineers say some possible scuff marks appear to be minor but the ground crew and shuttle crew will conduct a close inspection of where the foam hit.

astronauts kneel armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins headed into space.ys later, july 209. man walked on the moon for the first time. today the crew of space shuttle "endeavour" ace, inspecting the shuttle for damn an duri-- g takeoff. eight or nine pieces of home insulation came off the external fuel tank. and at least two of the pieces hilt the shuttle. the shuttle will dock with the international space station tomorrow. >>> it is exciting. i know. remember where you were four years ago. >> i do. >> i was working in barbados. we had no live tv. had to listen through short wave radio. >> how cool. added to the mystery. >> when i got back. exciting to see it. outside tonight. and next week, see the in the national space station. high in the sky. very, very bright. yeah, outside tonight. beautiful night. key bridge. looking across the river. it is a warm and pretty humid night. our temperature, highest temperature, we have had since way back, more than a year ago. remember june 7, 98 degrees. no record by the way. record, 104. i remember that too. 96 our h

astronauts buzz aldrin, michael collins and neil armstrong were honored by a president who was seven years old when "apollo" 11 made history. >> at the moment in which man kind was untetherd from this planet. >> reporter: the celebration is tempered by disappointment that america in the four decades since has not probed deeper into the unknown. buzz aldrin, who was the second man to step on the moon wants america to be first on mars. >> to me, exploration is going to someplace you haven't been before. >> reporter: gene cernan, the last man to walk on the moon in 1972 says the spirit of "apollo" has been lost. >> and i really believed that we'd be back to the moon by the end of that decade and on our way to mars by the turn of the century. >> reporter: but the achievements have been less grandiose. the shuttle program, which today featured a little-noted space walk outside the international space station-- is set to end next year. while the president has called for a return to the moon by 2020 funding is already being cut. budget pressures, though, are nothing new. even president kenn

astronauts neal armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins become the first people ever to set foot onhe moon. they did this four days after the launch. >>> it's no secret. if you want to lose weight you have to eat less and exercise more. researchers at two universities are now working on a weight loss drug, they say it's as effective as gastric bypass surgery. the people are working on this out of indiana university afford the university of cincinnati. they say the drugs suppress appetite and increases calorie burn. keep in mind, megan, they've only been testing this on rats. but the rats have bodies like ants now so they think it's maybe working. the next step is to test it on people because it's likely not now because the fda still has to approve it for about 10 years. >>> speaking of weight loss drugs, here's a story of a different kind -- a federal judge sentenced a couple for illegally selling more than 2.2 to million doses of a weight loss drug on the internet and between the two they will do some prison time, home detention and forfeit $1.5 million. prosecutors say they receiv

. >> reporter: buzz aldrin says he felt a few butterflies as he, neil armstrong, and michael collinsed aboard the apollo 1140 years ago today. he reminisced at an event commemorating the historic space flight. >> maybe a little unnerving when you climb up and get on top of that thing. >> reporter: people crowded the beaches and highways to watch. a three-day journey to the moon, and a short hair-raising ride on the eagle lunar module down to the lunar surface, a ride in which the astronauts almost ran out of fuel. >> there was a time when the low level light came on, and we were still 100 feet off the ground. and charlie says 60 seconds. i was beginning to wonder. >> reporter: charlie duke remembers there was dead silence in mission control. >> literally, we were holding our breath when we heard -- then we heard contact, engine stop. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: nasa has released new enhanced images of armstrong climbing down the ladder and into the history books. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: it was a triumph of technology and a

please welcome general michael collins. >> thank you. thank you, margaret. you're right.pent a lot of time in this room. i apologize in some ways for its design, it's design for imax, not for live speeches. not sure anybody is up there. i'm down here in the middle of a black hole about to be sucked in by gravity. but anyway, it's very nice to be back here. and it's always nice to talk about apollo. a great success story, i think. behind me i put that because it's better than looking at the black imax screen. and i like that photo. it's my favorite one. you see in the little thing there are three billion people and then in the big thing there are two people. and posing for the photographer who remains discreetly out of view. but it's nice to talk about apollo. as john glen described, john f. kennedy's mandate was a stark and very simple one. man on the moon by the end of the decade. such a clear objective. there was no ambiguity to it. all factions could pull behind it. at one time we had as many i think 400,000 americans working apollo. when i was director here, i tried t

. >> reporter: buzz aldrin says he felt a few butterflies as he, neil armstrong, and michael collins climbed aboard the apollo 1140 years ago today. he reminisced at an event commemorating the historic space flight. >> maybe a little unnerving when you climb up and get on top of that thing. >> reporter: people crowded the beaches and highways to watch. a three-day join to the moon, and a short hair-rising ride on the lunar eagle module down to the moon's surface, a ride in which the astronauts almost ran out of fuel. >> there was a time when the low level light came on, and we were still 100 feet off the ground. and charlie says 60 seconds. i was beginning to wonder. >> reporter: charlie duke remembers there was dead silence in mission control. >> literally, we were holding our breath when we heard contact, engine stop. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: nasa has released new enhanced images of armstrong climbing down the ladder and into the history books. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: it was a triumph of technology and a moment of nati

last night, the reclusive armstrong along with buzz aldrin and michael collins commemorated the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. the three told a packed museum about their vision for the future. >> isn't it time we continue our time out word, past the moon. >> i would like to see mars become the focus, just as john f. kennedy focused on the moon. >> back here live, at trouble clocked 30, there will be a special panel discussion by buzz aldrin and other astronauts from different missions. -- we're back live here. this discussion will be broadcast live on naa tv and it is open to the public. kathy park, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> let's take a live look at the international space station where the astronauts are receiving a wake-up call. it will be a bit of a difficult wake up call because one of the toilets has stopped working. that leaves them down to one toilet. there are 13 astronauts at the facility. >>> the u.s. military is condemning as propaganda a video about a soldier which provides the first public glimpse of bowe bergdahl since he disappeared june 30. the military sa

last night, armstrong and buzz aldrin and michael collins commemorated the 40th anniversary of the moonding. they told a packed museum aut their vision for the future. >> isn't in time we continue our journey out work, past the moon? >> back live in front of the newseum, there will be a special panel discussion with buzz aldrin and other astronauts discussing the future of u.s. space exploration. this will be broadcast live on nasa tv and will be simulcast across the country. it is open to the public as well. kathy park, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> we have a lot more to come in our second hour or. paid to protect the bad guys. serious allegations against a group of police officers. one of the man accused of participating in a street race faces a judge today. and lisa baden will be back with another look at your morning commute. we have had some problems probls >>> and emotional plea from a missing soldier. also this. >> nearly a year and a half after eight people were killed in a street racing accident, the trials begin. i will have that story coming up from upper marlboro. >> and the

armstrong, aldrin and their apollo 11 cool mate michael collins will bs honored by president obama tomorrowt the white house. he lived through the great war and then came home and enjoyed a good, long life. the world's oldest man englishman henry allingham died at the age of 113. the world war i veteran spent his later years working to remind younger generations of the millions killed in that conflict. russian cyclist won the 14th stage of the tour de france while american lance armstrong slipped into fourth place overall eight seconds behind. yesterday's leg of the tour was marred by the death of a woman who was struck by a policeman on a motorcycle as she tried to cross the road. 59-year-old american tom watson seems to have regained his youthful form at the british open. the five-time open champion has a one-stroke lead after three rounds. if he goes on to victory, watson will be the oldest player ever to win a major golf tournament. now today's weather. blistering heat and thunderstorms will continue in the south and west while the east and west coasts can look forward to a mild july da

you have buzz al drin, michael collins, neil armstrong and, of course, the president.the nasa administrator is also in the room. but, boy, what a gathering 40 years, 40 years ago tomorrow is when neil armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. july 21, 1969. they landed 40 years ago today. martha: three really cool guys. they did an extraordinary thing. neil armstrong you almost never see. he's very -- not reclusive but just very reserved. he doesn't like to make a big deal about him being the first person to step foot on the moon. you wonder what's going through the president's minds, the space program. that's what they're wondering and nasa as well. it will be interesting to see. trace: neil armstrong maintains that he said -- remember, the statement was, "one small step for man, one giant -- well, he says it was one small sell for a man. he said that and they have analyzed it and said a was in there, you just couldn't, because of the audio transmission, couldn't hear it. one small step for a man. martha: meaning for him. one small step off of that staircase. it reall