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We choose to go to the moon.

We choose to go to the moon.

We choose to go to the moon
in this decade and do the other things,

not because they are easy
but because they are hard.

- Look at that.
- That's beautiful.

It's gotta be one of the most proud moments
of my life. I guarantee ya.

Apollo 1 1 might never have happened
were it not for three very specific people.

You've probably never heard
of Sergei Korolev,

but without him the Soviet Union
might never have put a man into space

nor stirred the competitive juices
of his American counterparts.

Wernher Von Braun
was the German rocket scientist

who turned the weapons of World War Two

into the giant Saturn boosters
of the space race 20 years later.

Kennedy vowed to send a man to the moon
and return him safely

long before it was known to be possible.

Korolev, Von Braun and Kennedy,

working at a time when politics,
economics and technology

were being defined
by mankind's breaching of outer space,

were the keystones in the bridge

that carried another celebrated trio
on their historic voyage

from the Earth to the moon.

You fellas all know
what we're doing here, right?

- Think so.
- Just shooting the shit. Informal.

No big deal.

Coffee klatch kind of stuff we can cut into

any time during our
broadcast of the mission.

- Are we underdressed, Emmett?
- Not at all, boys. I'm just a creature of habit.

I can't go on the air
without putting on my tie.

We'll be on the air from the moment
you cross through the equigravisphere

right up through the big moment.

- I'm gonna need all the help I can get.
- I don't know, Emmett.

Cronkite worked us over.
I don't know how much we have left.

Let me worry about Cronkite.

I've got good stuff on each of you
but don't get too formal about it.

Say any damn thing you please,
any damn thing you want.

Neil, I'll start with you. Then you, Buzz.

- Mike, you'll be Tail-End Charlie.
- I'm always Tail-End Charlie.

Forget what I just said.
We'll start with you.

Now, Mike, you have a role
unlike any other human being in the world.

- So, are we beginning now?
- Oh, yeah.

They started rolling the minute I sat down.

We are having an informal chat with
these three men who need no introduction.

This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control.
We can now count down for Apollo 1 1,

the flight to land the
first men on the moon.

We're on time at the present time

for our planned liftoff
of 32 minutes past the hour.

T minus 60 seconds and counting.

We've passed T minus 60.

55 seconds and counting.

Neil Armstrong reported back
when he received the good wishes,

"Thank you very much.
We know it will be a good flight."

Good luck and Godspeed.

40 seconds away from the
Apollo 1 1 liftoff.

All second-stage tanks now pressurized.

35 seconds and counting.
We are still go with Apollo 1 1.

30 seconds and counting.

Astronauts report it feels good.
T minus 25 seconds.

20 seconds and counting.

T minus 1 5 seconds. Guidance is internal.

Twelve, eleven, ten, nine...

Ignition sequence starts.

Six, five, four, three, two, one...

Liftoff. We have a liftoff.

That was four days ago.

It was witnessed in person
by over a million people in Florida

and billions of people on television
around the world.

It was history.

I'm Emmett Seaborn.

You are watching NTC's
special coverage of Apollo 1 1

to the Sea of Tranquility.

The date is July 20th. The year, 1969.

If everything goes according to plan,

an event will take place today

that will forever mark the 20th day
of the seventh month of the year.

I can guarantee
that you'll remember this day,

where you are and what you are doing.

This is a day mankind has anticipated

ever since we first lifted our eyes
under the night-time sky

and wondered what marvels
wait for us up there

on the face of our beautiful,
mysterious companion in the cosmos.

Today is the day we find out.

Today is the day we set foot on the moon.

There is a mood of intense anticipation
here for very many reasons.

Worldwide audience
estimated at 400 million.

The French press is
dominated by Apollo 1 1.

The journey of Apollo 1 1 will continue.

Hope they don't bring
too many germs down here.

- Wanna go to the moon?
- Yes, if possible, I'd very like to.

- The beginning of the moon landing...
- Man's first step...

...watched by all the world,
united in a way never before possible.

It's a groovy trip
but there are more important things.

It will be a revelation to all mankind

that the universe and the creation

is so much greater
than anybody ever realised.

Just how do you land on the moon?

That is the task at hand today
for the crew of Apollo 1 1

and it has been the subject
and preoccupation of a great many people

for a great many months,

including Jay Honeycutt,
NASA flight simulation supervisor.

Tell me, Jay.

The simulation facilities
are all computer-driven

but just how lifelike are they really?

All the problems that we create in a
simulator can happen in the flight

and the crew sees the moon
as it would be outside the window.

The simulator performs
just as the LEM would.

The lunar module.

Under whatever circumstances we can create.

So, if things go south in the simulator...

The crew has to take the necessary steps
to save the mission.

Or, theoretically, their lives.

Yes.

The landing begins at 50,000 feet
above the lunar surface,

when Armstrong and Aldrin
are given the go for power descent.

At 46,000 feet Armstrong
will roll the LEM onto its back.

At 7,500 feet the computer's final
landing programme, P-64, will commence,

pitching the LEM forward from face up
to about 30 degrees from vertical,

allowing Armstrong and Aldrin
to see the lunar surface.

As they approach the landing site
the most crucial information will be

altitude, rate of descent, horizontal
velocity and propellant remaining.

If they get below
about 80 seconds of fuel remaining,

the "quantity" light will illuminate.

At that point they've got 60 seconds
to decide whether or not to land,

leaving them 20 seconds of fuel

to either get down
or level off their descent and abort.

At six feet, if all goes well,

probes extending from the landing gear
will touch the surface

and they will get the contact light.

Armstrong will then shut off the descent engine
and they will drop gently to the surface

and mankind will never be
the same again, blah, blah, blah.

The landing is, by far,
the most difficult part of this mission.

Getting to the moon isn't easy.
Neither is walking on it.

Or blasting off, docking and going home.

But the landing, that's the thing.

One shot, no second approaches,
a quarter of a million miles from home.

For the next three months,

you and I will do everything in our power
to see that these men land safely,

which means we must do everything
in our power to kill them.

So, how many times
have you "killed" the crew of Apollo 1 1?

- Well, many times.
- Hundreds of times? Thousands?

It's all for their own good.

I understand the crew kept training
in the simulators up to the last minutes.

Armstrong and Aldrin
were in the simulator at the Cape

right up to the day before the launch.

How did they do?
Did they make a good landing?

Emmett, they were absolutely perfect.

I appreciate your coming by.
Thanks for putting up with me.

Now, some time ago,

well before they entered the flight crew
health stabilization programme

prior to last Wednesday's launch,

I had the special opportunity -
well, honour, really -

to chat with Michael Collins,
as well as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

We're having a chat with these three men
who need no introduction.

Starting with you, Michael Collins.

While your crewmates walk around
in the Sea of Tranquility,

you'll be all alone,

the only member of the human race
completely cut off from Mother Earth.

Won't it get terribly lonely?

Well, I'll be plenty busy
with some interesting mission objectives.

And of course I'll have a
great view to look at.

And I'm taking along
a few good books, just in case.

Now, Mr Neil Armstrong. The moon.

A lot of cockamamie theories
about landing on it

and how it would be impossible.

But the point is, being the first to do it,

you don't know exactly what's gonna happen.

I mean, how do you
physically train for such a thing?

Well, Emmett... one way is to climb into
an aircraft we call the flying bedstead.

The LLRV.
The lunar landing research vehicle.

- Right.
- Essentially, a big jet engine turned on its end.

Yeah. It's a tricky machine.

The demands it places on a pilot are similar to
those I'll be facing making the moon landing.

- OK, Neil, you're clear to start.
- Roger.

500 feet.

The winds are a little gusty.

- You are go for lunar sim.
- Roger. Go for lunar sim.

Computer to sim mode.

Beginning descent.

I've got a touchdown point.

60 seconds of fuel.
Coming down through 200 feet.

Got a light. Attitude control.

I've lost thrusters.

You all right?

So, you walked away in one piece
to fly another day.

Pretty much.
I did bite my tongue pretty bad, but...

Incredible.

Neil, let me wax a little philosophic here.

You've lifted off, flown to the moon
without biting your tongue.

You're finally climbing down the Eagle's
ladder, about to set foot on the moon.

What will be going through your mind then?

Emmett...

I just hope I don't trip.

Will there be something said,
some act performed?

Do you have something ready to say?

I wanna say, Frank,
I was inspired by what you guys did.

Reading from Genesis. That was great.

Yeah, well, we're being sued by an atheist.

So, with all these kings and queens
and presidents, who was your favourite?

Oh, the Pope. He's the best.
Listen to me. "The Pope, he's the best."

When did you decide to say that?

After a PAO up in Washington
took me aside and told me

more people will be watching us
than ever watched anyone in human history.

We'd better have
something appropriate to say.

What are you guys gonna say?

If you had any balls you'd say,
"Oh, my God! What is that thing?"

Then scream and cut your mic.

Seriously, now.

A verse? Quotes?

A dedication?

Truthfully... I'm concentrating
pretty much on the landing,

but I do have faith that
if everything goes well,

something appropriate will occur.

- Why don't you surprise us?
- OK.

On to you, Buzz.

Your official position on the crew
is listed as lunar module pilot,

which is something of a misnomer

since you don't actually pilot the LEM
as much as safeguard it.

- Is that fair to say?
- Yes.

It'll be my job to see to it
that the LEM is a healthy machine,

all systems are running smoothly,
feeding Neil the data he needs.

If anything requires a special course
of action, I will take that action.

Buzz, there are a lot of things
we know about you.

We know that you were
a combat pilot in the Korean War,

that you earned a PhD at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in orbital mechanics.

We know that you're a spiritual man.

Your wife is named Joan

and your life has been chronicled
and featured and photographed

ever since the mission of Apollo 1 1
placed you in the world spotlight.

You're also gonna be the second man
to walk on the face of the moon.

But, shoot, Buzz, wouldn't you like
to be the guy that gets out first?

Well, Emmett, the important thing
to remember here is that

Neil and I will be landing on the moon
at the same time.

Who gets out first is
relatively insignificant.

We'll review all this with Deke later. OK?

I've been reviewing the flight plan,

both the current one and last year's,
as well as the Gemini flight plans,

and there's something I think could bear
some scrutiny as we head into the Sims.

Neil, it's this question
about which one of us should get out first.

Have you given that any thought?

To be honest with you, Buzz,
I've been more concerned with the landing.

In Gemini the pilot did the EVA
while the commander stayed on board.

Buzz, look.

I appreciate the historical significance
of this thing

and I'm not gonna rule
anything out right now,

but whatever we decide,
it should be what's best for the mission.

Have you given it any thought?

I wish it wasn't even an issue.

I'd rather be on the second landing

so we could just worry about the science
and not the eyes of history or whatever.

Have you thought
about asking for another mission?

Yeah. But you can't.

No, I go on 1 1 or I don't go at all.

Do you want to get out first?

Well, it might as well be me.

Don't you think?

Yes.

I do.

Walking on the moon
will be a tangible achievement

but what it will represent
is where all of mankind is right now

and what we can do and where we can go

if we put to use
the great gifts that we've been given.

God love Neil. He's a good man.

But I'm afraid he's so consumed
by the physical task of landing,

I don't know how much attention
he's prepared to give to the larger issue

of what we're doing
and what it means to the world.

Some measure of attention should be paid
to the meaning of the task

by whichever one of us
takes that first step.

Since the mission parameters
are still in the planning stage

and the order of the crew egress
is yet to be determined,

I took the liberty of calling George Low.

He's one of the administrators.

I told him that for the
good of the mission,

a decision should be made as to which of us
should get out first,

Neil or myself.

Hey, guys.

Buzz, I got a call from George Low.

He told me that you felt
that a decision had to be made,

that it was bad for morale.

OK, so here's the decision.

Neil gets out first.

He's the commander.

He's the senior astronaut.

And besides that, the way that hatch opens,

it'd be damned difficult
for the LMP to get out first

unless you two switch places.

You'll both be wearing hard suits
and backpacks, so that's not gonna happen.

I see what you mean.

OK.

So the issue's settled.

So, were it not for a decision
in the design phase of the lunar module,

a 50-50 coin toss
of which way the hatch opens,

you might have ended up to be the first man
to walk on the moon instead of Neil.

Possibly.

"Possibly."

Michael Collins, last time we left you,

you were still flying around the moon
in the command module.

- Catching up on my reading.
- Catching up on your reading.

Let me be pragmatic and deal with
a hard issue here for a minute.

What if something goes wrong?

You've trained to come back to Earth as the
sole survivor of Apollo 1 1, haven't you?

Nobody likes to dwell on such things,

but that is one of the scenarios
that we practice in flight simulation.

Well, in fact, all three of you

train constantly for things
going wrong, don't you?

You even practice crashing, don't you?

Well, actually, Emmett,
we practice avoiding crashes.

We're gonna pick up at pitch over minus 30.

- Everybody ready?
- Ready, Flight.

OK, gents.

And here we go.

Eagle, this is Houston.

We are ready to commence full-up sim
beginning at pitch over minus 30.

Pitch over in five, four,
three, two, one, mark.

- Pitch over.
- We're in P-64.

Showing 6,000 feet.
Down at 100 feet per second. Looks good.

Readout PD, 40 degrees.

40 degrees. That's good. I like that.

5,000 feet, Flight.

I'm gonna check my manual attitude control.

Roger.

Manual attitude control is good.

We copy. Looks good from here.

- How you looking, Guidance?
- Good. They're right on the marks.

3,500, still at 60. Looking good.

Oops.

We've lost our AGS.

We're still getting that.

Houston, shall I cycle an AGS breaker?

Yeah. Flight, tell them to cycle
the DEDA breaker.

Eagle, this is Houston.
Cycle the DEDA breaker.

Roger, Houston.

Cycling the DEDA breaker.

And while they're looking at that...

OK, Houston, we've got the AGS back.

Houston, is your...

We copy.

Disregard.

Neil, H-dot. We're dropping.

I think we got 'em, gents.

Neil, we're coming down too fast.

Neil, abort.

They've exceeded H-dot max.

Eagle, this is Houston.
We... recommend you abort.

Don't be afraid to call an abort.

We can't afford to hesitate.

That goes for you too, Neil.

- I was waiting for your read.
- Don't forget the delay.

1.3 seconds can be a long time.
You might not want to wait for our read.

- Roger that.
- Anybody got anything else?

- Buzz, anything to add?
- Nope. It's all been covered.

OK, that's it, guys.

Thanks, Gene. See ya.

Neil, are we finished?

The loop was wide open.
Everyone was listening.

Here, Houston, Marshall, Washington.
They were all listening.

It was a disaster.

We should've aborted.
There was no reason not to.

Maybe he was waiting on Houston.

Mike, it wasn't a situation
we needed advice about.

We crashed it so hard
we broke the simulator.

- It's gonna go down as a crew failure.
- You fellas wanna keep it down?

We should have aborted.

I think I'm gonna call it a night.

Neil, we crashed.

Buzz, Sims are for learning. We had
four successful aborts before that one.

I wanted to see what would happen
if we waited for Houston.

If it was anyone's failure,
it was theirs, not ours.

If you're worried we'll catch hell for it,
I'll tell everyone the score,

but there's no point
in rubbing Gene's nose in it.

He knows what happened.

Hey, you know,
I've been going through the mission plan.

They've given us lots of time after we land
to fix any problems we have,

but they've scheduled a four-hour
rest period before we do the EVA.

What do you say we move the rest period
to after the EVA?

That way, if everything's shipshape
we'll get out there as soon as possible.

Get some sleep, Buzz.

OK, let's shift gears here.

Michael, tell me
about your design for the patch.

You're the artist. What does it mean?

I cheated a bit by copying the eagle
from a National Geographic.

- We're not gonna hold that against you.
- Thank you.

We all talked about it.
The eagle, it's obvious, is the LEM.

It's also a symbol of America,
without being too overt.

It carries an olive branch
to show that we go to the moon in peace.

But your names aren't on it.
Why none of your names?

Because going to the moon
is larger than us as individuals.

The Earth represents, well, everyone

because the mission
is bigger than nations or politics.

What is significant is that

for the first time
in the history of our civilization

a man is going to set foot on the moon.

Not that man's name.

The only word in English is "Apollo".

That way the whole world can read it
and maybe claim that it's their own.

Well, if that's the case, why don't
we just let history record the rest?

Good luck to you and Godspeed Apollo 1 1.

Thank you.

At this moment the crew is preparing

for the challenges of the hours to come,

more than likely with the attitudes
of professional men anywhere

who have a long workday ahead of them.

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
and Buzz Aldrin are mortal men

and yet their talents,
their disciplines and their choices

have placed them here,
in the third week of July 1969,

at a place and time unique in the cosmos.

These three men are on their way to a
distant place where no man has gone before.

With them go our dreams,
our desires and our good wishes,

but not only for their
safe passage and return.

We hope too for their efforts to signal
a transformation of our common globe

into a braver, bolder,
better world for us all.

OK. Done.

Everything looks good in here.

You're front-page news
pretty much everywhere in the world, boys.

Oh, Neil, you'll be happy to know
the Russian newspaper Pravda

is calling you the tsar of the mission.

Well, the tsar is brushing his teeth
right now, but I'll pass that along.

Roger that.

Among the headlines
concerning Apollo this morning,

there's one asking that you watch out
for a lovely girl with a big rabbit.

Ancient Chinese legend says
that a beautiful girl named Chang-O

has been living up there for 4,000 years.

She was banished to the moon because she stole
the pill for immortality from her husband.

Her companion, a large rabbit,

should be standing on his hind feet
under the shade of a cinnamon tree.

OK. I'll be sure to tell them
to keep an eye out for the bunny girl.

OK. Go/no go for undocking.

- FIDO.
- Go, Flight.

- GUIDO. RETRO.
- Go, Flight.

- BOOSTER. TELMU.
- That's affirm, Flight.

- GNC.
- Go, Flight.

- EECOM?
- Go, Flight.

- SURGEON.
- Go.

Go for undocking.

Columbia? Houston.
You are go for undocking.

Roger, Houston. Go for undocking.

Take it easy on the lunar surface.

I hear you huffing and puffing,
I'm gonna start bitching at you.

Roger that, Michael.

OK, here you go.

Probe.

Extend. Release.

Beautiful.

Four down and locked.

Houston, the Eagle has wings.

You got a fine-looking
flying machine there, Eagle,

despite the fact you're upside down.

Somebody's upside down.

You guys take care, now.

For every American,
for people all over the world,

this has to be the proudest day
of our lives.

- The greatest audience...
- They feel the tension in London...

Audiences estimated at 1 2 million...

The LEM began to disappear
behind the moon...

...been travelling on the far side of the moon
beyond radio contact with Mission Control.

The goal for the descent orbit insertion...

A 30-second burn that drops the Eagle
to ten miles above the lunar surface

and prepares them for their final descent.

We're only moments away
from a flurry of activity

that will, if all goes well,

find Armstrong and Aldrin
safely on the moon.

Eagle, Houston. Do you read?

Eagle, this is Houston.

Eagle, Houston. Do you read?

Eagle, Houston. Do you copy?

Roger. We copy.

Eagle, Houston.
Can we get a status on your burn?

We're at good burn, Houston.
On time, no residuals.

Ten minutes to power descent.

Let's get their sun check,
then go around the horn.

Eagle, Houston.
We're ready for that sun check.

Roger, Houston.

Sun check to three marks.

Noun 20 minus noun 22.

Plus 0. 19.

Plus 0. 16.

Eagle, we only copied three of the marks.

Please repeat the sun check. Over.

Houston, Eagle. How do you read now?

Eagle, we're getting oscillations
in your high gain. Over.

Say again, Houston. We didn't copy.

Flight, TELMU. We've lost MISFIN.

Proctor, we've lost MISFIN.

Flight, Guidance. I've lost data.

We keep losing 'em.

Clock's running.
I want a go/no go for power descent.

Columbia, this is Houston.
We've lost all data with Eagle.

Please have them reacquire
on high gain. Over.

Eagle, this is Columbia.

Houston would like you
to reacquire on the high gain.

They've lost data with you. Over.

Roger. We copy.

Houston, Eagle.
How do you read me now?

- You got us locked up, TELMU?
- We're real weak, Flight.

Are your systems go?

That's affirm.

- Guidance, you happy?
- Go.

- FIDO?
- We're a little low, but no problem.

- EECOM?
- Go, Flight.

- GNC.
- Go.

- SURGEON.
- We're go.

CAPCOM, we are go for power descent.

Eagle, Houston. If you read,
you are go for power descent.

Roger. Understand.

Stabilization and control circuit breakers,
deca gimbal AC closed.

Deca gimbal AC closed.

- Command override off.
- Command override is off.

- Gimbal enable.
- Gimbal enable.

- Rate scale, 25.
- 25.

- Thrust translation, four jets.
- Four jets.

- Balance couple on.
- Balance couple is on.

- TCA throttle minimum.
- Throttle is at minimum.

- Throttle, auto CDR.
- Auto CDR.

- Stop button, reset.
- Stop button is reset.

- Abort, abort stage, reset.
- Abort, abort stage, reset.

Engine arm descent, seven seconds.

Yes, proceed.

Proceed.

Five, four,

three, two, one, zero.

Ignition.

Throttle up.

Burn looks good.

Eagle, your burn looks good.

Rate of descent looks good.

AGS and PINGS agree.

RCS is good.
DIPS pressure is good.

Eagle, you are still looking good
and coming up on three minutes, over.

We went by our three-minute point early.
We're gonna land long.

Houston, our position checks downrange
show us to be a little long.

We are going to roll over
and have you check our altitude.

Roger. We copy.

Rolling over.

Houston, you're looking at Delta H.

Flight, Radar looks good.
2,000 feet, Delta H.

Roger, 2,000-foot Delta H.
Let me know when he accepts it.

- Programme alarm. It's a 1202.
- 1202.

1202? Is that radar?

No. 1202, that's in the software.
We didn't have this in the sim.

What is it?

Give us a reading on 1202 programme alarm.

It's... It's...

We have it. It's a temporary overload.
It's not fatal.

We're OK as long as it's intermittent.

- We're go on that, Flight.
- On that alarm?

If it's only intermittent, we'll be go.

- Eagle, we are go on that alarm.
- Roger.

AGS and PINGS look real close.
Give us a pitch over time, Houston.

Eagle, you are 30 seconds to P-64.

Roger. I've got the window.

Roger. We have got good data.

We're looking good and coming up in 30.

P-64.

OK, 5,000 feet is good.
100 feet per second is good.

- I want a go/no go on landing. GUIDO.
- Go, Flight.

- RETRO. BOOSTER.
- Go.

- TELMU.
- Affirm.

- GNC. EECOM.
- Go, Flight.

- SURGEON.
- Go.

- CAPCOM, go.
- Eagle, you are go for landing.

- Go for landing. Over.
- Roger. Understand. Go for landing.

3,000 feet.

- Give me an LPD.
- 47 degrees.

Pretty rocky area.

I'm going to manual.

Roger, Eagle.

58 forward.

No problem.

600 feet, down at 19.

Programme alarm 1201.

Guidance, are your systems go?

Same type. We're go, Flight.

- Go.
- We are go. Same type.

We are go.

OK, you're pegged on horizontal velocity.

300 feet, down three and a half.

47 forward. Slow it up.

One and a half down. Ease her down.

- 250. How's the fuel?
- Seven per cent fuel remaining.

Down at two and a half. 19 forward.

Altitude velocity lights are on.
We lost our radar.

Three and a half down.

- 220 feet, 13 forward.
- Gonna be right over that crater.

160 feet, five and a half down.

Quantity light. 60 seconds to go/no go.

Looks like a good area here.

Take her down.

60 feet, down two and a half.
Two forward. Two forward.

40 feet, down two and a half.

30 seconds of fuel.

- Four forward.
- Four forward.

Drifting to the right a little.

20 feet.

Picking up some dust.

I can't see it.

- Contact light.
- Shut down.

OK, engine off.

- ACA out of detent.
- Out of detent. Auto.

- Mode control both auto.
- Both auto.

Descent engine command override off.

Engine arm off.

413 is in.

We copy you down, Eagle.

Houston, Tranquility Base here.
The Eagle has landed.

Roger, Tranquility.
We copy you on the ground.

We got a bunch of guys about to turn blue
but we're breathing again.

Be advised there's lots of smiling faces
in this room and all over the world.

There's two up here.

And one in the command module.

Sounded great from up here.
You guys did a fantastic job.

All right, flight controllers.

Going around the horn for stay/no stay.

- All right. FIDO.
- Stay, Flight.

- GUIDO.
- Stay.

- RETRO.
- Stay.

- TELMU.
- Stay.

- BOOSTER.
- Stay.

- GNC.
- Stay, Flight.

Houston, Tranquility.

Go, Tranquility. Over.

Our recommendation at this point
is an EVA with your concurrence,

starting at about 8:00 this evening,
Houston time, three hours from now.

Stand by.

Well, we'll let you think about that one.

Tranquility, Houston.
We thought about it and we'll support it.

We are go for an early EVA. Over.

Roger.

There's something I'd like to do,
if you don't mind.

I cleared it with Deke.

After all the grief Frank and the
others got for reading from Genesis,

it can't be specific.

Something I want to do.

OK.

Houston, Tranquility. Over.

Tranquility, Houston. Go ahead.

Roger. This is the LEM pilot.

I'd like to take this opportunity
to ask every person listening in,

whoever or wherever they may be,

to pause a moment and contemplate
the events of the past few hours

and to give thanks in his or her own way.

Over.

Roger, Tranquility Base.

"I am the vine, and you are the branches.

"Whoever remains in me, and I in him,

"will bear much fruit,

"for you can do nothing without me."

You're even. That's good.

You have plenty of room on your left.
You're a little close on the right.

Pack down a little bit. Pack down.

That's it.

Doing fine.

You got it.

OK, Houston, I'm on the porch.

Roger, Neil. Standing by for your TV.

OK, we're getting a picture on the TV.

OK, I just checked this.
Getting back up to that first step.

It's not even collapsed too far
but it's adequate to get back up.

I'm at the foot of the ladder.

The LEM footpads are only depressed
in the surface about one or two inches,

although the surface appears to be
very fine grain when you get close to it.

It's almost like a powder.

I'm gonna step off the LEM now.

That's one small step for man...

one giant leap for mankind.

OK, I'm on the top step.

I can look down over the RCU
and landing gear pads.

You got three more steps,
then a long one.

It's a very simple matter to hop down
from one step to the next.

Yes, I found that can be very comfortable.

Walking is also very comfortable.

There, you got it.

That's a good last step.

Beautiful view.

Magnificent desolation.

Isn't that something?

Magnificent sight out here.