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Twenty seconds to drop.

Arm switch lite check.

Brakes out, check.

What's your mixing chambers?

Real rough up here,
fluctuating a half degree
on each side.

I see that.

Ten seconds.

Good on track,
15 seconds.
Huh?

Give us a visual estimate
of your location.

Okay. 140,000 feet.
On your way down.

Approaching 115,000 feet.

Should be regaining
aerodynamic control.

Right turn.

We show you ballooning,
not turning.

Altitude rising.
A lot more right.

Neil, you're bouncing off
the atmosphere.

The altitude's
still rising, Neil.

You're gonna have to
stretch out your glide.

You seem to be a tad short.

Stow your flaps down, Neil.

I'm down.

Roger.

You okay?

Yeah.

Okay, Neil.

Kid's a good engineer.

But he's distracted.

He got home, Chuck.

He bounced off the atmosphere
and still figured out
how to get home.

Third mishap
this month.

Bikle should ground him
before he hurts himself.

There you go.

It's okay.

It's okay, sweetheart.

What's that?

Look. Who's that?

Is that a kite?

Does that fly in the sky?

Yeah.

How?

I see the moon

The moon sees me

Down through the leaves
of the old oak tree

Please let the light that
shines on me

Shine on the one I love

Maybe I should talk to
Dr. Johns about it.

Who?

Dr. Harold Johns.

He developed a procedure
in Saskatchewan.

So you'd go to Canada?

I guess I would take
some time off.

Why don't you
talk to the hospital?

See if the tumor might...

I spoke to them already.

I'm sorry, Neil.
I wish I had more to offer.

That's okay, Jack.
Appreciate it.
Of course.

Give my love to June.
You got it.

Okay, bye now.
Bye.

Now, who made that?
You or Grace?

Grace did.

I'll take it, then.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Dick Day called
from Houston.

He was asking after you.

That about Gemini?

They're looking for pilots
with a solid background
in engineering.

Well, maybe once
Karen starts feeling better.

Just, you know,
I wouldn't wanna
move her until then.

Well, it would be nice
to keep you around.

- Enjoy the casserole.
- Thank you.

You're welcome.

Joe.
Hey, Jan.

You, uh, hanging in?

Oh, you know.

It's nice of you to come by.

Of course.

Night, now.

Dad, wanna come play?

I should, uh...

I have to help your mother.

I thought I might go to work.

Okay.

They're gonna use
VTOL technology.

They don't even
have it figured out
how to get there yet.

I'm not gonna
waste my time on...

Morning.

Neil.

You can take
a few days off, you know.

I know.

I'm just getting up to speed
on the new delta wing
in the UK.

Bikle canceled the trip.

He wants you focused
on writing up the pilot report
from your last flight.

Am I grounded, Joe?

Write up the report
on the bounce, okay?

Civilian?

Yeah.
Yeah. Me, too.

Elliot.
Neil.

Tough morning, huh?

I barely lasted two minutes
in that ice bath.

Of course, I suppose
NASA's more interested

in the psychological reaction.

Well, I think I made it
pretty clear that I thought
it was cold.

Armstrong.

Good luck.

And to you, too.

Another egghead.

Neil, we've been
chatting with candidates
about the program.

As you know, our decision
to forego direct ascent

in favor of a lunar orbit
rendezvous approach

to the eventual Moon mission

has had a major impact
on Gemini.

Do you have any thoughts
on that decision?

Well, even considering
von Braun's initial criticism,

it seems that
the payload saved by parking
the primary vehicle in orbit

and sending a smaller ship
down to the lunar surface

is well worth
the resulting challenges.

What do you see
as the challenges?

Cislunar navigation, for one.

And rendezvous and docking.

Why do you think
spaceflight's important?

I had a few, uh,
opportunities in the X-15
to observe the atmosphere.

It was so thin,
such a small part of the Earth

you could barely
see it at all.

And when
you're down here in the crowd
and you look up, it...

It looks pretty big
and you don't think
about it too much, but...

When you get
a different vantage point,
it changes your perspective.

I don't know what
space exploration
will uncover,

but I don't think
it'll be exploration just for
the sake of exploration.

I think it'll be
more the fact that
it allows us to see things

that maybe we should've seen
a long time ago.

But just haven't
been able to until now.

Does anyone have
anything else?
Yeah.

Neil, I was sorry to hear
about your daughter.

I'm sorry,
is there a question?

Um...

What I mean is,
uh, do you think
it will have an effect?

I think it would be

unreasonable to assume that
it wouldn't have some effect.

All right, Neil.

Thank you. That's fine.

Thank you.
Thank you for your time.

Hello?

Yeah, sure. Neil.

Hello?
Can I go play outside?

Yeah.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

I got it.

It's a fresh start.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Hey.

It'll be an adventure.

Since the time
of Jules Verne,

man has imagined
traveling to the Moon.

The old idea
of how to get to the Moon

was to send one spacecraft
all the way there and back.

However, NASA engineers
have developed
a modern approach.

Where one rocket contains
several ships that will
make the journey together.

Just as Columbus
took a rowboat

from the Santa María
to the shore of the New World.

The astronauts will
take a smaller spacecraft

from the mothership
down to the lunar surface.

When it's time to return,
the smaller craft

will lift off from the surface

and dock with the mothership,
which will then power
the crew back to Earth.

Thus, thanks to the brilliant
minds of NASA,

the age-old dream
of going to the Moon

will soon be achieved.

Sputnik, Sputnik 2...

Vostok...

Gagarin.

The Soviets have beaten us
at every single
major space accomplishment.

Our program couldn't compete.

So we've chosen to focus
on a job so difficult,

requiring so many
technological developments,

that the Russians are gonna
have to start from scratch.

As will we.

Hi. I'm Pat.
Hi.

Got here about a week
before you, so welcome
to the neighborhood.

Oh, that's so nice of you.

I'm Janet.

Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.

So, instead of here,
we go...

Here.

That's to scale. Check it.

That's my husband, Ed.

And that's Eddie Junior.
I don't know where Bonnie is.

You've got two?
I do.

I see...
Is this your first one?
Oh.

No, no.
We've got a boy, Rick.

How old is he?

He's five and a half.

Oh, we should
get them together.

If we wanna
get this done,

we need to prove
that two ships can find
each other in orbit

and dock without crashing.

That's the primary mission
of Project Gemini.

When we think you're ready,

each of you will be assigned
a flight with a specific task.

Only after
we master all these tasks
do we move on to Apollo.

Consider trying to land
on the Moon.

It's nice to meet you.
And you, Pat.

Bye.
Bye.

Eddie! Put that down.

Gus...

You got anything to add?

Just do your job.

Almost to scale.

The Multi-Axis Trainer
was designed to replicate
roll coupling on three axes.

The kind you might
encounter in space.

The challenge
is to stabilize the machine
before you pass out.

First victim, Armstrong.

White, you're up.

Yeah, I got it.

I'm okay.

Let's go again.

Oh, fuck.

Gentlemen, welcome to
Basic Rocket Physics.

We'll just be covering
the first chapter tonight.

When using a multi-stage
launch vehicle,

it's necessary to determine
what the right sizing is
of those stages.

Hi.

Hi.

You okay?

Yeah.

Just thinking
about this lecture.
It's kinda neat.

What's neat about it?

Well,

it was about how to
rendezvous with the Agena.

If you thrust,
it actually slows you down

because it puts you
into a higher orbit,

so you have to reduce thrust
and drop into a lower orbit

in order to catch up.

It's backwards from
what they teach you
as a pilot.

But if you work the math,
it... It follows.

It's kinda neat.

Yeah.

What's funny?

No, it's not funny.
It's just...

It's kinda neat.

Do you remember this?

Yeah.

I'm surprised that
you remember it.

Great. Thank you.

Thank you
for having us.

It's a pleasure.

Carrie.

Here you go.
Would you like some salad?

Thank you.
That's a lovely piano, Pat.
Do you play?

Bonnie's taking lessons.
Mmm.

Well, perhaps we'll sing
for our supper.

Neil plays piano?

Neil knows
all kinds of show tunes.

Janet...
Oh, come on.

He was musical director
at his fraternity in college.

Honey...

Yeah, he wrote the musical
for the all-student revue.

I didn't
write the music.
Yeah, you did.

No, we used music
from Gilbert and Sullivan.

Well, he wrote
all-new lyrics.

The Land of Egelloc.

It was quite funny.

The Land of Egelloc?

- Egelloc.
- Mmm-hmm.

You've never heard of it?

I haven't.

Oh, I'm surprised.
It's a distant land.

But, uh, it's a magical place.

It's "college"
spelled backwards.

Seriously?

Yep.

You're, uh,
backup on 5, huh?
Yeah.

Don't worry, you'll get
your own mission soon.

How's training going on 4?
It's good.

I think we're close on EVA.

First man to walk in space.

That'd be something, huh?

Yeah. Well, you know,
the walking's the easy part.

It's getting back inside
that's tough.

You know, it'd be
a hell of a ride to come back
with my tail hanging out.

Oh, I think McDivitt
will cut the cord
before that ever happens.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You throttle back there,
Armstrong.

Ed! Phone for you.
Yeah?

Yeah, who is it?
It's Deke.

Okay, hang on.

I think
that's Castor and Pollux.

I was testing you.
And you passed.

I thought about
letting it fly, but...

Yeah.

No, I'll turn it on
right now.

Hey, guys.

With a Soviet pressure suit,
we're told,

that was designed
for the lunar surface.

I'll call you back.

This is, of course,
mankind's first EVA,
or extravehicular activity.

Within the American
space program,

EVA is seen as one of
the crucial tests
the astronauts must master

if they are to successfully
carry out their mission
to the Moon.

Astronaut Ed White
was scheduled to perform

the first EVA
during Gemini 4.

So this is yet
another major victory

for the Soviet Union
in the Space Race.

We got it from here.

Thanks, Elliot.

Eight days up there.

To be honest, I'm kinda glad
we didn't get this one.

Hope they don't
kill each other.

At least it'd be quieter
around here.

Neil!

Neil Armstrong,
our backup commander.

Buzz Aldrin.

Roger Chaffee.

Couple of greenhorns from
third group. They'll be at
blockhouse for launch.

Listen, can I speak to you
for a minute?

Fellas.

We're putting you
in command of Gemini 8.

Dave Scott is gonna be
your pilot.

We get the Agena back online.

You're probably gonna be
the first to dock.

Don't worry about Elliot.
We'll put that brain of his
to work.

We've got a big EVA
planned for 8.
Dave's a workhorse.

Yes, sir.

I'll talk to you
later today.
Thank you.

My eye! My eye!

Mr. Armstrong.

When'd you
start swimming?

I don't remember
exactly, but I think school.

In high school?

Yeah. And we had a...
We had a summer house
in northern Wisconsin

and I just used to
go to the lake and fish

and I just used to swim
for miles and miles.

I've always loved it.

Nothing quite compares
to your terrible life.

You got it comin'.

It's the longest bridge
in the world, but...

It's the second-largest
suspension bridge in the world

but these cables
are the longest.

- Hey, Ed.
- Oh, hi.

Can I speak with Neil?

Yeah, sure.
Why don't you come on in?
You're soaked.

No, I'll...
I'll wait here. Thanks.

You could fly
under there.

That would hurt
if you jumped under it.

What's that?
That would hurt
if you jumped over it.

Yeah.

Uh, here are
the sky pieces...

Neil. Ed's outside.

Okay. Excuse me, son.

Hi.

Do you wanna come in?

Some bad news about Elliot.

No, I know.
Deke told me
he bumped him, but...

Neil, Elliot and Charlie
were flying into St. Louis
this morning.

Their T-38 crashed
on approach.

Oh.

There was a lot of fog.

So did you really fly
under that bridge?

Was it fun?

Were you scared?

Ricky.

Honey.

Why don't you go
and get your homework
so I can check it?

Yes, ma'am.

Who was it?

Shit.

How the hell
did this happen?

Mmm.

Cernan told me cloud cover
was down to 500 feet.

Probably never
saw the building.

Clearly, the error
was the approach.

He was coming in too slow
to reach the runway.

What?

You know Deke had his doubts
about him, that's why
he moved Elliot off 8.

Deke gave Elliot
his own command.

Elliot wasn't aggressive
enough. You of all people
have to know that.

No, I don't.

I didn't investigate
the crash.

I didn't study the flight
trajectory. And I wasn't
the one flying the plane.

So I wouldn't
pretend to know anything.

We'll never be 100% sure.

Can we go?

Uh...

Not right now.
I wanna help Marilyn
clear all this up.

I don't wanna have her do it
after we're gone.

Neil?

I'm sorry.

- I hate to be a bother.
- Oh.

Jan, it's no bother.
Oh, Jan. Yeah, no.

Neil's, uh...

There was a year
when we were at Edwards...

Four pilots died.

We got good at funerals
that year.

We haven't been to one
in a while.

Does he ever talk to you
about Karen, Ed?

Not really. No.

Does he talk to you
about her?

No.

Never.

Hey, buddy.

You know,
you should be with Jan.

Neil, you should be
playing with your kids.

You know,
putting them into bed.

Times like these...
Do you think
I'm standing out here

in the backyard
'cause I wanna talk
to somebody, Ed?

I'm sorry?

Do you think I left there
'cause I wanna talk
to somebody?

T-minus one minute
and counting on
the Atlas-Agena launch.

Liftoff.
Agena is go.

Flight dynamics
for unmanned Agena
target vehicle looking good.

Stand by for Gemini launch.

Yeah.

Okay.

Guaymas,
read you loud and clear.

We have S band track.

We have just locked up on T.M.

All right.
Yeah, what's that?

Did you say
all systems go on T.M.?

Hold still, hold still.

So, what is that?

Wait.
Hold on a second. Scoot...
Can you scoot down at all?

- Hey.
- What are you doing?

Does anybody got
a Swiss Army knife?

Hold on,
hold on a sec.

What'd you say?
See if this
will do the trick.

A Swiss Army knife?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
It's just a little...

- Are you kidding me?
- There we go.

- Good Lord.
- You got it.

Guaymas, Agena is go.

Roger, Guaymas.

Switching to HF.
One, two, three, four, five.

Five, four, three,
two, one. Check out.

Copy.
T-minus two minutes.

Engines to start.

Ground power removal.

Stage 2 prevalves
coming open. Five seconds.

T-minus 20 seconds.
Mark.

Ten, nine,

eight, seven,

six, five, four,

three, two, one.

Ignition.

Liftoff!

Clock is running.
Got a roll program in.

Roger. Roll.
Good liftoff, 8.

- Pitch program.
- Roger. Pitch program.

DCS update received.

Roger. DCS.

Stage two tanks
look good.

That's about
three and a half g's.

Go from the ground
for staging.

Roger.

Fuel cells are solid.

Gemini 8. Mark.
V over Vr

is point zero eight.

Okay. Mode three.

We had SECO.

"Fear that
someone will break in

"and steal all of my

"Hank Williams..."

Roger.
Transmitting maneuver load.

It's a height adjust.

Height adjust.
Got DCS.

Roger.
And are you ready
to copy the update? Over.

Okay, go with
the update, Hawaii.

Roger.
GET B 1-3-4-3-7.

Delta-V, two-decimal-nine.

Burn time,
zero plus zero-five.

"Out of..."

Hi.
Hey, Mom,
can I get you anything?

"Constant."

Thrusters forward. Maneuver
retrograde. Did you copy?

Roger, Hawaii. Got it.

This is Paul Haney
at Gemini Control Houston.

Our display chart shows
Gemini 8 in orbit.

The crew will
now attempt to find
the unmanned Agena spacecraft

and dock with it.

- Burn end.
- Good burn.

Shouldn't we have a visual
on the Agena by now?

Houston, I think
we overdid it a little.

We should have stopped early.

Roger.

8, stand by for a correction.

FIDO, Flight.
How we doing?

Okay, we got a solid
track on both vehicles.

Calculating for the burn.

FIDO, Agena, do you
have what you need from us?

FIDO, did you copy that?

Roger, Flight.
I copy.

You guys getting this?

We just have some ratty data
with the Gemini computer.

Need the correction,
gentlemen, let's go.

Sending it up now.

Okay, CAPCOM,
let's get it up to them.
This is Houston CAPCOM.

We're gonna need you to
do another burn here

very shortly,
so stand by to copy.

GET B 0-3-0-3-4-1.

Uh, Delta-V is
two seconds posigrade.

Two feet...

Uh, Delta-V is
two feet posigrade.

Uh, 8, do you copy?

- Mark.
- Two feet posigrade...

Give that back, Mark.
Give that back.
Put it back on the table.

That is correct.
Zero, zero, zero.

Honey. Give me it.
It's really important.

Let me know
what the results are.

Give that back to Mom
right now.

Do you copy?

Mark Armstrong,
if you don't
give me that back...

8, do you copy?

I'm not joking, Mark.

I'm getting a horrendous
20 to 25 feet per second
down, Neil.

I can't see
any possible reason for that.

Where are we
on the plot?
We're above it.

Right, but what does
it look like if...
I can't.

I'm sorry. I have to...
I have to look at this.

Okay.
8, can you give us
a status?

No. I got too much to do.

Copy. Standing by.

Okay, we're gonna go
with a closed loop.

Twenty-five forward,

eight left, three up.

And I'm going
to rate command.

Three, two, one,

burn.

Could be a planet.

Could be.

This is Houston,
we have your ground

TPI backup
when you're ready to copy.

Uh, stand by,
we have a visual on the Agena.

At least something
we think looks like the Agena.

Understand,
possible visual on the Agena.

We're getting a little
out of plane now.

Yeah. We gotta get three aft
and two and a half up.

I'm gonna start braking.
Give me a digital range
and rate.

I better back off a bit.

6,000 feet,
31 feet per second.

Put in a little to the left.
1,680 feet.

That's unbelievable.

Would you look at that?

You tell 'em.

Houston, we're station-keeping
on the Agena about 150 feet.

Okay,
stay focused, gentlemen.
We're only halfway there.

Thanks for
the extra hands.

Stay focused,
gentlemen.

Man, it flies easy.

Does it really?

The station-keeping,
it's just...

It's like nothing.

Uh, RKV, this is 8.

We're sitting about
two feet out.

Roger. Stand by
for a couple of minutes here.

Roger.

Okay, Gemini 8,
we have TM solid.

You're looking good
on the ground. Go ahead
and dock.

Okay, we're gonna cycle
our Rigid-Stop switch now.

Flight, we are docked.

Someone call Cronkite!

Have him tell the Soviets
that they can go screw!

Get him on the phone, man.

Hey, Pete! Hey, call
those idiots at Congress
while you're at it!

Yeah, I'll start
with Rhode Island.

Oh, damn.

Well done.
Let's go ahead
and get a state vector

on the combined spacecraft.

Gemini 8,
this is Houston CAPCOM.
Please stand by to copy.

Check out my room
like this.

Look at all these papers.
I know.

I spent days
trying to work on that,
and now it's crumpled up.

Look at my drawer.
I know.

I had all my crayons in that,
and now look at
all the crayons.

But, Ricky, are you
telling me the full story?

'Cause I'm not sure your
brother would do that.

Yes, I am telling you!

Don't you get angry with me.
Look at this!

Don't get upset.

Uh, 8, this is Houston.

Uh, I've got a nodal update
for you. Stand by.

Okay, go ahead.
Rick!

Roger.
Node 0-7-0-4-4-7...

Okay, out here now.
Out here now.

1-5-5-2
right ascension.

Gemini 8, we're about
to have loss of signal.

We'll pick you up
over the hill
for Dave's EVA.

Well...

That's peculiar.

Oh, good.

I'm hoping that's
just excess hydrogen.

I think I'm gonna save mine
for later.

Little treat.

Uh, Neil, we're in a bank.

We're not doing it.
It's not us. It must be...

Shut off
the Agena's control systems.

Code 4-0-0...

Agena control system
shut down.

Cycle the Agena.

Turning it on.
Turning it off.

I'm gonna cycle
the ACME and the propellant
motor valves.

Switching ADL to pitch.

RL to pitch.

Roll meter
200 and rising.

Separate from the Agena.

Setting Agena
to allow remote command.

Switching on the DAC.

Make sure you give it
extra thrust so we don't
smash into the Agena.

On my mark, undock.

Two...

One...

OAMS propellant, 13%.

It's not the Agena. It's us.

Gemini 8 coming back
into range in three, two, one.

This is CSQ,
checking our comm link.

How do you read?

Gemini 8, how do you read?

We have
serious problems.

We're tumbling
end over end up here.

We're disengaged
from the Agena.

Okay,
we got your spacecraft
free indication here.

What seems to be the problem?

We're rolling up and we can't
turn anything off.

We're continuously
increasing in a left roll.

CSQ, Flight.

Go ahead, Flight.

Did he say he cannot
turn the Agena off?

No, he says he's
separated from the Agena

and he's in a roll,
and he can't stop it.

Flight, their roll meter
reads 270 and rising.

At that rate,
they'll be passing out
in about 40 seconds.

Paul.

Paul.

Trying to stop
the rates.

We certainly have...

You need to...

Gemini 8, you need to...

We can't...

Close the RCS breakers.

Dave!

Gemini 8, did you say
you are closing RCS breakers?

Are you initiating RCS?

Gemini 8...

Again, did you say
you are closing RCS breakers?

You will not be able
to control your attitude.

Okay.

We're regaining control
of the spacecraft.

Slowly in RCS direct.

Roger.

Roger. Copy.

We're pulsing
the RCS slowly.
It's all roll right.

We're trying to kill
our roll rate here.

Move us back to one ring.

Copy.

I want emergency
landing options.

Wait until you find out
how much fuel there's left.

Bob, what do you think?

I think they'd
better land now.

Deke.

Jan's outside.

Jan, the ship is stable.
They're gonna be all right.

He's okay, Jan.

I need you
to go home.

Fine. Turn the box back on.

I'll see what I can do...

Now.
Turn the box back on now.

Well, there's
security protocol that's...

Well, I don't give a damn.

I've got a dozen cameras
on my front lawn, Deke.

Do you want me telling them
what's going on?

Jan, you have to trust us.
We've got this under control.

No, you don't.

All these protocols
and procedures to make it

seem like you have it
under control.

But you're a bunch of boys
making models
out of balsa wood.

You don't have
anything under control!

Naha Rescue One will
be on station at splashdown.

With a flotation collar.

Did you get
the call signs?

Uh, yeah.
It's Naha Rescue One

and Naha Search One.

Well, I'd like to
argue with them about
the going home, but I'm

not sure how we can.

Yeah.

I just keep thinking,
is there anything else
that we forgot?

We did everything,
as far as I know.

Gemini 8 saw
two complex vehicles launched
on the same day on time.

We saw flawless rendezvous
and docking.

All of which is tended
to be overshadowed
by the malfunction.

But I think we should
focus on the progress
resulting from the mission.

The board would like to focus
on the malfunction.

Neil, walk us through
the decision to separate
from the Agena.

You mentioned
that the rate of revolution
was more than once a second.

How near were you
to being unconscious?

Did you think
to use the Agena to stabilize
the combined craft?

We did.

This was, uh,
not successful.

As I said,
we initially assumed

that the anomaly was with
the Agena control system.

'Cause there was no way
to know that a thruster
was causing the...

If we could have, uh, isolated
each of Gemini's thrusters...

If we'd had that capability
in the moment...

Agence France.

Did you have
any feeling of anxiety after
the failure of the thrusters?

In the midst of the spinning,

did you seem to realize
or feel the presence of God
closer than other times?

With this so hot on the heels
of the loss of Charlie Bassett
and Elliot See,

do you question whether
the program is worth the cost?

In money and in lives?

All right,
thanks, guys.

We've got a lot to discuss
and we'll be back in touch
with you soon.

Thank you.

Mmm-mmm.

No. So, we're using
our thumb now, honey.
Oh.

Okay.

"Our Wild Ride In Space"?

It's marketing,
Mr. Armstrong. NASA approval
numbers are dropping.

That's not my concern.

Almost. Okay.

I'm gonna finish wrapping
your brother's present.
I'll be back.

- You practice that one.
- I'll try.

I'm not interested
in how other magazines
are framing the story.

Okay. Keep going.

If it's any consolation,
Ed was a zombie for weeks
after Gemini 4.

Yeah?
Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. I guess it must be,
uh, disorienting for them.

Certainly.

Yeah.

God, Pat.

I married Neil
'cause I wanted a normal life.

I know. I know.

He was just so different from
all the other boys on campus.
Hmm.

He'd been through the war.
You know?

He knew
what he wanted to do.

He just seemed so stable.

I guess all I wanted
was stability.

I've got a sorority sister
with a normal life.

Yeah?
She married a dentist.

Dentist. Sounds good.

He's home by 6:00
every night.

And every few months,
she calls to say
she wishes he weren't.

Yeah.

Still working, I see.

Yeah.

Well, I was gonna go
grab a beer at Dave's.

Yeah, all right. Fine.

I could use a beer.

You know,
I will say one thing.

It's all I can think about,

is getting back up there.

Just caught a rough break.

Well, you boys did
everything right.

Everything.

You know, I was talking
about it with Gus,
and we both agreed.

I did hear a little rumor
that you and Gus have been
hanging out.

- You did?
- Mmm-hmm.

Hey.

Is it true?

Is what true?

Deke pulled me aside
and told me that him and Gus
want me on the crew.

Of the first Apollo?

Yeah.

Yeah.
Holy shit, that's huge.

Congratulations.

I gotta shake your hand.

Thanks, man.

Wow.

That Saturn's a monster,
you're in for one heck
of a ride.

It is.

Oh, hey.

You know Deke wants Gus
to be the first one
on the Moon, so...

Hey, that puts you in the LEM
with him for the landing.

Oh, no.
Let's not get carried away.

All right,
get out of my house.
I gotta go to bed.

I'm not kidding,
get out of my house.

Neil.

Hey, Neil.
Don't bother sitting,
it's gonna be a short meeting.

We've talked it through,
we think it's pretty clear.
If you hadn't kept cool,

you wouldn't be here
and we'd still be asking
what the hell happened.

So would Congress.
It's a showstopper.

This mission
was a success.

We're full steam ahead
for Apollo.

You good with that?

Yes, sir.

I trust you won't mind
representing us
at the White House.

No, sir.

Good.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

"Interface problems and
develop operational techniques

"for the most efficient use
of onboard capabilities."

What?

I got one. I got one.

No!
I got one.

I don't know why
you're laughing. He's gonna
do that to you in a minute.

This time,
I'm gonna put this one
in the freezer.

You need a hand?

- Yeah.
- Okay, in you go.

Can you open
the freezer?

Let's keep him for
longer and then he won't...

In you go.

I got one.

I got one.

- Because I want to.
- Who did what?

- Me.
- Have you seen his room?

Son, go stand in the corner.

It's not funny.

Thanks a lot, Mark!

- Stop laughing.
- You're lying!

Punish him.
Just you stop it.

You're the reason he's upset.

Your mother's
not laughing,
she's crying.

I'm not laughing,
I'm crying.

I gotta tell you.

Eddie's started
asking questions about
the new command module.

- Is that right?
- Yeah.

He wants to know
if it's gonna fly
any different to Gemini.

If the little buttons
are gonna be
in the same place.

Oh, boy.
Yeah.

You got yourself
a little engineer there.

I tell you, though,

I love that he's interested.

Came in the other morning,
he did.

Comes runnin' up
and he says, "Daddy,

"if you go to the Moon,
are you gonna be lonely
out there?

"So far away from the Earth.

"All of us back here at home."

This whole thing is
expanding his horizons.

It, uh, gives me faith.

It make sense?

Walkers got a new swing set.

Yeah, I noticed that.

We had a swing like that
back up in Juniper Hills.

Karen really loved it.

That's your daughter?

Guess I ought to be
gettin' home.

Closing hatches now.

Okay, that's all of 'em.

Thanks, Ed.

Ablative hatch closed.

Closing the boost
protective cover.

And plugs out.

Ready for oxygen purge.

Guys, you wanna
hold down the chatter?
We're on open mic.

Let's hold
the countdown.

Sorry, guys,
we'll get this squared.

Shit, we're gonna be
here all night.

Gus, we didn't get that.

'Course you didn't.

Glad you think
this is funny.

We finished strong
with Gemini

and we're very, very bullish
on Apollo, Senator.

I should hope so,
given the time
we've spent developing it.

Half the country doesn't think
it's worth it anymore.

Uh, well,

we learned to fly
only 60 years ago,

so if you consider
the technological developments
in the context of history...

I'm considering it
in the context
of taxpayer dollars.

And so are we, Senator.

Between us, we're doing
some final tests on the new
command module today.

I'm sure Mr. Gilruth would be
happy to tell you about it.

Let me introduce you to Bob.
Come on.

Okay.

- Well, I haven't talked yet.
- How's this?

One, two, three, four, five,

four, three, two, one.

Uh, we need another
minute to get it sorted.

How are we gonna
get to the Moon if we can't
talk between three buildings?

They can't hear a thing
you're saying.

Jesus Christ.

Say again?

I said, how are we gonna
get to the Moon

if we can't talk between
two or three buildings?

You tell 'em, Gus.
You tell 'em.

Mickey Mouse shit.

I got a surge
in the AC bus two voltage.

- Try resetting the meter.
- You getting this, Gus?

Rog, you picking anything
up on the dials?

Hey, we got a fire
in the cockpit.

Hey, we got a bad fire!

We're burning up in here!

Mr. Armstrong?
I have Deke Slayton
on the phone for you.

Oh.

Right this way.

Thank you.

Well, I'm glad you called.

I'm not sure if I'm helping
or hurting over here.

Neil, we had a problem
with the plugs-out test.

Well, that's why
we have tests, right?

We'll figure it out.

There was a fire.

God, there's no easy way
to say this.

Ed, Gus, and Roger...

They're gone.

We think
it was a wiring issue.
A spark in all that oxygen.

It happened very quickly.

Now, listen, we need you guys
to head back to the hotel.

The press is gonna be
all over this.

Congress is gonna be
calling for investigations.

We just don't want you guys
in the middle of all that.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

All right, then.

Okay.

A lot of people
forget about the influence
that the lunar program has

on the raising of our young
people in the country.

I think that if a civilization
doesn't look out,

if it doesn't try to
expand its horizons,

then we're not going
to progress as a nation.

At 10:30 tonight,
Eastern Time,

rescue teams began
to remove the bodies
of the three astronauts

from the charred spacecraft.

A NASA spokesman said
the dead astronauts were left
in the ship for four hours

to aid the investigation
into the tragedy.

And according to the latest
information from NASA

at the Manned Spacecraft
Center in Houston,

the first Apollo flight,
which was scheduled for
February...

- Winds are pretty rough today.
- Keep an eye on your yaw.

Copy. Correcting.

1,000 feet.

Switching to lunar mode.

Final landing approach.

You're too low. Climb!

Control is degrading.

Slow your rates.

Do you read?

Neil?

The vehicle's not safe.

Unfortunately, it's the best
simulation we have.

And you and the others
are too valuable.

It's a fly-by-wire system
that's got no backup.

The ejection seat
is the backup.

Political fallout
from another accident
will compromise our...

With all due respect, sir,
it's not my job to worry
about the political fallout.

The damn thing
could've killed you.
Well, it didn't.

A split second more
and you would not be...

Well, we need to fail.

We need to fail down here,
so we don't fail up there.

Okay, Neil, Neil.

At what cost, huh?

At what cost?

Well, it's a little bit late
for that question,
isn't it, sir?

They raise their voices,
their placards,

and they march
against the government.

But some go farther, burning
Selective Service cards

and obstructing the draft.

Most dissenters confine
themselves to this kind
of protest activity.

Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids
did you kill today?

Hey! Hey! LBJ!
How many kids
did you kill today?

Pat?

Pat?

You okay?

Yes.

Why don't we go inside?

Hi.

Are you okay? Jesus!

Oh, I'm fine.

Look at your face.

Excuse me.

Dad, wanna come play?

- Ricky.
- Uh...

Boys, go on. Go on.

I know, I know, I know.
Dad's fine.

Go on, go back outside.
Go back, go back.

What happened?

Um...

I, uh...
Jesus.

I just remembered
I left something
at the office.

You've lately
taken a couple of swipes
at the space program.

I think
it would be interesting
to talk more about

whether this is
the proper thing to do
with the public treasury.

The sort of dreams
I would have

would be a habitable
New York City, for instance.

It would seem to me that
that would be
a reasonable thing to do.

What has been the reaction
of your friends in this?

Well, they mostly think
that it's ridiculous

that we're spending
so much money

to go somewhere
where we don't know
anything about.

And that the money
could be used for
a lot more helpful things.

- Power to the people!

A rat done bit my sister Nell

With Whitey on the Moon

Her face and arms
begin to swell

And Whitey's on the Moon

I can't pay no doctor bills

But Whitey's on the Moon

Ten years from now
I'll be payin' still

While Whitey's on the Moon

The man just upped my rent
last night and Whitey's
on the Moon

No hot water
no toilets, no lights

But Whitey's on the Moon

I wonder why he's upping me

'Cause Whitey's on the Moon?

Well, I was already
giving him, like, 50 a week

And Whitey's on the Moon

Jesus, that's a big mother.

It's a political rush job.

Congress wouldn't fund us
to come in second.

Why else would NASA
be sending a rocket

that's had one issue
after another to the Moon?

Thanks for the insight, Buzz.

Always a pleasure with you.

It doesn't matter,
he's not in the lunar lottery.

And you are?

Well, the only guys
they let on the LLTV
since Neil's accident

are ones that might land.

So you think
you're going to the Moon?

It's been up for grabs
since Gus died.

I'm just saying
what you're thinking.

Well, maybe you shouldn't.

Apollo 8 clearing the VAB and
headed toward the launchpad.

Hell of a rocket.

Yeah.

Everything stays on track,
11's gonna be the landing.

I talked to Bob,
everyone's in agreement.

We'd like you to command.

Okay.

...helicopter vectored
that way.

It looks like a red dot
with a long, long tail.

A long plume.
That's got to be
the spacecraft.

That has to be
Apollo 10 reentering.

And so,
the flight of Apollo 10

has performed
the major function
of its mission.

It has proved,
through these daring
three astronauts,

that all of the systems
work properly

and that there should be
no reason why man cannot,
perhaps as early as July,

land on that picked spot
on the Moon's equator.

These are sailors of the sky,
and what we've seen

and heard today make
the great ocean voyages
of the earthbound seem,

well, earthbound indeed.

For as the poet wrote,
the crew of Apollo 10

has "slipped
the surly bonds of Earth"

and carried us over
into tomorrow.

In the past few hours,

man has come
closer to the Moon
than ever in his history.

There were those
terrifying moments when...

Mom, what's wrong?
Hmm?

What's wrong?

Nothing, honey.

Your dad's going
to the Moon.

Okay.

Can I go outside?

Sure.

Uh, we're here today to talk
about the forthcoming flight.

But we're able
to talk about it

because of previous flights.

Every flight took on
new objectives,

and left us with very few
additions to be completed.

We're very grateful
to those people

who made it possible for us
to be here today.

All right,
we'll take some questions now.

Jim?

Neil, when you learned
you were going to
command this flight,

were you surprised?
Overjoyed?

I was pleased.

Okay, but how would you
compare this feeling

to winning an automobile
or being selected
as an astronaut?

I was pleased.

Brian?

Neil, if it does turn out,

you'll go down in history.

What kind of thoughts
do you have about that
when the thought hits you...

"Uh, gosh, suppose
that flight's successful..."

We're planning on that flight
being successful.

Uh...

I just meant how you feel
about being a part of history.

I think I can shed
some light here.

It's a responsibility,

but it's exciting
to be the first.

Even my wife is excited.

She keeps slipping jewelry
into my PPK.

You're planning
on taking some of her jewelry
to the Moon, Buzz?

Sure.

What fella wouldn't wanna
give his wife bragging rights?

Neil,

will you take anything?

Uh, if I had a choice,
I'd take more fuel.

All right,
next question.

I thought you were
gonna talk to the boys.

What did you
want me to say?

What do you wanna say?

You're the one
that's going away.

Well, it's too late now.
They're asleep.

No, they're not, Neil.

You know they're not.

Why can't you talk to them?

What are you doing?

Uh...

I'm packing.

No. You're just killing time
until you can get in the car.

Okay.
Okay.

Neil, I need you
to talk to the boys.

Can you hear me?

I need you to talk
to the boys.
What are you doing?

Stop.
I'm going to work.

Well, just stop it.

Just stop...
Just stop packing!

What are the chances
you're not coming back?

Hmm? What are the chances
this is the last time the boys
are gonna see you?

Well, I can't give you
an exact number.

I don't want
a fucking number, Neil!

It's not zero, is it?
Is it?

No.
No, it's not.

Pat doesn't have a husband.

Those kids,
they don't have
a father anymore.

Do you understand
what that means?

What are the chances
that's gonna be
Ricky and Mark?

And I...
I can't tell 'em
that their dad spent

the last few minutes
packing his briefcase!

You're gonna sit 'em down.

Both of them.

And you're gonna
prepare them for the fact that
you might not ever come home.

You're doing that. You.

Not me.

I'm done.

So you better start thinking
about what you're gonna say.

Jimmy asked
what you're gonna say
when you get onto the Moon.

Well, we're not sure
we're gonna get onto the Moon.
Uh...

A lot of things
have to go right
before that happens.

How long
will you be gone?

Um...

Well, we launch in 10 days,
we'll be up for eight,

and then about a month
in quarantine.

What's quarantine?

We'll be in isolation.

Uh, to protect in case we

carry any diseases
from the lunar surface

or something of that nature.
It's not likely,
but it's a precaution.

So you won't be here
for my swim meet?

No.

Sorry.

Does anyone have
any other questions?

Do you think
you're coming back?

We have real confidence
in the mission.

And, uh,
there are some risks,

but we have every intention
of coming back.

But you might not.

That's right.

Okay.

Okay. Time for bed.

"Fate has ordained that
the men who went to the Moon
to explore in peace

"will stay on the Moon
to rest in peace.

"These brave men,
Neil Armstrong
and Edwin Aldrin,

"know there is no hope
for their recovery.

"They will be mourned
by their families.

"They will be mourned
by a Mother Earth

"that dared send
two of her sons
into the unknown.

"For every human being
who looks up at the Moon
in the nights to come

"will know that there is
some corner of another world

"that is forever mankind."

"Prior to the statement,
President will telephone
each of the widows-to-be.

"A clergyman will
adopt the same procedure
as a burial at sea,

"commending their souls
to the deepest of the deep."

Any thoughts?

Sounds fine.

T-minus
two minutes and counting.

Twenty seconds and counting.

T-minus 15 seconds.
Guidance is internal.

12, 11, 10, 9...

Ignition sequence start.

Tower cleared.

Mark. Mode One Charlie.

Houston, you are a go
for staging.

- This is Apollo Control.
- We're a minute from ignition

on trans-lunar
injection maneuver.

Okay, we're operate. 59:59.

Apollo 11,
we track your speed increasing
to 36,000 feet per second.

You are now
leaving Earth orbit.

Apollo 11, roger.

We have cutoff.

Roger, 11.

It certainly looks like
you're well on your way now.

Okay, Houston,
we're about to SEP.

Mike, you got it?
It's your ship now.

And you can start PTC

at your convenience.

All right.
Thank you, Houston.

That smells funny.

Like, uh,
charred electrical insulation.

Might just be rocket fumes.

- Did you bring any music?
- No.

Here, Buzz.

Hey, Houston,
are you hearing this?

Apollo 11,
now entering lunar orbit.

Your roll should give you
a good view in about
two minutes. Over.

When you have a free
minute, could you give us
your onboard readout

of N2 tank Bravo, please?

Nitrogen tank Bravo
is showing

1960, something like that.

Roger.

Would you look at that?

This is a damn
three-ring circus.

I got a fuel cell purge
in progress, I'm watching
an AUTO maneuver and...

Jesus Christ!

Normal, normal.

Houston, stand by
for AUTO alarm.

Neil, the, uh...
The voice tape recorder,

you know where that is?
I don't know.

All this food
and stuff up here,
you want any of that?

No.

All right.

What about this chewing gum?
You want any of that?

Mike.

Come back, will you?

Apollo 11, Houston.

Let us know when you've
entered the LEM and
closed up the hatch. Over.

Eagle, this is Houston. We see
the optics zero switch on.

Before you take some marks,

don't forget to cycle it back
off and on, and then on.
Over.

Eagle, Houston,
could you give us a hack

on the time that you
switched to LEM power

and also verify that
we're on glycol pump 1?
Over.

This is Eagle,
we're on pump 1.

- Roger.
- Eagle, Columbia.

All 12 docking latches
are cocked.

I'm ready to button up
the hatch.

Roger.

I'm gonna start
a maneuver now
to our undocking attitude.

Okay.

How about using,
as an undocking time,
100 hours and 12 minutes?

What have you got for AOS?

I have 100 hours
and 16 minutes.

Eagle, keep an eye on
your descent engine fuel.

Continuous burn time is
limited to 910 seconds.

Over.

Apollo 11, Houston,
we are go for undocking. Over.

Fifteen seconds.

Okay, there you go.

Eagle, Houston. We see you
on the steerable. Over.

The Eagle is undocked.

Roger. How does it look?

The Eagle has wings.

It just won't stay.

Eagle, report status. Over.

We'll have to
tell them about that.

Let's prep for descent.

Eagle, Houston. You're a go
for powered descent.

Roger. Read you.

Altitude light's on,
we don't have radar data.

Let's proceed.

Proceed.

One...

Zero...

Ignition.

Program alarm.

What's a 1202 alarm?

I don't know.

Houston, give us a reading
on the 1202 program alarm.

- Roger, we got you.
- We're a go on that alarm.

Same alarm.

Roger.
We're a go on that alarm.

Okay, 3,000 at 70.

Roger. Understand.

Program alarm 1201.

Roger. 1201 alarm.

Same type. We're go.

Pretty rocky area.

Those boulders
are as big as cars.

We can't land there.

Going to manual.

540 feet, down to 30.

Watch your fuel.

330.

300 feet,
down three and a half.

Fuel's at 8%.

The radar's lost track
of the surface again.

160 feet,
six and a half down.

Five and a half down,
nine forward.

Low level. Low level.

120 feet.

5% fuel remaining.

Quantity light!

Ninety-four seconds to bingo.
114's a mandatory abort.

Down to half, six forward.

Stand by for 60. Rog.

- Sixty seconds.

40 feet, down two and a half.

Stand by for 30.

- Thirty seconds.
- Forward.

20 feet, down a half!

Faint shadow.
Drifting forward,
just a little bit.

Contact light.

Shutdown.

We copy, you're down, Eagle.

Houston,

Tranquility Base here.

The Eagle has landed.

Roger, Tranquility.

We copy on the ground.

You got a bunch of guys
about to turn blue.

We're breathing again.
Thanks a lot.

Thank you.

Very smooth touchdown.

Okay, Neil, we can see you
coming down the ladder now.

Okay, I just checked.
Uh...

Coming back up to that
first step, Buzz, it's, uh...

The strut hasn't collapsed
too far, but it's adequate
to get back up.

Roger, we copy.

Takes a pretty good
little jump.

Buzz, this is Houston.

F2, 1/160 a second

for shadow photography
on the sequence camera.

Okay.

I'm, uh,
at the foot of the ladder.

The LEM footbeds
are only, uh,
depressed in the surface

about one or two inches.

Although, the surface
appears to be, uh,

very, very fine grain
as you get close to it.

It's almost like a powder
down there.

Very fine.

I'm gonna step off
the LEM now.

That's one
small step for man,

one giant leap
for mankind.

Okay, you ready
for me to come out?

Five, four, three, two, one.

Ignition.

...I suppose they can
never really describe to us.

- Or will we ever know?
- No...

And it may not be a beauty

that one can pass on
to future beholders either.

These first men on the Moon
have seen something

that men who follow
will have missed.

They've peered
into another life
that we can't follow.

Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square,
where he joined the thousands

who watched an immense
television screen

as the Apollo touched down
on the Moon.

The average Romanian thinks
of Apollo 11 a little bit

as his own personal adventure.

It's been estimated
that the audience was up
in the hundreds of millions.

Perhaps 400 million persons
or so watching
this broadcast...

Countless millions more
listened on the radio

to the voices from the Moon.

Never before
had so many people
been attuned to one event

at one time.

...feats of all time.

Does it amaze you
that it's taken place?

It not only amazes me,
but I'm certain that it amazes
everybody in this country.

What do you think of it?

The Moon,
I hope that sometime

everybody will go there.

Wanna go yourself?
Oh, yeah,
I wish I can go right now.

I think this is
a very important day.
It's a historical day.

And the whole universe is
concerned about this,
the landing on the Moon.

And as a French woman,
how do you think about it?

Oh, I think it's wonderful,
I always trusted America

and I knew
they couldn't fail.

And in Washington,
an anonymous citizen

placed a small bouquet on
the grave of John F. Kennedy
with a note.

"Mr. President,
the Eagle has landed."

And indeed on this day,
as we mark
the astronauts' return,

it's hard not to think back
upon that speech

our 35th president gave
just seven short years ago.

If this
capsule history of our
progress teaches us anything,

it is that man,
in his quest for knowledge

and progress is determined
and cannot be deterred.

But why, some say,
the Moon?

Why choose this as our goal?

And they may well ask,
why climb
the highest mountain?

Why, 35 years ago,
fly the Atlantic?

Why does Rice play Texas?

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.

Mrs. Armstrong!
Mrs. Armstrong!

How do you feel?

Have you
spoken with your husband?

Would your sons
like to be astronauts
like him?

Mrs. Armstrong!

Have all your prayers
been answered?

Yes, yes, they have.

How would you
describe the flight?

Well, uh, I can only say
it was outta this world.

Thank you.

They will be quarantined
the full three weeks,

but there is no sign
of infection or disease.

Congratulations, Jan.