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>>> JUST PAST THE 2 MINUTES. 
1 MINUTE,  SECONDS A COUNTS.
STATUS BOARD INDICATES THAT THE 
OXIDIZED TANKS IN THE SECOND AND
THIRD STAGES NOW HAVE 
PRESSURIZED. 
WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP PRESSURE
IN ALL THREE STAGES, HERE AT THE
LAST MINUTE. 
PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF. 
TWO MINUTES, 1 MINUTE, 35 
SECONDS. 
AND THE APOLLO MISSION, FLIGHT 
TO LAND FIRST MEN ON THE MOON. 
ALL INDICATIONS ARE COMING IN TO
THE CONTROL CENTER AT THIS TIME 
INDICATE WE HAVE GO. 
ONE MINUTE 25 SECONDS AND 
THE THIRD STA IS COMPLETELY 
PRESSURIZED. 
80 SECOND MARK HAS PASSED. 
GOING THROUGH INTERNAL POWER IN 
THE 50 SECOND MARK IN THE COUNT 
DOWN. 
THE IGNITION SEQUENCE AT 8.9 
SECONDS. 
APPROACHING THE 60-SECOND 
ON THE APOLLO 11 MISSION. 
TWO MINUTES, 50 SECONDS AND 
COUNTING. 
55 SECONDS AND COUNTING. 
IT'S BEEN A REAL SMOOTH 
COMPOUND, PASSED THE 50 SECOND 
MARK. 
POWER TRANSFER IS COMPLETE. 
WE ARE ON INTERNAL POWER WITH 
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE AT TIME. 
40 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE 
APOLLO 11 LIFTOFF. 
20 SECONDS AND COUNTING. 
15 SECONDS. 
12, 11, 10, 9, IGNITION 
SEQUENCE. 
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. 
ALL ENGINES ON. 
LIFTOFF!
WE HAVE A LIFTOFF!
32 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR. 
LIFTOFF ON APOLLO 11!
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>> HI, I'M MIKE COLLINS, 50 
YEARS AGO, NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ 
ALDRIN, AND I SUITED UP IN THIS 
VERY ROOM. 
AT THIS TIME, WE WERE ON OUR WAY
TO MAKE HISTORY WITH APOLLO 11, 
THE FIRST LUNAR LANDING. 
AND THERE THEY ARE, THE MEN OF 
APOLLO 11, E MORTIZIZED IN 
BRONZE. 
AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN 
FLORIDA. 
WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR SHOW ABOUT
"NASA'S GIANT LEAPS: PAST AND 
FUTURE." 
HELLO, EVERYONE.
>> I'M MARIE LEWIS, WRE SITTING 
UNDERNEATH THE SATURDAY -- 
SATURN 5 ROCKET BEHIND US. 
THE SATURN 5, 7.6 MILLION POUNDS
OF THRUST, PROPELLED APOLLO 11 
AND A TOTAL OF 24 AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON. 
BLAST OFF FROM RIGHT HERE IN 
FLORIDA.
>> AND WE HAVE TEAMS OF 
BROADCASTER, ASTRONAUTS AND
OTHER GUESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TO HELP US HONOR HISTORY. 
THEY WILL ALSO HELP US PROJECT 
THE FUTURE, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO 
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 
HOUSTON, THE U.S. SPACE AND 
ROCKET CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, 
ALABAMA, TO NEIL ARMSTRONG'S 
HOMETOWN OF WAPAKONETA,OHIO. 
THEUM OF FLIGHT IN SEATTLE,
AND TO SOME SPECIAL GUEST, IS 
THAT ADAM SAVAGE THERE?
>> YES, FROM MYTHBUSTERS.
>> I SEE THEM THERE, THEY ARE ON
NATIONAL MALL.
>> I'M KAREN FOX IN NASA.
>> IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL BE 
TALKING LIVE WITH APOLLO 11 
ASTRONAUTS, BUZZ ALDRIN AND 
MICHAEL COLLINS.
>> HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS -- 
DANIELLE AND BEYOND THRILLED TO 
BE HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER TO BEELEBRATING THE 
APOLLO 11 ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE 
GOING TO BE CELEBRATING AND 
TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS AND 
COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE 
GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE 
LIVE AT THIS CENTER, IF WE DON'T
GET AROUND TO YOUR QUESTIONS OR 
COMMENTS ON THIS SHOW, DON'T 
WORRY. 
WE HAVE A TEAM ON STAND BY READY
TO RESPOND TO YOU. 
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REMEMBER
TO THE #APOLLO 50th.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, DANIELLE. 
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF 
APOLLO 11 IS OF COURSE WHY WE'RE
HERE TODAY. 
WE BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST LOOK AT 
THE REMARKABLE HISTORIC 
ACHIEVEMENT THAT THE WHOLE WORLD
IS ATING. 
IANT LEAP, CHANGED HISTORY
AND HELPED CREATE THE WORLD WE 
LIVE IN TODAY.
>> OKAY. 
IT'SGO.
>> GO.
>> GO.
>> GO.
>> GO FOR UNDOCKING.
>> ARMSTRONG, ALDRIN AND COLLINS
ARRIVED AT THE MOON ON SATURDAY,
JULY 19th.
>> WHEN WE DID GET CLOSE AND WE 
ROLLED OUT AND SAW IT FOR THE 
FIRST TIME, IT WAS A REVELATION,
IT WAS GIGANTIC. 
IT FILLED OUR ENTIRE WINDOW.
>> THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY, JULY 
20th, WAS LANDING DAY.
>> A LOT OF ANTICIPATION, WE 
FINALLY COME TO THE DAY, THE 
MOMENT THAT THIS IS ABOUT TO 
COMMENCE.
>> LANDING ON THE MOON WAS 
ABSOLUTELY THE MOST DIFFICULT 
PIECE OF ANY APOLLO 11 MISSION. 
THINK ABOUT IT AS A CONTROLLED 
FALL OUT OF LUNAR ORBIT. 
THE PROBLEM IS, IN THIS 
CONTROLLED FALLOUT OF OR YOU
ONLY HAVE ENOUGH FUEL FOR ONE 
TRY.
>> GO FOR LANDING.
>> ALTITUDE 4200.
>> GO FOR LANDING.
>> THE TRAJECTORY HAD BEEN 
WRONG, THEY WERE TARGETING INTO 
THIS INHOSPITABLE PLACE, AND 
THEY HAD TO FLY OVER THIS A 
AT A HIGH FORWARD VELOCITY AND 
THEN PITCH UP TO SLOW DOWN, SO 
THAT TO KILL THE FORWARD 
VELOCITY, AND THEN START DOWN 
LIKE A HELICOPTER. 
SO NOW, WE'RE CRITICAL FUEL 
STATE. 
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S 60 SECOND
CALL WAS GIVEN. 
AND THEN 30D CALL.
>> REALLY NERVOUS, CALLING OUT 
25 SECONDS OF FUEL LEFT. 
AND THEN 20 SECONDS OF FUEL. 
OH, JEEZ.
>> OKAY, ENGINE STOP. 
CO BOTH -- COMMAND OVERRIDE
OFF. 
413 IS IN.
>> WE COPY YOU DOWN, EAGLE.
>> THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. 
TRANQUILITY, WE COPY YOU ON THE 
GROUND. 
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT TO
TURN BLUE, BREATHING AGAIN.
>> THE LANDING TO ME WAS A GREAT
CELEBRATION. 
THE NATION WAS ALMOST EUPHORIC.
>> IT PROVED THAT THE UNITED 
STATES COULD ACCOMPLI 
TREMENDOUS GOALS IF THEY WORK 
TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
>> APOLLO 11 COMMANDER NEIL 
ARMSTRONG IS FOREVER KNOWN AS 
THE FIRST MAN, HE PASSED AWAY IN
2012, BUT HIS SMALL STEP ON THE 
LUNAR SURFACE CONTINUES TO 
INSPIRE.
>> A MAN FROM THE PLANET EARTH, 
FIRST STEP ON THE MOON. 
JULY, 1969. 
IT CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL M 
KIND. 
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>> OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE
AROUND US HAS INCREASED 1,000 
FOLD, AND MORE.
>> THIS IS THE NEW OCEAN AND WE 
MUST SAIL UPON IT. 
AND WE MUST BE A LEADER ON IT. 
AND THAT CAUGHT PEOPLE'S 
IMAGINATION.
>> AND LATER, WE'LL SPEAK TO 
SOME APOLLO ASTRONAUTS LIVE AND 
WE'LL ALSO HERE FROM NEIL 
ARMSTRONG'S SON, MARK.
>> DARRYL.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, NEIL
ARMSTRONG'S SON, LOOKS JUST LIKE
HIM, TOO, DOESN'T HE? 
I LOVE LISTENING TO HIM, GREAT 
GUY. 
WE HAVE OUR OWN ASTRONAUTS HERE,
TOO. 
O STAN LOVE IN J A 
LITTLE BIT. 
EVEN AS WE CELEBRATE THE 
HISTORIC MILESTONE OF APOLLO 11,
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO RETURN 
HUMANS TO THE MOON IN THE NEXT 
FIVE YEARS, AS WE PLOT AN 
EVENTUAL COURSE TOMARS, THE 
ARTEMIS. 
ARTEMIS GOD DESS OF THE MOON IN 
GREEK MYTHOLOGY. 
LANDING USA -- ASTRONAUTS BY 
2024. 
TO GET THERE, BUI A 
POWERFUL ROCKET. 
THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, TO SEND
ASTRONAUTS ABOARD OUR NEW ORION 
SPACECRAFT TO THE GATEWAY IN 
LUNAR ORBIT. 
FROM THE GATEWAY, WE'LL BE ABLE 
TO LAND ASTRONAUTS IN PLACES 
WE'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE, 
INCLUDING THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE. 
WE'LL HAVE A HUMAN LANDER SYSTEM
AGED AT THE GATEWAY. 
BUT BEFORE THEN, WE'LL ALREADY 
BE BACK ON THE MOON WITH ROBOTIC
COMMERCIAL LANDERS CARRYING 
SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND 
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS TO THE
MOON BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER OF 
NEXT YEAR. 
AND WE'LL NEED A NEW GENERATION 
OF SPACE SUITS AS WE SEND THE 
FIRST MAN AND WOMAN TO THE MOON.
THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT 
THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN WHICH WE 
LIVE AND AMERICAN COMPANIES 
LARGE AND SMALL ARE DEVELOPING 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO REALIZE 
THESE SPACE EXPLORATIONAMS 
FOR NASA, AND AS WITH APOLLO 11,
MANY OF THE TECHNOLOGIES WILL 
GROW INTO EVERY DAY PARTS OF 
LIFE HERE ON EARTH.
>> AND STAY TUNED TO THE END OF 
OUR SHOW, WE'LL HAVE A FUN 
REVEAL ABOUT ARTEMIS. 
NOW, JOINING US LIVE IS STAN 
LOVE, WHO FLEW ON SPACE SHUTTLE 
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION AND CURRENTLY 
WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
FUTURE HUMAN SPACECRAFT. 
STAN, 12 ASTRONAUTS WALKED ON 
THE MOON, DID NEIL ARMSTRONG 
INSPIRE YOU IN ANY WAY, AT ANY 
LEVEL?
>> WELL, SOLUTELY, I THINK 
ANYBODY ME WAS INTERESTED IN
SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY OR 
EXPLORATION HELD THE APOLLO 11 
ASTRONAUTS AS HEROES. 
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN GRADE 
SCHOOL, 6 YEARS OLD, MY LITTLE 
TIN LUNCHBOX HAD THE APOLLO
SPACECRAFT. 
I REMEMBER COMING TO WORK ON MY 
VERY FIRST DAY AS AN ASTRONAUT, 
DRIVING IN THE GATE AT JOHNSON 
SPACE CENTER, AND THINKING, OH, 
MY GOODNESS. 
THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED. 
THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED PEOPLE 
ON THE MOON FOR THE VERY FIRST 
TIME. 
THE SENSE OF AWE AND AN 
ABLE TO JOIN THAT EFFORT  TO BE 
ESPECIALLY AS A CREW MEMBER AND 
TREPIDATION, HOPING I WAS UP TO 
THE TASK.
>> WE HAVE VIDEO OF YOU 
LAUNCHING IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE 
WITH A CAMERA THAT HAD AN INSIDE
VIEW. 
THAT WAS AN EXCITING RIDE.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING 
SOMEWHERE IN A BIG HURRY. 
TWO STRONG GUYS SHAKING YOUR 
CHAIR, IT'S AMAZING.
>> YOU'RE WORKING ON HUMAN 
FUTURE SPACECRAFT.
>> I'M WORKING ON THE COCKPIT 
FOR THE ORION SPACECRAFT THAT, 
IS GOING BEHE BACKBONE, THE 
MAIN TRANSPORTATION DEVICE TO 
GET PEOPLE OFF TO THE MOON. 
TO THE LUNAR VICINITY AND 
BRINGING THEM SAFELY BACK TO 
EARTH. 
I'M WORKING ON THE DISPLAYS THAT
THE CREW IS GOING TO USE TO SEE 
HOW THE SYSTEM IS DOING, GUIDE 
IT AND FLY IT. 
SO IT'S UP TO ME AND TH FOLKS I
WORK WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
CREW IS GETTING ALL OF THE 
INFORMATION THEY NEED AND THAT 
THE COMMANDS THEY SEND OUT GO 
CORRECTLY TO THE VEHICLE.
>> THAT IS EXCITING WORK, AND 
STAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
JOINING US.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> BACK OVER TO YOU, MARIE.
>> THANKS, DARRYL AND STAN. 
AND THANK YOU, WE'LL BE HEARING 
MORE FROM CURRENT AND FORMER 
ASTRONAUTS THROUGHOUT THIS 
PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUZZ ALDRIN 
AND MICHAEL COLIN FROM APOLLO 11
AND OTHER ASTRONAUTS AS WELL. 
NOW TO HOUSTON AND APOLLO'S 
FAMOUS MISSION CONTROL. 
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CONTROL CENTER, N CONDUCTED  
SOME OF ITS MOST LEGENDARY SPACE
MISSIONS. 
THE FIRST U.S. SPACE WALK, THE 
APOLLO MOON LANDING AND EVEN THE
DAWN O
 -- AND SAID, THE GO FOR T1, SO 
WE HAD A SET TIME, T1, T2, T3, 
AND I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW
LONG THOSE WERE, BUT WE WERE 
LUNAR MODULE WAS SAFE AND S 
SECURE, AND READY TO GO WITH F 
WE HAD TO LIFTOFF.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GENE, THE 
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN THIS ROOM 
WERE NOT MUCH OLDER THAN ME. 
TELL ME ABOUT THE LEVEL OF TRUST
THAT WAS NEEDED IN THE TEAM TO 
MAKE THAT MISSI A REALITY.
>> BASICALLY, IT'S A TRUST THAT 
EXISTS BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE 
TEAM, BETWEEN MY TEAM AND THE 
ASTRONAUT AND THE PROGRAM 
OFFICE. 
TRUST IS ESSENTIAL COMMODITY FOR
SUCCESS IN THE MANNED SPACE 
FLIGHT. 
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHARLIE 
MENTIONED WAS THE T3HAD TO 
WAIT TWO HOURS TO JOIN THE 
CELEBRATION, WITH THE REST OF 
THE WORLD. 
WE WERE ON THE CONSOLE DOING OUR
JOB. 
TWO HOURS AFTER LANDING WE COULD
CELEBRATE.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
NOW, CHARLIE, WHEN THOSE FIRST 
STEPS OF NEIL ARMSTRONG ON THE 
MOON ANDHOSE FAMOUS WORDS HE 
SAID, FOR ALL OF MAN KIND, DID 
YOU GET TO CELEBRATE 
IMMEDIATELY? 
WHEN DID IT ACTUALLY HIT YOU THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 
ACCOMPLISHMENT?
>> AFTER WE WERE OFF DUTY, AFTER
T3, WE WENT TO A PRESS 
CONFERENCE, THEN IF I REMEMBER, 
WE WENT TO CELEBRATE WITH A FEW 
BEERS, AT THAT POINT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND I WENT HOMED WAS WITH 
MY FAMILY WATCHING IT ON TV AS 
HE STEPPED THOSE FIRST STEPS 
OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND THEN IT HIT ME THAT WE 
WERE ON THE MOON.
>> 
[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL I HOPE WE GET TO HAVE THAT 
FEELING ONCE AGAIN.
>> ME, TOO.
>> WE HAVE JESSICA HERE JOINING 
US NOW, SHE'S AN ASTRONAUT, SET 
TO THE LAUNCH TO THE SPACE 
STATION HERE IN A FEW SHORT 
MONTH, SELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT 
IN 2013. 
AND JESSICA, YOU'RE GOING 
THROUGH SOME TRAINING RIGHT NOW 
FOR A LONG DURATION STAY ABOARD 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
JUST ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 
NOW, THAT'S MORE TIME THAN ALL 
OF THE APOLLO MISSIONSBINED,
ME, WHATRE GOING TO BE
DOING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, HOW IS THAT GOING TO 
HELP US FOR OUR FUTURE MISSIONS,
GOING BACK TO THE MOON AND ON TO
MARS.
>> I'LL BE UP THERE FOR A 
SIX-MONTH MISSION, AS YOU 
MENTIONED, AND THE SPACE STATION
IS A WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY 
RIGHT NOW, A U.S. NATIONAL LAB. 
THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY, THE 
JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN. 
WE ARE CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC 
INVESTIGATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY 
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE CRITICAL
TOWARDS OUR PATH FOR FUTURE 
EXPLORATION, SO JUST 
FEW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO 
UNDERSTAND HOW SPACE FLIGHT AND 
THE MICROGRAVITY EXPERIENCE 
AFFECT US, SO WE HAVE DECADES OF
RESEARCH NOW FROM ALL OF THIS 
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT WE'VE 
BEEN CONDUCTING ON THE SPACE 
STATION AND IN THE PROGRAMS 
BEFORE, WE KN A LOT HOW TO 
MAINTAIN OUR MUSCLE MASS AND OUR
BONE DENSITY, WE HAVE A FEW HOT 
TOPICS RIGHT NOW, REALLY THE 
VISION, OUR VISION AND THE 
HEALTH OF OUR EYES, ALSO, WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO OUR BLOOD VESSELS, 
LOOKING AT OUR CAROTID ARTERIES 
AND CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN
ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO 
THCESS OF AGING, SO WE NEED
TO REALLY BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS HAPPENING HERE, TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE CAN GET ASTRONAUTS 
SAFELY TO THEIR DESTINATION, AND
MAKE SURE OF COURSE SO WE CAN 
BRING THEM SAFELY BACK TO EARTH.
>> AND YOU'LL GET TO DO THAT 
FIRSTHAND AS AN USA ASTRONAUT, 
NOW, AS I KNOW IT, CHARLIE DUKE 
INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME AN 
ASTRONAUT IN THE FIRST PLACE?
>> YEAH,' ACTUALLY WAS THE FIRST
ASTRONAUT I EVER MET. 
IT IS PRETTY AMAZING, AN 
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO BE 
STANDING IN THIS ROOM WITH THESE
TWO PEOPLE, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH 
SCHOOL, CHARLIE WAS SPEAKING AT 
THE NEIGHBORING TOWN, I GREW UP 
IN A SMALL TOWNERN 
MAINE AND WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT 
OF ASTRONAUTS COMING THROUGH, I 
NEVER MET ANYONE WHO WORKED AT 
NASA OR AN ASTRONAUT. 
I'M SURE HE DOESN'T REMEMBER 
THIS, BUT HE -- I DID TALK TO 
HIM AFTERWARDS, HE GAVE ME HIS 
CARD, I TOLD HIM MY DREAM WAS TO
BE ANSTRONAUT LIKE HIM. 
I WROTE HIM A LETTER, HE DID 
WRITE BACK TO ME AND THIS IS THE
ACTUAL LET E I FOUND IT WHEN I 
MOVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 
THIS IS THE LETTER THAT YOU 
WROTE TO ME BACK IN 1996. 
WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN 
COLLEGE. 
SO MAYBE THAT WILL JOG YOUR 
MORY, THANK YOU SO MUCH F 
DOING THAT, IT WAS INSPIRING AND
IT DOES MILWAUKEE -- MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TYPEWRITTEN, I LOVE THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NOW, GENE, WHEN WE'RE 
THINKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE 
MISSION, YOU USED THE WORDS 
TOUGH AND COMPETENT, THINKING 
ABOUT INSPIRING THE NEXT 
GENERATIONS, DO YOU THINK THE 
SAME VALUES WILL APPLY TO THE 
FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO CARRY 
US?
>> YES, TOUGH AND CONFIDENT 
REALLY ADDRESS THE 
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE MISSION 
CONTROL TEAM. 
BASICALLY, TO TAKE THE ACTIONS 
NECESSARY TOCT THE CREW 
AND ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. 
TOUGH MEANS THAT YOU'RE FOREVER 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU DO AND 
THIS WAS DONE AFTER APOLLO 11, 
NEVER AGAIN TAKING ANYTHING FOR 
GRANTED, NEVER STOP LEARNING. 
FROM NOW ON, THE TEAMS IN 
>> NOW, CHARLIE, WHAT ASTRONAUTS
LIKE JESSICA DO TO INSPIRE THE 
NEXT GENERATION?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT SHE SAID, 
JUST HER PERFORMANCE AND WHAT 
SHE'S DOING AND BEING OUT THERE,
BEING ABLE TO -- BEFORE THE 
BLIC, AND JUST TELLING HER 
STORY.
>> WRITING A LETTER.
>> YEAH.
>> WRITING A LETTER.
>> YEAH.
>> SO.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS TO ALL 
THREE OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO BE WITH US HERE TODAY IN THE 
HISTORIC APOLLO MISSION CONTROL 
IN HOUS
THE HOMETOWN OF NEIL ARMSTRONG 
IN WAPAKONETA, OHIO. 
THOUGHTS FROM EXPLORER FROM A 
DIFFERENT KIND OF ROCKET MAN.
>> I REALLY ADMIRE THOSE KIND OF
PEOPLE, THEY ARE SO BRAVE AND 
IN'RE PIONEERS. 
WE WOULDN'T -- ALL OF THOSE KIND
OF PEOPLE. 
THE WORLD WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS
TODAY.
>> AND WELCOME TO WAPAKONE 
O, WHICH ISD TO BE THE 
HOMETOWN OF NEIL ARMSTRONG. 
I'M AN ANCHOR WITH HOMETOWN 
STATIONS IN LIMA, OHIO, AND WE 
ARE LOCATED AT THE ARMSTRONG AIR
AND SPACE MUSEUM, WHICH IS ABOUT
AN HOUR NORTH OF DAYTON, OHIO. 
NOAT, OF COURSE, IS THE 
HOME OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, WHO
INVENTED POWER FLIGHT, MORE THAN
115 YEARS AGO. 
NOW, OHIO IS ALSO THE HOME OF 
NASA'S GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, 
NAMED FOR ANOTHER SPACE PIONEER,
JOHN GLENN. 
AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE
SUMMER MOON FESTIVAL, AN ANNUAL 
CELEBRATION OF THE APOLLO MOON 
LANDING. 
AND RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 
ONE OF OUR 25 ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE
FROM OHIO AND ALSO A NATIVE OF 
CLEVELAND AND A VETERAN OF FOUR 
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS. 
DON THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR BEING WITH US.
>> HI, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE 
TODAY.
>> LET'S GET INTO IT, DON. 
YOU, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN 
INSPIRED BY SO MANY ASTRONAUTS, 
BUT HOW DID NEIL ARMSTRONG AND 
THE OTHER APOLLO ASTRONAUTS 
INSPIRE YOU?
>> IT'S THE FIRSTRONAUTS 
LAUNCHING IN 1961, THAT FIRST 
INSPIRED ME TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, 
I WATCHED THEIR LAUNCH ON A 
SMALL TV AND I SAID I WANT TO DO
THAT. 
AND SO ALL OF THE EARLY 
ASTRONAUTS, JOHN GLENN, ED 
WHITE, WHO DID THE FIRST SPACE 
WALK, AND THEN NEIL ARMSTRONG, 
THEY WERE HUGE INFLUENCES ON 
CAREER.
>> WELL, JOHN, THAT'S AWESOME. 
SO YOU WATCHED THE APOLLO 11 
LAUNCH ON TV AND I UNDERSTAND 
THAT YOU ALSO INVITED NEIL 
ARMSTRONG TO WATCH ONE OF YOUR 
LAUNCHES?
>> I DID, WE'RE ALLOWED TO 
INVITE A VIEW VIPS TO OUR 
LAUNCHES AND I WROTE NEIL 
ARMSTRONG A LETTER, SAID I WAS 
ONE OF OHIO ASTRONAUTS, I 
TOLD HIM HE WAS ONE OF MY HEROES
AS A YOUNG BOY AND I INVITED HIM
TO COME TO THE LAUNCH, HE WROTE 
BACK, SAID I'LL BE THERE, AND I 
WAS LIKE, WOW, NEIL ARMSTRONG IS
GOM -- COMING TO MY LAUNCH. 
I GOT A CALL FROM NASA 
MANAGEMENT AND THEYD 
MR. ARMSTRONG WANTED TO MEET 
WITH ME. 
SO MY WIFE AND HI, NEIL 
ARMSTRONG AND HIS WIFE, CAROL, 
GOT TO SPEND TIME IN THE CREW 
QUARTERS. 
I HAD A GREAT MOMENT, SHAKING 
HIS HAND SAYING THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE, I APPRECIATE YOU 
COMING TO THE LAUNCH AND I A
HIM HOW LONG ARE YOU STAYING IN 
TOWN FOR, HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING
TO BE IN FLORIDA FOR, HE LOOKED 
ME RIGHT BACK IN THE EYE, HOW 
LONG ARE YOU IN TOWN FOR, I'M 
GOING TO STAY HERE UNTIL YOU 
LAUNCH. 
AND WE LAUNCHED ON TIME THE NEXT
DAY AND IT WAS THE THRILL OF MY 
LIFE TO HAVE HIM THERE FOR 
>> INCREDIBLE,ON, THANK YOU 
FOR THE MEMORIES.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT 
NEIL ARMSTRONG, THE MAN.
>> NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS BORN IN 
HIS GRAND PARENT'S FARMHOUSE ON 
THE OUTSKIRTS OF WAPAKONETA. 
ASKED THEM TO SHARE SOME 
PERSONAL MEMORIES OF T 
FAMOUS BROTHER.
>> HE WAS VERY GOOD AT TELLING 
JOKES.
>> IN THE ACCENT.
>> IN THE ACCENT.
>> SCOTTISH.
>> SCOTTISH ACCENT, RIGHT.
>> OH, MY. 
AND A LITTLE BIT OF GERMAN 
SOMETIMES, ALSO. 
BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT STORY WAS 
TELLING. 
BUT HE WAS GOOD AT IT BECAUSE HE
TELLS THE STORY AND HE HAS 
THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE 
BIT OF SMILE ON HIS FACE. 
AND THEN EVERYBODY LAUGHS AND HE
LAUGHS AND HE LAUGHS. 
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY,
TOO. 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THE LEGACY HADN'T BEEN 
DETERMINED, IN SCIENCE, THE 
DOORS ARE STILL SO WIDE OPEN. 
AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT IT 
HELPED INSPIRE THE TECHNICAL 
PECT OF THIS COUNTRY. 
YOU KNOW, WE HAD MANY BIG 
TECHNICAL BREAKTHROUGHS WITH THE
PROGRAM. 
NASA PROGRAM. 
AND NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT 
CONTINUING.
>> I THINK MY DAD WOUL BE VERY 
PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF 
ANOTHER AGE OF EXPLORATION. 
TAKING THOSE NEXT STEPS. 
GOING BACK TO THE MOON. 
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE 
WE CAN LEARN THE THINGS THAT WE 
NEED WE GO BEYOND. 
IF WE CAN REMIND EVERYONE OF HOW
THE WORLD WAS UPLIFTED BY THE 
APOLLO PROGRAM, BY THESE 
ENDEAVORS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE 
A GOOD CHANCE OF STAYING THE 
COURSE AND CONTINUING THAT 
EXPLORATION FORWARD. 
 AN ASTRONAUT WAS OUR 
FATHER'S WAY OF LIFE. 
THAT WAS DAD'S JOB AND WE WERE 
ALL SUPPORTIVE AND EXCITED. 
THE ASTRONAUTS, THE GUYS WHEN 
THEY WERE UP THERE, THEY -- THE 
LAST THING THEY WANTED TO DO WAS
TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING AT HOME. 
I THINK THE WIVES JUST TRIED TO 
MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILY WASN'T
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY 
HAD IN THEIR CHECKLIST OF THINGS
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
>> THE APOLLO PROGRAM INSPIRED A
GENERATION TO WANT TO BE BETTER.
TO WANT TO WORK HARD, AND APPLY 
THEMSELVES AND PURSUE THEIR 
DREAMS BECAUSE APOLLO MADE IT 
CLEAR THAT DREAMS WERE POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT MADE THE WORLD 
A BETTER PLACE.
>> NOW, AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH 
TOWN OR STROLL DOWN THE 
SIDEWALK, YOU'LL SEE JUST HOW 
 THE MOO EVERYONE IS IN 
WAPAKONETA. 
MORE THAN A DOZEN RESTAURANTS 
ARE OFFERING SPECIAL MOON-THEMED
ITEMS SUCH AS CINNAMON MOON 
PANCAKES AND A BUCKEYE ON THE 
MOON SUNDAY. IT SEEMS EVERY SHOP
IS SELLING FIRST ON THE MOON 
MERCHANDISE, SOUVENIRS, AND 
MEMORABILIA. 
AND HISTORY IS ALL AROUND US.
>> IT'S A PART OF HISTORY THAT I
WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I 
HELPED TO PRESERVE. 
IT'S NOT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHA
WAS IT LIKE WHEN HE LIVED HERE, 
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, BUT TO BE 
ABLE TO PRESERVE PART OF HISTORY
AND KEEP IT INTACT. 
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
>> AND WITH ME NOW, IS DONTAE 
WITH THE ARMSTRONG MUSEUM, 
DONTAE, WELCOME. 
SO LET'S GET STRAIGHT INTO IT. 
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 
PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE IF THEY 
WERE TO VISIT THE MUSEUM?
>> SURE, THE ARMSTRONG AIR AND 
SPACE MUSEUM OPENED THREE YEARS 
TO THE DAY AFTER APOLLO 11 
LANDED IN 1972. 
WE HAVE ARTIFACTSROM THE 
AIRPLANE HE LEARNED TO FLY IN. 
AS WELL AS THE APOLLO BACKUP 
SUIT FROM APOLLO 11. 
ACTUAL SUIT THAT WAS PART OF HIS
MISSION. 
AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, WE ALSO 
HAVE A MOON ROCK COLLECTED FROM 
APOLLO 11, COLLECTED BY NEIL 
ARMSTRONG HIMSELF ON THAT 
>> AWESOME,  HOW DOES IT 
FEEL FOR YOU TO BE ENTRUSTED 
WITH PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF AN
AMERICAN HERO?
>> WELL, IT'S VERY HUMBLING. 
BUT THE BEST PART HERE IS 
THERE'S A TREMENDOUS TEAM, 
THERE'S STAFF, THE BOARD, 
EVERYONE SUPPORTS, AND THE 
COMMUNITY IS A WONDERFUL SUPPORT
FOR THE MUSEUM, AND NEIL 
ARMSTRONG'S LEGACY RIGHT HERE IN
WAPAKONETA.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
DONTAE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO 
WELCOME SONNY WILLIAMS, ANOTHER 
OHIO ASTRONAUT, SHE'S A NATIVE 
OF EUCLID AND 7 SPACE WALKS.
>> HI, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN 
WAPAKONETA.
>> YES, AWESOME HERE. 
HOW DOES RESEARCH ABOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HELP
US EXPAND EXPLORATION, NOT ONLY 
ON THE MOON, BUT ALSO LATER 
GETTING TO MARS?
>> RIGHT, S I'VE HAD THE LUXURY
OF BEING ON THE SPACE STATION 
TWO TIMES AND WE'RE DOING ALL
SORTS OF EXPERIMENTS ON 
PROPULSION SYSTEM, LIFE SUPPORT 
SYSTEMS, EVEN SPACE SUIT SYSTEMS
THAT WILL HELP US ON OUR NEXT 
ENDEAVORS BACK TO THE MOON AND 
EVEN FURTHER, OUT OF LOW EARTH 
ORBIT, BEYOND AND INMARS.
>> YOU'RE SET TO RETURN TO SPACE
ON ONE OF NASA'S UPCOMING 
COMMERCIAL CREW MISSIONS, TELL 
ME MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> SCHEDULED TO BE ON ONE OF THE
FIRST BOEING STAR LINER FLIGHTS 
TO GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, ALONG WITH SPACEX'S 
COLLEAGUES UP TO THE SPACE 
STATION, AND THIS CONTRACT TO --
WILL ALLOW NASA GETTING OUT OF 
LOW EARTH ORBIT AND BACK TO THE 
MOON AND POTENTIALLY ON TO MARS 
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. 
ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
INCLUDING THESE COMMERCIAL 
COMPANIES WILL HELP US ENABLE US
TO GO FURTHER.
>> ARE YOU SCHEDULED TO CONDUCT 
ANYMORE SPACE WALKS.
>> THE SPACE STATION IS 20 YEARS
OLD AND IT'S LIKE AN OLD HOUSE, 
THINGS NEED TO BE FIXED. 
SO IT'S PRETTY PROBABLE, AND 
I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING
THAT.
>> RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
AND THANKS FROM HERE IN 
WAPAKONETA, LET'S HEAD TO D.C.
>> THANKS, TY. 
HOSTING THIS CELEBRATION OF THE 
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST 
MAN ON THE MOON. 
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT 
HERE ON THE MALL, TENTS 
HIGHLIGHTING BOTH THE APOLLO 
PROGRAM AND TODAY'S MOON TO MARS
PLANS, LEGO HAS AN INCREDIBLE 
APOLLO 11 DISPLAY, THAT TOOK 
DAYS TO BUILD. 
AND SNOIS HERE, OF COURSE, 
SNOOPY WAS THE NAME OF THE LUNAR
MODULE, THE DRESS REHEARSAL FOR 
THE ACTUAL MOON LANDING. 
AND AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, 
PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL MALL HAVE
BEEN WOWED THIS WEEK BY A 
HIGH-DEF PROJECTION OF THE 
SATURN 5 ROCKET ON THE 
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
WE'LL B ABLE TO SEE A 
RECREATION OF A LAUNCH HERE 
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. 
IT REALLY JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE
OF THE SCALE OF THAT MASSIVE 
ROCKET. 
APOLLO 11 WAS THE CULMINATION OF
A PROMISE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN F.
KENNEDY TO GO TO THE MOON WITHIN
THE DECADE. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE WILL GO TO THE MOON AND DO
THE OTHER THINGS, NOT BECAUSE 
THEY ARE EASY, BUT BECAUSE THEY 
ARE HARD.
>> THE DIRECTION OF THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
IT IS THE STATED POLICY OF THIS 
ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA TO RETURN 
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON 
WITHIN THE NEXT F YEARS. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO NOW, NASA IS FACING 
ANOTHER BOLD CHALLENGE. 
AND THIS TIME, THE ULTIMATE GOAL
ISN'T JUST JFK'S GOAL OF LAND ON
THE MOON AN RETURN  TO 
EARTH. BUT ESTABLISHING A 
SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE ON THE 
MOON. 
AND EVENTUALLY HEADING OFF TO 
MARS. 
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME
INTERESTING SCIENCE WHEN WE'RE 
THERE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 
REALLY EXCITING THINGS FOR 
EXAMPLE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK
IN THE GIANTCRATERS, THESEEP
CRATERS IN THE SOUTHERN POLE 
REGION OF THE MOON, PLACES DOWN 
THAT NEVER GETS SUNLIGHT AND WE 
THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE WATER 
THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 
GOING AND CHECKING THAT OUT. 
NOW, TO ADAM SAVAGE WITH 
ASTRONAUT RANDY INSIDE OF THE 
AIR & SPAC MUSEUM.
>> RANDY, YOU'VE SLOUN ON THE 
SHUTTLE AND SPENT TIME ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
I'M CURIOUS, THE FIRST TIME YOU 
OPENED THE HATCH TO GET ON THE 
ISS, GIVEN ALL OF THEINING 
YOU HAD ALREADY HAD UP TO THAT 
POINT, WHAT SURPRISED YOU AND 
WHAT FELT EXACTLY LIKE YOU 
EXPECTED?
>> IT SURPRISED THE MOST, THERE 
WERE CREW MEMBERS ON THE SPACE 
STATION THAT I HN T -- HADN'T 
TRA WITH. 
I HAVE A CALL SIGN -- AND SO IT 
WAS INTERESTING, WE GOT ON THE 
SPACE STATION, THESE CREW 
MEMBERS WHO I HADN'T -- 
ADVERSARY OF MY F-18 -- HEY, 
E, COME OVER HERE. 
A LITTLE SHOCK TO ME WHEN THEY 
HEARD, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY 
USE THAT IN SUCH A NORMAL TERM 
COMING FROM A CREW MEMBER. 
BUT WHAT WAS NEAT ABOUT IT WAS 
EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE FOLKS 
THAT I HADN'T MET, IT WAS BIG 
BEAR HUGS, AS IF WE WERE LONG 
LAST FAMILY MEMB WHO HADN'T 
SEEN EACH OTHER IN A FEW WEEKS 
AND CATCHING UP. 
AND IT REALLY STRUCK ME, BECAUSE
I ONLY HAD TWO-AND-A-HALF DAYS 
IN ORBIT AT THAT POINT, THAT 
HERE WE ARE, NOW, THE CREW FROM 
ATLANTIS, ON STATION, 12 HUMAN 
BEINGS, THIS MAGNIFICENT 
NG LABORATORY, GOING 
17,000 MILES PER HOUR, AND WE 
WERE -- THAT WAS IT, ALL OF 
HUMANITY IN ORBIT. 
WE WERE DOING THERE IN THE 
SHARED MISSION. 
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE WE CAME 
FROM. 
HERE WE WERE, JUST ONE FAMILY IN
ORBIT, DOING THE WORK.
>> AMAZING. 
 KNOW, WE WERE TALKING BEFORE
AND YOU SAID YOU SPENT 32 HOURS 
IN SPACE, DURING SPACE WALKS, 
WHAT DO YOU GET USED TO AND WHAT
ALWAYS SURPRISES YOU ABOUT 
GETTING INTO AND GOING OUTSIDE 
OF THE SPACECRAFT?
>> WELL, START WITH THAT PART 
FIRST, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 
WHETHER IT'S YOUR FIRST, FIFTH 
OR YOUR NINTH OR TENTH. 
WHEN YOU OPEN THAT HATCH, WHICH 
IN THE SPACE STATION, OPENS 
DOWN, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU OPEN 
IT UP. 
AND THERE'S SOME SAFETY IN THAT.
KILOMETERS STRAIGHT DOWN. 
FOR ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, A FEAR OF
HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S 
DAUNTING, BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO 
DOESN'T HAVE A FEAR OF HEIGHTS, 
IF YOU'RE AT THE EDGE OF A TALL 
BUILDING AND STAND ON THE EDGE 
AND LEAN OVER, YOUR BODY TELLS 
YOU TO LEAN BACK. 
YOU HAVE THAT INTENSE FEE 
TIMES 1,000, 250 MILES UP. 
BUT YOU GO BACK TO RELY ON YOUR 
TRAINING, OKAY. 
I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO FALL, 
I'M GOING TO FLOAT. 
MY OWN PERSONAL SPACE SUIT, 
GOING OUT THE DOOR, IF I GO OUT 
THERE AND LET GO, I'M NOT GOING 
TO FALL.
HAS TOLD YOU YOU WOULD. E LIFE 
IN THE NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB. 
YOU DO YOUR TRAINING, YOU REACH 
OUT, PUT YOUR HAND ON THE HAND 
RAIL, TURN YOUR BODY THE WAY YOU
NORMALLY DO, THE WAIST TETHER, 
THE TETHER AND YOU GO AHEAD AND 
YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU TRAINE
FOR, IT'S JUST THE VIEW, INSTEAD
OF BEING, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE, 40
FEET BELOW YOU, YOU HAVE THE 
EARTH GOING BY AT 5 MILES A 
SECOND TO DISTRACT YOU WHILE 
YOU'RE OUT THERE.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR 
THOUGHT ABOUT APOLLO AIR 
TECHNOLOGY THAT LED YOU TO 
TECHNOLOGY THAT GOT YOU INTO 
SPACE.
>> THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR 
EVERYTHING. 
I'M IN AWE, LIKE YOU AND 
EVERYBODY ELSE. 
IT TAKES TIME TO REMEMBER AND 
COMMEMORATE THIS HISTORIC 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
AND I MEAN, WE HAD NOT HAD BUT 
15 M IN SPACE WHEN 
ESIDENT KENNEDY CHALLENGED US 
TO GO TO THE MEAN X WITHIN A 
DECADE, WE HAD NEIL AND BUZZ ON 
APOLLO 11. 
THAT IS ASTOUNDING. 
AND EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE SINCE 
THEN HAS BEEN BASED ON THOSE 
AMAZING INVESTMENTING IN 
TECHNOLOGY AND THE CAPABILITIES 
TO LIVE A WORK IN SPACE. AND 
THE THE SPACE WALK IS THE 
GRANDSON OF THE SOUP -- ON 
APOLLO AND LUNAR SURFACE.
>> BUZZ ALDRIN WAS NOT ABLE TO 
BE HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A BUZZ 
TRIBUTE VIDEO THAT WE CAN RUN. 
LET'S RUN THIS AND SEE A LITTLE 
BIT ABOUT BUZZ. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
.
>> WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION 
THAT THIS IS THE FINAL -- THREE 
MEN ON A VOYAGE TO THE MOON. 
[ MUSIC ]♪
THIS IS A SYMBOL OF THE 
INSATIABLE CURIOSITY OF ALL MAN 
KIND TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN. 
WE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE TO GO 
TO THE MOON, THE ACCEPTANCE OF 
THISHALLENGE WAS INEVITABLE. 
TODAY, I FEEL WE'RE FULLY 
CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING EXPANDED 
ROLES IN THE EXPLORATION OF 
SPACE.
>> RANDY, ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT 
THE FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL?
>> SOLUTELY. 
IN THE 15 YEARS I'VE BEEN AT 
NASA, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE 
EXCITING TIME. 
WE HAVE TWO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 
GETTING READY TO LAUNCH AND PUT 
PEOPLE ON THE SPACE STATION. 
19 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PRESENCE 
ON THE SPACE STATION, WE'VE 
GOT, YOU KNOW, ARTEMIS SET UP, 
WHERE WE HAVE THE OR ORION. 
AND LAUNCH HUMANS IN TWO YEARS 
AROUND THE MOON AGAIN.
>> AMAZING.
>> NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR 
IT.
>> RANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
JOINING US HERE TODAY. 
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ 
ALDRIN WERE ALMOST STUCK ON THE 
SURFACE OF THE MOON, AS THE CREW
WAS COMING BACK IN, THEY HAD TO 
TAKE OFF THOSE LARGE SPACE SUITS
AND THEY'RE PRETTY BIG AND THE 
LUNAR MODULE IS PRETTY SMALL. 
IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, 
BUZZ BUMPED UP AGAINST THE 
ENGINE ARM SWITCH, THE SWITC
THAT WAS CRITICAL TO TURNING ON 
THE ROCKET MOTOR THAT ALLOWS 
THEM TO LAUNCH OFF OF THE 
SURFACE OF THE MOON. 
THE SWITCH BROKE OFF. 
AND SO WHEN THE TIME CAME TO 
FLIP THAT SWITCH, TO GET READY 
TO LAUNCH OFF, THERE WAS NO 
SWITCH THERE TO FLIP, WHAT WAS 
HE GOING TO DO. 
HE PULLED OUT A FELT TIPPED PEN 
AND JAMS IT IN TO THE SPOT AND 
USED THE FELT TIPPED PEN AS A 
SWITCH AND THEY SUCCESSFULLY GET
OFF OF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON 
AND COME HOME.
>> MY GRANDFATHER, PRESIDENT 
KENNEDY, CHALLENGED AMERICANS TO
SEND A MAN TO THE MOON. 
NOT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE EASY, 
BUT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SO HARD.
NASA AND OUR ENTIRE NATION 
ANSWERED HIS CALL TO ACTION. 
AND MADE THAT DREAM A REALITY. 
TODAY, WE SALUTE THE MEN 
WOMEN OF TLLO GENERATION. 
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE 
AND THE NEW FRONTIERS YET TO BE 
DISCOVERED.
>> AND LOOKING NOW OVER THE 
WATER, WE'RE COMING UP ON
LAUNCH, COMPLEX 39 HERE AT 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THE 2 PADS
IN THE DISTANCE THERE, PAD B IS 
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THE 
FIRST WOMAN TO THE MOON AND THE 
NEXT MOON.
>> THAT'S PAD A, SPACEX'S PAD, 
WHICH IS CURRENTLY LAUNCHING 
THEIR ROCKETS T HEAVY AND THE 
FALCON, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL 
SHOT AS WE FLY OVER THE BANANA 
RIVER AND INTO THAT LAUNCH 
COMPLEX THERE, 39A, WHERE OF 
COURSE, MANY HISTORIC LAUNCH 
HAPPENED HERE AT THE KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER AND WE CONTINUE TO 
CELEBRATE AS WELL.
>> AND THE MOOD HERE IS JUST 
EUPHORIC, SO MANY PEOPLE IN AWE 
OF THIS NATION'S AMAZING 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
50 YEARS AGO.
>> INDEED.
>> AND IT'S A WARM DAY HERE IN 
FLORIDA. 
YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS BUBBLING 
UP OVER 39A. 
ON THE CREW ACCESS ARM THAT 
EXTENDS OUT FROM THAT PAD.
IT'S NOT QUITE AS HOT AS THE 
REST OF THE COUNTRY, THERE'S A 
HEAT WAVE THAT'S CURRENTLY GOT 
THE GRIP OF THE NATION, MOST OF 
THE NATION, BUT WE'RE STILL 
PRETTY TOASTY HERE IN A, 
AND IN FACT, WE'RE CELEBRATING 
MOON FEST AT THIS TIME.
>> YES.
>> A CELEBRATION OF COURSE OF 
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO. 
WHERE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES GOT TO 
GO OUT AND TO THE GRAND ENTRY, 
EAT MOON PIES AND DRESS UP IN 
1960s ATTIRE.
>> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK 
THEY'RE ALREADY OUT OF THE MOON 
PIES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY
SAVED ANY FOR US.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY DID. 
BUT THEY DID. 
THEY GAVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE. 
THAT WAS A NICE GESTURE.
>> YEAH.
>> ON THIS HISTORIC DAY.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE 
THE HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 
 WE LOOK AHEAD TO TRAVELING
BACK TO THE MOON AND ON TO MARS.
JUST AS IN THE APOLLO ERA, WE 
NEED MANY ELEMENTS TO GET THERE.
FROM ROCKETS AND SPACECRAFT TO 
ASTRONAUT LIFE SUPPORT AND MORE.
ALL IN SUPPORT OF SCIENCE AND 
EXPLORATION ON THE SURFACE. 
THERE'S A LOT OFK ADY 
BEING DON TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN 
WITH OUR ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 
WE'RE PREPARING TO LAUNCH OUR 
NEW SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET 
AND THE ORION, WHICH IS AN 
ENTIRELY NEW SPACE CAPSULE, ALSO
DEVELOPING A GATEWAY AT THE 
MOON, WE'LL HAVE NEW ROBOTIC AND
HUMAN LANDERS AND NEWE 
SUITS, ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING 
WHILE ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY WILL EXPAND OUR 
KNOWLEDGE AND ENRICH LIFE BACK 
HERE ON EARTH. 
AND THERE'S THAT LIST THERE, THE
ITEMS I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, 
AND WE'LL BE TELLING YOU MORE 
ABOUT EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS YOU
SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN 
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW TODAY.
 AND IT'S IMPORTANT, EACHE 
OF THOSE ELEMENTS AS THEY COME 
TOGETHER, TO FORM THIS PROGRAM 
OF THE FUTURE, ARTEMIS IS A VERY
COMPLEX PROGRAM. 
BUT WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 
MOON, SUSTAIN BLI, AND 
PERMANENTLY, IN ORDER TO TEST 
OUR TECHNOLOGY TO GO ON TO MARS,
IT'S ALL VERY KEY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
WE'RE GOING TO SEE COMING UP 
AFTER THIS SHOW TODAY, AT 3:00, 
WE'VE GOT A SHOW CALLED OUR 
S.T.E.M. SHOW, THAT'S GOING TO 
SHOW YOU HOW STUDENTS ARE 
BREAKING DOWN A MISSION TO THE 
MOON.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT 
SHOW, MAKE SURE YOU STAY TUNED 
TO THAT H AT0 ON NASA TV,
FORWARD TO THE MOON. 
OUR S.T.E.M. SHOW. 
THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE. 
>>> DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE
MOST VALUEABLE SAMPLES BROUGHT 
BACK FROM THE BY BUZZ 
ALDRIN AND NEIL ARMSTRONG ALMOST
DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
A SERIES OF CONTAINERS THAT THEY
PUT THE SAMPLES IN, THEY 
PICKED UP ABOUTING RO -- ROCKS. 
AS NEIL WAS PREPARING TO BOX IT 
TO THE LUNAR MODULE FOR A RETURN
BACK TO EARTH. 
NEIL LOOKED IN THE BOX AND 
REALIZED THERE WASN'T A LOT IN 
THERE. 
THAT'S NOT RIGHT, WE SHOULD BE 
BRINGING MORE BACK. 
SO HE TOOK THE BOX AND SCOOPED 
ALONG THE SURFACE AND PUT A 
BUNCH OF DIRT FROM THE SURFACE 
OF THE MOON INTO THE BOX. 
IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT DIRT, TH
AR -- WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE SOLAR 
WIND AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF THE
MOON SO THAT IS MORE HELPFUL 
THAN THE ROCKS. 
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST SAMPLES 
WE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE MOON.
>> THIS IS THE OFFICIAL 
VISITOR'S CENTER FOR NASA'S 
MARSHAL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. HA 
BUILDING THE ROCKETS THAT SEND 
ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE SINCE 
1960, THIS MACHINE HERE IS AN 
AUTHENTIC F1 ENGINE THAT POWERED
THE SATURN 5, THE VEHICLE THAT 
LAUNCHED THE APOLLO MISSIONS. 
THE SATURN 5'S CHIEF ARCHITE
WAS THE CHIEF DIRECTOR, BROWN, 
AND THROUGHOUT THE 1950s, VON 
BROWN PROMOTED SPACE TRAVEL. 
HE ALSO HELPED SPUR MUCH OF THE 
TECHNOLOGY THAT FIRST TOOK 
AMERICANS INTO SPACE. 
AND NOW, AMERICA IS READY FOR 
THE NEXT WAVE OF HUMAN 
EXPLN, THE A 
MISSIOCH WILL TAKE 
AMERICANS TO THE MOON AND WILL 
SET THE STAGE FOR PUTTING HUMANS
ON MARS. 
MARSHAL IS WORKING ON THE ROCKET
TO GET THEM THERE,HE SPACE 
LAUNCH SYSTEM OR SLS, AND 
MARSHALL, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR 
HERITAGE OF FIRE AND SMOKE, 
HERE'S A LOOK. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS ASTRONAUT 
REX WALL HIEM, HE FLEW THREE 
DIFFERENT SPACE SHUTTLE 
MISSIONS, INCLUDING THE STS135, 
HI, REX, HOW ARE YOU?
>> GREAT, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO 
RIDE ON A 5, BUT TELL US 
WHAT IT'S LIKE AS AN ASTRONAUT 
TO BE IN A ROCKET AT LIFTOFF.
>> THE FIRST TIME, AND YOU'RE 
LOADED INTO THE ROCKET ABOUT A 
COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH 
AND STRAPPED IN, IT FEELS LIKE 
YOU'RE SITTING IN THIS HIGH-RISE
BUILDING, SOLID AS A ROCK. 
NGINE UP, IT 
SHAKES LIKE IT'S COMING APART, 
IT'S AMAZING. 
AND THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS 
LIGHT AND YOU LIFT OFF, FROM 0 
TO 17500 MILES PER HOUR IN 18.5 
SECONDS.
>> ASE LOOK BACK ON APOLLO 11,
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT 
RE-ESTABLISHING A HUMAN PRESENCE
BEYOND EARTH ORBIT.
>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 
BECAUSE THE APOLLO PROGRAM, THEY
WENT TO THE FRONTIER, TO THE 
MOON, FURTHER THAN ANY HUMANS IN
HISTORY, WE NEED TO GET BACK 
THERE. 
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DOAT. 
WE WANT TO GO THERE AND GO 
BEYOND AND GO TO MARS.
>> NOW, WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA 
QUESTION, ONE MAN ON TWITTER 
ASKED WHAT IS NASA'S PLAN FOR 
FUTURE ASTRONAUT PLAN --
>> THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, 
THE FOLKS FROM ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE MOST DIVERSE 
BACKGROUND, THEY CAN EXCEL IN 
TYPES OF FUNCTIONS AND WE'LL 
BRING THEM DOWN TO THE JOHNSON 
SPACE SENTER AND INTERVIEW, WHO 
IS GOING TO WORK THE BEST? 
IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO NOW, 
EXCEPT A DIFFERENT DIMENSION 
WITH THE AUTONOMY THAT WE'RE 
GOING TO NEED, MORE THE 
EXPEDITIONARY BEHAVIOR, PEOPLE 
ARE GOING FARTHER THAN BEFORE, 
AND FAR FROM -- SO FAR FROM 
EARTH IT WILL TAKE MINUTES AND 
MINUTES FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO GO
BACK AND FORTH, COMFORTABLE 
OPERATING BY THEMSELVES. 
IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE
PICK ASTRONAUTS TODAY.
>> THANKS, REX.
YOU KNOW, TODAY, THOUSANDS 
NASA EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS AND 
SUPPLIERS ARE WORKING IN ALL 50 
STATES TO TURN OUR PLANS INTO 
REALITY. 
THE APOLLO PROGRAM WAS A 
NATIONWIDE EFFORT ON A GIANT 
SCALE WITH SO MANY UNSUNG HEROES
BEHIND THE FAMOUS NAMES AND 
FACES AND MANY APOLLO ERA 
VETERANS ARE RIGHT HERE IN 
HUNTSVILLE. 
LET'S HEAR FROM A FEW OF THEM 
ABOUT THAT ERA.
>> WELL, MOST OF US WERE OUT OF 
COLLEGE, DIDN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF 
EXPERIENCE. 
BUT HERE'S WHAT CHALLENGED, 
WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN 
TEN MONTHS THAT'S NEVER BEEN 
DONE BEFORE.
>> MEAN, YOU NEVER HOME WITH 
YOUR DESK CLEANED OFF, JUST SO 
MUCH TO DO. 
WE WERE JUST ALL HEADS DOWN, 
TRYING TO GET READY AND, YOU 
KNOW, IT DIDN'T MATTER, THAT I 
WAS A CO-OP, IT DIDN'T MATTER 
THAT I WAS 19 YEARS OLD.
>> I DIDN'T MIND WORKING 80 
HOURS AWEEK, WHEN YOU WERE 
GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
YOU DIDN'T GO HOME UNTIL YOU 
FINISHED YOUR WORK. 
THAT WAS PRETTY STANDARD IN 
THOSE DAYS. 
LATE TO BED, EARLY TO RISE, WORK
LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE. 
AND WE WERE COMMITTED TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
THE THING ABOUT THE MOON THAT I 
THOUGHT WAS PECULIAR, WHEN THE 
SUN WAS ALMOST OVERHEAD, THE 
MOON TO BE A WARM AND FRIENDLY 
PLACE. 
NEAR DAWN AND DUSK, THE PLACE 
LOOKED DISTINCTLY UNFRIENDLY. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
>>> WHAT A GREAT IVIA, 
APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE PILOT, 
MIKE COLLINS. 
WHO JOINS ME NOW, LIVE, ALONG 
WITH ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE ZENA, 
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, KAREN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND ZENA, I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEARING FROM BOTH OF YOU.
>> YEAH, LIKEWISE.
>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 
NOW, MIKE, PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW 
THAT AFTER YOUR NASA CAREER, YOU
WERE THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THIS 
VERY SMITHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE 
MUSEUM, TAKING CHARGE WHILE THE 
BUILDING WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S BEEN ONE OFE MOST 
VISITED SITES IN WASHINGTON EVER
SINCE, SO DIRECTOR COLLINS.
>> OH.
>> WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S SO NICE TO BE
BACK. 
THE SMITHSONIAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN 
ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE 
BUILDINGS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
AND I USED TO GO TO THE MUSEUM 
OF NATURAL HISTORY AND WHEN I 
WAS PERHAPS TEN YEARS OLD, I 
WOULD WATCH SNAILS NOW, THEY HAD
-- THESE WERE NOT LIVE SNAILS, 
THEY WERE SNAIL SHELLS, BUT THEY
HAD LIKE 37 OF THEM ALL IN 
ROW. 
AND I USED TO FOR SOME REASON, 
TOTALLY FASCINATED BY THAT, I 
USED TO COUNT THEM AND FIGURE 
OUT WHY THEY WERE BIG AND LITTLE
AND WHAT COLORS THEY WERE AND 
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO THAT'S 
MY UP BRINGING IS SMITHSONIAN. 
AND AIR AND ACE, OF COURSE, 
CAME MUCH LATER AND I HAD A LOT 
OF HELP WITH PEOPLE LIKE BARRY 
GOLDWATER WHO WAS A SENATOR ON 
THE RIGHT COMMITTEE WHO HELPED 
ME GET MONEY TO GET THE $40 
MILLION AMASSED THAT WE NEEDED 
TO DIG A HOLE AND BRING THE 
BUILDING UP. 
IT WAS INTERESTING TIME.
LL, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE 
TO BE NOW. 
LET'S TAKE US BACK IN TIME A 
LITTLE BIT. 
YOU WERE UP ORBITING THE MOON 
DURING THAT APOLLO 11, AROUND 
SOME 30 TIMES ALONE. 
OVER ABOUT 24 HOURS. 
TAKE US THERE, TELL US WHAT YOU 
WERE FEELING AND WHAT THAT WAS
LIKE?
>> YOU KNOW, I WAS AMAZED, I WAS
ALWAYS ASKED, WEREN'T YOU THE 
LONELYIEST PERSON, GOING AROUND 
THE LONELY MOON? 
WEREN'T YOU LONELY? 
NO, NO, I WAS HAPPY. 
I WAS AT HOME. 
THIS WAS MY LITTLE PLACE IN 
COLUMBIA, THE COMMAND MODULE, I 
HAD HOT COFFEE, I HAD MUSIC IF I
WANTED IT. 
IF I HAD SOME PROBLEM OR 
QUESTION, I JUST GOT ON THE 
RADIO WITH MISSION CONTROL. 
AND THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY 
HELPFUL. 
THEY EVEN TRIED TO TALK TO ME 
WHEN I WAS BY MYSELF BEHIND THE 
MOON. 
BUT HA HA, THEY COULDN'T GET TO 
ME IN THAT SITUATION.
>> SO DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH 
NEIL ARMSTRONG, WHO OBVIOUSLY IS
A LARGER T LIFE HISTO
FIGURE, TELL US WHAT YOU'D LIKE 
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER ABOUT HIM AS 
A CREW MEMBER AND AS A 
COMMANDER?
>> ABOUT THE CREW MATE, OH, OH, 
NEIL.
>> NEIL.
>> NEIL AS THE CREW MEMBER.
>> NEIL ARMSTRONG.
>> HE WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN PERSON
AND IN MANY WAYS, NEIL WAS VERY 
INTELLIGENT. HE HAD INTERESTS IN
SCIENCE, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 
KIND OF WORK THAT NASA DOES. 
HE WAS -- HE WAS MODEST, HE 
DIDN'T LIKE THE SPOTLIGHT ON 
HIM. 
BUT WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT IN ITS 
GLARE, HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO 
SAY. 
AFTER THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11, 
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 
AN AROUND THE WORLD TRIP, AND 
NEIL WAS OUR SPOKESPERSON. 
AND HE JUST DID A MASTERFUL JOB,
HE KNEW THE BACKGROUND OF THE 
COUNTRY, HE KNEW WHAT TO SAY TO 
THE LOCAL PEOPLE, BY THE TIME HE
FINISHED ONE OF HIS SHORT 
FIVE-TEUTE SPEECHES, HALF 
OF THE AUDIENCE WAS READY TO 
CLIMB ON BOARD COLUMBIA AND GO 
WITH US. 
HE WAS JUST MASTERFUL.
>> GREAT.
>> AND.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE HOPING TO ASK 
QUESTIONS TO ZENA AND MICHAEL 
COLL SOCIAL MEDIA. 
THOUGH, I JUST REALIZED WE MAY 
NOT HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE 
SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS, SO I'M 
INSTEAD GOING TO TURN THE 
QUESTION TO ZENA, OBVIOUSLY, 
MICHAEL, WHEN YOU QUALIFIED TO 
BECOME AN ASTRONAUT, YOU WERE A 
PILOT, AND ZENA HADO TAKE A 
VERY DIFFERENT PATH INTO THIS.
>> MY BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY IN 
MICROBIOLOGY, I STARTED BIOLOGY 
IN COLLEGE, MY THESIS WAS IN 
POETRY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND I
DID RESEARCH IN MARINE 
MICROBIOLOGY FOR MY MASTER'S 
GREE, ONE OF THE MOSTITING
PARTS OF BEING IN THE SPACE 
PROGRAM NOW IS JUST HOW 
DIFFERENT A BACKGROUND EVERYONE 
HAS COME FROM. 
WE ARE TEST PILOTS, ALSO 
MICROBIOLOGISTS, WE ARE 
GEOLOGISTS, WE'RE SUBMARINERS, 
IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING AND DI
VEERS GROUP TO GET TO WORK 
E 
WITH.
>> WE ARE TAKING SOCIAL MEDIA 
QUESTIONS, WE CAN'T ANSWER THEM 
HERE AND NOW, BUT WE WILL TAKE 
THEM THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. 
ZENA, GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE 
ON OIL L -- APOLLO 11, WHAT IS 
PERSPECTIVE OF THE LEGACY OF 
APOLLO 11?
>> SURE, IT'S A PART OF THE 
WORLD THAT I GREW UP IN. 
YOU KNOW, I NEVER KNEW A WORLD 
BEFORE MEN HAD LEFT THIS PLANET,
AND SO I HAVE TO ASK THE PEOPLE 
WHO LIVED THROUGH THAT, 
THEMSELVES, WHAT THAT MEANS TO 
THEM. 
AND THEY CAN TELL ME WHERE THEY 
WERE WHEN THEY SAW THAT HAPPEN, 
EY CAN ME THE EXACT CHAIR
THEY WERE SITTING IN, ITS JUST 
THIS MONUMENTAL PIVOTAL MOMENT 
IN HUMAN HISTORY. 
SO TO ME, THAT'S JUST -- IT'S SO
TOUCHING TO KNOW THAT THAT'S 
PART OF THE WORLD THAT I'M IN 
NOW.  AND IT'S THIS HUGELY 
INSPIRING CHALLENGE TO MY 
GENERATION, WHAT WOULD BE OUR 
APOLLO, THIS THING THAT PEOPLE 
AROUND THE WORLD WILL FEEL A 
PART OF?
>> A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 
LEGACY?
>> I AM NOT BIG ON LEGACIES, I'M
NOT SURE -- I THINK MAYBE 50 
YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR 
PROPER SPACING FOR -- I WAS 
REALLY TAKEN BY SOMETHING ZENA 
SAID, HERMINE NOR IS IN POETRY, 
I LOVE THAT IDEA. 
 -- HER MINOR IS IN POETRY. 
I LOVE T . 
I GOO MIT AND TALK TO THE 
STUDENTS UP THERE. 
THE GREAT PUSH IN THIS COUNTRY 
TODAY, AND RIGHTFULLY SO IS 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 
ENGINEERING, MATH, S.T.E.M., 
THAT'S NOT A COMPLETE EDUCATION,
YOU HAVE TO PUT POETRY IN THERE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO NOW TALK BACK
TO THE MALL TO ADAMSAVAGE, WHO 
HAS A MESSAGE NOT ABOUT POETRY, 
BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO LANDED 
ON THE MOON.
>> THANKS, KAREN. 
AMAZINGLY, THERE ARE STILL 
PEOPLE WHO CHOSE NOT TO BELIEVE 
THAT WE WENT TO THE MOON. 
EVEN T TO PERPETRATE SUCH A
HOAX WOULD HAVE TAKEN FAR MORE 
ENERGY THAN JUST GOING TO THE 
MOON. 
EARLY IN MY TENURE, MY COHOSTS 
AND I BUSTED THIS CONSPIRACY 
THEORY IN EVERY WAY WE
HAVE POS TESTED IT. 
WE BUILT MINIATURE MODELS, WE 
ROTE THE VOMIT COMET, WE TRIED 
EVERYTHING. 
AND IN FACT, OUR EPISODE IS USED
BY MOON LANDING DENIERS TO 
BOLSTER THEIR ARGUMENT. 
THEY THOUGHT THAT THE MOON SCAPE
LOOKED SO GOOD, IT HELPED 
CONVINCE THEM THAT THE MOON 
LANDING MIGHT HAVE BEEN FAKED AT
SOME SECRET SOUND STAGE IN THE 
DESERT. 
AND WHEN I'M CONFRONTED WITH 
THAT SORT OF WILLFUL IGNORANCE, 
I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWER. 
BUT APPARENTLY, TO HEAR IT HAS A
QUESTION FROM THE CROWD OUT 
THE MALL.
>> HI. 
I'M OUT HERE ON THE NATIONAL 
MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT HERE, 
TO CELEBRATE THE 50th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 
MOON LANDING. 
RIGHT NOW, I'M FOLLOWING THE 
SATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
AND TWITTER USER DAVID SAID, I 
WOULD HAVE BEEN HARDER TO FAKE 
IT THAN TO DO IT, IN REGARDS TO 
THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING. 
ADAM, YOU BROKE IT DOWN ON 
MYTHBUSTERS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> OH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. 
ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES OF MY
LIFE IS THAT I GET TO TALK TO 
OPLE AT NASA AND MEET 
ASTRONAUTS AND COME TO PLACES 
LIKE THE SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE
MUSEUM. 
THE FACT IS THAT THE PRIDE OF 
ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE MEN AND 
WOMEN, AND ENGINEERS AND 
SCIENTISTS WHO EXECUTED THIS 
INCREDIBLE FEAT AND CONTINUE TO 
THAT PRI BASED REALITY, ASIS
NOT IN FANTASY, IT IS MY HONOR 
TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND TALK TO 
THESE FOLKS. 
WHEN NASA'S GIANT LEAPS 
CONTINUES, IT WILL BE WITH FIRE 
AND SMOKE FROM ALABAMA.
>> SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, 
ONE, ZERO, ALL ENGINE. 
LIFTOFF, WE HAVE A LIFTOFF, 
APOLLO 11.
>> WELL, WELCOME BACK TO 
WAPAKONETA, AND THE
AIR & SPACE MUSEUM, ANCHOR WITH 
HOMETOWN STATIONS IN LIE -- 
LIMA, OHIO, I'M HERE WITH A TEAM
FROM THE GLENN RESEARCH CENTER. 
THEY ALSOEVELOPEDLECTRIC 
PROPULSION.  AND THE TEAM IS 
ALSO WORKING ON A NEW 
GENERATION, ELECTRIC PROPULSION 
SYSTEM, THAT WILL POWER OUR 
GATEWAY, AN OUTPOST FOR 
ASTRONAUTS IN LUNAR ORBIT THAT 
WILL GIVE ACCESS TO THE SU.
AND JOINING ME NOW FROM THE 
GLENN RESEARCH CENTER IS MIKE 
BARRETT, HELLO, MIKE.
>> HI.
>> HOW DOES ELECTRIC PROPULSION 
WORK AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT 
FROM CHEMICAL ROCKETS.
>> IT GENERATES A HIGH 
MPERATURE GAS THAT GETS PUSHED
OUT OF THE SPACECRAFT IN ONE 
DIRECTION AND THAT PROPELS THE 
SPACECRAFT IN ONE DIRECTION. 
ELECTRIC PROPULSION USES 
ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE OR IONIZE 
A GAS AND THEN THAT IS 
ACCELERATED OUT IN THE 
SPACECRAFT AND THAT PROVIDES 
>> WHERE DOES THE POWER COME 
FROM?
>> WELL, FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC 
PROPULSE T POWER COMES FROM THE 
SUN. 
WE USE SOLAR PANELS AND THAT 
ELECTRICITY IS USED TO POWER THE
CRAFT AND THE ELECTRIC
PRON SYSTEM.
>> HOW WILL IT HELP NASA GET TO 
THE MOON AND EFBLTH EVENTUALLY 
TO MARCHES.
>> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE THE 
FUEL WITH IT, AND IT USES THE 
SUNLIGHT FOR ENERGY, THEN THAT 
SPACECRAFT, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO
TAKE THE FUEL, CAN TAKE
COMMUNICATIONS EQUI 
ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE 
ASTRONAUTS NEED TO COMPLETE THE 
MISSION. 
THAT MAKES THE BUILD AND DESIGN 
OF THAT SPACECRAFT A LOT EASIER 
IN THE EFFICIENCY OF THE 
ELECTRIC PROPULSION HELPS US 
MAKE THE MISSION MORE 
ACHIEVABLE.
>> SO EXCITING, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
AND NASA'S GIANT LEAPS CONTINUE 
DOWN AT SPA CENTER HOUSTON. 
BUT FIRST, AS YOU SEE FROM OUR 
SHOW TODAY, NASA REALLY IS 
EVERYWHERE, WITH TECHNOLOGICAL 
AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
INNOVATION, FOR EXPLORATION HAS 
AN IMPACT ON OUR DAILY LIVES AS 
IT DID IN THE APOLLO ERA. 
.
>> ALL ENGINE RUNNING. 
LIFTOFF. 
WE HAVE A LIFTOFF ON APOLLO 11!
.
>> THIS NATION SHOULD COMMIT 
ITSELF TO ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF 
LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON AND 
RETURNING HIM SAFELY TO THE 
EARTH.
>> OUT HERE TO WONDER IF THE 
UNKNOWN -- I REALI THERE'S A 
TRUTH TO OUR NATURE. 
MAN MUST EXPLORE.
>> I THINK LANDING ON THE MOON 
CHANGED THE SKY FROM A BARRIER 
INTO A DOOR WAY. 
IT TURNED THE BACKDROP OF ALL OF
HUMAN HISTORY,KY, INTO AN 
INVITATION. 
I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO 
REMEMBER THAT MOMENT. 
MY MOM PROMISES I SAW IT. 
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER A THING. 
MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 
I'M A LITTLE OBSESSED WITH THE 
MOON LANDING, I HAVE THE SPECIAL
NE TIMES WHEN THEY WERE
THY TO THE MOON, JULY 
17th. 
THE MODELS OF THE MOON, THERE IT
IS. 
THAT'S -- SEA OF TRANQUILITY, 
THAT'S WHERE THEY LANDED RIGHT 
THERE.
>> ANY THOUGHTS ON TRAVELING TO 
MARS?
>> CAN I BRING MY FAMILY WITH 
ME?
>> YES.
>> YES, I WOULD GO TO MARS. 
THEY'VE GOT WATER THERE AND 
EVERYTHING AND METHANE, WHAT 
MORE DO YOU WANT? 
>>> OR THAT HAVING HAD 11 DAYS 
ON APOLLO 7 THAT YOU WOULD 
RECOMMEND HAVING ON THE GATEWA
>>  PERSONALLY, I FIND IT 
VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPARE THINGS
TODAY AND WHAT THEY WERE THEN 50
YEARS AGO. 
IT'S BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION 
HAS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED, MANY 
 PROBL HAVE BE I 
WON'T SAY SOLVED, BUT ARE LIKE 
98, 99% COMPARED TO 50%. 
BUT I DO SEE A DIFFERENCE IN 
ATTITUDE IN EXPLORING SPACE 
TODAY FROM WHAT IT WAS BACK 50 
YEARS AGO, W EVERYBAS A 
FIGHTER PILOT, TEST PILOT, WE 
SAW BASICALLY IT'S AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO STICK OUR NECKS 
OUT.
>> SURE.
>> A LITTLE TO DO IT.  AND 
WHAT'S AMAZING FOR ME WHEN I 
LOOK AT THAT IS HERE WE ARE 50 
YEARS LATER, AND I NEVER IN MY 
LIFE COULD HAVE PROJECTED THIS 
AMOUNT OF INTEREST AND 
ASSOCIATION WITH WHAT WE WERE 
DOING BACK THEN. 
AND ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, 
SINCE IT'S A CIVILIAN OPERATION,
WASN'T MILITARY, WE HAD ALL 
MILITARY TRAINED FIGHTER PILOT, 
BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS 10
YEARS FROM NOW, 200, 500 YEARS 
FROM NOW TLRS ONLY GOING TO BE 
PROBABLY ONE THING THEY REMEMBER
ABOUT THE 20thRY AND 
THAT'S MAN WENT TO THE MOON AND 
NEIL ARMSTRONG, HE'S GOING TO BE
GOING DOWN IN HISTORY FOR --.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR ROLE IN 
HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY, CAN
-- AND WE'RE THANKFUL
THAT YOU'RE CELEBRATING WITH US.
>> WHAT I WAS TAKING FOR GRANTED
BACK ON APOLLO 7, TO THIS DAY, 
STILL THE LONGEST, MOST 
AMBITIOUS, MOST SUCCESSFUL TEST 
FLIGHT, BACK IN THOSE DAYS IT 
WAS A CHALLENGING JOB TO DO WE 
WERE COMMITTED TO IT, DO 
WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO DO TO MAKE
IT A SUCCESS. 
AND NOW 50 YEARS LATER, I LOOK 
AT IT IN PERSPECTIVE WITH OUR 
OVERALL ACCOMPLISHMENT ON 
APOLLO, AND FRANKLY, I AM PROUD 
TO HAVELAYED ONE SMALL STEP IN
THAT WITH APOLLO 7.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE ARE 
LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO HAVING 
SOME BIG MILESTONES TO CELEBRATE
IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. 
THE GOOD PART OF THAT AND 
GETTING PEOPLE BACK ON TO MOON 
IS GOING TO BE GATEWAY, IT'S 
GOING TO BE CUTTING EDGE 
TECHNOLOGY AND THAT'S SAY 
SOMETHING SINCE WE HAD CUTTING 
EDGE TECHNOLOGY 50 YEARS AGO.
>> YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE 
SPACECRAFT THAT GOT US TO THE 
MOON WAS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED 
BUT DO YOU REALIZE THERE WERE 
6.1 MILLION PARTS IN THE SATURN 
SPACECRAFT THAT HAD TO BE POLLO 
ASSEMBLED AND ALL HAD TO WORK 
CORRECTLY FOR US TO GET TO THE 
MOON IN JULY OF 1969.
>> AND WELCOME BACK TO THE 
SATURN 5 CENTER AT THE KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA, A LOOK 
AT THE LUNAR MODUIT WAS SUPPOSEO
15, BUT NEVER FLEW, ONCE THEY 
DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE 
MOON ROVERS UP TO THE MOON. 
BUT THEY SAY IT WORKS. 
AND IT COULD HAVE GONE TO THE 
MOON IF WE NEEDED IT.
>> YEAH, AND IT'S ONE THING TO 
SEE IT, YOU KNOW, THE PICTURES 
OF IT ARE MAGNIFICENT ON CAMERA,
BUT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL NEXT 
TO IT, YOU SEE ALL OF THE 
DETAILS AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE
WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER
AS A NATION.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. 
BACK HERE, IF YOU'RE JUST 
JOINING US, WE ARE CELEBRATING 
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 
ANDARD TO THE PLANS
FOR THE NEXT GIANT LEAP TO THE 
MOON AND ON TO MARS.
>> WE'RE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS 
ON LINE, USING #APOLLO 50th.
>> A FUN REVEAL.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU TELL ME NOW?
>> NO, I WOULD NOT BE A REVEAL 
AT THE END OF THE SHOW.
>> IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW US, 
JOIN US NOW ONLINE AND EXPLORE 
ORE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT THERE AT 
NASA.GOV/SUBSCRIBE, WE'LL KEEP 
YOU UPDATED WITH THE NEWSLETTER 
ON TO MARS, SUBSCRIBE AGAIN ATND
-- THEN COME UP TO THE GATEWAY
-- GET US BACK SAFELY ON THE 
GROUND. 
NOW, THE LAWS OF PHYSICS STILL 
APPLY, THE SAME AS THEY DID BACK
IN THE 1960s. 
WE HAD TO COME BACK FROM LUNAR 
RETURN VELOCITIES, ON 32, 
ANTICIPATE ALL OF THAT ENERGY. 
SO THE SHAPE OF THE CAPSULE IS 
THE SAME. 
 HEAT SHIELD UNDERNEATH. 
THE BIG THING IS WHEN YOU GET 
INSIDE, IT'S 30% LARGER. 
ORION CAN CARRY FOUR CREW. 
NOW, IT'S ALSO TAKING A LOT OF 
ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY 
DEVELOPMENTS, NOW, WE HAVE 
IT, DIGITAL DISPLAYS -- THE
DIGITAL -- THE ELECTRONIC 
PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY 
FUNCTION. 
IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF THEIR 
COMPUTING POWER AND COMPARES TO 
APOLLO, 4,000 TIMES FASTER THAN 
THE APOLLO COMPUTERS BECAUSE THE
COMPUTAN IN THE  HAD LESS 
WATCHES THESE DAYS. 
A LOT MORE SAFETY REDONE 
DANCIES, 3D PRINTING AND IT'S 
REALLY GOING FO BE NEXT 
GENERATION VEHICLE THAT AWE LOSS
US TO HAVE THAT RETURN TO THE 
MOON IN 2024 CAN GOING BACK
EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT AND MAKE 
THAT SAME PRESENCE ON THAT SOUTH
POLE, ALLOW US TO DO ALL OF THE 
THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE 
TO GO FROM THE MOON TO MARS 
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
ANDAN DR. MICHAEL ASA ASTRON 
BARRETT. 
HEY, MIKE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO 
BE BACK IN YOUR HOME STATE?
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE
GREAT STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN 
THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT, AND ONE 
SPECIAL THING FOR ME IS I 
LAUNCHED ON THE SOYUZ ACROSS THE
STREET, THE LAST TIME I HAD S
 WAS SMOKING FROM REENTRY IN 
THE DESERT OF KAZAKHSTAN.
>> YOU'VE ALSO LAUNCHED ON A 
SHUTTLE. 
HOW OLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A
RIDE IN N.
>> THE SOYUZ HAVE BEEN FABULOUS,
THEY HAVE DONE IT MAGNIFICENTLY.
BUT THE ORION IS A VERY 
DIFFERENT BEAST, DESIGNED TO 
TAKE US AWAY FROM LOW EARTH 
ORBIT AND MISSIONS OF 
EXPLORATION, THE MOON AND 
BEYOND, ALL OF US WOULD LOVE 
THAT. 
WE'VE A HAD A UNDERSTAND T
ASTRONAUT OFFICE IN DESIGNING 
AND BUILDING THE ORION, WE HAVE 
A BIRTH CONNECTION, IF YOU WILL,
THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN 
BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS AND THEIR 
SPACESHIPS FOR A COUPLE OF 
DECADES, SO HOW WOULD I FLY IT? 
LIKE I'M GOING SOMEWHERE 
AWESOME, AND FLY IT LIKE IT 
BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
T'S AWESOM
ONE OF ORION'S JOBS IS TO 
SUSTAIN THE CREW, SO WHAT ARE 
SOME MUM -- HUMAN FACTORS AND AS
WE GET CLOSER TO SENDING HUMANS 
TO MARS? 
.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
WE'RE GOOD FOR FLYING FOR SIX 
MONTHS IN WEIGHTLESSNESS. 
THE HUMAN HAS SHOWN AN 
INCREDIBLE CAPACITY TO ADAPT TO 
THAT. 
THE EARTH GETS SMALLER AND YOU 
CAN'T EVACUATE TO EARTH IF 
SOMETHING MEDICAL HAPPENS, SO 
YOU HAVE TO BE TOTALLY AWE ON 
THE -- AUTOUS AND 
SELF-CAPABLE. 
THE FRACTIONAL GRAVITY ON MARS 
AND MORE RADIATION, THERE'S 
NUTRITION ASPECTS OF IT ALL. 
NOW, WE HAVE SHOWN TREMENDOUS 
CAPACITY TO ADAPT AND WE WILL 
SEE THAT, WE JUST HAVE TO 
APPROACH THIS, I WOULD SAY, 
METHODICALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY 
AND DOCUMENT AS WE GO, BUT 
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE'LL  
EXPLORERS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, MIKE. 
AND HAPPY APOLLO 50th.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> THANKS. 
AND NOW, WE'RE JOINED BY 
VISITORS OF THE MUSEUM, COME ON,
COME JOIN ME. 
WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES AND WHERE 
ARE YOU FROM?
>> MY NAME ISEMIAHJOHNSON, 
FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
>> I'M FROM WASHINGTON.
>> AWESOME, SO YOU GUYS 
COLUMBIA, RIGHT?
>> WE DID, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE 
IT ON THE GROUND, BUT REMEMBER 
SEEING IT WHEN IT LANDED AND 
WHEN IT LAUNCHED, IT'S JUST AN 
AMAZING THING TO SEE.
>> UH-HUH
>> A WAS IT FOR YOU, 
JEREMIAH?
>> IT WAS GREAT, I REALLY LOVED 
IT. 
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY
LIKE REALLY GOT TO EXPERIENCE 
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
AND I REALLY LOVED IT, I REALLY 
WOULD RECOMMEND FOR ANYONE TO 
COME AND SEE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 
HERE IN SEATTLE. 
BACK TO THE SATURN 5 CENTER.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NATALIE, 
ALL THE WAY FROM SEATTLE, 
WASHINGTON, TO HERE, IN FLORIDA,
3,000 MILES AWAY. 
YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT 39B. 
HERE IN FLORIDA. 
THE FUTURE OF ORION, WHERE IT 
WILL LAUNCH BACK INTO SPACE 
ABOARD AN SLS ROCKET, ONCE 
COMPLETE. 
THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE 
WORLD. 
WELL, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT 
APOLLO 11 THEN, APOLLO 11 NOW, 
WE CELEBRATE, APOLLO 11 FOREVER.
JUST HOURS AGO, THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE ISSUED A 50th 
ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE STAMP,
TWO FOREVER STAMPS, IN FACT, ONE
STAMP FEATURING ARMSTRONG'S 
ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OF ALDRIN IN 
HIS S SUIT ON THE SUR OF
THE MOON. 
THE OTHER STAMP ON THE RIGHT, A 
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOON SHOWING 
THE LANDING SITE OF THE LUNAR 
MODULE EAGLE IN THE SEA OF 
TRANQUILITY, A NICE MOMENT HERE 
IN THE SATURN 5'S CENTER. 
IN THAT SPOT THAT 50 YEARS AGO 
TODAY, NEIL ARMSTRONG TOOK THE 
ST STEPS BY ANY HUMAN ON TO 
ANOTHER WORLD. 
AND THOSE MOMENTS HELD PEOPLE 
TRANCE FIXED IN FRONT OF THE 
TELEVISION SETS AROUND THE 
WORLD.
>> ROGER.
>> A PICTURE ON THE TV. 
♪[ ]♪
.
>> OKAY. 
COMING DOWN THE LADDER NOW.
>> WE COULD SEE IT AS IT WAS 
HAPPENING, WE COULD WATCH ON 
LIVE TELEVISION.
>> THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR 
KIND.ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MAN 
>> AND THE FACT THAT 600 MILLION
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WERE 
EITHER WATCHING OR LISTENING ON 
RADIO AND TV, AS IT HAPPENED IS 
A MEASURE OF THE IMPACT THAT 
THIS THING HAD ON THE WORLD'S 
CONSCIOUSNESS. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE SURFACE AS WE SAID WAS --
LOTS OF ROCKS IN IT. 
TOOK FOOTPRINTS AND THE 
FOOTPRINTS STAYED IN PLACE. 
THEB WAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND 
IT EXHIBITED NO DAMAGE FROM THE 
LANDING OR THE DECENT. 
A PICTURE OF THE LADDER WITH THE
WELL-KNOWN PLAQUE.
>> MAN FROM THE PLANET EARTH, 
FIRST STEP MOON. 
LIVE, 1969. 
CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MAN KIND.
>> AFTER THE FLIGHT OF 
APOLLO 11, NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ 
ALDRIN AND I, HAD AN AROUND THE 
WORLD TOUR, AND EVERYBODY EVERY 
ACE WE WENT, I THOUGHT THEY --
IN SOME PLACES, HAVE THE 
ATTITUDE OF OH, WELL, YOU 
AMERICANS FINALLY DID THIS. 
NOT AT ALL. 
THE ATTITUDE, EVERY COUNTRY 
REGARDLESS OF THEIR INTERNAL 
POLITICS, THEY ALL SAID, WE DID 
IT. 
WE HUMANS.
>> EVERYTHING BEFORE JULY 20th, 
1969, HUMANS ONLY HAD 
EXPERIENCED ON ONE PLANETARY 
BODY, FROM THAT MOMENT ON, WE 
WERE AT LEAST IN SOME MEASURE, A
MULTIPLANETARY SPECIES.
>> WHEN NEIL AND BUZZ WALKED ON 
WITHOUT WEAPONS, THE ONLY THING 
THEY BROUGHT WAS CAMERAS, IT WAS
A PEACEFUL ENTERPRISE AND ONE 
THAT WAS APPLAUDED WORLDWIDE.
>> OF COURSE, BEFORE WE EXPLORE 
THE LUNAR SURFACE, WE HAVE TO 
GET TO THE SURFACE, AND FOR 
DECADES, NASA HAS SHOWN HOW 
ROBOTIC AND HUMAN EXPLORATION 
CAN WORK TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND 
THE DISTANT WORLD AND OUR FUTURE
PLANS ARE NO DIFFERENT. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
.
>> AS WE LOOK BACK.
>> THE LENS AT WIDE ANGLE.
>> THE VOICE OF A SCIENTIST 
CALLS OUT.
>> UNCREWED ROBOTIC OBSERVERS 
OPEN OUR EYES TO NEWTIERS, 
CAMERAS AND INSTRUMENTS PREPARE 
THE WAY FOR FUTURE HUMAN 
EXPLORERS.
>> RANGER 9 SPACECRAFT IMPACTED 
ON THE MOON, 24 MARCH.
>> TEST MISSIONS, AND LANDING 
CRAFT. 
PAVED THE WAY TO HUMAN PILOTED 
MISSIONS.
>> TODAY, NASA AND OUR 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS WATCH OUR
LUNAR NEIGHBOR F ABOVE AS WE 
PREPARE COMMERCIAL LANDERS FOR 
NEW SCIENCE MISSIONS TO THE 
MOON. 
IT'S BEEN SAID CHOOSING TO GO TO
THE MOON IS HARD. 
AND WE'VE DONE THAT. 
NOW, WE'RE GOING BACK. 
SUSTAINABLY. 
AND ON TO MARS.
>> EARLY LANDERS LAID THE GROUND
WORK FOR PUTTING US ON THE MOON.
NOW, THE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S 
HUMAN LUNAR EXPLORATION PROGRAMS
EXPLAINS WHAT'S NEXT FOR LANDERS
OF THE ARTEMIS GENERATION.
>> I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF THE 
APOLLO LUNAR MODULE, THIS ONE 
NEVER FLEW, IT'S EXACTLY THE 
SAME SIZE AND SCALE THAT NEIL 
USED TO FLY TO THE SURFACE OF 
THE MOON 50 YEARS AGO. 
THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE IS TWO 
VEHICLES TOGETHER AS ONE, THE 
CREW BOARDED THE VEHICLE IN 
OF THE MOON. SURFACE 
ONCE THEY COMPLETED THE MISSION,
THE TOP PART OF THE VEHICLE 
WOULD LEAVE AND GO BACK TO 
ORBIT, WHERE THEY WOULD BOARD 
THE COMMAND MODULE TO RETURN TO 
EARTH. 
THE ARTEMIS WILL BOARD VERY 
SIMILAR TO THE APOLLO, THEY WILL
LAND ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON,
IT'S GOING BE UPDATED TO 21ST 
URY TECHNOLOGY. 
WE WILL HAVE LIGHTER COMPONENTS 
OF SYSTEMS, AND MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO 
CARRY UP TO 4 ASTRONAUTS AND 
THEY WILL ALLOW US TO LAND THE 
FIRST WOMAN AND THE NEXT MAN ON 
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. 
THE GATEWAY IS THE PLACE WHERE 
THE LANDING SYSTEM AND THE ORION
CREW THAT'S DELIVERED BY THE 
ORION WILL COME TOGETHER AND THE
CREW WILL ACTUALLY BOARD THE 
ARTEMIS HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM 
WILL GO TO THE SURFACE OF THE 
MOON WHEN THE MISSION IS 
COMPLETE, RETURN TO THE GATEWAY.
THE GATEWAY ALLOWS US TO GO 
ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE OF THE 
MOON. 
CAN WE REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE 
SOUTH POLE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE 
THERE'S WATER THERE. 
AND WE CAN USE WATER TO LEARN 
HOW TO LIVE AND OPERATE ON OTHER
PLANETS. 
THE SYSTEMS WE'RE DEVELOPING TO 
TAKE US TO THE MOON ARE THE 
SYSTEMS WE'RE GOING TO USE TO GO
TO SXHARS BEYOND. 
TAKING HUMANS FARTHER THAN WE'VE
EVER BEEN BEFORE.
>> AND REJOINING US NOW IS AN
ASTRONAUT WHO'S DONE TWO SPACE 
WALKS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, STAN LOVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU FLEW IN A GLIDER, THE 
SHUTTLE WHEN IT LANDED. 
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHAT IT 
WOULD BE LIKE LANDING ON THE 
MOON OR 
>> YEAH.
>> YOU HAVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> NO LIMITATIONS.
>> NOBODY IN MY OFFICE IS 
THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. 
SO IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT KIND 
OF LANDING. 
THE SHUTTLE LANDED LIKE AN 
AIRPLANE, AS A GLIDER, ONCE 
CHANCE TO PUT IT ON THE CONCRETE
RATHER THAN IN THE SWAMP WITH 
THE ALLIGATORS, SO IT WAS 
FORTUNATE GET THINGS . 
LL  
ROCKETS ON OTHER PLANETS AS 
WELL. 
THE MOON AND MARS DON'T HAVE AN 
ATMOSPHERE, CAN'T USE WINGS FOR 
LIFT, YOU HAVE TO LAND ON THE 
THRUST OF A ROCKET ENGINE. 
THIS BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LANDING ON 
WHEN WE LANDING ON THE MOON . 
DURING APOLLO, AND AGAIN, WE'RE 
GOING TO HAVE A TWO-PART 
SPACECRAFT, THE PART WITH THE 
PEOPLE IN IT AND ENGINE AND LEGS
FOR LANDING. 
BURNING THAT LITTLE ENGINE ON 
THE WAY DOWN, AND OUFR HOWEVER, 
THE PART THAT YOU IN AS A 
CREW AS THE PROPULSION TO TAKE 
YOU AWAY FROM THE MOON AND INTO 
ORBIT. 
IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS ON THE 
WAY DOWN, IF YOU LAND AND A LEG 
COLLAPSES, YOU CAN POP OFF AND 
SORT OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO
NEXT. 
BUT YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN MODULAR.
ALREADY THE WHOLE WAY DOWN. 
ON MARS, HOWEVER, MARS IS AWE 
PLANET, HARD TO GET OFF OF A 
PLANET, YOU HAVE GIGANTIC 
ROCKETS TO GET US OFF EARTH. 
BIGGER THAN THE MOON. 
SO THAT ASSENT VEHICLE IS TOO 
BIG FOR A DECENT MODULE CARRY
AND LAND SOFTLY ON THE SURFACE. 
SO YOU ARE IN YOUR DECENT MODULE
AND YOU'LL PROBABLY LAND AND 
WALK OVER TO YOUR ASSENT MODULE 
AND LAUNCH IN THAT ONE TIME TO 
GO HOME. 
BUT THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE 
THAT BACKUP SPACECRAFT WITH YOU 
WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR LANDING 
SO YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET IT
HT ON THE FIRST TIME, YOU 
CAN'T HIT A BOULDER, THE LANDING
LEG CAN'T COLLAPSE. 
ANOTHER REASON WHY THE MOON IS A
GREAT PLACE TO PRACTICE BEFORE 
GOING TO MARS.
>> A GREAT PROVING GROUND, 
INDEED.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, STAN, I KNOW 
THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPL 
LOOKING UP TO YOU TODAY.
>>> AS WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE,
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO A VIDEO 
FROM LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 
SHOWING A CORN MAZE THERE, LOOK 
CLOSELY ON THE LEFTS SIDE OF 
YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE 
OUTLINE OF AN ASTRONAUT, STAN, 
IS THAT YOU ON THE LEFT?
>> I'M AFRAID NO I WISH IT 
WERE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU A LITTLE 
BIT.
>> YEAH.
>> IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> THAT CAN'T BE ME.
>> RIGHT THERE IS THE WORLD'S 
LARGEST MOON PIE, MADE AN 
APPEARANCE AT THE MARSHAL SPACE 
FLIGHT CENTER IN ALABAMA. 
AND SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES, NOT 
THOSE HERE AT KENNEDY, B IN 
MARSHAL, THEY GOT TO SAMPLE IT.
>> WE WANT TO SEND IT BACK OVER 
TO DANIELLE AT THE APOLLO SATURN
5 CENTER UPSTAIRS, DANIELLE, HOW
ARE FOLKS OUT HERE CELEBRATING 
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY?
>> WELL, I'M BACK HERE AT 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND I AM 
READY SO OF TH SOCIAL ME 
COMMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SENT
TO US USING #APOLLO 50G9. 
50 YEARS AGO, NASA'S APOLLO $11 
MISSION CHANGE OUR WORLD AND 
IDEAS OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE BY 
SUCCESSFULLY LANING -- LANDING 
HUMANS ON THE WORLD. 
IT IS TRULY MIND BLOWING. 
THE CHANGED OUR 
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOLAR 
SYSTEM. 
COULDN'T BE MORE TRUE. 
LOOK AT THE APOLLO 8 EARTH RISE 
IMAGE, THE WAY WE SAW THE 
HERBING TOTALLY TRANSFORMED IN 
THAT ONE PHOTO.
>> ALL RIGHT. 
THANKS SO MUCH, WE LOOK FORWARD 
TO HEARING MORE OF YOU SOCIAL 
MEDIA COMMENTS, SEND THEM OVER, 
#APOLLO 50th.
>> SOUNDS GOOD, THANK, DANIELLE.
NOW BACK OVER TO WASHINGTON, 
D.C. FOR A LOOK AT SPACE SUITS. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
>>> MAN, I'M SO OBSESSED WITH 
SPACE SUITS, I LOVE SEEING ALL 
OF THE PICTURES OF SPACE SUITS 
OVER THE YEARS, OF COURSE, 
INSIDE OF THE NATIONAL AIR & 
SPACE MUSEUM, RIGHT NOW, THE OG 
ORIGINAL SPACE SUIT THAT NEIL 
ARMSTRONG WORE WHEN THE EAGLE 
LANDED IN 1969 HAS BEEN RESTORED
AND WENT ON DISPLAY THIS WE
RESTOR WAS FUNDED BY THE 
PUBLIC THROUGH A KICKSTARTER 
CAMPAIGN, AND MUSEUM GOERS CAN 
NOW SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
13 YEARS. 
I AM HERE WITH NASA'S SPACE SUIT
ENGINEER LINDSEY, AND ASTRONAUT 
RANDY BREZ NICK, LINDSEY, WHAT 
ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCESWEEN 
THEY SUITS THAT YOU GUYS 
ARE CURRENTLY USING, THE ACES, 
THE EMU AND THE NEW GENERATION 
OF SUITS?
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IS
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEM AN 
EVOLVEABLE ARCHITECTURE, IT 
MEETS EVERY DESTINATION FROM LOW
SURFACE OF MARS.ISS, TO 
>> SO NOT SEPARATE SUITS FOR 
EACH STAGE?
>> EXACTLY. 
IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR LIFE 
SUPPORT SYSTEM, IT'S LIKE THE 
MOTHER BOARD ON YOUR COMPUTER, 
PLUG IN A NEW PIECE. THAT'S A 
GREAT WAY TO KEEP GOING TO DO A 
NEW SUIT FOR EVERY MISSION.
>> RANDY, YOU ARE TESTING THESE 
NEWATIONS OF SUITS FOR 
ARTEMIS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WE HAVE TESTING ON HOW WE 
HAVE THE SUITS FIT, WHERE DO WE 
NEED THE MOBILITY, ARE WE ABLE 
TO USE THINGS LIKE SUIT PORTS 
AND BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE SUIT 
OUTSIDE AND COME INSIDE THROUGH 
A HATCH WAY IF THE BACK OF THE 
SUIT.
>> THAT'S MY FAVORITE NEW THING.
>> WE ARE TESTING IT IN GIANT 
VACUUM CHAMBER AT THE JOHNSON 
SPACE CENTER. 
Z1, AND WE HAD IT INSIDE OF THE 
VACUUM CHAMBER AND THE CHAMBERS 
IS A VACUUM. 
NG READY TO HOP IN IT, 
THE SUIT IS STIFF, YOU HAVE TO 
CRAWL INSIDE OF THE BACK OF THE 
SUIT, YOUR ARMS AND LEGS INTO 
IT, THEY CLOSE UP THE BACK OF 
THE SUIT, AND THEN WE CLOSE THE 
HATCH, AND IT ACTUALLY DETACHES 
THE SUIT AND VACUUM AND A BUNCH 
OF MOBILITYRANSLATION AROUND 
THE AREA, AND THEN THE KEY POINT
OF THE SUIT PORT TESTING WAS 
ACTUALLY BACKING UP, OH, GETTING
BACK IN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU NEED TO 
GET HOOKED BACK UP TO GET INSIDE
OF THE DOOR WAY. 
AND SO WE WORKED ON THE 
DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO SEE
OR FEEL OR MAKE LITTLE GUIDES, 
THE THAT GUIDES YOU BACK UP, AND
CRAWL BACK OUT SUIT.
>> NOW, A QUESTION FROM A FAN ON
THE MALL, WHAT HAVE WE GOT?
>> HI, I'M FROM THE NATIONAL 
MALL. 
I JUST GOT DONE CHECKING OUT 
SOME OF THESE AMAZING EXHIBITS 
THAT ARE HERE CELING THE 
 ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO, BUT 
ALSO SHOWCASING SOME OF OUR 
FUTURE PLANS FOR OUR ARTEMIS 
MISSIONS. 
TO RETURN TO THE MOON AND 
EVENTUALLY GO FARTHER BEYOND TO 
MARS. 
JOINING US RIGHT NOW, ARE CARLY 
AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS IN FR 
MARYLAND AND THEY HAVE A 
QUESTION FOR RANDY AND LINDSEY. 
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE 
U.S. SPACE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO
GO BACK TO THE MOON?
>> RANDY, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT 
DOES IT MEAN FOR THE U.S. SPACE 
PROGRAM TO GO BACK TO THE MOON?
>> WELL, WE LOOK AT IT AS GOING 
FORWARD TO THEMOON. 
BUT IT'S THE IMPORTANT PART, 
BECAUSE WE NEED TO TEST OUT ALL 
OF THE ROVER, ALL OF THE SUITS, 
ALL OF THE HABITATS, THE HATCHES
AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING 
CAN WORK, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO TO 
MARS, WE'RE NOT THREE DAYS AWAY 
FROM EARTH AND CAN COME BACK IF 
WE NEED TO. 
WE ARE LITERALLYOVER A YEAR 
AWHE TRANSIT TIME ANDE 
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MARS GETS 
CLOSER TO EARTH TO COME BACK. 
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYTHING AND ALL OF THE RISK 
IS DOWN ON THE HARDWARE, THE 
MOON IS WHERE WE TEST THAT OUT. 
ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WE GO 
BACK TO THE MOON. 
THE MOON IS A GREAT TREASURE 
TROVE OFCIENTIFIC AND ENERGY 
TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO
GO EXPLORE AND LEARN MORE 
BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE 
THERE 50 YEARS AGO, WE'RE GOING 
THERE TO STAY NOW.
>> RANDY, LINDSEY, THANK YOU 
GUYS SO MUCH. 
KAREN FOX IS INSIDE OF THE 
NATIONAL APACE MUSEUM, 
RIGHT NOW, WITH ANOTHER SPECIAL 
GUEST.
>> I AM HERE WITH GENERAL TOM 
STAFFORD. 
HE WAS COMMANDER OF APOLLO 10, 
THAT MISSION WAS A DRESS 
REHEARSAL FOR APOLLO 11. 
WITHOUT ACTUALLY LANDING. 
GENERAL STAFFORD? 
TELL US ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THE 
APOLLO PROGRAM FOR TODAY.
>> WELL, THE LEGACY OF APOLLO 
WAS WE STARTED WITH NEARLY THE 
IMPOSSIBLE, WE DIT IN SUCH AN --
DID IT IN SUCH AN POSSIBLE 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND SO 
SUCCESSFULLY. 
THE LESSONS LEARNED, IF WE THINK
WE CAN DO SOMETHING NEW, 
INNOVATIVE, MORE -- I DON'T 
THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET MUCH
BETTER AS FAR AS MANAGEMENT, HOW
WE DID THAT PROGRAM. 
YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT KENNEDY ON 
MAY 25th, 1961, SAID WE'LL GO TO
THE MOON AND SAFELY RETURN, 
WHICH IS GREAT. 
AND BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO 
WE GO TO THE MOON? 
IT WASN'T UNTIL 12 MONTHS LATER 
THAT IT WAS DECIDED HOWE WOULD
GO TO THE MOON, A LUNAR ORBIT 
RENDEZVOUS. 
WE HADN'T MADE THE DECISION, ALL
OF THE MAIN LEADERS IN NASA HAD 
DIFFERENT IDEAS AND IT WAS 
FLOATED AROUND LIKE YOU HAVE 
DIFFERENT IDEAS TODAY, WHAT YOU 
CAN DO. 
BUT IT CAME OUT TO, SENIOR 
ENGINEER JOHN AND HIS TEAM SAID,
MOVE TO DOCTOR -- A GREAT DOCTOR
ADMINISTRATOR, FORMER DEAN OF 
AERO -- THE LUNAR ORBIT RIDER 
COULD DO IT, IN A WAY THAT WOULD
BE A SWELL RV VEHICLE, DO IT 
FASTER, FAR LESS COST. 
AND IT WOULD BE SAFER. 
AND SO THAT WAS -- SO STEVE WAS 
TALKING TO THE OTHER PEOPLE'S --
THIS IS WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO. 
AND THEN I WAS FORTUNATE, I CAME
ON BOARD THE PROGRAM, WITH THE 
SECOND GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS TWO 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
YOU ARE ALSO THE COMMANDER OF 
THE APOLLO, SO TEST PROJECT 
1975, WHEN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
AND SOVIET COSMONAUTS MET IN 
SPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EXAMPLE 
OF REALTIME INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
PARTNERSHIP TOMORROW ON THE 50G9
ANNIVERSARY OF -- 50th 
ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO'S LANDING.
SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT -- ALEXER
ON A ROCKET TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S A HUGE 
HONOR FOR BOTH MY CREW, MY SOYUZ
CREW AS WELL AS THE EXPEDITION 
60 THAT WILL BE JOINING.
>> THE APOLLO PROGRAM PROVED 
THAT IF HUMANS THROUGH THEIR 
INGENUITY TO A SCOPE, ANYTHING 
IS POSSIBLE. 
T TOEXPLORE, WE WANT TO 
IMPROVE OUR TECHNOLOGY AND 
IMPROVE OU SCIENCE.
>> FURTHER INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM
AND THE MOON AS A STEPPING POINT
ALONG THE WAY, AS WE GO DEEPER 
AND HEAD TO MARS.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PROGR
THAT TAKES US TO THE MOON FOR 
MORE TECH KNOWLEDGE CAL EVENTS.
>> A STEPPINGSTONE IN THAT 
DIRECTION AND I'M VERY, VERY 
EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE 
SERVING THIS WAY.
>> AND OUR CURRENT STATION CREW 
MEMBERS NICK HAGUE AND CHRISTINA
COOK S THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT
APOLLO'S LEGACY.
>> YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN A 
GENERATION SUCH AS WE DID, POST 
APOLLO, WE NEVER KNEW A WORLD 
WHERE PEOPLE HAD NOT WALKED ON 
THE MOON. 
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MOON AT 
NIGHT, IT DIDN'T SEEM AS DISTANT
AS IT MAY HAVE SEEMED TO 
GENERATION PRIOR TO THE APOLLO 
MISSION.
>> THESE SPACE SUITS TAKE THE 
HERITAGE FROM THE APOLLO 
PROGRAM, AND THE EQUIPMENT, THE 
TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS PROVEN OUT 
THEN, WE CONTINUE TO REFINE AS 
WE GET READY TO EMBARK ON OUR 
JOURNEY BACK TO THE MOON.
>> SO GOING BACK TO THE MOON, IN
SO MANY WAYS, IS GOING TO 
INSPIRE THIS NEXT GENERATION.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S SO 
IMPORTANT ON A GENERATIONAL 
LEVEL IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT AS 
HUMANS, AS A COUNTRY OR AS AN 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP, WHEN 
SOMETHING GREAT, WE CAN BE 
SUCCESSFUL.
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER, IT'S 
GOING TO TAKE COMMERCIAL 
PARTNER, IT'S GOING TO BRING US 
TOGETHER.
>> THE GOAL OF LANDING THE FIRST
WOMAN ON THE MOON MEANS SO VERY 
MUCH TO ME. 
IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE 
PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPACE 
PROGRAM, ESPECIALLYS AN 
ASTRONAUT THAT AS ANY PERSON 
PARTICIPATING AT A TIME WHEN WE 
ARE HARNESSING ALL OF THE 
TALENTS, SKILLS, IDEAS AND 
INNOVATION, FROM EVERYONE WHO 
WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. 
NOT JUST A SELECT FEW.
>> THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS ARE THE
ONES THAT SET EVERYTHING IN 
MOTION TO GET US BACK TO TODAY 
AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE'VE COME 
TO THE MOON A SECOND TIME OR WE 
HAVE RETURNED TO THE MOON, BUT 
REALLY, OUR SPACE PROGRAM HAS 
BEEN MOVING FORWARD FROM DAY 
ONE. 
ON THE MOON I JUST ANOTHER STEP 
IN THAT LONG LINE OF THE PROGRAM
MOVING THINGS FORWARD.
>> THE STONE AGE, BUT I THINK, 
SO MUCH WE DON'T KNOW, SO MUCH 
WE -- YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP 
EXPLORING. 
YOU HAVE TO. 
THE GREATEST THING A HUMAN MIND 
CAN DO IS EXPLORE, WHETHER IT'S 
READING, CREATING, PAINTING, 
 YOU KNOW, AND THESE GUYS ARE 
PIONEERS AND THEY'RE EXPLORING 
FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR 
KNOWLEDGE. 
AND THE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE IS 
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE 
WORLD.
>> WELCOME BACK TONEDY SPACE
CENTER, COMPLEX 39, JOINING US 
NOW IS REGINA SPELLMAN, BRAD, 
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 
OVERSEEING ALL OF THE 
MODERNIZATION OF PAD B AS WE 
PREPARE TO RETURN TO THE MOON. 
REGINA, THESE WERE BUILT FOR 
THEY HOLDING UP? GO, HOW ARE 
GREAT, THESE PADS WERE BIT WITH 
SOME OF THE BEST ENGINEERING 
BACK IN THE 60s AND THEY HAVE 
WITHSTOOD NOW TWO WHOLE PROGRAMS
OF SPACE FLIGHT AND THEY'RE 
READY FOR THE THIRD. 
THE PAD B HAS GOTTEN A COMPLETE 
MAKE OVER, WE HAVE MODERNIZED 
HER AND REPURRED HER AND READY 
FOR SPA FLIGHT.
>> WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT 
YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
>> WE'RE GOING TO A CLEAN PAD 
ARCHITECTURE SO ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE DID WAS GET RID OF THE
OLD SHUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND 
GET TO A CLEAN PAD. 
WE HAVE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS 
GONE IN AND MODERNIZERY 
SYSTEM OUT , I CAN'T THI
OF A SINGLE SYSTEM OUT THERE 
THAT WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED IN SOME 
WAY OR ANOTHER. 
AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED 
AND MODERNIZED, TAKING OUT ALL 
APOLLO ERA AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
TAKING WHAT WAS OLD AND USEFUL 
AND REALLY GOOD AND BUILDING 
UPON IT.
>> AND I LOVE IT, I LOVE THAT 
WE'RE TAKING THESE PADS, BUILT 
TO GO TO THE MOON, WE'RE NOW 
GOING TO GO TO THE MOON AGAIN. 
I LOVE IT. 
COMING FULL CIRCLE.
>> EXCITING.
>> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, 
REGINA. 
BACK TO DANIELLE.
>> WE'RE BEHIND THE SATURN 5 
HERE, WE HAVE TWO VERY EXCITING 
GUESTS, DEF -- WHAT 
THIS TRIP?
>> WELL, WHEN I WAS SIX, I 
REMEMBER WATCHING THE MOON 
LANDING ON TV. 
AND IT WAS SUCH AN AWE-INSPIRING
EVENT, I WANTED TO BRING THE 
FAMILY HERE.
>> AMAZING, IS THIS YOUR FIRST 
TIME?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> WHAT EXHIBIT ARE YOU LOOKING 
FORWARD TO SEEING OR ALREADY 
SEEING?
>> SEEING THE TAKEOFF TOMORROW, 
SO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY, THAT 
WOULD BE GREAT.
>> TAKEOFF.
>> DO YOU WANT TO GO TO SPACE?
>> DEFINITELY.
>> THE NEXT ASTRONAUT RIGHT 
HERE.
>> SUIT HIM UP.
IT'S BEEN GREAT BEING WITH US 
YOU FOR THE SATURN 5 CENTER HERE
ERE WE HOSTED THEASA SHOW, A
LOOK A AHEAD AND A LOOK BEHIND 
AT APOLLO 11. 
NOW, JUST AHEAD, OUR S.T.E.M. 
SHOW, FORWARD TO THE MOON, IS 
COMING AND A FUN REVEAL ABOUT 
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 
STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
>> RIGHT, BUT FIRST THE FINAL 
WORD TODAY ON APOLLO 11, IS FRO
THE COMMANDER, NEIL ARMSTRONG.
>> THE FIRST TIME I'D LIKE TO 
INTRODUCE TO T APOLLO 11 CREW, 
ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG.
>> THE ULTIMATE PEACEFUL 
COMPETITION. 
USA VERSUS USSR. 
IT WAS A DIVERSION, WHICH 
PREVENTED A WAR, BUT IT WAS A D 
IT WAS INTENSE, IT DID ALLOW TO 
BOTH SIDES TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD
WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF SCIENCE 
AND LEARNING AND EXPLORATION. 
EVENTUALLY, PROVIDED A MECHANISM
FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN FORMER 
ADVERSARIES. 
IN THAT SENSE, AMONG OTHERS, IT 
WAS AN INVESTMENT FOR BOTH 
SIDES.
>> WELCOME BACK TO DC, I AM HERE
WITH NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM 
BRIDEN IN, IT HAS BEEN SO 
INSPIRING TO BE HERE WITH YOU 
ALL, JIM, TELL US ABOUT THE NEXT
GIANT LEAP?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YOU'VE HEARD A 
LOT TODAY ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF APOLLO, THERE
ARE NOW SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF 
AMERICANS WHO HAVE DREAMED ABOUT
RETURNING TO THE MOON AND GOING 
BEYOND IT. 
MANY WERE BORN, WELL AFTER THE 
APOLLO PROGRAM ENDED. 
NOW, WE ARE CHARGED WITH SENDING
HUMANS TO MARS. 
AND FIRST, WE'LL PREPARE FOR 
THAT JOURNEY AT THE MOON. 
WE CALL THIS PROGRAM ARTEMIS. 
AND TODAY, I'M PROUD TO SHARE 
WITH YOU FOR THE VERYST TIME
THE ARTEMIS LOGO. 
THIS IS THE IMAGE OF EXPLORATION
THAT WILL CARRY US AS WE ONCE 
AGAIN SEND HUMATO EARTH 
ORBIT. 
WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US 
AND FOLLOW THE STORY AT 
NASA.GOV/ARTEMIS. 
THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 
AND MANY GREAT STORIES TO TELL 
ALONG THE WAY. 
STORIES OF PERSEVERANCE, 
EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. 
STORIES OF HUMANITY, ONCE AGAIN,
PRESSING OUTWARD INTO THE 
UNKNOWN. 
WE ARE GOING. 
AND AS WE GO, I HOPE THAT WOMEN 
AND MEN OF ALL AGES AND ALL 
BACKGROUNDS WILL CONSIDER 
THEMSELVES PART OF THIS. 
>> 50 YEARS AGO, WE WENT TO THE 
MOON. 
WE CALLED IT APOLLO.
>> MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS 
THAT APOLLO HAD A TWIN.
>> SHE WAS A WOMAN NAMED 
ARTEMIS. 
>> WE ARE RETURNING TO THE MOON.
>> AS A NEW GENERATION OF 
EXPLORERS.
>> THIS TIME TO STAY.
>> AND TO PREPARE TO ACHIEVE 
HUMANITY'S NEXT GIANT LEAP OF 
SENDING THE FIRST HUMAN MISSIONS
TO MARS.
REDEFINE WHAT POSSIBLE.E WILL 
>> THAT WE WOULD DISCOVER 
LIFE-SAVING.
>> EARTH-CHANGING SCIENCE.
>> AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD WILL
INSPIRE GENERATIONS.
>> THIS IS OUR MANIFEST.
>> FOR ALL WHO WONDER IF WE 
COULD RETURN.
>> FOR ALL WHO DREAMED O 
BEYOND.
>> THIS IS YOUR CALLING.
>> WE GO FOR ALL OF AMERICA.
>> WE GO.
>> WE GO. 
AS THE ARTEMIS GENERATION.
>> WE GO. 
♪
TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
>>> WE'VE BEEN THERE BE
WE'RE GOING AGAIN. 
THIS TIME TO STAY. 
IMAGINE THE FUTURE. 
USING MATH AND SCIENCE AS FORMS 
OF ART, CREATING TECHNOLOGY, 
TRANSFORMING SOCIETY. 
NOW, WE TAKE CIVILIZATION TO THE
STARS. 
AND A JOURNEY TO EXPLORE AND 
BUILD. 
A GATEWAY. 
AN OUTPOST. 
THE FUTURE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME 
TO OUR SHOW. 
S.T.E.M. TOWARDS THE MOON. 
WE'RE LIVE FROM THE APOLLO 
CENTER AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER IN FLORIDA, WHERE WE JUST
WRAPPED UP A TWO-HOUR 
CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE 
50 ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
FIRST-EVER WALK ON THE MOON. 
TO YOU, THE STUDENTS, AND 
EDUCATORS. 
THANKS FOR JOINING US AND 
WELCOME TO OUR SHOW. 
I'M STEPHANIE MARTIN FROM NASA'S
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND 
I'M HERE WITH MY COHOST AND 
FRIEND, FROM NA OFFICE OF 
S.T.E.M. ENGAGE. 
.
WE ARE PART OF THE ARTEMIS 
GENERATION OF EXPLORERS, WE'RE 
GOING BACK TO THE MOON AND THIS 
TIME TO STAY.
>> WE JUST SAW THE NEW ARTEMIS 
BRANNEDING, A NOD TO THE APOLLO 
MISSIONS, WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW IS APOLLO HAD ITS WIN. 
SHE WAS WOMAN NAME ARTEMIS, 
GODDESS OF THE MOON. 
AS THE ARTEMIS GENERATION, WE 
NEED TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO 
GET US TO THE MOON AND BEYOND. 
NASA'S OFFICE OF S.T.E.M. 
ENGAGEMENT WORKS WITH EDUCATORS,
SCHOOLS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE MUSEUMS TO IMMERSE STUDENTS
IN NASA'S WORK AND ENHANCE 
LITERACY AND SCIENCE, 
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 
MATH. 
GENERALLY, WE'RE HERE TO INSPIRE
THE NEXT GENERATION TO EXPLORE. 
COMING UP, WE'LL SEE AN ARTEMIS 
MISSION THROUGH THE EYES OF 
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 
MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
L ALSO SEE THOSE SAME 
STUDENTS PERFORM EXPERIMENTS 
THAT SHOW HOW YOU CAN RECREATE 
THEM FROM YOUR HOME USING THINGS
THAT YOU CAN FIND AROUND THE 
HOUSE. 
LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL ALSO 
HAVE A MESSAGE FROM A SPECIAL 
CELEBRITY GUEST.
>> WE WANT EVERYONE TO JOIN THE 
FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION, USING THE #NASA 
STEM ON TWITTER, MY TEAM IS 
STANDING BY TO ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
I HOPE YOU JOIN OUR CONVERSATION
ONLINE, LET'S GET STARTED.
>> AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, 
CAUGHT UP WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL 
STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS
SUMMER WHO USE THEIR IMAGINATION
TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF 
THEY TOOK OVER AN ARTEMIS MOON 
MISSION. 
THEY SIMULATED A LAUNCH, ARRIVED
AT THE LUNAR GATEWAY, TOOK THEIR
FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON AND EVEN
COLLECTED SAMPLES ON THE LUNAR 
SURFACE.
FIRS MISSION CONTROL FROM 
THE COSMO SPHERE IN KANSAS.
>> WELCOME TO THE SPACE LAUNCH, 
ARTEMIS CREW, YOU HAVE BEEN 
TRAINING MANY MONTHS FOR THE 
GREATEST ADVENTURE OF YOUR WHOLE
LIFE. 
YOU S, BUT THAT'S 
NORMAL.
YOU'LL BE EXPLORING THE SOLAR 
SYSTEM, BEGINNING WITH THE MOON 
AND EVENTUALLY ON TO MARS. 
GO FOR LAUNCH, ALL SYSTEMS WILL 
BE A GO.
>> T MINUS 3 MINUTES AND 
COUNTING.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NASA TO 
SPEND PEOPLE TO THE MOON AND T 
RS BECAUSE THEY C DO 
EXPERIMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE BACK 
ON EARTH.
>> WHAT EXCITES ABOUT ME 
ARTEMIS, IT WILL HAVE THE FIRST 
WOMAN ON THE MOON. 
AND THERE HADN'T BEEN ONE BEFORE
AND THAT'S COOL.
>> ARTEMIS, YOU'RE GO FOR 
LAUNCH.
>> MAIN ENGINE,START, 10, 9, 8,
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 
IGNITION AND LIFTOFF. 
ARTEMIS HAS CLEARED THE TOWERS.
>> WELCOME TO THE SOLAR EM,
ARTEMIS, YOU SHOULD SEE THE 
GATEWAY.  AND MOON IN THE 
DISTANCE. 
NAVIGATOR FIRE ROCKETS.
>> THANK YOU. 
WE WILL CHECK IN AS WE NEAR 
GATEWAY AND ARE GETTING READY TO
DOCK.
>> THIS IS THE FUTURE WHERE 
BETTER THINGS CAN HAPPEN. 
>>> SO HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER, WE HAVE LAUNCH COMPLEX 
39, THAT IS WHERE PADS 39A AND 
39B WERE USER THE 
MISSIONS AND ARE KEY TO THE 
FUTURE EXPLORATION OF HUMAN 
SPACE FLIGHT. 
PAD 39A IS WHERE SPACEX WILL 
LAUNCH OUR ASTRONAUTS IN THE 
FUTURE TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION AND YOU CAN SEE 
THAT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF 
YOUR SCREEN. 
PAD 39B IS ON THE RIGHT AND THAT
IS WHERE HEAVY ROCKET, 
KNOWN AS THE SPACE LAUNCH 
SYSTEM, WILL CARRY THE ORION 
SPACECRAFT FOR ARTEMIS MISSIONS 
TO THE MOON AND ON TO MARS.
>> WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT 
ABOUT ARTEMIS TODAY, STEPHANIE, 
CAN YOU TELL US MORE?
>> TO REALLY SIMPLIFY IT, OUR 
APOLLO MISSIONS WERE FOCUSED ON 
TTING ASTRONAUTS SAFELY TO AND
FROM THE MOON. 
FOR ARTEMIS, WE'RE GOING TO SEND
OUR ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON 
AND THERE, THEY WILL EXPLORE. 
AND THEY WILL UTILIZE THAT 
EXPERIENCE TO PREPARE US TO TAKE
THE NEXT GIANT LEAP TO SEND OUR 
ASTRONAUTS TO MARS.
>> AND ARTEMIS WILL REQUIRE A 
HEAVY LIFT VEHICLE, THE SPACE 
LAUNCHSYSTEM, THE STU WE 
MET AT THE COSMO SPHERE HAD AN 
PEERMENT.
>> THIS SCIENCE ACTIVITY TEACHES
STUDENTS WHAT IT TAKES TO LAUNCH
A PAYLOAD INTO ORBIT AND HOW 
SLIGHT VARIATIN WEIGHT CAN 
AFFECT PERFORMANCE. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 
♪[ MUSIC ]♪
.
>> FROM THE COSMO SPHERE IN 
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.
>> THEY STARTED DOING THE NASA 
ACTIVITY HEAVY LI IT IS A 
PAYLOAD ACTIVITY TO TEST THE 
AMOUNT OF PAYLOAD THAT THEY CAN 
EVENLY DISTRIBUTE AND HOW TO 
DISTRIBUTE IT ON TO THEIR ROCKET
SHIP, EACH PAPER CLIP IS EQUAL 
TO TWO GRAMS OF WEIGHT. 
THEIR C IS TO GET AS 
MANY PAPER CLIPS ON TO THE 
ROCKET AS POSSIBLE AND BE ABLE 
TO REACH THE CEILING.
>> YOU JUST NEED AN ELONGATED 
BALLOON, PAPER CLIPS AND CLOTHES
PIN TO STOP THE AIR FLOW AND 
MASKING TAPE.
>> SO WHY DON'T WE CHECK OUT 
WHAT WE ARE GOINGN ON THIS 
SIDE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE DREW AND EMMA 
HAVE THEIR ACTIVITIES STARTED.
>> YES, DREW HAS A STRATEGY 
WHERE HE'S GOING TO CONDENSE -- 
HIS PAYLOAD ON TO A ROCKET AND 
EXPERIMENT WITH A LOCATION TO 
PUT HIS PAYLOAD AT THE MAXIMUM 
HEIGHT. 
EMMA IS CHAINING THE PAPER CLIPS
AND WILL EVENLY DISTRIBUTE THEM 
ON TO HER ROCKET TO MAXIMIZE HER
PAYLO THE HEIGHT OF HER 
ROCKET.
>> RIGHT, AND THEN THE IDEA IS 
TO TEST THE DIFFERENT PAYLOADS 
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS OR WHICH ONE
LAUNCHES?
>> EXACTLY. 
SO THEY'RE GOING TO START WITH A
VERY LIGHT PAYLOAD AND THEY'LL 
INCREASE THEIR TESTS EACH TIME 
BY A FEW GRAMS UNTIL T 
MAXIMIZE THEIR PAYLOAD.
>> EXCELLENT. 
SO WHY DON'T WE SEE WHAT IT 
LOOKS LIKE TO LAUNCH THIS THING?
>> SO IT LOOKS LIKE MAD LYNN AND
DAVID HAVE FINISHED THEIR 
PRODUCTS.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
DESIGN AREA, ONE IS TO KEEP THE 
PAYLOAD TOGETHER AND AT THE 
BOTTOM. 
ANDN THE OTHER DESIGN IS TO 
CHAIN THE PAYLOAD AND DISTRIBUTE
THE WEIGHT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE 
LENGTH OF THE ROCKET.
>> GREAT. 
VERY NICE. 
SO ARE WE GOING TO WATCH ONE OF 
THESE GET LAUNCHED?
>> YEAH, LET'S TRY IT OUT.
>> OKAY. 
SO WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH? 
READY. 
IS EVERYONE COUNTING?
>> 3, 2, 1.
>> WHOA!
THAT'S AMAZING!
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO WHY DON DON'T WE TRY THIS 
WITH ANOTHER PAYLOAD.
>> RIGHT. 
MA A HER PARTNER HAVE 
ANOTHER PAYLOAD ON THIS BALLOON.
>> ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED?
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S COUNT DOWN, READY? 
3, 2, 1.
>> YEA.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD 
KE TO TRY THISCTIVITY AT 
HOME, VISIT THE WEBSITE AT THE 
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND YOU'RE
MORE THAN WELCOME TO PARTAKE IN 
THIS AWESOME EXERCISE.
>> THE HEAVY LIFT EXPERIMENT AND
MANY OTHERS ARE IN OUR S.T.E.M. 
FORWARD TO THE MOON ACTIVITY 
GUIDE. 
PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS 
CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE A 
DOWNLOAD THE BOOK, THERE IS A 
TON OF REALLY FUN KITCHEN 
SCIENCE IN THERE.
>> I HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THEM 
MYSELF, IN FACT, THE WATER 
FILTRATION ACTIVITY YOU WILL SEE
COMING UP WAS MY FAVORITE AND 
STEPHANIE, ALL OF THESE 
ACTIVITIES CAN BE DONE AT HOME 
USING THE ACTIVITY GUIDE, FROM 
LAUNCHING TO LIVING ON MOON,
THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN.
>> MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
ARE HOSTING WATCH PARTIES JUST 
LIKE THE ONE THAT IS IN THE 
NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, 
D.C. 
IT WAS COORDINATED BY NASA AND 
MUSEUM, YOUSEE THE MONUMENTCE 
IN THE BACKGROUND WITH ALL OF 
THE EXHIBITS ALONG BOTH SIDES. 
MANY OF THEM HAVE BEING EVENTS 
THAT ARE BEING HOSTED, EVEN 
TOMORROW, TO COMMEMORATE THE BIG
APOLLO 11 MISSION.
>> AND EACH NIGHT, THIS WEEK, AN
IMAGE OF A SATURN 5 ROCKET WAS 
BEING PROJECTED ON TO THE SIDE 
OF THE WASHINGTON MONT. 
AND STARTING TONIGHT AND TOR, A 
17 MINUTE ANIMATED SHOW WILL 
TELL THE STORY OF THE LAUNCH IN 
LANDING OF APOLLO 11. 
THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE NATIONAL
MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 
IF YOU'RE IN THE NATION'S 
CAPITOL THIS WEEK, IT SOUNDS 
LIKE SOMETHING REALLY WORTH 
SEEING.
>> IT REALLY DOES. 
AS YOU CAN SEE,ITH THAT, THAT 
ROCKET ON THE PAD, AS IT'S DAY 
DIS DISPLAYED ON THE MONUMENT. 
IT'S AMAZING.
>> DESPITE THE HEAT INDEX, IT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT 
ADVENTURE.
>> IT WOULD HAVE.
>> SO A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE SAW 
ISSION SIMULATION AT THE 
COSMO SPHERE, I'M AMAZED AT HOW 
INTERACTIVE THESE MUSEUMS ARE.
>> RIGHT, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO 
HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE
TO THE STUDENTS. 
NASA PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRUCIAL IN
ENGAGING STUDENTSES IN NASA'S 
MISSION. 
NOT ONLY DO THE PROVIDE 
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
STUDENTS, THEY ALSO ENHANCE THE 
CAPABILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS AND SUPPORT 
EDUCATORS TO BETTER ENGAGE THE 
STUDENTS.
>> AT THE COLUMBIA MEMORIAL 
STAYS SPAUS CENTER IN 
CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE, 
STUDENTS CAN RETURN TO THE MOON 
OR VOYAGE TO MARS IN THE 
INTERACTIVE SPACE MISSION 
SIMULATOR, THERE ARE CHALLENGER 
LEARNING CENTER. 
THEY CAN EXPERIENCE TEAM WORK.
>> STUDENTS THERE TOOK THEIR 
IMAGINATION TO NEW HEIGHTS AS 
THEY THOUGHT THROUGH WHAT IT 
WOULD BE LIKE TO BE ABOAR THE N 
WE TRAVEL FURTHER TO MARS 
SOMEDAY.
>> I WAS THERE WITH THE CAMERA 
CREW AS THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS 
PREPARED TO LAN ON THE MOON. 
THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN. 
LET'S WATCH.
>> GATEWAY. 
TRACKING YOUR ORBIT. 
HOW DO YOU R FOR LANDING?
>> MISSION CONTROL. 
ORBIT ESTABLISHED FOR LANDING ON
THE MOON SOUTH POLE.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
SEND PEOPLE TO THE MOON AND ON 
TO MARS BECAUSE DISCOVERY IS A 
BIG THING AND THE MORE YOU 
EXPLORE, THE MORE YOU KNOW.
>> MISSION SYSTEM CHECKS ON 
LUNAR LANDER. 
POWER SYSTEMS.
>> POWER SYSTEMS GO.
>> COMMUNICATIONS?
>> COMMS.
>> GO.
>> I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST
WOMEN ON THE MOON, I WANTED TO 
BE THE FIRST.  SO THAT WOULE 
A DREAM COMERUE THAT WE'RE 
GOING BACK DURING MY TIME.
>> ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS.
>> ENVIRONMENT CONTROLS. 
GO.
>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT 
EXPERIMENT TO DO ON THE MOON 
WOULD MOST LIKELY BE SEEING IF 
WE COULD FIND SOMEWAY TO MAKE 
PEOPLE ABLE TO LIVE ON THERE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST 
WOMAN TO ON AND IT'S SHOWING 
JUST HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE 
CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST LANDING 
ON THE MOON.
>> FLIGHT SYSTEMS.
>> FLIGHT SYSTEMS GO.
>> RESPONDING WITH GREEN ACROSS 
THE BOARD.
>> CONFIRMED HOUSTON?
>> CONFIRMED GATEWAY. 
LANDER SYSTEMS GREEN. 
PROCEED WITH DECENT OPERATIONS.
>> ROGER MISSION CONTROL, 
PROCEEDING WITH THE DESCENT 
OPERATIONS.
>> GOING FORWARD TO THE MOON IS 
CREATING A WHOLE NEW LIFE AND 
BEING ABLE TO DISCOVER MORE THAN
WE THOU
>> LUNAR SECURED. 
ASCENSION TEAM MOVING TO LANDER.
>> WHAT EXCITES ME ABOUT GOING 
FORWARD TO THE MOON IS THE 
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, I THINK 
IT'S AMAZING THAT DURING MY 
LIFETIME AND DURING LIKE 
ESPECIALLY ME AT THIS AGE, I'LL 
BE ABLE TOXPERIENCE SOMETHING 
LIKE THIS.
>> EXPEDITION TEAM HAS ENTERED 
THE LANDER.
>> HATCH IS SECURE.
>> PRESSURE CHECK ON LANDER.
>> PRESSURE GOOD. 
HOLDING NOMINAL.
>> INITIATING RELEASE.
>> SEALS RELEASED.
>> TWO METERS. NG AWAY.
FOUR METERS. 
SIX METERS.
>> YOU ARE CLEAR LANDER. 
GODSPEED. 
SAFE TRAVELS, EXPEDITION, AND 
DON'T FORGET OUR SOUVENIRS.
>> THE LUNAR GATEWAY, THAT THES,
IT IS SUCH A DIFFERENT APPROACH 
FROM WHAT WE HAD DURING APOLLO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, STEPHANIE, IT'S
A HUGE INNOVATION. 
GATEWAY GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LAND ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE 
OF THE MOON.
>> IT WILL ALSO BE A REST STOP 
AND STAGING AREA AS WE CONTINUE 
TO GO ON TO MARS.
>> NOW, A JOURNEY TO THE MOON 
TAKES ABOUT THREE DAYS, EACH 
WAY.
>> AND A GREAT WAY TO PASS THE 
TIME IS WITH MUSIC.
>> STEPHANIE, MUSIC HAS ACTUALLY
BEEN PART OF SPACE TRAVEL FROM 
THE BEGINNING, RIGHT?
>> IT HAS, THERE WERE PRELAUNCH 
SONGS, SHUTTLE KRU WAKEUP SONGS 
AND EVEN PLAYED INSTRUMENTS ON 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE ST TO 
BRING A PART OF HOME TO THE 
SPACE STATION WITH THEM.
>> WITH NASA RETURNING TO THE 
MOON BY 2024, WE ASKED PEOPLE 
WHAT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE ON 
THE PLAY LIST FOR THE JOURNEY 
AND CREATED MOON TUNES, YOU CAN 
LISTEN ON THIRD ROCK RADIO OR 
LEARN MORE.SA MOON TUNES TO 
>> ONE OF THE TUNES THAT MADE 
THE PLAY LIST IS A SONG MOON IN 
THE WATER BY -- BUT FOR OUR AS 
ASTRONAUTS, WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO 
THE MOON, ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT 
IS GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THEY 
HAVE CLEAN WATER ON THE MOON.
>> YOU'VE WORKED WITH STUDENTS 
ON A WATER FILTRATIO
RIMENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, I DID. 
THIS ACTIVITY GETS STUDENTS 
THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 
NECESSITIES OF SURVIVAL WHEN IT 
COMES TO LIVING AND WORKING IN 
SPACE. 
AND IN THIS CASE, WE LOOKED AT 
SOME OF THE SCIENCE BEHIND 
CLEANING WATER AND CREATING A 
WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM. 
LET'S GO BACK TO THE COLUMBIA M 
HOW IT WENT.
>> BRIANNA AND TODAY, WE'RE 
GOING TO BE DOING A CLEANING 
WATER ACTIVITY.
>> YEAH, SO CLEANING WATER IS SO
IMPORTANT.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE 
CAN MAKE A WATER FILTER ACTIVITY
WATER.ALLY GET THE IMPORTANCE OF
>> AND WHY W NEED CLEAN WATER.
>> EXACTLY. 
AND AS THE ASTRONAUTS STAY ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
TOMORROW'S COFFEE WAS 
YESTERDAY'S COFFEE.
>> GOT TO RECYCLE EVERYTHING WE 
CAN.
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO RIGHT HERE, I HAVE THE 
NECESSARY MATERIALS THAT WE DO 
FOR THE FILTER.
>> GREAT.
>> I HAVE SOME BEANS, DIFFERENT 
KIND OF BEAN, SOME AQUARIUM 
GRAVEL, COLORFUL. 
I HAVE SOME PEAS AND RICE AND 
OUR FAVORITE, COTTON BALLS.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> JUST TO ORGANIZE SOME THINGS,
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FILTER, TO 
FILTER ROUGH, SOME GOGGLE, 
FACE SAFETY FIRST.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND ALSO SOME PH PAP SORES WE
CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF OUR WATER IS
FILTERED.
>> AWESOME, SO WE HAVE JACKIE 
CONTINUING THE ACTIVITIES.
>> YEAH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE 
THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THEIR 
FILTER. 
THEY HAVE.
>> AWESOME.
>> THEY HAVE BEANS, GREEN PEAS, 
RICE, AQUARIUM GRAVEL AND 
THEY'RE GOING TO ADD THEIR FINAL
STEP, WHICH IS COTTON BALLS, IT 
LOOKS LIKE.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> REALLY EASY, AND FOR OUR 
DIRTY WATER TO WE MADE, WE 
ACTUALLY USED ITALIAN DRESSING, 
SO IT'S FUN.
>> THAT'S AWESOME. 
WHAT  WAS MIXED WATER 
WITH THE ITALIAN DRESSING? 
.
>> IT'S THAT EASY. 
I LIKE TO GRAB SOME DIRT.
>> THAT'S FUN.
>> I LOVE PLAYING WITH DIRT. 
IT'S REAL DIRTY WATER.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND IT GETS TO TEST OUT TO 
SEE IFT'S GOING TO BE CLEAN.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SYSTEMS
LIKE THIS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
>> HEAVY DUTY SYSTEMS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A 
COMPLETED ACTIVITY HERE.
>> YEAH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE 
EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO.
>> GREAT.
>> AND GOGGLES ARE ON.
>> SO SAFETY FIRST. 
I'M GLAD THEY'RE READY FO THAT.
NOW, ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS ADD 
THE DIRTY WATER.
>> EXCELLENT. 
AND THAT WATER DOESN'T LOOK TOO 
DIRTY TOO TO ME. 
I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE IT A 
STIR. 
.
>> OH, THERE WE GO, LOOK AT THAT
DIRTY WATER.
>> MIXING THE ITALIAN DRESSING 
IN THE WATER.
>> SO NOW, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY 
IT'S GOOD TO TRY OUT.
>> SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS 
OUT NOW?
>> YEAH.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> I'M HOPING IT WORKS.
>> I HOPE SO, TOO, FINGERS 
CROSSED.
>> 
[ LAUGHTER ]
OH, WOW.
>> IT'S STARTING TO GO THROUGH, 
IT'S GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE 
LAYERS.
>> THAT'S FASTER THAN I WOULD 
EXPECT.
>> TOTALLY.
>> AND I'M ACTUALLY REALLY 
SURPRISED, IT LOOKS VERY CLEAN.
>> IT LOOKS VERY CLEAN.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED 
IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS 
ACTI AND MANOTHERS, FEEL 
FREE TO VISIT THE WEBSITE AT THE
BOTTOM OF OUR SCREEN, TAKE 
PART IN THIS IMPORTANT 
INITIATIVE. 
>>> THE WATER LOOKS A LITTLE 
CLEANER WHEN IT COMES OUT OF THE
FILTRATION SYSTEM ON THE 
INIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THAT IS TRUE, STEPHANIE.
>> OUR SYSTEM INCLUDES A COUPLE 
OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU DON'T 
NORMALLY HAVE AT HOME. 
WHICH IS WHY WE SUGGEST STUDENTS
DON'T DRINK THE WATER YOU 
FILTER.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
WE WANT S.T.E.M. DISCOVERIES AND
EXPERIMENTS TO BE EXCITING FOR 
EVERYONE.
>> WE 
AND EVEN CELEBRITIES ARE GETTING
EXCITED ABOUT NASA'S S.T.E.M. 
ACTIVITIES.
>> ACTRESS AND SINGER KI KI 
PALMER RECENTLY HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 
OUR INITIATIVES AND SHE SHARED 
THIS MESSAGE ABOUT S.T.E.M. AND 
NASA'S ARTEMIS MISSIONS.
>> HEY, KICK KICK PALMER HERE, 
AND WHEN I'M NOT ON SET OR IN 
THE RECORDING STUDIO, ONE OF MY 
FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS LEARN 
THINGS ABOUT NASA. 
IN ADDITION, TONS OF NEW 
ADVENTURES ARE ON THE HORIZON. 
ARTEMIS, THE FIRST WOMAN AND 
NEXT MAN ON THE MOON. 
'S NEVER BEEN BETTER TIME
TO GET INVOLVED IN SCIENCE, 
TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING OR 
MATH. 
VISIT NASA.GOV/STEM.
>>> TH LANDINGOLLO 11 IS 
WHAT WE ARE COMMEMORATING TODAY.
>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHEN 
WE LAND, WHEN WE LAND THE FIRST 
ARTEMIS MISSION, EVERYONE AROUND
THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE 
CELEBRATING AND IT'S REALLY 
GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL
LOOK FORWARD TO.
THE ST. LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER. 
>> WE WENT TO THE ST. LOUIS 
SCIENCE CENTER AND TALKED TO 
SEVERAL STUDENTS THERE, WE ASKED
THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD 
BE LIKE TO LAND ON THE MOON AND 
SHOWED US WHAT THEY IMAGINED THE
BIG EVENT WOULD BE LIKE, THEY 
WERE REALLY EXCITED, THEY GOT 
REALLY INTO IT. 
ASTRONAUT CLASS IN TRAINING.
>> ARTEMIS, THIS IS HOUSTON, 
MISSION CONTROL HERE, YOU HAVE 
30 SECONDS OF FUEL REMAINING.
>> WE ARE CLOSE, ADJUSTING 
FORWARD A LITTLE. 
SHUT DOWN.
>> OKAY. 
ENGINES STOP.
>> WE COPY YOU DOWN, 
>> ENGINE IS OFF. 
SOUTH POLE HERE, ARTEMIS HAS 
LANDED.
>> ROGER, WE HAVE YOU ON THE 
GROUND. 
WELCOME, ARTEMIS.
>> I WOULD GET MY CLASSMATES 
EXCITED BY ARTEMIS BY TELLING 
THEM HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 
THE MOON, AND I JUST THINK 
THAT'S REALLY COOL.
'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR NASA 
TO SEND PEOPLE TO THE MOON AND 
MARS SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT 
OUR PLANETS AND OUR SOLAR 
SYSTEM. 
AND WE CAN HAVE NEW PEOPLE GO 
AND EXPERIENCE THAT.
>> WE SEE YOU OPENING UP THE 
HATCH. 
GETTING READY TO TAKE YOUR FIRST
STEPS.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT
TO DO ON THE MOON IN MY OPINION 
WOULD -- THIS IS HOUSTON, OUT.
>> THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT IN 
SEATTLE IS CELEBRATING THE 
LANDING OF APOLLO 11 MISSION 
WITH A LUNAR BLOCK PARTY FOR ALL
MUSEUM GUESTS THIS END.
>> THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT ALSO 
HOSTS THE APOLLO 11 COMMAND 
MODULE, COLUMBIA, WHICH IS ON 
DISPLAY FOR THE GUESTS.
>> WHEN LIVING IN SPACE, SHELTER
IS VITAL FOR SURVIVAL, 
CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS, AND TO 
HAVE A PLACE TO REST WHEN 
SURROUNDED BY HARSH CONDITIONS 
OF SPACE.
 AND AT THE ST. LOUIS SCIENCE 
CENTER, STUDENTS EXPLORED WHAT 
IT WOULD TAKE TO BUILD A HABITAT
THAT COULD BE SUSTAINABLE FOR 
ASTRONAUTS TO STAY IN AND MRAKT 
CAL ENOUGH TO LIVE IN. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> WE'RE HERE TODAY AT THE 
ST. LOUIENCE CENTER, AND 
I'M HERE WITH AARON WHO WILL BE 
SHOWING US ABOUT A HABITAT 
ACTIVITY.
>> OUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE GOTTEN 
BACK FROM THE MOON AND THEY'RE 
DESIGNING THEIR NEXT LUNAR 
HABITAT, BUSY AT WORK, DRAWING 
A, WHAT THEY THINK WOULD BE 
HELPFUL IN A HABITAT TO LIVE IF 
THEY WERE ON THEMOON.
>> GR
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT A 
HABITAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> I HAVE EVAN AND NIKKI HERE 
AND THEY ARE WORKING ON ACTUALLY
BUILDING A 3D VERSION OF THEIR 
HAS BEEN [ BLEEP ] -- HABITAT.
>> THEY FOUND EVERYTHING IN THE 
RECYCLING BIN.
>> THEY HAVE EVERYTHING HERE, IT
HAS BEEN RECYCLED OR REUSED, 
ANYBODY CAN DO THIS AT HOME OR 
AT SCHOOL. 
ANYWHERE.
>> SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE YOU 
NEED ASTRONAUTS TO HAVE CLEAN 
DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN AIR TO 
BREATHE.
>> GRAVITY IS AN ISSUE, NIKKI IS
AT LABORATORY, THIS SPACE 
LAB. 
WE CAME UP WITH A LOT OF WAYS TO
BRING THOSE EXPERIMENTS SAFELY 
BACK.
>> I WANT TO SEE A COMPLETED 
HABITAT.
>> BUILT A BEDROOM AND SO IN THE
OM, WHEN YOU COME IN, 
THERE'S A BUTTON, ON AND OFF 
BUTTON, SO IF YOU WANT THE --
>> GRAVITY.
>> GRAVITY ON, YOU PRESS THE 
GREEN BUTTON AND YOU WANT THE IT
OFF, YOU PRESS THE RED BUTTON. 
AND THEN THERE'S A BED, LIKE A 
ROLL OUTBED, WITH A DRESSER.
>> WOW.
>> SO WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> WELL, I BUILT THE KITCHEN OF 
THE HABITAT. 
AND THERE IS A TABLE RIGHT HERE 
WITH CHAIRS THAT YOU CAN PUSH 
UNDER THE TABLE SO THATAY IT
SAVES MORE SPACE. 
AND THEN IT'S JUST A BASIC STUFF
LIKE THE SINK BUT THEN THERE'S A
HOT WATER TANK INSIDE OF THE 
REFRIGERATOR.
>> SO IMPORTANT.
>> TO KEEP MORE WATER INSIDE OF 
THE HABITAT AND THERE'S A PANTRY
ON THE SIDE OVER HERE.
>> YOU THOUGHT OF ETHING. 
WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOING ON?
>> I BUILT A LIVING ROOM AND THE
GYM, I THOUGHT WHEN YOU COME 
HOME FROM OUT OF SPACE, YOU 
WOULD WANT TO RELAX. 
SO WE HAVE A TV AND COUCH AND A 
LITTLEOOKCASE WITH SOME CHAIRS
YOU CAN SIT IN. 
AND YOU HAVE A TREADMILL, YOU 
ALSO HAVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN 
AND A COMPUTER.
>> AND WHAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF 
YOUR LIVING ROOM, BECAUSE I 
REALLY LIKE THIS?
>> IT'S A GRAVITY BUTTON THAT 
YOU CAN PUSH ON AND OFF. 
IF YOU WANT GRAVITY, YOU CAN 
PUSH IT, IF YOU  YOU CAN 
PUSH IT AGAIN.
>> I THINK WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE AT
HOME A REALLY GREAT IDEA ON HOW 
TO START THEIR OWN U LUNAR HAS 
BEEN -- HABITAT.
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS AT 
HOME MYSELF.
>> YEAH.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED 
IN PARTICIPATING INIS 
TIVITY AND MANY OTHERS, FEEL 
FREE TO VISIT THE WEBSITE AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. 
>>> SO WE'VE COVERED LAUNCH, 
GATEWAY, AND LANDING THE NEXT 
MISSION ON THE MOON, BUT THERE'S
ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP TO WHAT 
YOU'VE ASKED STUDENTS TO 
IMAGINE.
>> AS IMPORTANT AS ALL OF THOSE 
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MISSION 
ARE, WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE, SO
WE ASKED STUDENTS AT THE ARIZONA
SCIENCE CENTER TO INR ENVISION A
LUNAR SOLAR MISSION AT THE 
MOON'S SOUTH POLE. 
THIS IS WHAT THEIR IMAGINATION 
DELIVERED.
>> SYSTEM INFORMATION CONTROL.
>> THE OPTIMAL LUNAR SOUTH POLE 
LOCATION TO BEGIN DRILLING FOR 
CORE SAMPLE OF WATER ICE. 
ARE YOU GOING TO START THE 
COON.
>> THE CORE DRILL IS IN POSITION
AND THE ANALYTIC LAB IS READY.
>> DRILLING HAS STARTED AND 
PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY.
>> I'M EXCITED FOR THE FIRST 
WOMAN TO BE ON THE MOON BECAUSE 
IT'S REALLY GOOD ACHIEVEMENT FOR
AMERICA AND THE WH WORLD.
>> I LIKE TO THINK F OF IT AS A 
GAS STATION ON THE WAY TO MARS 
BECAUSE FROM THE EARTH TO MARS, 
IT'S PRETTY FAR AWAY, SO IF 
WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO THE MOON AND
SPLIT THE LIKE HYDROGEN ATOMS 
INSIDE OF THE ICE THAT'S 
HOPEFULLY THERE AND CREATE 
ROCKET FUEL OUT OF THAT, THAT 
WOULD BE COOL.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT REALLY 
HELPS STUDENTS UNDERSTAND JUST 
HOW IMPORTANT THIS STEP IS IN 
POSSIBLE SOURCE OF COLON 
SAYINGS.
>> WE ARE AT THE INCH MARK TO 
BEGIN COLLECTING SAMPLE
>> COLLECTION COMPLETE. 
ANCHOR THE DRILL FOR CORE 
EXTRACTION.
>> THE DRILL IS ANCHORED, BEGIN 
EXTRACTION.
>> SAMPLE READY FOR ANALYSIS. 
OPEN ROVER SAMPLE CONTAINER.
>> THE CONTAINER IS OPEN AND 
READY. 
BEGIN ANALYSIS.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 
BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THE FIRST 
STEP IN UNDERSTANDING SPACE 
TRAVEL IN GENERAL. 
ESPECIALLY FOR MARS, JUST BEING 
ABLE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT 
THERE'S POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL LIFE
IN THE ICE OF MARS JUST 
AMAZING, IT CAN REALLY SIGNAL 
THAT PERHAPS THERE IS A GREATER 
CHANCE OF LIFE IN OUR UNIVERSE.
>> I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT ANY 
EXPERIMENT THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT
THAN ANY OTHER BECAUSE ANY 
EXPERIMENT IS ANY EXPERIMENT AND
THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
>> ANALYSIS COMPLETE.
>> HOUSTON, GREAT NEWS, WE ARE 
72% WATER ICE AND 28% RESOLUTE 
FRNS.
>> THAT IS GREAT NEWS. 
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT LOCATION 
FOR A LONG DURATION LUNAR 
HABITAT. 
FIRST STEPS ON T SURFACE OF 
MARS. 
GREAT WORK, HOUSTON OUT.
>> I FEEL LIKE WE CAN LEARN A 
LOT ABOUT HOW THE MOON WAS 
FORMED AND WHEN WE LEARNED MORE 
ABOUT THAT, WE CAN LEARN MORE 
ABOUT HOW THE EARTH WAS FORMED 
AND LEARN MORE ON FROM THERE.
>> I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO 
SAY YOU'RE THERE FIRST, REALLY 
MAKING THE MARK FOR THE ST 
CENTURY IS JUST ABSOLUTELY 
AMAZING. 
>>> MAN, I TELL YOU, THESE KIDS 
ARE GREAT. 
I LOVE HEARING HOW EXCITED THEY 
ARE FOR OUR LUNAR MISSIONS AND 
TO SEE THEM AS THEY WALK THROUGH
THE LUNAR SIMULATIONS AND FLIGHT
JUST INSPIRATIONAL. NAUT, IT'S
AND I CAN SEE HOW INTERACTIVE 
THESE SIMULATIONS ARE, IT'S SUCH
REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS IN 
THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE AIM TO DO. 
WITH THE ACTIVITY GUIDE. 
ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO DO THESE 
ACTIVITIES AT HOME AND TALK 
ABOUT THEM. 
THAT'S REALLY WHAT SCIENCE I 
ALL ABOUT. 
ASKING THE QUESTIONS, GETTING AN
ANSWER, AND THEN ASKING THE NEXT
QUESTION FROM WHAT YOU LEARNED.
>> AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN 
WORKING WITH THE KIDS AT THE 
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
I WANT TO SEND A BIG THANK YOU 
TO THE COSMO SPHERE, THE 
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE ER, 
THE ST. LOUIS SCIENCE SENTER AND
THE ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER FOR 
ALL OF THEIR HELP IN MAKING THIS
SHOW POSSIBLE.
>> IT'S GREAT TO WORK WITH GREAT
ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE THE SAME 
GOALS AS NASA.
>> THERE ARE GREAT MUSEUMS, 
SCHOOLS AND OTHER INFORMAL 
EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY DOING AMAZING WORK 
TO AND ENCOURAGE KIDS 
ABOUT S.T.E.M.
>> WE ARE GOING FORWARD TO THE 
MOON. 
AND TO GET US THERE, AND ON TO 
MARS, WE NEED YOU. 
THE ARTEMIS GENERATION. 
TO BE THE NEXT SCIENTIST, 
TECHNOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS AND 
MATHEMATICIANS TO TAKE US 
FURTHER THAN WE H EVER GON 
BEFORE.
>> TO LEARN MORE, GO TO OUR 
WEBSITE AT WWW.NASA.GOV/S.T.E.M.
AND JOIN OUR ONLINE CONVERSATION
USING NASA STEM ON FACEBOOK AND 
TWITTER. 
THE MOON THANKS FOR 
WATCHING AND HAVE A GREAT 
WEEKEND. 
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