Lift off.
The great adventure began 50 years ago today
with the lift off of Apollo 11.
Four days later Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
That's one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind.
It was just a great memory.
And here are Neil Armstrong's sons,
Mark and Rick.
Like the rest of humanity,
they watched the historic mission on TV
with a little extra something courtesy of NASA.
We had two televisions in the home,
one color and one black and white,
but we also had the squawk box
which is a way that you could listen
to what was happening in Mission Control.
Houston, this is Neil, radio check?
Neil, this is Houston, loud and clear.
The Armstrong brothers revealed
what their dad was thinking as he and Apollo 11 astronauts
Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin climbed into the spacecraft.
He was confident.
Yeah.
He said there was risk,
but he felt really good about the spacecrafts
and, you know, everybody felt ready for the mission.
They've seen their dad
depicted in movies like "Apollo 13."
This is Neil Armstrong and this is Buzz.
And most recently in "First Man,"
starring Ryan Gosling.
They really paid attention to details in that film
and I think it shows.
We spoke to the Armstrong brothers
as they promoted the Smithsonian Channel special
"The Day We Walked on the Moon" airing Saturday.
A fitting tribute for a truly historic event.
Lift off on Apollo 11.
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