"OK ALL FLIGHT CONTROLERS, GO-NO GO FOR LANDING."
"RETRO." "GO!"
"FIDO." "GO!"
"GUIDANCE." "GO!"
"CONTROL." "GO!"
"TELCOM." "GO!"
"GNC." "GO!"
"EECOM." "GO!"
"SURGEON." "GO!"
"CAPCOM, WE'RE GO FOR LANDING!"
WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM KAYLA LAFRANCE.
TODAY, WE’RE IN THE HISTORIC MISSION CONTROL ROOM AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO IN THIS VERY ROOM, THAT
FLIGHT CONTROLERS MANAGED HISTORY’S GREATEST ADVENTURE,
THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 11.
ON JULY 20, 1969, TWO MEN FROM THE PLANET
EARTH
WALKED ON THE LUNAR SURFACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
FIVE DECADES LATER, TWO NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE CONTINUING THAT LEGACY, BY LIVING AND WORKING
IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH.
NASA ASTRONAUTS NICK HAGUE AND CHRISTINA KOCH REFLECTED ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LIVING ON
THE SPACE STATION ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 LAUNCH AND MOON LANDING WHICH HAPPENED
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
"AS WE THINK BACK ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT 50 YEARS AGO, WE REMEMBER THE DRIVE AND SACRIFICE BY
THE FLIGHT TEAMS, ENGINEERS, ASTRONAUTS, AND MANY OTHERS THAT ALLOW THE DREAM OF AMERICANS
LANDING ON THE MOON BY THE END OF THAT DECADE TO BECOME A REALITY."
"WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT SINCE APOLLO 11.
WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO BUILD LABORATORIES IN SPACE.
WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO WORK AND HOW TO LIVE IN SPACE, PAVING THE ROAD
FOR FUTURE DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION."
THE THREE CREWMEMBERS ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL HONOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE HISTORIC APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING BY WELCOMING THREE NEW MEMBERS TO THE CREW.
FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY THIS WEEK AT THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN,
AS THE MULTINATIONAL CREW OF EXPEDITION 60/61 GET SET TO LAUNCH TO THE STATION
ON SATURDAY, JULY 20TH.
THE ARRIVAL THE THREE NEW CREW MEMBERS WILL BRING THE SPACE STATIONS
POPULATION UP TO SIX.
BE SURE TO TUNE INTO NASA TV ON JULY 20TH
FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE LAUNCH, RENDEZVOUS
AND DOCKING OF THE SOYUZ SPACE CRAFT.
COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AT 11:30 AM EASTERN.
AND BE SURE TO TUNE INTO NASA TV STARTING
AT 7 PM EASTERN ON JULY 21 TO WATCH OUR FULL
COVERAGE OF THE LAUNCH OF SPACE X 18 TO THE STATION.
AND THEN AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER ON JULY 23RD FOR THE RENDEZVOUS AND CAPTURE COVERAGE.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA, WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
