TOM COOK TAKES US THROUGH THE 
FASCINATING ARCHIVES. 
>> IT IS JUNE 16, 1969 AND HERE 
IS NEIL ARMSTRONG PRACTICING 
HOW TO FLY THE EAGLE, THE LUNAR 
LANDER THAT BROUGHT THEM TO THE 
SURFACE OF THE MOON. WITH NASA 
OFFICIALS AND THE PRESS 
ANXIOUSLY WATCHING, ARMSTRONG 
FIRES THE BOOSTER ROCKETS, 
HOVERS IN THE AIR AND BRINGS 
THE EAGLE BACK DOWN OVER AND 
OVER. 
LATER, ALL THREE ASTRONAUTS 
SUIT UP AND TRAIN IN THE 
MISSION SIMULATOR, A MOCKUP OF 
THE INSIDE OF THE LUNAR LANDER. 
ANOTHER SHOT HOURS LATER SHOWS 
THEM PRACTICING HOW TO UNLOAD 
EQUIPMENT. 
ARMSTRONG USES THE SPECIALLY 
BUILT SCOOP TO SHOW HOW THEY 
WOULD COLLECT DUST AND ROCKS 
AND WITH CAMERAS IN HAND, THEY 
PRACTICE HOW TO SHOOT VIDEO IN 
SPACE AND HOW TO MEASURE MOON? 
AND THE ATMOSPHERE. 
TO TRAIN FOR THE WEIGHTLESSNESS 
OF THE MOON, THE ASTRONAUTS GO 
UNDERWATER IN GIANT TANKS AT 
THE NASA SPACE CENTER. 
HERE, NEIL ARMSTRONG PRACTICES 
WALKING AND CLIMBING AND ALL 
THREE WROTE IN THE SO-CALLED 
VOMIT COMET, FLIGHTS THAT GIVE 
THE ASTRONAUTS THE SENSATION OF 
WEIGHTLESSNESS AND OFTEN, A 
FEELING OF QUEASINESS THAT GOES 
WITH IT. 
FINALLY, A FILM OF NASA'S POGO 
CONTRAPTION TO HELP THE 
ASTRONAUTS LEARN TO WALK ON THE 
MOON. 
THE CONTRAPTION SHOWED THEM HOW 
TO DO IT ON THE LUNAR SURFACE, 
THE LUNAR BROWNS
