 THE KPHAPDER OF APOLLO 11.
HIS SPACE SHIFT, COLUMBIA, TOOK 
OFF FROM FLORIDA AND LANDED IN 
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AFTER 
COMPLETING A TRIP.
IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHARE WITH 
YOU SOME OF THE REFLECTIONS THAT
THE CREW IN THE MODERN DAY 
COLUMBIA COMPLETE ITS RENDEZVOUS
WITH THE PLANET EARTH IN THE 
SAME PACIFIC OCEAN TOMORROW.
FIRST MIKE COLLINS.
>> ROGER.
THIS TRIP TO THE MOON MAY HAVE 
LOOKED SIMPLE OR EASY.
I LIKE TO AGREE THAT HAS NOT 
BEEN THE CASE.
THE SATURN V ROCKET WHICH PUT US
INTO ORBIT IS AN INCREDIBLY 
PIECE OF MACHINERY AND EVERY 
PIECE OF WHICH WORKED 
FLAWLESSLY.
THIS COMPUTER UP ABOVE MY HEAD 
HAS 38,000 WORD VOCABULARY.
EACH WORD OF WHICH HAS BEEN VERY
CH
ENGINE FIRES FOR 12 MINUTES.
THE 
>> I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST 
BURN IN THE VICINITY OF THE MOON
THAT's ON THIS SIDE.
>> CAMERA COMING ON.
>> ANY BURN OF ANY MAGNITUDE AT 
ALL.
>> WILL THEY CAME UP AND THEY 
FIRED.
BY THAT TIME THEY'RE ON THE FAR 
SIDE OF YOU.
>> HOUSTON, IF YOU LIKE TO TRY 
HIGH GAIN PITCH 212, 37 OVER.
>> ABOUT 1 MINUTE AND A HALF.
>> I THINK I GOT YOU ON HIGH 
GAIN NOW.
ROGER.
COMING UP ON ONE MUNN TO 
IGNITION.
>> ONE MINUTE TO IGNITION AND 13
MINUTES TO LANDING.
>> I GO THE THEM IN TO USE THEM 
BEFORE WE GO AROUND.
>> PITCH 21237.
>> DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE 
THE TENSION IF THEY DECIDE TO GO
AROUND AGAIN.
>> 40 SECONDS.
30 SECONDS.
ALTITUDE ABOUT 46,000 FEET 
CONTINUING TO THIS END.
>> JUST WONDERING, AS HE'S 
SITTING HERE WITH US, DO YOU 
THINK THAT's THE RIGHT PLACE.
>> YES, IT LOOKED LIKE THE RIGHT
PLACE.
>> THEY SHOULD HAVE THE ACCOUNT 
DOWN NOW.
>> IGNITION 10%.
>> 10%, 10% THROTTLE I SUPPOSE 
THAT IS, WALLY 
>> YES.
IT WILL BE PROGRAMMED UP AS THEY
GET CLOSER TO THE SURFACE.
WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE 
DISTURBANCE FROM THE ENGINE AT 
THIS POINT.
NO PROBLEM.
(INAUDIBLE) 
>> WE WOULD NOT HAVE 
COMMUNICATION WITH THEM IN THIS 
CRITICAL 12 MINUTES.
 OUR ANIMATION SHOWS THE ENGINE 
FIRING.
THE LUNAR MODULE IS PROCEEDING.
FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ON YOUR 
SCREEN.
>> EAGLE, WE GOT YOU NOW.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD, OVER.
>> LOOKS GOOD.
>> EAGLE, HOUSTON, EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING HERE, OVER.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE 
EXCITEMENT.
THEY'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE 
AGAIN.
>> 10 MINUTES TO THE TOUCHDOWN.
OH, BOY.
10 MINUTES TO LANDING ON THE 
MOON.
I THINK IT's BEEN ALMOST 10 
YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO
DO THIS.
>> EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD.
WE SHOW ALTITUDE ABOUT 47,000 
FEET.
>> IN ABOUT 4 MINUTES FROM NOW 
THEY WILL GET THEIR FIRST LOOK 
AT THE LANDING AREA.
SO FAR NOW ROGER.
THEIR FEET FORWARD.
THEY ROLL NOW THROUGH THE 
WINDOWS.
3 MINUTES NOW THEY GOT THE FIRST
LOOK AND THEY PITCH UP.
IN MORE OF AN UP RIGHT POSITION.
AND THEY LOOK FORWARD.
THAT POINT WOULD BE ABOUT 3.5 
MILES HIGH.
MAKING ABOUT 103 MILES AN HOUR 
FORWARD AND ABOUT 13 MILES TO 
GO.
7 MINUTES AND 45 MINUTES UNTIL 
LANDING.
>> HERE IT GOES.
YOU'RE GO TO CONTINUE POWER 
DEFENSE. 
>> THAT's A MAJOR MILESTONE.
>> ALTITUDE 40,000.
>> STILL LOOKING GOOD.
>> STILL A NO GOOD DECISION AT 
THAT POINT.
THEY COULD ABORT THE LANDING AT 
THAT POINT IF THERE HAD BEEN A 
NO-GO DECISION.
GOT ABOUT 68 MILES TO GO.
7 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL LANDING.
THEY'RE ABOUT A 35, 35,000 FEET 
HIGH NOW.
>> ROGER, WE COPY.
>> THAT's THE EARTH RIGHT OUT 
THE WINDOW.
>> LOOKING GOOD TO US, OVER.
>> GOOD 12:02.
>> GOOD RADAR DATA.
ALTITUDE NOW 32,500 FEET.
>> I WASN'T TOO FAR OFF.
>> I SUSPECT THAT IT MAY BE JUST
ABOUT RIGHT AT THE TIME HE 
RELAYS THAT TO US.
HE'S PROBABLY TWO SECONDS 
BEHIND.
>> WE'RE GOING AT ALARM.
ROGER.
6 PLUS 25.
THROTTLE DOWN.
6 PLUS 25 THROTTLE DOWN.
>> ROGER, COPY.
6 PLUS 25.
>> WE'RE STILL GO.
ALTITUDE 20,000 FEET.
>> APPEARS TO COME UP.
>> ROGER, COPY.
>> WHAT's THIS ALARM, WALLY 
>> IT's A GO CASE.
IT'S COMING UP ON THE ?  
>> IT's A GO CASE.
IT'S COMING UP ON THE COMPUTER.
NO PROBLEM AS I SEE IT.
>> THEY SAY IT's BETTER THAN THE
SIMULATOR.
THAT's CONSOLING.
>> THANKS LOOK REAL CLOSE.
>> AROUND THIS COUNTRY AND 
AROUND THE WORLD IS WATCHING 
THIS AND LISTENING TO THESE 
COMMUNICATIONS.
>> AT TOOLED 21,000 FEET.
>> THIS IS THE INTERNATIONAL 
GOING TO KENNEDY AIRPORT AND BIG
DISPLAY THERE.
>> AND DISNEYLAND, CALIFORNIA.
>> HE'S STARTING UP THE HIGH 
GAIN ANTENNA.
>> ROGER, WE GOT GOOD DATA.
>> IT MAKES THE JOB EASIER.
>> 14 MILES TO GO IN 4.5 
MINUTES.
4.5 MINUTES LEFT.
>> ALTITUDE 16,300 FEET.
OH BOY.
>> ALTITUDE 13,005.
>> SWITCH OVER TIME.
>> ROGER, STAND BY.
YOU'RE LOOKING GREAT AT 8 
MINUTES.
>> CORRECTION ON THAT VELOCITY.
NOW READING 760 FEET PER SECOND.
>> P 64.
>> 760 FEET PER SECOND ON THE 
WAY DOWN.
>> THAT's PRETTY SLOW FOR SPACE 
FLYING.
>> IT IS.
THE SLOWEST A MAN HAS EVER FLOWN
IN SPACE.
>> SURE IS.
>> 830 LOOKING GREAT.
THEY'RE JUST ABOUT APPROACHING 
HIGH GATE.
7600 FOOT LEVEL.
1.4 MILE TOWN AND THEY GET DOWN 
TO A SPEED OF 98 MILES AN HOUR 
AND LITTLE MORE THAN 5 MILES 
FROM THE LANDING SIGHT.
AND THAT POINT THEY COULD GET A 
GOOD VIEW.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING GREAT.
COMING UP ON 9 MINUTES.
>> AT THAT HIGH GATE.
>> IN THAT APPROACH PHASE.
>> THEY'RE INSIDE THE HIGH GATE.
>> 5200 FEET.
LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE 
SURFACE.
>> CONTROL IS GOOD.
>> ROGER, COPY.
>> ALTITUDE 4200.
>> GOOD FOR LANDING.
>> OH, GREAT JOB.
>> ROGER.
GO FOR LANDING.
3,000 FEET.
>> 1201 ALARM.
>> WE'RE GO.
2000 FEET.
2000 FEET.
47 DEGREES.
>> ROGER.
>> 47 DEGREES.
>> THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT.
YOU'RE GO.
>> ALTITUDE 1600.
>> THEY GOT A GOOD LOOK AT THEIR
SIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE TIME THEY'RE GOING 
TO HOVER AND MAKE THE DECISION.
APPARENTLY --
>> 1202, WE COPY IT.
>> 35 DEGREES.
35 DEGREES.
750.
COMING DOWN TO 23.
700 FEET.
33 DEGREES.
>> THE DATA IS COMING IN 
BEAUTIFULLY.
530 DOWN TO 15.
>> 400 FEET AT 9.
>> 50 FEET DOWN IN 4.
DOWN 3.5.
47 FORWARD.
ONE MINUTE.
1.5 DOWN.
70.
6 FEET DOWN AT 2.5.
19 FORWARD.
ALTITUDE VELOCITY 23.
15 FORWARD.
FORWARD.
COMING DOWN NICELY 200 FEET.
4.5 DOWN.
5.5 DOWN.
6.5 DOWN.
5.5 DOWN.
20 FEET.
100 FEET.
3.5 DOWN.
9 FORWARD.
75 FEET.
LOOKING GOOD.
DOWN A HALF.
6 FORWARD.
60 SECONDS.
LIGHTS ON.
DOWN 2.5.
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
40 FEET DOWN.
2.5.
PICKING UP SOME DUST.
2.5 DOWN.
4 FORWARD.
4 FORWARD.
DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE.
DOWN A HALF.
>> 30 SECONDS.
>> OKAY, ENGINE STOPPED.
COMMAND OVERRIDE OFF.
>> WE'RE HOME.
>> 413 IS IN.
>> MAN ON THE MOON!
>> WE COPY YOU DOWN, EAGLE.
>> HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE 
HERE.  THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
>> ROGER, TRANQUILITY.
WE COPY ON THE GROUND.
YOU GOT A BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT TO
TURN BLUE.
WE'RE BREATHING AGAIN.
THANKS A LOT.
[LAUGHTER] 
>> OH, BOY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD HERE.  
>> WE'LL BE BUSY FOR A MINUTE.
>> I'M SPEECHLESS.
>> I'M TRYING TO HOLD ON TO MY 
BREATH.
THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING.
KIND OF NICE TO BE ABOARD ON 
THIS ONE, ISN'T IT 
>> WE'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT 
THIS GUY ARMSTRONG IS GOING TO 
SAY, AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO PUT 
ON THE MOON AND JUST TO HEAR HIM
DO IT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY LEFT TO
DRY MOUTH AND SPEECHLESS.
>> YOU ARE SAFE.
OVER.
EAGLE YOU ARE SAFE FOR T1.
>> ROGER.
>> THAT's A GREAT SIMULATION IF 
YOU CAN SEE IT.
THAT LITTLE FLASHBACK IS 
SUPPOSEDLY A LANDING.
SEE, THEY MUST BE IN A PERFECT 
POSITION UP RIGHT AND THERE ARE 
NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR RIGHT 
NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR 
POSITION.
>> JUST A LITTLE DUST.
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT 
CONCERNING.
>> THERE THEY SIT.
>> JUST EXACTLY THE FLIGHT PLAN 
ALL THE WAY DOWN.
MAN PLANNING THIS THING ON THE 
SURFACE OF THE EARTH, MY GOLLY.
>> WE HAVE IT.
>> HOUSTON, THIS IS COLUMBIA.
>> COLUMBIA, HE HAS LANDED 
TRANQUILITY BASE.
EAGLE IS IN TRANQUILITY.
>> INTERESTING THEY'RE REFERRING
TO IT AS TRANQUILITY BASE.
THAT WITH YOU A CONFIRMATION TO 
COLUMBIA.
PEOPLE SAY THERE IS NOT THAT 
MUCH KNEW COMING GONE THESE 
DAYS.
>> I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF
THOSE KIDS --
>> STAY NO STAY WILL BE FOR THE 
T2 EVENT.
THAT IS AT 21 MINUTES AND 26 
SECONDS AFTER INITIATION OF 
POWER DECENT.
>> RESET TO REACQUIRE.
>> COPY OUT.
>> THIS IS A 9 MINUTE PERIOD 
THAT THEY HAVE IN WHICH THEY 
COULD, UNDER CERTAIN PHASING 
CONDITIONS, TAKE OFF AGAIN AND 
MAKE RERENDEZVOUS WITHIN TWO 
ORBITS OF THE NOMINAL BUT THEY 
HAVE THE STAY FOR THAT PERIOD.
SO THEY'RE APPARENTLY NOT EVEN 
CONSIDERING LEAVING AGAIN AT 
THIS TIME.
>> WE WILL UPDATE THAT.
>> WHICH WILL BE IN THE HISTORY 
BOOKS FOREVER.
>> I WONDER WHAT THE KIDS WHO 
WERE POO POOING THIS THING, I 
WONDER WHAT THEY THOUGHT WHEN 
OUR MOUTHS WERE IN OUR THROATS.
HOW CAN ANYBODY TURN OFF THE 
WORLD LIKE THIS? 
AND QUITE A BIT OF TOLERANCE IN 
THAT LANDING SPEED.
THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN UP TO 
ALMOST 7 MILES AN HOUR, 6.8 
MILES AN HOUR, THEY'RE ABLE 
APOLLO 
.
AND RIGHT HAND WE CAN SEE THE 
WHITE COLORED RAYS STREAMING OFF
IN ONE DIRECTION.
IN THE SEA OF FER AT THE TIME 
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CRATERS 
THAT ARE JUST BARELY 
DISCERNIBLE.
OLD, OLD CRATEERS WHOSE OUTLINES
ARE JUST BARELY TO BE ABLE TO BE
SEEN.
>> ROPBLER, I THINK WE CAN MAKE 
THEM OUT.
THE COLOR REALLY ENHANCES OUR 
ABILITY TO URN IT FEATURES AND 
CRATEERS OVER WHAT WE SEE IN 
REAL TIME ON BLACK AND WHITE 
MONITOR.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S NOW RETURNED TO A VERY GRAY
APPEARANCE.
IT'S COMPLETELY LACKING.
ROGER.
>> YOU'LL SEE IN THE CENTER OF 
THE SCREEN AT THE PRESENT TIME 
WITH CRATERS ON TOP OF THE FAR 
NORTHERN EDGE.
>> I THINK WE'RE GETTING A GOOD 
VIEW.
>> WE'RE GETTING A GOOD VIEW.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL BOOT HILL.
20 SECONDS IN FROM THE DESCENT.
THE SHARP RIMMED CRATER AT THE 
VERY RIGHT EDGE FOR YOUR 
INFORMATION YOUR CURRENT 
ALTITUDE IS 148 NAUTICAL MILES 
ABOVE THE SURFACE.
I'M UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE
I NOTICE THE CREW OF APOLLO 10 
WAS IMPRESSED WHEN THEY CAME 
OVER.
WE CAN OBSERVE IT FROM THIS 
ALTITUDE.
YOU GOT QUITE A SHADOW BEING 
CAST 
>> ST EXPIRE SURFACE IS GETTING 
CONSIDERABLY DARKER THAN SURFACE
WE LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY WHEN SUN
WAS QUITE HIGH.
>> ROGER.
WE SHOW YOU A LITTLE 0 EVER 1 
MINUTE AT THE PRESENT TIME.
HOW's BRIGHTNESS OF THE PICTURE 
YOU'RE RECEIVING.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO OPEN UP THE 
F STOP FOR LATER?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE THAT BRIGHTNESS
IS STILL DOING WELL.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD
 
A PICTURE OF BOOT HILL.
3 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS.
>> ROGER.
WE'RE SEEING BOOT HILL NOW.
>> COMING TO THE BOTTOM.
DIAL IN RIGHT THIS AND YOU DIAL 
IT IN LEFT.
SEE HRARPLGEST OF THE CRATE IR.
THIS WAS A PROFICIENT CHECK.
AND ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND 39 
SECONDS IN OUR DOWN RANGE 
POSITION CHECK AND CROSS RANGE 
POSITION CHECK, PRIOR TO GOING 
OVER FACEOFF TO A CORNER OF 
LANDING RADAR.
AT THIS POINT WE WOULD BE UNABLE
TO SEE THE SURFA SURFA SURFA SUA
