>> WE'RE A MINUTE AND 45 SECONDS
FROM ENTRY.
BLACKOUT WILL BEGIN 18 S
AFTER ENTRY.
>> NEGATIVE.
225.
HE HAS TO REACH UP WITH HIS
HAND.
>> OKAY.
>> APOLLO 11, HOUSTON.
(STATIC)
>> APOLLO 11, HOUSTON, DUE TO
ARRIVE.
(STATIC)
>> APOLLO 11, APOLLO 11, THIS IS
HORNET, HORNET, OVER.
>> APOLLO 11, LOUD AND CLEAR.
133016915.
>> ELEVEN, HORNET COPY 13301675.
>> 330.
(STATIC)
>> HORNET HAS VOICE CONTACT.
AIRCRAFT REPORTS VISUAL.
WITH PULL CHUTES.
>> 3500 FEET.
>> 11, HORNET, COPY.
11, HORNET, OVER.
>> 133016915.
>> HORNET.
>> COVERING THE SPEAKER
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> SAY AGAIN RECOVERY.
>> HAWAII RESCUE 2.
>> HORNET REPORTS SPACECRAFT
RIGHT ON TARGET POINT.
>> OKAY.
APOLLO 11.
TATIC)
>> WE HAVE A VON THREE
CHUTES.
>> OVER.
>> 1330, OVER.
(STATIC)
>> HORNET, OVER.
>> ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF WHAT
WE THOUGHT.
ONE MILE LONG.
>> 1300 FEET.
>> THAT'S NEIL ARMSTRONG GIVING
THE POSITION REPORTS.
(STATIC)
>> HORNET, ROGER.
>> ROGER, THIS IS APOLLO 11.
(STATIC)
>> UPSIDE DOWN.
THE STATION WILL RIGHT THE
SPACECRAFT.
(STATIC)
>> THE SMALL END DOWN.
>> ROGER.
235132.
>> THAT WAS THE PRELIMINARY
REPORT.
>> IT NORMALLY TAKES EIGHT TO
TEN MINUTES FOR THE FLOTATION
BAGS TO RIGHT THE SPACECRAFT.
SWIM ONE IS GETTING READY TO
OY SWIMMERS.
THE BIG SWIMMERS NOW SPRAYING
THE HATCH AREA AND THE TOP DECK
AND AROUND THE HATCH ON THE
COMMAND MODULE WITH IT WITH
DECONTAMINANT.
>> APOLLO 11, THIS IS HORNET.
WE'RE FOUR MILES OUT MAKING OUR
APPROACH.
(STATIC)
>> HORNET ADVISES THE CREW
THEY'RE FOUR MILES AWAY.
>> THIS IS HORNET ONE.
(STATIC)
>> HE'S CURRENTLY COMPLETED HIS
PROCEDURES AND ON STANDBY ON THE
UPPER DECK.
>> THE AIR WOULD LEAK IN INSTEAD
OF LEAKING OUT.
THE CAPTAIN HAS JUST SENT A
RADIO MESSAGE TO THE ASTRONAUTS
INSIDE THEIR SPACECRAFT SAYING
WE'RE FOUR MILES FROM YOU AND
CLOSING.
THE CAPTAIN IS SOMETHING OF AN
AERONAUTICAL PIONEER HIMSELF.
IN 1952, PRESIDENT TRUMAN GAVE
HIM THE HARMAN AIR TROPHY FOR
HIS WORK DEVELOPING A SONAR
DEVICE, WITH AN AIRCRAFT SERVICE
WITH THE NAVY.
>> NUMBER ONE.
>> FLIGHT RECOVERY.
AFTER WE GET THESE FELLOWS PICK
UP, WE FLY THEM STRAIGHT BACK TO
COURSE AND LAND DOES TAKE THE
HELICOPTER RIGHT DOWN TO THE
HANGAR DECK AND LEAVE IT OVER TO
THE MQF AND MAKE THE TRANSFER.
THE RECOVERY OF THE MAIN MODULE
WON'T COMMENCE UNTIL AFTER THE
PRESIDENT HAS TALKED TO THE
ASTRONAUTS AND HE'LL BE PART OF
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
>> ROGER.
>> RECOVERY ONE GOING IN NOW TO
PICK UP THE FIRST ASTRONAUT.
[ Radio Chatter ]
>> FLIGHT RECOVERY, ROGER, WE'LL
BE TERMINATING THE COMMENTARY.
[ Radio Chatter ]
>> IT'S A LONG WAY UP.
>> FLIGHT CONTROL.
[ Radio Chatter ]
>> THIS IS GEORGE H. AND MY
CREW.
>> THIS IS GEORGE H. HERE.
[ Radio Chatter ]
THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE HERE
TODAY REPRESENT THE CULMINATION
OF THE TREMENDOUS APOLLO EFFORTS
INITIATED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY.
I THINK YOUR PERNAL DEDICATION
AND PROFESSIONALISM DISPLAYED
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HAVE
CONTRIBUTED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY
TO THE P THAT THIS COUNTRY
ENJOYS TODAY IN SPACE
EXPLORATION.
AS A PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF OUR
GRATITUDE FOR YOUR HELP, YOUR
COOPERATION AND TOLERANCE OVER
THE YEARS, GENERAL PHILLIPS AND
CHET LEE AND TOM McMULLIN AND
I AND GENE KRANZ HAVE A SMALL
TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM AND THANKS.
LOTS OF LUCK AND DON'T CHOKE ON
THE BUBBLES.
[ ♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪ ]
[ ♪♪ ]
[ ause ]
>> NEIL, BUZZ, AND MIKE, I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT I BECAME THE
LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, AND I
SAY THIS NOT ONLY BECAUSE I HAD
THE HONOR TO BE PRESIDENT OF
UNITED STATES BUT PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
SPEAKING FOR SO MANY AND
WELCOMING YOU BACK TO EARTH.
I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE
MESSAGES WE RECEIVED IN
WASHINGTON.
OVER 100 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS,
EMPERORS AND PRESIDENTS AND
PRIME MINISTERS AND KINGS HAVE
SENT THE MOST WARM MESSAGES THAT
WE'VE EVER RECEIVED.
THEY REPRESENT OVER 2 BILLION
PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH, ALL OF
THEM WHO HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY THROUGH TELEVISION
TO SEEYOU HAVE DONE.
AND THEN I ALSO BRING YOU
MESSAGES FROM MEMBERS OF THE
CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
AND THE SPACE AGENCY, FROM THE
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE
PEOPLE STOPPED ME A FEW DAYS AGO
AND I ALL LOVE THAT CITY, I KNOW
AS I DO, BUT MOST IMPORTANT, I
HAD A TELEPHONE CALL YESTERDAY.
THE TOLL WASN'T INCIDENTALLY AS
GREAT AS THE ONE I MADE TO YOU
FELLOWS ON THE MOON.
[ Laughter ]
I MADE THAT COLLECT, IN CASE YOU
DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT I CALLED IN MY VIEW, THREE
OF THE GREATEST LADIES AND MOST
COURAGEOUS LADIES IN THE WHOLE
WORLD TODAY, YOUR WIVES.
AND FROM JAN AND JOAN AND PAT, I
BRING THEIR LOVE AND THEIR
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE THINK IT'S JUST WONDERFUL
THAT THEY COULD HAVE
PARTICIPATED AT LEAST IN
TELEVISION THROUGH THIS RETURN.
WE'RE ONLY SORRY THEY COULDN'T
BE HERE.
I'LL LET YOU IN ON A LITTLE
SECRET.
I MADE A DATE WITH THEM.
I INVITED THEM TO DINNER ON THE
13th OF AUGUST, RIGHT AFTER
YOU COME OUT OF QUARANTINE.
IT WILL BE A STATE DINNER, HELD
IN LOS ANGELES, THE GOVERNORS OF
ALL THE 50 STATES WILL BE THERE.
AMBASSADORS, OTHERS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD AND IN AMERICA ANDTE
TOO AND ALL I WANT TO KNOW, WILL
YOU COME?
WE WANT TO HONOR YOU THEN.
[ Laughter ]
>> I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU SAY,
Mr. PRESIDENT.
ANYTHING.
>> ONE QUESTION I THINK THAT ALL
OF US WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
AS WE SAW YOU BOUNCING AROUND IN
THAT BOAT OUT THERE, I WONDER IF
THAT WASN'T THE HARDEST PART OF
THE JOURNEY.
WAS THAT THE ONLY -- DID ANY OF
YOU GET SEASICK?
>> WE DIDN'T AND IT WAS ONE OF
THE HARDER PARTS BUT IT WAS ONE
OF THE MOST PLEASANT, WE CAN
ASSURE YOU.
>> I JUST KNOW THAT YOU CAN
SENSE WHAT WE ALL SENSE WHEN YOU
GET BACK NOW, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE
TO FOLLOW SOME THINGS THAT
HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE GONE.
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ALL-STAR
GAME?
>> YES, SIR, THE CAPSULE
COMMUNICATORS HAVE BEEN GIVING
US REPORTS.
>> AMERICAN LEAGUE OR NATIONAL
LEAGUE?
>> NATIONAL LEAGUE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE'S THE POLITICIAN IN THE
GROUP, RIGHT.
>> WE'RE SORRY YOU MISSED THAT
GAME.
>> WELL, YOU KNEW THAT TOO.
>>>> THE RAIN.AT.
 HAVEN'T LEARNED TO CONTROL
THE WEATHER YET BUT THAT'S
SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
FOR TOMORROW'S JOB.
>> I CAN ONLY SUMMARIZE IT
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU
NOW.
YOU HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
DO YOU FEEL AS GOOD AS YOU LOOK?
>Mr. PRESIDENT.,
>> I UNDERSTAND FRANK FOREMAN
SAYS YOU'RE A LITTLE YOUNGER BY
REASON OF HAVING GOING INTO
SPACE.
>> WE'RE A LOT YOUNGER THAN
FRANK.
>> THERE HE IS OVER THERE!
COME ON OVER, FRANK, SO THEY CAN
SEE YOU.
ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THAT LYING
DOWN?
>> LOOKS LIKE HE HAS AGED.
[ Laughter ]
>> COME ON, FRANK.
>> Mr. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A
POET IN MIKE COLLINS AND HE
REALLY GAVE ME A HARD TIME
DESCRIBING THE WORDS FANTASTIC
AND BEAUTIFUL AND I COUNTED
THEM, AND THREE MINUTES UP THERE
YOU USED FOUR FANTASTICS AND TWO
BEAUTIFULS.
[ Laughter ]
>> WELL, JUST LET ME CLOSE OFF
WITH THIS ONE THING.
I WAS THINKING AS YOU KNOW, AS
YOU CAME DOWN, AND WE KNEW IT
WAS A SUCCESS, AND IT HAD ONLY
BEEN EIGHT DAYS JUST A WEEK, A
LONG WEEK.
BUT THIS IS THE GREATEST WEEK IN
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD SINCE
THE CREATION, BECAUSE AS A
RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS
WEEK, THE WORLD IS BIGGER
NITELY AND ALSO AS I'M GOING
TO FIND ON THIS TRIP AROUND THE
WORLD AND AS SECRETARY ROGERS
WILL FIND AS HE COVERS THE OTHER
COUNTRIES AND ASIA, AS A RESULT
OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, THE WORLD
HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER TOGETHER
BEFORE, AND WE JUST THANK YOU
FOR AND I ONLY HOPE THAT
ALL OF US IN GOVERNMENT, ALL OF
US IN AMERICA, THAT AS A RESULT
OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, WE CAN DO
OUR JOB A LITTLE BETTER, WE CAN
REACH FOR THE STARS JUST AS YOU
HAVE REACHED SO FAR FROM THE
STARS.
WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU ANY
LONGER.
ANYBODY HAVE A LAST WORD?
HOW ABOUT PROMOTIONS?
HOW THINK WE COULD ARRANGE
SOMETHING?
>> JUST PLEASED TO BE BACK AND
VERY HONORED YOU WERE SO KIND TO
COME OUT HERE AND WELCOME US
BACK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING OUT OF THIS QUARANTINE.
AND TALKING WITHOUT  GLASS
BETWEEN US.
>> GREAT.
INCIDENTALLY, THE SPEECHES YOU
HAVE TO MAKE AT THIS DINNER CAN
BE VERY SHORT AND IF YOU WANT TO
SAY FANTASTIC OR BEAUTIFUL,
THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH US.
[ Laughter ]
DON'T TRY TO THINK OF NEW
ADJECTIVES.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN SAID.
NOW I THINK INCIDENTALLY, AL
US, THE MILLIONS SEEING US THIS
ON TELEVISION NOW, SEEING YOU
WOULD FEEL AS I DO THAT IN A
SENSE OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
VERY APPROPRIATE IF THE CHAPLAIN
OF THIS SHIP WERE TO OFFER A
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND IF HE
WOULD STEP UP NOW.
CHAPLAIN, THANK YOU.
>> LET US PRAY.
LORD GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
OUR MINDS ARE STAGGERED AND OUR
SPIRITS EXULTANT WITH THE
MAGNITUDE AND PRECISION OF THIS
ENTIRE APOLLO 11 MISSION.
WE HAVE SPENT THE PAST WEEK IN
COMMUNAL ANXIETY AND HOPE AS OUR
ASTRONAUTS SPED THROUGH THE
GLORIES AND DANGERS OF THE
HEAVENS.
AS WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND
ANALYZSCOPE OF THIS
ACHIEVEMENT FOR HUMAN LIFE, OUR
REASON IS OVERWHELMED WITH
ABOUNDING GRATITUDE AND JOY,
EVEN AS WE REALIZE THE
INCREASING CHALLENGES OF THE
FUTURE.
THIS MAGNIFICENT EVENT
ILLUSTRATES A NEW WHAT MAN C
ACCOMPLISH WHEN PURPOSE IS FIRM
AND INTENSE CORPORATE, A MAN ON
THE MOON WAS PROMISED IN THIS
DECADE AND THOUGH SOME WERE
UNCONVINCED, THE REALITY IS WITH
US THIS MORNING AND THE PERSONS
OF ASTRONAUTS ARMSTRONG, ALDRIN
AND S, WE APPLAUD THEIR
SPLENDID EXPLOITS AND WE POUR
OUT OUR THANKSGIVING FOR THEIR
SAFE RETURN TO US, TO THEIR
FAMILIES, TO ALL MANKIND.
GRANT US PEACE, BEGINNING IN OUR
OWN HEARTS, AND A MIND ATTUNED
WITH GOODWILL TOWARDS OUR
NEIGHBOR.
ALL THIS WE PRAY AS OUR
THANKSGIVING RINGS OUT TO THEE
IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD, AMEN.
