and coming next week the smithsonian is teaming up with the national park service to observe that date and there's a crtive use of the washington monument involved. the national air and space museum is planning something special to observe the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. >> a life-sized projection of the saturn rocket will appear on the national mall. it will be projd on the east fron of the washington monument. >> the saturn 5 rocket is 363 feet tall and it fits perfectly against the monument's 555 feet. >> screens along the mall will display mission images, including some from the launch and those famous first steps on the lunar surface. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> part of a week-long celebration of this nation's day night event space.o called the eagle has landed a >> late-night celebration f om 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in the museum. >> to simulate mission time. 2:00 a.m. is about the time the astronauts returned to the lunar lander. many of us can remember where we we during the apollo mission days. >> i remember when the re-entry, we were all watchi

and a few blocks away at the smithsonian's air and space museum, a new generation appreciates what the apollo 11 team accomplished so long ago. >> i don't know how they did that. i don't know how they went over there and they were brave enough to do something like that because what if it went wrong? >> reporter: and so many things could have gone wrong but ultimately we celebrate what went so right 50 years ago. back to you guys. >> thank you, doug. and celebrating apollo 50th anniversary celebration. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and then there will be a party for adults 21 and older from 6:00 to 10:00 tomorrow night. >>> and a piece of apollo 11 history is here in the bay area. the uss hornet recovered the apollo 11 crew and command module coming up on the 9:00 we are going to speak with staff at the uss hornet about the events planned for tomorrow and then tomorrow here on mornings on 2 our weekend edition, we will speak with some of the crew members who are on that recovery mission. i can't even imagine how exciting that must have been to have them not just laback home. ever

air and space museum a new generation appreciates what the apollo 11 team accomplished so long ago. >> i don't know how they did that. i don't know how they went over there and they were brave enough to do something like that because what if it went wrong? >> reporter: and so many things could have gone so wrong, but went so right 50 years ago. back to you guys. >> thank you, doug. incredible to see that right behind is here in the base area. the uss hornet recovered the crew command module. coming up at 9:00 we are going to speak with staff at the uss hornet about events tomorrow on mornings on 2 our weekend edition we are going to speak with some of the crew members who were on that recovery mission. >> amazing. >> exciting. >>> 5:40. still ahead the raiders anticipating their big move to las vegas. why the raiders and city of oakland are now going to court. >>> and electric bikes are hitting the streets of san francisco. the plans underway to bring dockless bikes here and in other cities. >>> good morning. we do have traffic that is off to a decent start for a friday. i'm kind of

walked on the moon for the 1st time and as half a century ago a divided nation is searching for unity with digital computers with the state of technology that we have now it's really about thinking about how are we going to put that together and really for what purpose it needs to have a singular purpose that has funding behind it and has a consistent push that allows you to then move in a forward to be able to actually get to that goal at cape canaveral the vice president buzz aldrin and neil armstrong saw him at his side declared a new dawn in human exploration america will lead in space once again. and this nation will once again astonish the world with the heights we reach and the wonders we achieve also on saturday 3 astronauts escape earth's gravity to join the international space station a russian an american and an italian now in the elite club of some 570 humans who have orbited the earth. in the face of this unity the u.s. is declaring it will be every bit as a bishop and dominant in space as 50 years ago the life of the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says now i

him at one of the museums he oversees, air and space. h it wasis first national tve interview siking office, "cd is part of our ongoing arts and culture seriesvas." lonnie bunch has come home. >> ibrought tears to my eyes i'm proud of you, sir. >> thank you. >> this was my first job here at air and space. >> woodruff: bunch calls his asition 40 years ago as an education speciali historian at the smithsoan national air and space museum his "first real job." >> oh, yh. >> good to see you all! >> woodruff: portraits of the smithsian secretaries through the years line the halls of the main administrative building. now, bunch is the first african american to lead this revered institution in its 173-year history-- the world's largest museum, education and research complex. >> man can accomish these kinds of things, and, as long as you're educated, you can do this. this was tied to my parents' commitment to education, and it was kind of "how do these things happen?" and it really created a kind of inquisitive nature of trying to understand life

walked on the moon for the 1st time and as half a century ago a divided nation is searching for unity with digital computers with the state of technology that we have now it's really about thinking about how are we going to put that together in really for what purpose it needs to have a singular purpose that has funding behind it and has a consistent push that allows you to then move enough forward to be able to actually get to that goal at cape canaveral the vice president buzz aldrin and neil armstrong so on at his side declared a new dawn in human exploration america will lead in space once again. and this nation will once again astonish the world with the heights we reach and the wonders we achieve also on saturday 3 astronauts escape earth's gravity to join the international space station a russian an american and an italian now in the elite club of some 570 humans who have orbited the earth. in the face of this unity the u.s. is declaring it will be every bit as ambitious and dominant in space as 50 years ago discover like the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says and

walked on the moon for the 1st time and as half a century ago a divided nation is searching for unity with digital computers with the state of technology that we have now it's really about thinking about how are we going to put that together in really for what purpose it needs to have a singular purpose that has funding behind it and has a consistent push that allows you to then move enough forward to be able to actually get to that goal at cape canaveral the vice president buzz aldrin and neil armstrong sound at his side declared a new dawn in human exploration america will lead in space once again. and this nation will once again astonish the world with the heights we reach. and the wonders we achieve also on saturday 3 astronauts escape earth's gravity to join the international space station a russian and american and an italian now in the elite club of some 570 humans who have orbited the earth. in the face of this unity the u.s. is declaring it will be every bit as the bishes and dominant in space as 50 years ago the life of the legendary apollo flight director gene kranz says no

later, conservation efforts at the smithsonian air and space museum are saving that suit for posterity. today it returns to display on the national mall in washington after a conservation effort lasting more than a decade. that's the unveiling that you just saw. , that theresident administrator of nasa on the right for the unveiling of that suit. back on public display. it's the first time in 13 years but it's been on public display. that ceremony happening just a bit ago. robert is next out of california. good morning. caller: one of the most ironic political promises in history. it was the most ironic. .hat was kennedy's promise nixon kept that promise. in the meantime we had a country going to -- a split in half. we had the vietnam war. i went and got injured. anyway nasa kind of lost focus on certain things. and their problem was i think 13 people were killed in space and all that and they wanted a bigger budget. , i'm a non-voter at all of these people hating on trump, trump has nothing to do with that. were to at least show the kind of consistency, russians beat us to the space s