it is an honor to have with us neil's oldest son, rick armstrong. commander neil armstrong's name is synonymous undaunted courage, the american spirit of exploration and the evidence that humanity's potential is limitless. 50 years ago this week, armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins hurd led through the unforgiving blackness of space aiming at the moon, not in a mission of conquest but a mission of peace. their success expanded humanity's understanding of our celestial neighbor and most importantly it taught us something about ourselves, that together we can accomplish any goal and overcome any difficulty. among armstrong's personal effects aboard apollo 11 were pieces of the wright brother's flyer, the wooden and fabric aircraft that succeeded in making humanity's first powered flight some of 66 years earlier in paying homage, armstrong demonstrated a profound truth that we must continue to remember even today. he understood that humanity's meteoric rise from the ground the sky to space and on to the moon was not by chance. it was, in fact, b

but if neil armstrong was not a hero, then there are no heroes. he once described himself in "i words, quote, he said, am and ever will be a white sox, pocket protector, nerdy engineer." and i would also add proudly, he was a graduate of purdue university in the state of indiana. neil armstrong was reserved, as his family and i were just chatting, he was in some respects even shy. that was how it struck me on the few occasions i had the great privilege to speak with him. in fact, i just told rick that my young daughter, charlotte, and i had the privilege of watching one of the last space shuttle launches with neil armstrong. i was struck by his humility and his modesty and how quickly he deferred whatever he had accomplished to the literally hundreds of thousands of men and women and engineers who made it possible for him to be there and to come home safe. but among his colleagues, it's important to remember on this day, when we unveil this historic space suit, that kneel armstrong was called the ice -- that neil armstrong was called the ice comma

it is an honor to have with us neil's oldest son, rick armstrong. commander neil armstrong's name is synonymous with on daunting courage, the american spirit of exploration, and the evidence that humanity's potential is limitless. week,rs ago this armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins hurtled through the blackness of space, aiming at the moon, not an admission of conquest, but a mission of peace. their success expanded humanity's understanding of our celestial neighbor and most importantly, it taught us something about ourselves, that together, we can accomplish any goal and overcome any difficulty. among armstrong's personal 11 wereaboard apollo pieces of the wright brothers flyer, the wooden and fabric aircraft that succeeded in poweredumanity's first flight some 66 years earlier. in paying homage to this other set of pioneers, armstrong demonstrated a profound truth, that we must continue to remember even today, he understood that humanities rise from the ground to the sky, to space and on to the moon was not by chance. choice.n fact by a ch

his name was neil armstrong. shortly after 7 in the morning the 3 astronauts headed for the launch pad. armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. it's now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order. among those doing the launch is former president lyndon johnson. or. the saturn 5 was the 1st u.s. rocket that was designed and built exclusively for space flights even though it was originally proposed as a launch vehicle for military satellites. janet armstrong and her 2 sons watched the liftoff from a friend's yacht it's now 1032 on the morning of july 16th. the crew reached orbit around 12 minutes after launch here they fly over the canary islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired which pushed the apollo

and then neil armstrong emerges. >> i'm going to step off the lm now. >> july 20th, 10:56 p.m., neil armstrong walks on the moon and those famous words. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> he's on the moon! >> it has a stark beauty all its own. it's like much of the high desert of the united states. >> reporter: 19 minutes later, it was buzz aldrin's turn. back home, tears. and a little girl waving her american flag. >> beautiful view! >> reporter: and this image we all now know of buzz aldrin and neil armstrong, the reflection in aldrin's visor. and back at apollo mission control in houston, they knew they had a lot of work still left to do. these are the chairs they sat in? >> yes. >> reporter: and the consoles they sat in? >> yes. >> reporter: here in houston, they show us where they have restored apollo mission control. the consoles, the screens, the apollo program on the monitors. even the cigarettes and coffee mugs are right where they were left. and sandra tetley, who helped lead the project, takes us to the console where flight director gene krant

neil armstrong was reserved. as his family and i were just chatting he was in some respects even try. that was how it struck me on the few occasions i had the privilege to speak with him. i told rick, my young daughter charlotte and i had the privilege of watching the last space shuttle launches with new armstrong. oh struck by his ability and modesty and how quickly he deferred whatever he had accomplished to literally hundreds of thousands of men and women in engineers. who made it possible for him to be there and come home safe. but among his colleagues it's important to remember on this day when we unveil this historic spacesuit that neil armstrong was called ice commander. generations who enjoyed this display i think would do well to remember the strength of character encouraged of this man. just month before apollo 11 the loss control designed to help astronauts train for the moon landing and history records he objected three seconds before it crashed to the ground and exploded in a ball of fire. more remar

his name was neil all didn't armstrong. shortly after 7 in the morning the 3 astronauts headed for the launch pad. armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. it's now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order. among those doing the launch is former president lyndon johnson. already. the saturn 5 was the 1st u.s. rocket that was designed and built exclusively for space flights even though it was originally proposed as a launch vehicle for military satellites. janet armstrong and her 2 sons watched the lift off from a frenzy got it's now 1032 on the morning of july 16th. the crew reached orbit around 12 minutes after launch here they fly over the canary islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired which pushed the apol

his name was neil armstrong. shortly after 7 in the morning the 3 astronauts headed for the launch pad. with. armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. it's now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order. among those doing the launch is former president lyndon johnson. the saturn 5 was the 1st u.s. rocket that was designed and built exclusively for space flights even though it was originally proposed as a launch vehicle for military satellites. janet armstrong and her 2 sons watched the liftoff from a friend's yacht it's now 1032 on the morning of july 16th. the crew reached orbit around 12 minutes after launch here they fly over the canary islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired which pushed the apol

his name was neil alton armstrong. shortly after 7 in the morning the 3 astronauts headed for the launch pad. with. armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. it's now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order. among those doing the launch is former president lyndon johnson. for. all and. 30. the saturn 5 was the 1st u.s. rocket that was designed and built exclusively for space flights even though it was originally proposed as a launch vehicle for military satellites. janet armstrong and her 2 sons watched the liftoff from a friend's yacht it's now 1032 on the morning of july 16th. the crew reached orbit around 12 minutes after launch here they fly over the canary islands on an altitude of 190 kilometers. now the crew had to make a key flight decision once they did there would be no turning back. nearly 3 hours after liftoff the 3rd stage of the saturn 5 rocket was fired whi

neil armstrong: the eagle has landed. mission control: roger, tranquility. it was 50 years ago today six hundred million people watched neil armstrong take that first, small step onto the moon's surface. buzz aldrinjoined him 19 minutes later. it's 3:30 a.m.. our world is on next, about the story of twins joined at the head. safa and marwa are identical twins joined at the head. the family wants doctors to separate them. great ormond street in london of the few hospitals in the world with the expertise to do it. what we need to achieve is effectively an twisting the brains, and that is difficult, a bit too difficult. but it is perilous. there the bbc was given unique access to chart the complex medical and ethical choices made. the moment of truth. everything has just got to be perfect. in the hope of giving the girls safa and marwa are 21 months old, and were born in pakistan. they have come to london's great ormond street hospital with their mother zainab, grandfather and uncle, and are under the care of neurosurgeon owasejeelani. it is clearly very diffic

neil armstrong became the first human to set foot on the surface of the moon. and 19 minutes later, buzz aldrin became the second. more than 600 million people around the world watched armstrong take his first steps on television. the first words they heard on the moon were, houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. followed by the observation, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. as a native houstonian and representative of texas' seventh congressional district, these historic words are seared in my mind. the apollo 11 mission was more than just an amazing technological advancement. it brought americans from all backgrounds and beliefs together toward a common goal and a common purpose. it made people a part of something bigger than themselves, perhaps bigger than they had ever imagined. more than 400,000 americans worked to make the apollo 11 mission a success. many of them based at the johnson space center in houston. from the support crew to the flight directors at mission control to the spacesuit designers, to the human co

in june 1962 neil armstrong applied to become an astronaut. at this point in his life armstrong was trying to cope with a very serious personal tragedy. his 2 year old daughter karen died of a brain tumor in january $962.00. armstrong dealt with his grief by working harder than ever before. on september 17th 1962 armstrong was introduced as one of the 9 new nasa astronauts he was one of 2 civilians in the group the rest were active military pilots these men would take part in the gemini program which would feature a 2 manned spacecraft. to go to that same evening armstrong's parents file and stephen were special guests on a popular t.v. quiz program. the new astronauts began a rigorous training program on board a modified air force jet to try to cope with the effects of weightlessness. the astronauts were pushed to their limits of their endurance because no one knew what dangers they might face in space it was a case of learning by doing. we choose to go to the mystic a to do the other thing not be close. but because they are. to help achieve

commander neil armstrong, 110. command module pilot, mike collins, 99. lunar module buzz aldrin, 88. >> moving across the atlantic towards africa and on the next revolution the spacecraft will be accelerating to the required speed to get it into an orbit that will intercept the moon during the translunar injection maneuver. >> saturn gave us a magnificent ride. >> it looks like you're well on your way now. >> it was neil armstrong praising the launch vehicle. >> the crew at this time press ago head with their transposition and docking maneuver. the spacecraft after having separated from saturn third stage turning around docking with the lunar module extracting the lunar module from the sad turn third stage and pushing ahead en route to the moon. >> roger, apollo 11. good morning. >> they reports they're receiving from tv from the spacecraft. >> about 137 miles out. >> buzz is doing the camera work. >> neil is on his head again. trying to make me nervous. >> copy. we see 651. both solid. we copy at 62. >> that was neil armstrong praising the launch vehicl

neil armstrong, buzz armstrong, michael collins. i think neil armstrong would history should not simply record the first man on the moon, period. >> ok, i'm heading in. >> neil has been on the surface a few minutes longer than two hours. buzz, approximately 20 minutes less than that. >> this is houston. the magazine go off on that sample, over? >> i have half the magazine hooked in the m 13. >> roger. >> he has a record of losing those film and camera magazines in space, don't want to leave any on the moon. leave the cameras but not the pictures. nothing worse than getting home from a holiday to find you didn't get pictures of the kids with uncle ed or superman or whoever. announcer: all weekend, american history tv is looking back 50 years to the apollo 11 moon landing. we continue now with cbs live coverage of the return and recovery of the apollo 11 astronauts on july 24, 1969. the broadcast includes president nixon's interviews with the three astronauts, buzz aldrin, neil armstrong, and michael hornet, aboard the uss the ship th

lift-off on apollo 11. >> neil armstrong reporting. apollo 11. [ applause ] >> one bravo is aboard control mode. altitude is 2 miles. houston, you're good at one minute. >> we're through the reach of the maximum pressure now. 11 houston you're looking good. >> eight miles down range. velocity 4,000 feet per second. >> stand by for mode 1 charley. >> stand by for mode 1 charley. >> mark, mode 1 charley. >> go. go. >> apollo 11 from houston you are go. >> giving the report here from the control center. >> stage two. >> thrust is go all engines. looks good. >> houston, thrust is go all engines. you're looking good. >> roger. we confirm. >> roger. >> neil armstrong confirming both the engine separation and the launch escape tower separation. down range 270 miles, altitude 82 miles. >> stand by. >> okay. >> roger. >> the visual is go today. >> this is houston. roger that. >> altitude is 100 miles, down range 883 miles. outboard engine cut-off. >> and ignition. >> ignition confirmed. >> and we are at the third stage now. velocity 23,128 feet

on the moon was neil armstrong. period. >> okay. i'm heading on in. >> okay. >> neil has been on the surface a few minutes longer than two hours. >> buzz, approximately 20 minutes less than that. >> neil, this is houston. did the magazine go off on that sample return container also? >> i've got half a brand magazine hooked -- >> roger. >> we've got a record of losing those film and camera magazines in space. don't want to leave any on the moon. leave the cameras but not the pictures they took. nothing worse coming home from a vacation and finding that you didn't get pictures of the kids. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] ago on july 20, 1969, astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed the eagle on the moon while michael collins orbited the moon in the command module. onch american history tv c-span3 this weekend for special apollo 11 coverage commemorat

neil armstrong to the left of the screen. got us a good area picked out . >> i think this area is as good as any. >> stay on the high ground. it.atch, they are in >> quite rounded, large boulders. >> -- >> buzz aldrin on the right. >>'s going to be difficult to find a good level. would that be a pretty good place? >> they're going to have to get on the other side of this rock here. left.right around to the >> they will be out of the camera field of view well setting up these experiment. >> can you make out -- probably 2% -- and the thing , i do not before believe i believe that before. creator, it looks like impact craters. >> i don't see either. >> the advisors think that is a solar wind experiment. flatat deployed to a surface. -- flat surface? we're looking at that side on. >> it may very well blow that flag over. write about there. >> fume -- picture missions may have that. -- future missions may have that. they are using the lunar module. as it is, this picture is being transmitted through an antenna. >> this is the seis

and then neil armstrong emerges. >> i'm going to step off the lm now. >> july 20th, 10:56 p.m., neil armstrong walks on the moon and those famous words. >> that's one small step for man -- one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: 19 minutes later, it was buzz aldrin's turn. back home, tears and a little girl waving her american flag. and back at apollo mission control in houston, they knew they had a lot of work still left to do. these are the chairs they sat in? >> yes. >> reporter: and here in houston, they show us where they have restored apollo mission control. the consoles, the screens, the apollo program on the monitors. even the cigarettes and coffee mugs are right where they were left. and sandra tetley takes us to the console where flight director gene krantz sat. >> he requested the go/no go. gave the go to the cap come and they in a room that preserves all of that li listry made. she takes us to the console where the doctors sat. on the screen, a heartbeat. they had neil armstrong's vital signs right in front of them the whole time. >> right. >> reporter: they were monitor

on the moon was neil armstrong. period. >> okay. i'm heading on in. >> okay. >> neil has been on the surface a few minutes longer than two hours. >> buzz, approximately 20 minutes less than that. >> neil, this is houston. did the magazine go off on that sample return container also? >> i've got half a brand magazine hooked -- >> roger. >> we've got a record of losing those film and camera magazines in space. don't want to leave any on the moon. leave the cameras but not the pictures they took. nothing worse coming home from a vacation and finding that you didn't get pictures of the kids. announcer: this week marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, and a new poll shows that nearly three quarters of americans watched footage either live or recorded of the moon landing. ♪ announcer: sunday morning at 10:30 eastern, coverage of the apollo 11 returns to earth, with greetings from president richard nixon. >> i think i'm the luckiest man in the world, and i say this not only because i have the honor to

and i hosted neil armstrong several times. you get to be able to asking questions and those kinds of things. such a great hero for all of us. what he used to say, hey, you are a hero, he would say, i am, and forever will be, white sox, pocket protector, nerdy engineer. i remember sitting at dinner with him and the highest award at purdue is the neil armstrong of work. and we were honoring sully sullenberger with. so, he gets up on stage, and he goes, he looks down at the table and he says sully, we have two awards in common. one is obviously the neil armstrong award. and, he goes, the second is the people who land in strange places. that is just a little bit of him. but i think my greatest point of personal connection and pride is that my oldest son is a rocket scientist. he is a spacecraft design engineer at the jet propulsion laboratory at nasa. he has designed a robot arm for mars 2020. i will never forget going down, the first time i went to go see him, he's so excited. he goes dad, these are the smartest people in the wor

his commander, neil armstrong, we willnish his walk. see on of this historic walk television from a quarter million miles out in space. >> buzz, you are the first man to leave the moon. >> let's just hope that history records that three men made this trip, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins. i think neil armstrong would that.certainly to history should not simply record that the first man on the moon was armstrong.as neil >> ok, i'm heading on in. >> ok. >> neil has been on the surface a few minutes longer than two hours. approximately 20 minutes less than that. >> did the magazine go up on that sample return container als o? >> i've got half a gram magazine locked in now. >> roger that. of record ofa kind losing those film and camera magazines in space. don't want to lose any on the moon. leave the cameras, but not the pictures they took. worse than the disappointment of getting home from holiday and finding you didn't get the pictures of the kids with uncle ed or superman or whatever. >> 50 years ago on july 20, 1969, as

what is the first thing you and neil armstrong will do after landing? mr. aldrin: one of the first things we will be engaged in is making immediate decisions as to how long we will be staying on the surface. there are several favored abort points that we will be checking various systems to get a stay or no stay beyond these points. the first one occurs some four or five minutes after touchdown, the next one about 10 minutes, and the final stay occurs one revolution afterwards. what we will be doing during that first revolution is very intensely preparing the vehicle for a simulated countdown to launch, which we will carry up to the last five or 10 minutes before the ascent. following this, we will go --ough that to the ascent one revolution later, as the command module comes over. following this we will go through a powerdown of the systems in the lunar module, preparing it for an extended stay on the surface. we will have an eating period followed by a four-hour rest period. when we awake hopefully from much-needed sleep after four hours, we will have anot

neil armstrong reporting the roll and pitch programme which puts as the lunar lander descends, neil armstrong notices they are of course. instead of the landing site there are dangerous builders. with fuel running low, commander armstrong takes manual control. armstrong takes manual control. armstrong then descends onto the lunar surface. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 0n on tv all across the world 600 million people were watching. on tv all across the world 600 million people were watchingm on tv all across the world 600 million people were watching. it is very different, but it is very pretty out here. at the time all things seemed possible, yet three yea rs later things seemed possible, yet three years later the apollo programme ended and humans have not been back since. it was america's flag planted, but this moment was an achievement for all humanity. the mesmerising coverage of that landing, brought previously unthinkable images into homes across the world. 22 million people tuned in to watch the bbc‘s first all night broadcast and it was all unplanned. james

neil armstrong was one of my heroes. what my heroes did they did for all mankind. it was a pity that it was not us russians that space travel was developing fast and it was clear that many countries would send astronauts into space. now i am at the end of my career as an astronaut but i have never been to the moon. >> he is saying it was our humanity, a bigger part that we discovered we went to the moon. what about at nasa? what have we discovered? you know the problems with financing g and funding. what can be improved today? >> i was 14 at the time.e. what he says resonates with m me very much. part of the problem, g going bak to the moon has never been rocket science. it is s political. can you maintain a program f for enough yeaears and justify the expense to congress and go through elections and still have the next administration one to supportt something and thehere a lot of risk there that is political. i i guess what w we have also learned n now is w wisest sewero do something now that we did 50 years ago?o? nobody has the answer. ththis is the thirird time

for neil armstrong. michael collins. and buzz aldrin it was the mission of their lives the estimated probability for success was put it only 20 percent by nasa technicians and engineers. the launch was followed by multiple complex maneuvers each of which would have disastrous consequences if anything went wrong to get to the moon pilot mike collins had to ignite an engine to the nearest 2nd and then down the lander ferry and separated from the rocket. surely duke was one of the team members at the control center he kept in touch with the astronauts on their mission. that the ready 1st place was building but we were in a space race with the russians so that motivated ready us to commit to it. there was a tense moment 4 days into the mission when armstrong and aldrin flew towards the moon again and again the radio cut out. then the navigation computer sounded the alarm neil armstrong took control and landed the lunar module gently. on the moon's surface. here. maybe your. way through the eagle is. very excitedly i said wri

commander neil armstrong leads edwin "buzz" aldrin and mike collins into the spacecraft. three, two, one... we have liftoff. neil armstrong reporting the roll and pitch programme which puts apollo 11 on a proper heading. we're going to go for landing. retro. go. vital. go. guidance. go. neil armstrong takes manual control and with fuel running low, brings the spacecraft down. tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. we copy on the ground. he then makes his descent onto the lunar surface... i'm going to step off the lam now. ..and uttered the words that would reverberate through history forevermore. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. it was a time when all things seemed possible, the very stars seemed within our grasp, only for plans for the human exploration of other worlds to fade. but neil armstrong himself said that the dream was still there and it would come back in time. joining me now is ian crawford, professor of planetary science and astrobiology. first off, astrobiology. first off, astrobiology. what does that mean?

neil armstrong in 1969, but it was all over by december 1972. it is a very long time since we have been there. what would be the purpose in going back with mike i think the purpose would be primarily scientific exploration. while we sent humans to the moon to collect sa m ples while we sent humans to the moon to collect samples and perform experiments, in order to really do some proper in—depth science, it is better to have a more permanent payments there. if we are looking at potentially exploring further out into our solar system with human missions to mars etc, then actually because the moon is only three days away and we already know how to get there, it acts as a really good test base for a potential future there, it acts as a really good test base for a potentialfuture human space flight exploration technology. so we want to go back to do more science, but if we are going to send humans to mars then the moon acts as a really good intermediate step for that. what changed down here by our having been up there?|j that. what changed down her

there is a reason neil armstrong as well was called the ice commander. when the original landing area turned out 3 so full of large boulders that landing there would have doomed the mission and the crew, history records that neil armstrong calmly took control of the lunar module, skimmed along the top of the surface of the moon in search for a safe place to touchdown and by the time he found a safe spot known to all of us as tranquility base, armstrong and aldrin had only 17 seconds of fuel remaining. like every one of my generation iran member that day. 600 million people around the world were watching their tvs and listening to their radios, waiting with admiration, anxiety, and wonder. and i was one of them. a little boy sitting in front of our black and white television in the basement of our home in indiana. when those first snowy images of neil armstrong stepping off the bottom rung of the latter beamed to earth at 10:5:06 pm on sunday, july 20, 1969, they made an indelible mark not just on my imagination but on the imagination of my generation and

there is you and neil armstrong? yep. when you and neil armstrong? yep. when you spend 50 years of your life in the public eye, neal backed away. he didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want photos taken, he just wa nted didn't want photos taken, he just wanted to be private person neil armstrong. at this museum in nearby titusville, consoles and various space mission memorabilia are needed by astronauts and space workers are lovingly showcased. this week is very much about honouring the achievements of the past, but at the kennedy space center, eyes are firmly fixed on producing astronauts and technicians for the future with hands—on training experiences for younger visitors. they will be needed. we are in a renaissance now, the nation is building three cups was to return to the moon, two of them are being built here. we're building bigger rockets, state—of—the—art satellite facilities, it's a good time. because the birthplace of american spaceflight is now reinventing itself as

a few minutes ago marked the exact moment neil armstrong set foot on the moon fifty years ago. the occasion was marked by washington's air and space museum. the bbc‘s nada tawfik is at washington's air and space museum. she saw it all happened. remind us what happened. just like 50 years ago the apollo 11 mission united americans. hundreds gathered here to mark that moment when neil armstrong made history, becoming the first man on the moon. they celebrated with a giant astronaut made of balloons that they lowered down from the ceiling and it was just impressive to see how many people had that same wonder and or on their faces, wanting to relive that moment and share it with other americans here, snapping the video on their phone. this has been the culmination of a week of events leading up to this moment where we see reunions from those who fly direct orders and mission control who help along with the two surviving astronauts who spoke about 50 years later how the mission shape the culture in america and shaped their lives. again, just so and shaped their lives. again, just

neil armstrong about to turn blue, we are breathing again. neilarmstrong makes his descent onto the lunar surface. and he uttered the words that would reverberate through history forevermore. that's one small step forevermore. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. along with buzz aldrin, the astronauts planted america's flag. 50 yea rs astronauts planted america's flag. 50 years ago when the space programme was in full swing, the world was divided. there were wars and conflicts all across the globe. but when the astronauts first set foot on the moon it seemed for a moment in time that the whole world came together. there was a sense that all things were possible, that it humanity put aside its differences it could achieve anything. buzz aldrin, the second man to set that on the moon, looks back on his mission with pride but also some anger, because we have not been back for so long. 50 years ago the saturn v took the command module, the learner module, three of us, to the moon. we landed, explored, got back up again, had

one is obviously the neil armstrong award. and, he goes, the second is the people who land in strange places. that is just a little bit of him. but i think my greatest point of personal connection and pride is that my oldest son is a rocket scientist. design spacecraft engineer at the jet propulsion laboratory at nasa. he has designed a robot arm for mars 2020. i will never forget going down, the first time i went to go see him, he's so excited. he goes dad, these are the smartest people in the world. and i said that's awesome. how many levels visit to professional track? if you get a sense i got a little space and the, you guessed -- space envy, you guessed right. i bought a ticket on virgin galactic is i want to go to every space. i don't know if the guys from the state department are going to let them partake in space tourism, but someday, i'm going to do it. i can't wait. spaceso proud to say that is such a great priority for our president and he is reinvigorated with vice president pence, who is chairman of the national s

neil armstrong is not around anymore. michael collins went up twice which is more than can be said for his fellow astronauts but he has his place in the history books. looking at these pictures and picking up what buzz aldrin said in the clip, there is anger, and i remember speaking to him ten years ago and he was angry then and said we must get to mars and look at the next thing and do it because that is what we should be doing. there is clearly frustration there. the motivation for america to go to the moon was to beat the russians and the moment neil armstrong set foot on the moon that was realised. there were more apollo missions planned but the next series was cancelled because it was costly a nd series was cancelled because it was costly and the tv audiences find a bit boring, believe it or not. having achieved goal and demonstrated being the pre—eminent superpower of the world, it stopped and set up the shuttle programme. there was talk which is been realised of building an international space station which seem

that's you and neil armstrong? yep. when you've spent 50 years of your life in the public eye, neil backed away. he didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want photos taken, he just wanted to be private person, neil armstrong. at this museum in nearby titusville, consoles and various space mission memorabilia donated by astronauts and space workers are lovingly showcased. this week is very much about honouring the achievements of the past, but at the kennedy space center, one eye is firmly fixed on producing astronauts and technicians for the future with hands—on training experiences for younger visitors. they'll be needed. we are in a renaissance now. the nation is building three capsules to return to the moon, two of them are being built here. we're building big rockets, state—of—the—art satellite facilities, it's a good time. because the birthplace of american space flight is now reinventing itself as america's spaceport. our long—term vision is to make central florida the gateway to all of the economic ac

it's 50 years today since neil armstrong walked on the moon. england hope to reach their first netball world cup final today. they face new zealand this afternoon. and coming up with knife crime reaching record levels in england and wales, we look at the impact it is having on the streets. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has summoned the most senior diplomat in the uk to the foreign 0ffice diplomat in the uk to the foreign office after the iranians revolutionary guard sees an oil tanker last night. the government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area out of the strait of hormuz foran the area out of the strait of hormuz for an interim period, after a meeting of the emergency committee last night. state media in tehran says that tanker had violated international maritime rules but their sweeps —— the owner, the swedish company, said the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. the foreign secretary says the seizure was unacceptable and pretty‘s response would be considered but robust. paul ad

big event, of course, will come in a few hours to mark the moment when neil armstrong based his left foot on the lunar surface. you can see behind me they have it all set up and people are streaming in. we have a lunar module looksjust like are streaming in. we have a lunar module looks just like the eagle and we have a giant boom above me. i don't know if you can see it, that will be brought down new year's eve style for a ten second countdown to that moment. everyone here is hoping to relive that historicjourney, one that continues to inspire people to do we have spoken to many parents here with their children, children who are going to be experiencing this for the first time. they said they wanted their children to realise that one thing we take for granted now was once unthinkable and to inspire them to dream big. granted now was once unthinkable and to inspire them to dream bigm granted now was once unthinkable and to inspire them to dream big. it was an extraordinary story, the moon landing and it was quite fraught as well. how much did humanity learn from that moment? it reall

neil armstrong became the first human to set foot on the surface of the moon. and 19 minutes later, buzz aldrin became the second. more than 600 million people around the world watched armstrong take his first steps on television. the first words they heard on the moon were, houston, tranquility base here. the eagle has landed. followed by the observation, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. as a native houstonian and representative of texas' seventh congressional district, these historic words are seared in my mind. the apollo 11 mission was more than just an amazing technological advancement. it brought americans from all backgrounds and beliefs together toward a common goal and a common purpose. it made people a part of something bigger than themselves, perhaps bigger than they had ever imagined. more than 400,000 americans worked to make the apollo 11 mission a success. many of them based at the johnson space center in houston. from the support crew to the flight directors at mission control to the spacesuit designers, to the human co

the morning of july 16, 1969, neil armstrong, michael collins, and buzz aldrin lifted ff from nasa's cape kennedy. that day, millions watched in 11 s nasa launched apollo saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. as president kennedy said in his speech at rice university in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. there is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. we choose to take joint leaps. we choose to know the unknown. we choose to lead into the future. on july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. again, hundreds of millions of people across the world watched as history was made. five times more nasa astronauts landed on the moon and returned home safely. president kennedy's promise that our great democracy could achieve these hard things became a reality. as we watch those days in j

that's you and neil armstrong? yep. when you've spent 50 years of your life in the public eye, neil backed away. he didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want photos taken, he just wanted to be private person neil armstrong. at this museum in nearby titusville, consoles and various space mission memorabilia donated by astronauts and space workers are lovingly showcased. this week is very much about honouring the achievements of the past, but at the kennedy space centre, one eye is are firmly fixed on producing astronauts and technicians for the future with hands—on training experiences for younger visitors. they'll be needed. we are in a renaissance now. the nation is building three capsules to return to the moon, two of them are being built here. we're building big rockets, state—of—the—art satellite facilities, it's a good time. because the birthplace of american spaceflight is now reinventing itself as america's spaceport. our long—term vision is to make central florida are the gateway to all of the econo

it's fifty years ago today that neil armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. and what about the race back to space? click gets rare access to the latest nasa technology —that‘s coming up in half an hour here on bbc news. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned tehran of serious consequences after the iranian revolutionary guard seized a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. the government has advised uk ships to "stay out of the area" of the strait of hormuz for an "interim period", after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. state media in tehran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated international maritime rules. but the ship's owner, the swedish company stena bulkt says the tanker was in "full compliance with all navigation and international regulations." the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britain's response would be "considered but robust". our correspondent simonjones reports. seized in a major escalation of tensions, the stena impero, a british flag

as the lunar lander descends, neil armstrong notices that they're off—course. instead of the preplanned smooth landing site, there are dangerous boulders. with fuel running low, commander armstrong takes manual control. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. armstrong then descends onto the lunar surface. it's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind. on tv all across the world, 600 million people were watching. it has a stark beauty all its own. it's like much of the high desert of the united states. it's different, but it's very pretty out here. at the time, all things seemed possible. yet three years later, the apollo programme ended and humans haven't been back since. it was america's flag planted, but this moment was an achievement for all humanity. pallab ghosh, bbc news. our correspondent nada tawfik is at washington's air and space museum, which is hosting a special ‘the eagle has landed' celebration event to mark the occasion. that is right. injust a that is right. in just a few hours here at the national air and space museum this who

as the lunar lander descends, neil armstrong notices that they are off—course. instead of the preplanned smooth landing site, there are dangerous boulders. with fuel running low, commander armstrong takes manual control. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. armstrong then descends onto the lunar surface. it's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind. on tv all across the world, 600 million people were watching. it has a stark beauty all its own. it's like much of the high desert of the united states. it's different, but it's very pretty out here. at the time, all things seemed possible, yet three years later the apollo programme ended and humans haven't been back since. it was america's flag planted, but this moment was an achievement for all humanity. pallab ghosh, bbc news. dr ranah irshad, is a researcher at the science and technology facilities council, who's worked on the nasa mars insight mission, and joins me now from oxford. thank you very much forjoining us, how influential were the moon landings for you? they were incredibly important

as the lunar lander descends, neil armstrong notices that they're off—course. instead of the preplanned smooth landing site, there are dangerous boulders. with fuel running low, commander armstrong takes manual control. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquility. armstrong then descends onto the lunar surface. it's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind. on tv all across the world, 600 million people were watching. it has a stark beauty all its own. it's like much of the high desert of the united states. it's different, but it's very pretty out here. at the time, all things seemed possible. yet three years later, the apollo programme ended and humans haven't been back since. it was america's flag planted, but this moment was an achievement for all humanity. pallab ghosh, bbc news. earlier, i spoke tojonathan mcdowell of the harvard—smithsonian centre for astrophysics about the lasting legacy of that extraordinary moment. scientifically it was a bonanza for understanding the early history of the solar system including the history of our own earth b

neil armstrong takes manual control and with fuel running low, brings the spacecraft down. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. we copy on the ground. you've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. he then makes his descent onto the lunar surface. i'm going to step onto land now. and uttered the words that would reverberate through history forevermore. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. it was a time when all things seemed possible, the very stars seemed within our grasp, only for plans for the human exploration of other worlds to fade. but neil armstrong himself said that the dream was still there and it would come back in time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun. play is under way at the open championship in portrush, but there will be no rory mcilroy on the course today. the local favourite missed the cut by one shot. a fantastic 2nd round of six under and huge support from the crowd wasn't enough to make up for his disastrous first round on thursday. mcilroy —

as the lunar lander descends, neil armstrong notices that they are off—course. instead of the preplanned smooth landing site, there are dangerous boulders. with fuel running low, commander armstrong takes manual control. the eagle has landed. roger, tranquillity. armstrong then descends onto the lunar surface. it's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind. on tv all across the world, 600 million people were watching. it has a stark beauty all its own. it's like much of high desert of the united states. it's different, but it's very pretty out here. at the time, all things seemed possible, yet three years later the apollo programme ended and humans haven't been back since. it was america's flag planted, but this moment was an achievement for all humanity. pallab ghosh, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. built within budget. the department for transport says a review of the costs is continuing. -- 50 —— 50 years

that's you and neil armstrong? yep. when you've spent 50 years of your life in the public eye, neil backed away. he didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want photos taken, he just wanted to be private person neil armstrong. at this museum in nearby titusville, consoles and various space mission memorabilia donated by astronauts and space workers are lovingly showcased. this week is very much about honouring the achievements of the past, but at the kennedy space centre, one eye is are firmly fixed on producing astronauts and technicians for the future with hands—on training experiences for younger visitors. they'll be needed. we are in a renaissance now. the nation is building three capsules to return to the moon, two of them are being built here. we're building big rockets, state—of—the—art satellite facilities, it's a good time. because the birthplace of american spaceflight is now reinventing itself as america's spaceport. 0ur long—term vision is to make central florida are the gateway to all of the econo

right down to those famous words from neil armstrong. it was 50 years ago this morning, 9:32 eastern, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, michael collins taking off at kennedy space center in florida. >> i can see her rising now. >> reporter: 76 hours and 240,000 miles later, they entered into the lunar orbit. it was the next day armstrong opens the hatch five hours ahead of schedule. 10:56 p.m. on july 20, armstrong steps off ladder and steps foot on the moon. but that famous quote, was it really what americans heard? >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: he later said it was difficult to hear what he actually planned to say. that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. buzz aldrin, who jo would join the moon 19 minutes later. they took photographs, ran sign tiffist tests. 1:11 in the morning, july 21st, both astronauts were back inside, hatch closed, and they would sleep on the surface of the moon. few remember armstrong's backpack hit the "engine arming switch," needed to light the engine,