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00:00The moon had been photographed by a variety of spacecraft.

00:23Machines had landed on the moon to observe it.

00:25Now it was time for man to make ready to go there.

00:55I'm Larry Ross, Director of Space Programs at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland,

01:16Ohio.

01:17And I'm your host for the sixth episode of our 13 programs called Journey Through the

01:22Solar System.

01:24Now let's see parts of several NASA films which document both the science and the excitement

01:29of this Apollo Lunar Program.

01:59The moon is a different thing to each one of us.

02:15I know my own impression is that it's a vast, lonely, forbidding-type existence, or

02:25expanded from nothing.

02:27It looks rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone, and it certainly would not appear

02:35to be a very inviting place to live or work.

02:40Scientific sextant observations made on Apollo 8 were a practical, potentially vital gathering

02:46of scientific data.

02:49Taking the longer view of the scientific value of the mission, comment was made by Dr. Leo

02:54Goldberg, astronomer.

02:56I believe the Apollo 8 mission will ultimately prove to be of enormous scientific importance

03:02as a vital step that had to be taken before men actually land on the moon.

03:08Once they do, the exploration of the moon is bound to give us crucial information on

03:13how the moon and other bodies in the solar system were formed.

03:34Apollo 10 had a rugged flight plan.

03:54It combined the features of the nine flights before it and was a full-dress rehearsal for

03:59an infinitely complicated lunar landing to follow.

04:05Astronauts Stafford, Young, and Cernan became the second group of three to see this sight,

04:10and they were the first with the potential to see it from a point 60 miles closer than

04:15it appears in this scene.

04:24It was a prime objective of Apollo 10 to duplicate the Apollo 11 flight plan in every

04:29way.

04:30The timing, spacecraft performance, the performance of men and equipment on Earth.

04:35As they disappeared behind the moon for the 11th time, they were still together.

04:39When they next appeared, they were 50 feet apart, flying formation.

04:45John Young radioed his companions below.

04:48You'll never know how big this thing gets when there ain't nobody in here but one guy.

04:53And they answered, you'll never know how small it looks when you're as far as we are.

05:00Here in the lunar environment, as Apollo 9 had done in Earth's environment, the crew

05:05was able to check out the lunar module's landing radar, navigation, and guidance systems.

05:10They were also proving out the descent rocket, an engine which can be throttled like an ordinary

05:15car.

05:28The reflection in the window comes from the astronaut's sleeves as he took the pictures.

05:35You're waving your way up the freeway.

05:45The waterless sea of tranquility was their target, and the descent orbit swept them in

05:50lower and lower for the first pass over landing site number two.

06:02This is a preview of what the crew of the Apollo 11 will see when they head in for lunar

06:07landing.

06:10Down two and a half.

06:14Forward.

06:15Forward.

06:2040 feet down, two and a half.

06:21Picking up some depth.

06:23More forward.

06:25More forward, drifting to the right a little.

06:33Contact light.

06:34Okay, engine stop.

06:35We copy you down, Eagle.

06:39Tranquility base here.

06:40The Eagle has landed.

06:48Through the window of the Eagle, Armstrong and Aldrin see what no human eyes have ever

06:54seen before.

06:55Their spacecraft casts a long shadow across the undisturbed dust of centuries.

07:04The first footsteps on this strange new world must be taken cautiously.

07:09The moon has only one-sixth the gravity of Earth.

07:12The nature of its surface was still unknown.

07:16I'm going to step off the LM now.

07:22That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

07:30In addition to collecting rock and soil samples, the explorers leave behind a seismometer.

07:43This highly sensitive device would send back valuable information on external meteoroid

07:48impacts, as well as internal lunar movements.

08:18A 100-prism laser reflector would help man to measure the exact distance from Earth to

08:29moon to an accuracy of six inches.

08:32These were the first of many experiments which will be taken to the moon to provide man continuing

08:37and increasing knowledge about the moon and the vastness of space beyond.

08:44Ignition sequence start.

08:46Six, five, four, three, two, one, zero.

08:52All engines running.

08:53Commit liftoff.

08:55Apollo 12 lifted off in the driving rain.

08:59Pete Conrad reports the yaw program is in.

09:06Tower clear.

09:08Conrad climbed out first.

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