NOVA — S42E10 — First Man on the Moon

00:00:08 NARRATOR: As Apollo 11 embarked

00:02:53 who thought that Kennedy had lost his sanity.

00:05:22 and actually flying like a bird.

00:07:59 in his Bell X-1 Rocket plane in 1947

00:10:16 SOLACOFF: As long as he could keep a certain speed,

00:12:38 a B-47, a couple of B-29s, all kinds of exotic aircraft.

00:14:59 I pulled over and pulled down, but it wasn't going down

00:17:29 CHAIKIN: When NASA was looking,

00:19:31 The command module remains in orbit

00:21:38 we had air-to-ground communications.

00:23:38 SCOTT: Then we go into a very rapid roll

00:25:46 but he'd saved their lives.

00:28:10 and it placed him in line to command Apollo 11.

00:29:59 a failure of the fuel system meant he lost control.

00:31:50 It shakes in a way that nothing else does.

00:34:13 the team found an answer in 23 seconds.

00:36:34 what Neil would say when he first stepped outside.

00:38:23 I mean, we were watching our sets like this

00:40:59 would be the crew's only respite before madness erupted.

00:43:08 or I want my picture taken with you."

00:45:11 As class was letting out,

00:47:09 and Mom's isolation on the farm

00:49:44 and it would be a lot of fun.

00:52:04 That was him.