Apollo: Missions to the Moon – Trailer | National Geographic

[music playing]

INTERVIEWER 1: Would you like to live on the moon?

WOMAN: Yes, I would.

INTERVIEWER 1: You would? You'd like to be one of the first people to go?

WOMAN: Yes.

MAN 1: We have one of the most challenging assignments that has ever been given to modern man.

MAN 2: The United States' man in space program is at least eight months behind that of the Soviet Union. Now it is time to take longer strides, time for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement.

MAN 3: It's there. We'd be neglecting our duties as people if we didn't try to investigate it.

ASTRONAUT 1: Oh, god, look at that picture over there. There's the Earth coming up. Wow, that's pretty.

INTERVIEWER 2: You well may be the first man on the moon. How do you personally feel about it?

ASTRONAUT 2: Well, I have the same desires as all the astronauts. We'd all like to make that trip.

COUNTDOWN ANNOUNCER: 4, 3, 2, 1-- [rockets firing] Liftoff. Roger, liftoff.

ANNOUNCER: [inaudible] has cleared the tower, and there she goes, on her way to the moon.

GROUND CONTROLLER: Houston, you are go for landing, over. [inaudible]

NEWS ANNOUNCER: They should be within five miles of their landing point. How's America looking, Bob?

NEWS ANNOUNCER: They're going in.

ASTRONAUT 3: 2,000 feet, picking up some dust. Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

GROUND CONTROLLER: We copy you down, Eagle. [cheering]

[static]

ASTRONAUT 4: Uh, Houston, we've had a problem.

ASTRONAUT 5: We got more than a problem.

GROUND CONTROLLER: OK, stand by, 13. We're looking at it.

ASTRONAUT 5: [inaudible]

MAN 3: It's a stepping stone to deeper space.

NEWS ANNOUNCER: It is no longer a dream, but a reality.

ASTRONAUT 6: Welcome to the moon, Houston.

GENE CERNAN: We leave as we came, with peace and hope for all mankind.