MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF
MUSEUM OF FLIGHT. >> Reporter: WE HAVE LIFTOFF OF
THE APOLLO 11 DESTINATION
EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF
FLIGHT.
CHECK
CHECK IT
CHECK IT OUT. THIS IS A ROCKET PICTURES-1
ENGINE THAT HELPED PROPEL THE
APOLLO'S ON THEIR MISSION.
AND THIS HAS 1.5 MILLION
POUNDS OF POWER.
OF POUND HANDLE POWER.
I'M NOT GETTING INTO THE
SCIENCE OF THAT BUT I AM
GETTING INTO THIS.
THE COMPONENT OF AN FINISHES-1
ROCKET ENGINE.
ROCKET ENGINE. HERE TO TELL US HOW THEY GOT
HERE IS TED FROM THE MUSEUM OF
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT. AND HOW DID YOU GET THESE
HERE?
HERE?
HERE? >>
HERE? >> YOU FIGURE THEY STARTED OUT
ON THE GROUND AND THEY BOOSTED
THE SATURN 5 ROCKET TO 40
MILES AND FELL INTO THE OCEAN,
STAYED THERE FOR 40 YEARS
UNTIL BEZOSs EXPEDITION FOUND
THEM AND BROUGHT THEM UP.
RESTORED THEM AND NO YOU
THEY'RE HERE.
THEY'RE HERE. >> UNBELIEVABLE.
>> UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT A GREAT TREAT.
SO INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE
HISTORY ALIVE.
HISTORY ALIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> COME HERE.
SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS ARE
INCREDIBLE AND MIND BLOWING.
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS, YEAH.
THIS, YEAH. THIS IS BUZZ AULDRIN'S ACTUAL
HELMET.
HELMET.
HELMET. I
HELMET. I AM GOING TO GET OUT OF THE
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. THIS, YOU GUYS, THAT IS THIS.
WHEN I SAW THIS, I CRIED.
CHECK OUT THE SECRETS BEHIND
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THAT WAS THE CHEAT SHEET FOR
SEVERAL THINGS.
SEVERAL THINGS. ONE OF THE SEVERAL THINGS WAS
A SECRET NOTE FOR WHAT
EXACTLY?
EXACTLY?
EXACTLY? >> ON THAT CHEAT SHEET THAT
SAID PHOTOGRAPHS BLUEPRINT.
THE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH ON THE
MOON.
MOON.
MOON. SOMEONE IN NASA MARKETING GAVE
BUZZ A REMINDER TO MAKE SURE
TO GRAB THAT PHOTOGRAPH.
>> AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS
PAT.
PAT.
PAT. SHE'S -- YOU HAVE BEEN TOURING
THIS BEAUTIFUL THING.
THIS IS IT, THE KEYSTONE, THE
CATHEDRAL, IF YOU WILL.
FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO HAVE
IT HERE.
IT HERE.
IT HERE. >> TELL US ABOUT IT?
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
MANNED MODULE COLUMBIA, THE
ONLY PORTION OF THE SPACECRAFT
THAT TOOK THE ASTRONAUTS TO
THE MOON TO COME BACK COMPLETE
TO EARTH.
TO EARTH.
TO EARTH. AND SO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A
NATIONAL TREASURE.
NATIONAL TREASURE. AN INCREDIBLE PEACE OF
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >> AND I, LIKENED IT TO SAYING
THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. AND
TIME. AND THERE IS NO BLAST
SEPARATING YOU.
SEPARATING YOU. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE
DETAILS.
DETAILS.
DETAILS. I TO SEEM TO ASK YOU ONE MORE
THING.
THING.
THING. YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON THE
HONEYCOMB PATTERN THERE AND IF
YOU WANT AT SOME POINT, PLEASE
TELL US ABOUT THE
MANUFACTURING OF THIS.
EVERY SINGLE HOLE YOU SEE
THERE WAS FOLLOW WILL FILLED
BY HAND.
BY HAND.
BY HAND. >> THE ENTIRE HEAT SHIELD IS
THE RESIN AND DESIGNED TO KEEP
THE ASTRONAUTS SAFE ON THIS
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. AND, YES, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THE OVER372,000-PLUS CELLS WAS
HAND FILLED WITH SOMETHING
THAT AMOUNTS TO A CAULKING
GUN.
GUN.
GUN. >>
GUN. >> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> AND IT WAS CHECKED TO MAKE
SURE THEY WERE NOT ANY A
BIBLES OR A BRIDGE.
NOTHING TO POSSIBLY CAUSE A
PROBLEM AND SO YOU SEE ON THE
HEAT SHIELD, THERE ARE LITTLE
CIRCULAR MARKS.
CIRCULAR MARKS. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PLACES
WHERE AFTER TESTING, THEY WENT
BACK IN AND DRILLED OUT A
SECTION THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN
ISSUE.
ISSUE.
ISSUE. REFILLED IT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING WAS PERFECTLY READY
TO GO.
TO GO.
TO GO. >>
TO GO. >> WHEN YOU REALIZE, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT EVERYTHING HERE IN
THIS EXHIBIT, YOU REALLY START
TO SEE HOW HARD THEY WORKED.
HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT TECH NOLOGY HAS
GROWN SO MUCH, I MEAN
LITERALLY, THEY WERE USING
SLIDE RULES TO DO
CALCULATIONS IN THE MODULE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
UNBELIEVABLE. I AM TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO
SEE THIS.
SEE THIS.
SEE THIS. IT'S GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND.
DON'T FORGET, CHECK OUT THIS
INCREDIBLE EXHIBIT.
INCREDIBLE EXHIBIT. THE DESTINATION MOON.
APOLLO 11 EXHIBIT