NATS:
NATS: EAGLE LOOKING 4@GREAT, YOU'RE GO"NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE PILOT THERE. HE HAD TO
LAND THIS THING." NAT: LISTEN
BABE 4@EVERYTHING IS GOING JUST
SWIMMINGLY. BEAUTIFUL"T4@HEY
PICKED OUT A SPOT THAT LOOKED
4@PRETTY 4@GOODNAT: THAT'S THE
EARTH 4@RIGHT OUT OUR FRONT
WINDOW"BUT SOON THEY 4@REALIZED
THERE IS STUFF DOWN THERE.
THERE ARE BOULDERS THE SIZE OF
CARS. THERE ARE CRATERS THE
SIZE OF FOOTBALL FIELDS"4@
102:37:35 DUKE: AND, EAGLE,
HOUSTON. WE'VE GOT DATA DROPOUT
"THERE ARE A LOT OF ALARM
BELLS GOING 4@OFF.."102:38:26
ARMSTRONG: 4@PROGRAM ALARM.4@"
LUNAR MODULE ITSELF WAS HAVING
COMPUTER PROBLEMS. NAT: GIVE
US THE READING 4@ON THE 1202 4@
PROGRAM ALARM"THE REASON FOR
THOSE COMPUTER PROBLEMS WAS 4@I
WAS WORKING TO O HARD."4@NAT:
ROGER, WE GOT YOU, WE'RE GO ON
THAT ALARM"THE ASTRONAUTS HAD 4@
HEARD THESE THINGS BEFORE.
THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS
HAPPENING."NAT: 1201 ALARM"AND
FINALLY, IGNORING ALL THE
WARNINGS AND MOVING INTO THE
RIGHT PLACE"4@NAT: GO FOR
LANDING"NEIL IS ABLE TO PUT
THE 4@EAGLE DOWN"NAT: "THE EAGL
HAS LANDED"THE FIRST THING
ASTRONAUTS WOULD NEED WHEN
THEY STEPPED OUT OF THE LUNAR4@
MODULENATS4@ AMBIENT
SOUNDS/PAPER CRINKLING4@NATS
"THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL
BLUEPRINTS"NATS PAPER CRINKLING
NATS "YOU CAN SEE THE
DIFFERENT SECTIONS 4@HERE."CAME
FROM THESE AGING 4@BLUEPRINTS...
JEANNE GADDIS/DAUGHTER 4@OF
GLENN ELLIS :30-:33 I MEAN WE
WERE JUST A NORMAL FAMILY.S
SOLIDIFIED IN THESE AGING
BLUEPRINTS4@NATS CRI4@NKLING
PAPERISCOLORED WITH COFFEE
STAINS MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD.4
MICHAEL ELLIS/SON OF GLENN
ELLIS 6:44 7:07 MY NAME IS
MICHAEL ELLIS. MY DAD WAS
GLENN ELLIS. HE WAS A
DRAFTSMEN AND UNION CARBIDE AT
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
IN THE LATE 60S. HE DESIGNED
AND DREW THE PLANS FOR WHAT I
CALL THE MOON SCOOP.OFFICIALLY
KNOWN AS THE CONTINGENCY SOIL 4@
SAMPLER, THE MOON SCOOP WAS
THE FIRST 4@TOOL ASTRONAUTS NEI
ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN
NEEDED ONCE THEY SAFELY
STEPPED ON THE MOON.NATS
"THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR
MAN..ONE GIANT LEAP FOR
MANKIND."4@ MICHAEL ELLIS/SON
:24 2:09 EVERYTHING THE
ASTRONAUTS HAD WHEN THEY FIRST
EXITED THE MODULE ON THE MOON
HAD TO BE ON THEIR
UNIFORM..SO HE TALKED ABOUT
THE FA4@CT THAT 4@THIS SHOVEL H
TO BE FOLDED UP AND PUT IN A
POCKET.NATS AMBIENT NOISES
FROM THE MOON LANDING KEVIN
GADDIS/GRANDSON/ ENRICHED
ISOTOPE CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN,
ORNL :13 -:354@ THEY STUCK IT
OUT AND GOT SOME SOIL SAMPLES 4@
JUST IN CASE THINGS WENT SOUTH
AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE THE
MOON. THEY 4@COULD AT LEAST GET
SOME SOIL.JEANNE GADDIS/
DAUGHTER 2:43- 2:54 IT'S JUST
NEAT NOW T4@O THINK BACK THAT
DADDY 4@WAS DOING THAT. YOU
KNOW.. YOU DON'T REALIZE UNTIL
YOU'RE GROWN.4@### YEARS AFTER
HIS 4@DEATH , THE ELLIS FAMILY
LOOKS TO HIS BLUEPRINTS FOR A 4@
GLIMPSE OF HIS ROLE IN
HISTORY. PHOTOS OF THE MOON
LANDING HANG IN THE FOYER OF
HIS GRANDSON'S 4@HOUSEA THANK
YOU FROM NASA TO THE LENOIR
CITY DRAFTSMEN. BUT, THEIR
FAVORITE 4@STORY OF THE TOOL
THEIR GRANDFATHER DESIGNED IS
ONE THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.NEARLY TWO YEARS
AFTER 4@ARMSTRONG FIRST STEPPED
FOOT ON THE MOON, ASTRONAUT
ALAN SHEPPARD WAS DOING THE
SAME FOR APOLLO 14, BUT HE HAD
A SURPRISE NO ONE SAW COMING.
SHEPPARD USED THE CONTINGENCY
SAMPLER TO 4@RIG UP THE GALAXY'
LONGEST GOLF SHOT.4@BILLY
GAYLON/GRANDON 2:29 2:57 HE
HAD SOME HELP FROM SOME OTHER
ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS SO
HE WOULDN'T GET DETECTED. WHEN
HE GOT TO THE MOON, HE WAS
ABLE TO ATTACH THE HEAD OF
THAT 4@SIX IRON, DROP TWO GOLF
BALLS ON THE SURFACE AND HIT
BOTH OF THEM WHERE HE FAMOUSLY
SAID, 'MILES AND MILES AND
MILES.'THE CONTINGENCY SAMPLER
WAS USED ON MOST EVERY MISSION
TO 4@THE MOON. LUCKILY, IT NEVE
HAD TO BE THE SOLE SOURCE OF
SAMPLES, WHICH MEANS NASA HAD
ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO ADDRESS.
THEY NEEDED SOMETH4@ING THAT
COULD STORE AND PROTECT
ADDITIONAL 4@MOON ROCKS WHEN
THEY 4@RETURNED TO EARTH. 4@THA
WHERE Y-12 IN OAK RIDGE CAME
INTO PLAY.TRANSITIONAL MUSIC
NATSRAY SMITH/ HISTORIAN 15:03
15:20 THE PEOPLE HERE IN OAK
RIDGE WHO ACTUALLY WORKED ON
THE PROJECT KNEW THE
IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THEY WERE
DOING AND THEY WERE PROUD TO
PART OF THE RACE TO THE MOON.
IT WAS SOMETHING 4@THEY FELT
VERY PATRIOTIC ABOUT AND IT
WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET DONE.
BY THE TIME APOLLO 11
APPROACHED IN THE LATE 60S,
Y-12 ALREADY HAD A GROWING
RELATIONSHIP WITH NASA. PAUL
WASILKO/ DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM
INTEGRATION, CNS Y-12 3:45 -
4:15 DURING THE GEMINI
PROJECT, THERE WAS PROJECT
BIG. THE BLOOD IN GEMINI WHERE
Y12 CAME UP WITH SOME
CONTAINERS TO TAKE BLOOD INTO
SPACE TO FIND OUT IF BEING IN
SPACE ENVIRONMENT WOULD CHANGE @
THE DNA OF OUR BLOOD.IT MADE
SENSE FOR NASA TO APPROACH
Y-12 WHEN LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT COULD
SAFELY STORE LUNAR SAMPLES.
THEY DUBBED IT THE MOON BOX.
PAUL WASILKO /DIRECTOR OF
4@PROGRAM 4@INTEGRATION, CNS Y-
:41- 2:08 THE MOONBOX WAS MADE
OUT OF A SOLID PIECE OF
ALUMINUM. THERE WERE NO SEAMS.
NO WELDS WHICH WOULD MAKE IT 4@
LEAK TIGHT. THERE WERE THREE
MECHANICAL SEALS, IN THE BASE
AND THE LID. THERE WERE FOUR
STRAPS ATTACHED TO THE
CONTAINER TO MAKE SURE IT
DIDN'T OPEN. AND, IT HAD TO BE
DESIGNED SO THAT AN ASTRONAUT 4@
COULD OPEN AND CLOSE IT WITH
GLOV4@ES SO IT HAD 4@TO BE EASY
OPEN AND CLOSE.NATS 4@AT THE
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND
ENERGY, THERE'S ONE ON
DISPLAY, ONLY THIS MOONBOX
NEVER MADE IT TO THE 4@MOON.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE APOLLO
PROGRAM, MORE THAN 16 DID.4@RAY
SMITH/ HISTORIAN 13:42 - 14:124
THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT. THERE
WAS ONE WHO, WHEN HE 4@PASSED
AWAY, HIS ONE REQUEST WAS THAT
THE MOONBOX WAS AT HIS
FUNERAL IT WAS THE THING HE
WAS MOST PROUD OF, HAVING
WORKED ON THE MOONBOX.AS THE
APOLLO PROGRAM 4@CONTINUED PAST
THE FIRST MOON LANDING, 4@
GEOLOGISTS GREW FR4@USTRATED
THAT THE SAMPLES IN THE
MOONBOXES WEREN'T CLEARLY
IDENTIFIED... SO AN ENGINEER
AT Y-12 HAD AN IDEA.RAY SMITH/
HISTORIAN :22 - :45 THEY
NEEDED THE SMALL BAGS TO
ISOLATE THOSE DIFFERENT ROCKS.
THEY NEEDED THEM MADE OUT OF
TEFLON AND NEEDED 4@THEM TO BE
CERTAIN SIZE, AND A CERTAIN
WAY, 4@SO Y12 WENT TO THE
KNITTING NOOK HERE IN OAK
RIDGE AND LORANE SHOOK WAS THE
WOMEN 4@WHO DID THE KNITTING TO
MAKE THE TEFLON BAGS.NATS
THERE'S A SHOPPING MALL 4@WHERE
THE KNITTING NOOK ONCE STOOD,
AND LORENE SHOOK HAS SINCE
PASSED AWAY, BUT HER SEEMINGLY
SMALL CONTRIBUTION MADE IT
EASIER FOR GEOLOGISTS TO STUDY
THE MOON'S SURFACE FOR DECADES
TO 4@COME. HAP MCSWEEN,
PROFESSOR EMERITUS IN
PLANETARY 4@SCIENCE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 8:32
THE APOLLO PROGRAM IS THE GIFT
THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. THESE
842 4@POUNDS ARE STILL BEING
STUDIED BY NEW 4@TECHNOLOGIES,
NEW ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES.
AND WE4@ KEEP LEARNING NEW
THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW
BEFOREHAP MCSWEEN IS A RETIRED
PL4@ANETARY SCIENCE PROFESSOR A
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
HE'S STUDIED ROCKS FROM
SEVERAL OF THE APOLLO M4@ISSION.
4@ HAP MCSWEEN, PROFESSOR
EMERITUS IN PLANETARY SCIENCE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
5:33THE MOON IS GEOLOGICALLY
DEAD, SO IT GIVES US A PICTURE
OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY
SOLAR SYSTEM THAT WE CAN'T GET
BY STUDYING FROM OUR OWN
PLANET.HIS COLLEAGUE, LARRY
TAYLOR, WHO RECENTLY
PASSED
PASSED AWAY, DEDICATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO STUDYING THE MOON, EVEN GOING AS FAR AS
DIRECTING ASTRONAUTS AS THEY
EXPLORED IT. HAP MCSWEEN,
PROFESSOR EMERITUS IN
PLANETARY SCIENCE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF 13:13 IN WHAT
WAS CALLED THE BACK ROOM,
WHICH WAS A ROOM AT THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHICH WAS
FULL OF KNOWLEDGEABLE
SCIENTISTS W4@HO TALKED TO THE
ASTRONAUTS IN REAL TIME AND
ASKED THEM QUESTIONS WHEN THEY
WERE LOOKING AT OUTCROPS OF
ROCKS AND SAID, OH, PLEASE, GO
GET THAT SAMPLE AND SO FORTH.
STAND UPTHE MORE THAN 8-
HUNDRED POUNDS OF LUNAR
SAMPLES WOULD CONTINUE TO
AMAZE SCIENTISTS FOR HALF A
CENTURY. AND, AS NASA HOPES TO
RETURN TO THE MOON AND BEYOND
IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ,
THEY'RE ONCE AGAIN LOOKING TO
EAST TENNESSEANS TO 4@HELP PAVE
THE WAY.4@