9:00
9:00 AND
9:00 AND 10:00. >> I'M HOPING WE CAN FIND OUT
FROM THE JUDGE ABOUT THE
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. >>> ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪
>>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, ALL
ENGINES RUNNING, LEFT OFF, WE
HAVE LIFT OFF.
>>> TODAY MARKS THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE
BIGGEST DAYS IN WORLD HISTORY,
FIVE DECADES AGO, THAT WAS THE
LAUNCH OF THE APOLLO 11 MISSION
FROM THE KENNEDYS A CENTER.
THEY SENT THE FIRST MAN TO THE
MOON.
MOON.
MOON. APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS MICHAEL
COLLINS AND BUZZ ALDRIN
REUNITED AT THE LAUNCHPAD WHERE
THE MISSION STARTED.
>> THE SPACESUITS THAT THEY
WORE WERE UNVEILED AT THE
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND
SPACE MUSEUM TODAY.
THE REFURBISHED SPACESUIT AS
PART OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION THAT WILL BE
FEATURING THEM ALL WEEK.
JEAN KRANTZ WAS A GUY ON THE
GROUND, SERVING AS FLIGHT
DIRECTOR FOR APOLLO 11, AMONG
OTHER NASA LUNAR MISSIONS.
AND
AND
AND >>
AND >> HE
AND >> HE SAID THAT WAS A JOB HE
GOT INTO, THANKS TO AN AD.
>> I AM JEAN KRANTZ, I CONSIDER
MYSELF TO BE THE LUCKIEST GUY
IN THE WORLD.
I DID NOT REALLY GIVE MUCH OF A
THOUGHT ABOUT SPACE.
I WAS WORKING AS AN ON-SITE
TEST ENGINEER.
TEST ENGINEER. I GOT INTO THE SPACE PROGRAM
BECAUSE I READ AN ADVERTISEMENT
IN A MAGAZINE INDICATED THAT
THEY WERE FORMING A SPACE TASK
GROUP LOOKING FOR THE
FEASIBILITY OF PUTTING AN
AMERICAN IN SPACE.
IS TWO WEEKS ON THE JOB WHEN I
WENT DOWN TO THE CAPE TO LOOK
AT THE COMPOUND FOR THE FIRST
LAUNCH.
LAUNCH.
LAUNCH. I
LAUNCH. I DID NOT HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE
ROCKET LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT THIS
IS CRAFT LOOKED LIKE.
THE COUNTDOWN FROM THE FIRST
LAUNCH, I LAUNCHED THE ESCAPE
TOWER.
TOWER.
TOWER. WE
TOWER. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL
OVER THE ROCKET ON THE
LAUNCHPAD.
LAUNCHPAD. THE FIRST MISSION WAS WRITTEN,
THEY SAID IF YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO, DON'T DO ANYTHING.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF LAUNCHES, I
LAUNCHED 4 SATURNS.
I WAS INTIMIDATED BY THE SIZE
OF THAT THING.
ONE DAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GO ON THE LAUNCHPAD.
YOU LOOK BELOW YOU, AND YOU CAN
SEE THIS ENTIRE VEHICLE.
IT SEEMS TO BE LIVING, MOVING,
DRONING, AND CRANKING.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THIS
THING.
THING.
THING. IT
THING. IT IS ALIVE.
I THINK THE ASTRONAUTS
EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING
ALSO.
ALSO.
ALSO. THIS IS A LIVING BEING UNDER
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. IT
THEM. IT IS LIKE SOME OF THE
AIRPLANES THAT I FLEW.
IT WAS THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING
AND FLYING, RIGHT TO THE EDGE.
THAT WAS THE WAY TO LIVE.
YOU LEARN TO LOVE IT.
IF YOU WERE NOT ON THE EDGE,
YOU ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.
WHEN WE FINISHED THE FINAL
MISSION TO THE MOON, I LAUNCHED
APOLLO 17, I LAUNCHED THEM OFF
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
FINALLY, THE FINALE TO THAT
THING CAME TO ME, ONE OF THE
DUTIES OF FLIGHT DIRECTOR HAS
TO DO IS APPROVE A MESSAGE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WILL BE
READ TO THE CREW AFTER THEY GET
SAFELY IN ORBIT OFF THE MOON.
THE MESSAGE STARTED, THIS MAY
BE THE LAST TIME IN THIS CENTURY
, WAS LIKE OH MY GOD, WE HAD
THE HIGH GROUND COMMON AND WE
ARE SURRENDERING IT.
IT WAS FRUSTRATION.
I BELIEVED I WOULD SEE AN
AMERICAN ON THE MOON IN MY
LIFETIME.
LIFETIME.
LIFETIME. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN.
BASICALLY, I HAVE SIX CHILDREN,
AND MORE GRANDCHILDREN.
I PRAY THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME
EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME
THAT I HAD.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT
APOLLO 11 ON THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY, JEAN KRANTZ IS
TALKING ABOUT APOLLO 17.
THAT WAS THE LAST MANNED
MISSION TO THE MOON.
IT WAS HIS LAST MISSION AS
FLIGHT DIRECTOR.
FLIGHT DIRECTOR. HE DID STAY WITH THE SPACE
AGENCY UNTIL HE RETIRED IN
1994.
1994.
1994. >>>
1994. >>> DURING THE APOLLO 13
MISSION, HE BECAME ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PHRASE,