From the Earth to the Moon
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:02:03
- Are we beginning now?
- Oh, yeah.

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They started rolling
the minute I sat down.

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We are having an informal chat
with these three men...

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who need no introduction.
:02:22
This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control.
We can now count down for Apollo 11...

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the flight to land
the first men on the moon.

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We're on time
at the present time...

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for our planned liftoff
of 32 minutes past the hour.

:02:34
"T" minus 60 seconds
and counting.

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We've passed "T" minus 60.
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Fifty-five seconds
and counting.

:02:41
Last I reported back
when we received the good wishes.

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"Thank you very much.
We know it will be a good flight."

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Good luck and Godspeed.
:02:51
Forty seconds away
from the Apollo 11 liftoff.

:02:54
All second-stage tanks
now pressurized.

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Thirty-five seconds and counting.
We are still go with Apollo 11.

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Thirty seconds and counting.
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Astronauts report it feels good.
"T" minus 25 seconds.

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Twenty seconds and counting.
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"T" minus 15 seconds.
Guidance is internal.

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Twelve, eleven, ten, nine...
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Ignition sequence starts.
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Six, five, four, three, two, one...
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Liftoff.
We have a liftoff.

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That was four days ago.
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It was witnessed in person
by over a million people in Florida...

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and billions of people on television
around the world.

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It was history.
:03:56
I'm Emmett Seaborn.
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You are watching NTC's
special coverage of Apollo 11...


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