Stand out to you. When a person says, where were you when . An awful lot of great breaks in my life. But the ones related to apollo 11 was the day that i got the assignment to do the landing phase. Cliff charlesworth was the lead flight director. Responsibilities of the lead flight director is to identify which flight director is going to cover which phase of the mission. And im moving in. This was the First Mission where, in apollo, where charlesworth and myself were actually coming back together again. You had probably the three most experienced people at the consul. It was a question of who is going to get to do what . He had been to the moon a couple times. And i had the lunar module experience. You had no particular driver that says this person ought to be doing this phase of the mission. I was division chief at that time. Really on top of this, but nailed down who was going to do what. Think theres any question. Everybody wanted to do something for the first time. The beauty of t
This interview is from nasas oral history program. Apollo 11. You were the Lunar Landing flight director. You were in charge of that. But you also took part in the whole thing, didnt you . Yes. Lets go back over apollo 11. What a thing to go over. That is a big project. There are many things that stand out to you. When a person says, where were you when . I had sure had an awful lot of great breaks in my life. Whether they be in college, whether they be in flying airplanes. But one of the ones i remember that was related to apollo 11 in a very direct fashion was the day that i got the assignment to do the landing phase. Cliff charlesworth was the lead flight director. And one of the responsibilities of the lead flight director is to identify which flight director is going to cover which phase of the mission. And im moving in. This was the First Mission where, in apollo, where charlesworth and myself were actually coming back together again. So, you had probably the three most experienc
It is my honor to introduce our next speaker colonel francis oconnor, m. D. Who is the professor and chair of military a friend medicine, took me around and it is a great place where we have training, medical training for those who be serving and providing service to men and women who serve our country. Trait he created a medical study on trying to understand sickle cell traits. He has been a mentor and a friend to john and me and doctors others. Thank you for coming here today. Thank you. , i amn honor to be here mrs. Shealy listening to your words and your passion. I will not forget. Im going to be moving away from cardiac and talking about exertional illness. I am with the department of defense and all the opinions i. Ave today are those of myself dozen one in minnesota in the midwest heat index 110,s junior vomited three times, complained of dizziness and be grand and be grand breathing heavily. 2006 Football Player collapsed on the field after exerting himself in. Early on he was
50 years later one of the apollo 11 astronauts reflects on the mission and his hopes for the future. From this parade of dolphins no way. To the woman who broke the cancerfree bell. To the new app for your phone thats way ahead of its time. All the trending stories on this wednesday morning. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We begin with that rare rebuke from Congress Officially condemning President Trumps racist attacks on four congresswomen of color. The resolution passed with only four republicans breaking ranks to side with democrats. They called out the president for urging the four congresswomen to go back to where they came from. But the president is insisting hes no racist. Abcs Mona Kosar Abdi begins our live coverage from washington. Mona, good morning. Reporter good morning, janai and good morning, kenneth. Partisan divides were on full display yesterday as members of both parties stuck to their respective corners and overnight the president taking no
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