As we look at america, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame. We hear sirens in the night. Yow as we look at america, we see cities envelop and smoke in the plane we hear sirens and then i we see american hes dying on distant battlefields abroad we see americans painting each fighting Each Other, killing Each Other at home next ive gone, to stand and snakes like weve got some difficulties but it really doesnt matter with me now because ive been to the mountain where our prospects for peace in vietnam, but No One knows when peace will come Apollo Silva starts the final american push to the moon. Well. Youre on this flight would all finish us chances of reaching the moon by The End of next year for we have ignition on the basis of the spectacular her success of apollo seven. It would be possible now for the next mission Thats Apollo eight 83. Americans in orbit around the moon on christmas i think we have some. Late words just arriving and interrupt to bring this to you this is the
Cape canaveral. First time in almost a decade americans are going to be sending americans into space. This is a big moment for elon musk and his spacex company. In fact will use tesla vehicle to bring the two astronauts out to the ganttry here. This is launchpad 39a. That should ring a pell, where all apollo flights took off, including apollo xi, the one that landed on the moon. You will see see key players there. People on cocoa beach. They say better part of valor keeping your distance. Try telling a people not seen a manned launch from Cape Canaveral in a decade. We we have phil keating at Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral. Phil . Reporter at this moment all systems are go for the historic launch 4 30 p. M. Eastern time, roughly four hours from now. This is the fires time, a private space company, spacex will launch astronauts from their rocket and capsule, ever. This is big deal. Lives are on the line. This is the only second time the space dragon capsule has gone from either
There i got into flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 1958 nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. So i was one of the original 110 people selected to go for interviews. Lets go back to your Naval Academy days, you almost didnt go, is that right . That is right. I had two years at wisconsin. I informs a Naval Aviation program after world war ii. Have been the most important project in this century. I became the first alternate that usually doesnt make it, are and i got orders for the physical to be inducted into the academy if you so desired. And then i said should i go to the academy, they said dont do that, you two years of college, you have Naval Aviation, if you go back you have to start all over again, you might not get back in aviation, but there was an old captain there and he said if you want to make the navy your career, get yourself to the academy, that is what hatppened. I term paper, my first term paper, i wrote on the development o
Now on bbc news, its witness history 7 a look back at one of the highlights of the series. Razia iqbal has five stories from the history of Space Exploration to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in july 1969. Hello, and welcome to a special edition of witness history with me, razia iqbal. To mark the anniversary of the moon landings, i am here at the Science Museum in london to bring you five first person accounts of extraordinary moments in the exploration of space. Coming up, we hearfrom the commander of the mission that took the most famous photograph ever of our planet, we get a moving account of the challenger Space Shuttle disaster, and we find out more about laika, the soviet dog who became the first living creature in space. But we begin injuly 1969, when the world stopped in its tracks to watch the americans put a man on the moon for the first time. A Television Audience in the hundreds of millions held its breath as Neil Armstrong clambered out of apollo 11 and to
A measles i break ravages the tiny site Pacific Islands all summer long. Donald trumps political rivals have laid out what they say is overwhelming evidence the u. S. President s misconduct in office the 300 page impeachment report says trump used his power to seek help from ukraines president s its a benefits his reelection bid heidi jocasta reports from washington d. C. House intelligence chairman adam schiff presentation of his committees report on donald trump offered little more than was already known but its a key moment in what could be the impeachment of a president this is not about ukraine this is about our democracy this is about our National Security this is about where the American People have a right to expect that the president is going to act in their interests with their security in mind and not for some illicit personal or political reasons so americans should care deeply about what the president and states is. Betraying their trust in him betraying that old so that h