got it back. and our nbc news exclusive inside nasa s historic apollo mission control as america prepares to return to the moon this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening we are literally reading between the lines. the heavily redacted copy of the fbi s mar-a-lago search affidavit made public today, describing the whats but not the whos surrounding classified materials that were removed from the white house and taken to former president trump s florida estate, along with details of the fbi s month s long efforts to recover them and even references to information provided by a significant number of civilian witnesses. in its warrant application, the government saying it believed there were contraband, proofs of crime or other items illegally possessed at the trump estate after the fbi said after 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives earlier this year, it discovered 184 classified items, including 25 top secret documents peter alexander has m
her way up the nasa ranks. and on launch day, it is ultimately her call to utter those much anticipated words. you have a go to launch artemis 1 reporter: gives me goose bumps. it gives me goose bumps, too. reporter: for the first time, a female voice. we changed a lot in terms of the makeup of our team one woman on the team in 1969. today we ll have 30 women in the room. reporter: she calls it just the start. the next set of boot prints that are left on the moon by our astronauts will belong to a woman and a person of color. there are no boundaries there are no limits. reporter: a woman with a mission to inspire. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, kennedy space center. and that s nightly news. thank you for watching i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night
had. reporter: do you look back we didn t know what we didn t have. my generation looks back at what they accomplished and wonders how they did it. reporter: in 1965, they ran every apollo mission out of here. every moon landing they ran sky lab and shuttle missions, including the loss of challenger today an updated mission control runs the space station, and the upcoming artemis moon mission. we learned from their generation how to plan a mission, a very complex mission, how to go and train it, and that is the big part train it we train it, train it, train it. reporter: a new generation planning to return to the moon and stay with a nod to the apollo team that made it all possible. tom costello, nbc news houston. pretty amazing group there. up next, the secret service s mission to get back billions in stolen covid funds
if you want to kill me, kill me now. we relied on him. he had the biggest heart in the world he did everything we asked of him reporter: frank spent ten months hiding from the taliban, moving his family from house to house every three days, was one of thousands pleading for help. people are telling us, telling me that their children are starving to death, that they re on the run, that their family members have been killed or arrested or tortured one of the mistakes i made was putting my family at risk. so if i knew it, i wouldn t start reporter: you wouldn t have done this again if i anticipated that 12 years ago, i would have never started. reporter: frank and his family finally arrived in the u.s. last month with no job or benefits but asking if they could pose in front of the flag. and then i shout for my kids, guys, we made it. reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news. in 60 seconds, countdown to liftoff as america once again shoots for the moon, we go back to where
in just under 72 hours, a new nasa rocket is expected to be on its way to the moon it s been 50 years since mission control in houston last guided a lunar landing. now nasa vets are watching this mission with nostalgia and excitement here s tom costello. reporter: step inside to one of the most iconic symbols of america s space program. nasa s original mission control restored as a museum, down to the ashtray, rc cola can and slide rule so that day in 1969 we re go for landing. go for landing, over. reporter: when apollo 11 landed on the moon nine months later, the drama of apollo 13 played out here. okay. houston, we have a problem here what is it like it brings back a few memories. reporter: we asked apollo lead flight