this hearing is call to order. welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9:30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7.5 million pounds of thrust, took off from kennedy space center in florida. roughly 1 million people had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. that included half of the u.s. congress. these 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. the u.s. 1969. the year before i was born. the astronauts were now i m strong, but, and michael collins. and the mission was apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. when with more than one third of the earth s the earth watching, word listening live. they became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. the apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. a little less than 100 hours after that, as the first mission not only to
50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9:30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7.5 million pounds of thrust, took off from kennedy space center in florida. roughly 1 million people had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. that included half of the u.s. congress. these 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. the u.s. 1969. the year before i was born. the astronauts were now i m strong, but, and michael collins. and the mission was apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. when with more than one third of the earth s the earth watching, word listening live. they became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. the apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. a little less than 100 hours after that, as the first mission not only to put men on the moon, but to bring them ho
[gavel pounding] this hearing is call to order. welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9:30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7.5 million pounds of thrust, took off from kennedy space center in florida. roughly 1 million people had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. that included half of the u.s. congress. these 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. the u.s. 1969. the year before i was born. the astronauts were now i m strong, but, and michael collins. and the mission was apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. when with more than one third of the earth s the earth watching, word listening live. they became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. the apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. a little less than 100 hours after that, as the first
seat. boom! click-click. .and he fell shot in the side of the head. any effort to explain what happened in dallas must explain lee harvey oswald. he is not an easy man to explain. did you shoot the president? no, i m just a patsy. narrator: lone gunman or part of a conspiracy? the evidence is often ambiguous. i m a marxist, that is correct. narrator: on the 50th anniversary of president kennedy s assassination, frontline s definitive investigation of the mysterious life and character of lee harvey oswald. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the wyncote foundation
seat. boom! click-click. .and he fell shot in the side of the head. any effort to explain what happened in dallas must explain lee harvey oswald. he is not an easy man to explain. did you shoot the president? no, i m just a patsy. narrator: lone gunman or part of a conspiracy? the evidence is often ambiguous. i m a marxist, that is correct. narrator: on the 50th anniversary of president kennedy s assassination, frontline s definitive investigation of the mysterious life and character of lee harvey oswald. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the wyncote foundation