armstrong almost died was when he was working for nasa when it was still called the nasa. and he was still out in the antelope valley valley in california and you heard all about this. this is where chuck jager broke the sound barrier and neil was flying an arm and he was working with a lot of other people. in this moment he is copiloting that b29 up there and they are faring another pilot in that skyrocket down below. in this picture the skyrocket has already been released. at the time i'm talking the skyrocket is still attached to that b29. and armstrong and his copilot noticed that one of the propellers is going wonky. now, for those of you who don't fly, it's very upsetting to a plight when a propeller starts going wonky because if the propeller comes loose it becomes a flying chainsaw and the pilots told this guy that he had to be jettison and the guy said you can't jettison me i'm having valve problems and they said we're really sorry you're going down and they jettisoned him and right after they did that propeller came loose and came into this flying chainsaw and fi

nasa is still facing a gap in accessing faith. there was never a chance to serve as the space station until now. >> they wanted to see if they could provide funding to an organization and see if they could develop a product. >> $1.6 billion agreement was awarded to develop the next launch vehicle to bring flight back and forth to the space -- space station. >> under the agreement, we have prearranged what our milestones are. if we do not complete that milestone, we do not pay. it is an -- it is an extraordinary benefit to the taxpayer. greta: nasa decided to give private industry some of the stimulus money. it might show a new era of commercial space flight. the attitude that nasa began to change after the spaceship roman one got the $10 million prize. -- spaceship i got the $10 million prize. they built a commercial version of spaceship i. virgin galactic spaceship ii could be revolutionary. >> we based upon the white knight ii. it will carry people up there. they will have their vision of the world. >> the idea is what we will l

we love our na oupartnership with nasa. we share activities together such as satellite telescope, as well as working for new plants. 1969 was an eventful year in art, politics, and culture. probably no event was more important more inspiring, or more transforming them the moon landing. the world change forever that day. all of us form my generation remember where we were when it happened and when we saw it on television. i was a student at the university california working at home on my phd. on that day, we were in binding on the side at a beer garden celebrating the landing. we hoisted one in your honor. tonight, he will hear from those who did it. we are honored they are here. in a speech at rice university at 1962, president kennedy described the russian as, the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man can ever embarked. here in the smithsonian, we are dedicated to telling an ever expanding story of our fascination with flight and space exploration. here we celebrate the incredible accomplishments

. >>> and 40 years later, nasa releases enhanced images of >>> and 40 years later, nasa releases enhanced images of man's first walk on the moon. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning, everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. today we begin with a jolt to jakarta. a pair of bombings at luxury hotels broke a four-year lull in indonesia. nearly simultaneous at a marriott and ritz-carlton hotel left nine people dead, more than 50 hurt. among those killed or wounded, 14 foreigners, an unknown number of americans. there's been no claim of responsibility so far, but there is suspicion on an al qaeda link islamist terrorist network that has been behind attacks in that region. a senior lawmaker in the world's most populous muslim nation that suicide attackers carried out these bombings. >>> in a speech honoring the naacp's 100th convention, president obama invoked his own biography as a calling to the next generation of americans. it reflected on sacrifice. he urged audience to seize control of their own destiny. make no mistake, says the president, the pain of discriminat

and as a result, the president called nasa to -- i'm paraphrasing here, called nasa to his offices and he'd been asking his staffer what might we do in space that would ace the russians? and so the learned fathers of nasa said, well, we can probably fly around the moon in about ten years. the president's response, that's not very exciting. so two weeks later, all the nasa people got their flight rules and whatever they had and said, okay. that's what we are proposing to do if that's what you want us to do. if you're wanting to make that commitment, so are we. now i don't know what you think our response to that was. but frankly, it scared the hell out of me. we didn't know anything about space flight at that point in time. we did not still put mr. glenn into orbit. we didn't know how to do orbit determination with the radar data we had. somebody was asking us to do the orbital mechanics associated with going to the moon. we had to do the surface properties of the moon were unknown and many scientists in this country thought it would sink into 60 to dust. they thought it would catch on

nasa had tens of thousands of tapes. every bit of data from every space mission. and no one was even thinking about the video. >> reporter: nasa suspects the tapes were simply recycled. >> with restoration, we can narrow that considerably. but never, never get to the point we could with the original. >> the good news is, we do have all of the clips that are available. if you want to check them out on wusa9.com. >> it's daunting when you have thousands of tapes staring you at the tape. >> with no idea where they. >> exactly. >> what they did looks really good. >> better. >> not high definition there. >> better is the appropriate term. >>> weather wise i guess better is the term we'll use for tomorrow. we hit 96 today. that's a lot warmer than i thought it was going to get. 96. by far the hottest day of the year so far. by the time we get into the weekend, this pattern of cooling off with just a little brief shot of heat is going to continue. let's start with the three-day trend first as we always do. i think we're going to drop down to a high temperature of 83. and

falling foam, even pieces as small as this, have been a big worry for nasa ever since. astronauts now even carry repair kits in space so they can fix those thermal tiles. nasa managers hope a repair job this time won't be necessary. >> there is nothing that we have seen on the orbiter that causes us any concern. >> reporter: but they are still looking. and astronauts will get a closer view at any damage as the shuttle docks with the international space station tomorrow. ryan owens, abc news, the johnson space center in houston. >>> an eighth person has been arrested in connection with the murders of byrd and melanie billings, the florida couple who adopted a dozen children, many with disabilities. the police are standing by their belief that robbery was the motive, but they tell our jeffrey kofman, there's something else they know about the crime that will surprise everyone. >> reporter: investigators believe this was the getaway vehicle. it was used, they say, to transimportant several guns, including the murder weapon. and under that sheet, the safe stolen from the bi

and what nasa released today is nothing short of stunning. look at the images we got from nasa. that is a picture for wednesday of tranquility base that is the location of where the eagle touched down on the surface of the moon 40 years ago today. that arrow points to the exact location. this is apollo 14. you can see the location of the lander on the right side of the picture there. it is the lunar module but those arrows pointing in opposite directions, that trail, right there, is believed to be actual track left in the moon dust by the apollo 14 astronauts. the exciting thing about this is that this was only a first path that this rover and this exploratory mission took on wednesday. there will be several more paths they expect clearer resolution and new pictures of the sites coming in the next few months. >> nasa's version of google effort. we will be watching. >>> the family of a soldier captured in afghanistan is asking the country to pray for their son's safe return. the taliban posted a video on- line of bowe bergdahl. the family released a statement through police in id

. >> now nasa is releasing new clearer pictures from that mission. still not everyone is convinced it ever happened. here's david wright. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: the images were grainy and ghostly but that didn't matter. this was live tv from the moon, amazing we got to see it at all. the nasa tv engineer at mission control that day was just 28 years old. >> you get one shot at live coverage at what's occurring. you done redo it, you get live. it was live to the world, 600 million people. >> reporter: at least one of those 600 million was dispointed. >> stan, the westingnghouse engineer who designed the lunar camera expected better >> we know what it should look like. this was not what we had seen in simulation. and i didn't know -- i knew that something bad had happened. >> reporter: that's where the conspiracy theorists come in. >> there's only one small catch -- it never happened. it's all a lie. >> reporter: like the post-watergate movie "capricorn i i "alleging a tv broadcast from the mission from

nasa believes the moon is the crucial next step. its mandate: return people there by 2020. this time two rockets would launch to carry heavier loads. one carrying astronauts, the other cargo. in low earth orbit, the capsule carrying the astronauts and the lunar lander would dock. after four days of travel, all four astronauts would land on the moon. for a week they would try to learn whether it's possible to live off the land in space. for instance, the moon's poles may contain ice, a possible source of water, oxygen, and hydrogen. their spacesuits attach to the exterior of the lunar rover. from inside astronauts could step in or step out of their suits. jeff hanley leads nasa's new system of spacecraft called "constellation." >> we're trying to go anywhere. we're trying to stay twice as long with twice as many people. >> reporter: but critics-- including the second man on the moon-- say nasa must go to places people have never gone before. >> it's a little bit different than neil and buzz kicking up dust on the moon. i think we owe them something more than that. >> reporte

shepard: breaking now from nasa. the u.s. space shuttle fleet has just been grounded as an investigation begins. plus, the brutal murder of a wealthy pensacola couple. the mistake and the mysterious part of this story that's yet to unfold. guns, money, and murder. tonight, a huge break in a mysterious case. >> we have located evidence, valuable evidence. shepard: now what investigators have found. and why there are still some serious unanswered questions. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] shap we're getting together a report on the breaking news from nasa. we'll have it in just a moment. first to that valuable evidence. investigators say they have now located a safe that robbers apparently grabbed during the double murder of a wealthy couple outside pensacola, florida. we're told investigators are still processing that safe and we don't know yet what's inside, but the cops may have found some evidence that's even more important. >> we have located several guns in various locations, one of which we believe is the

nasa had tens of thousands of tapes. every bit of data from every space mission and no one was even thinking about the video. nasa suspects the tapes were simply recycled. >> with restoration we can narrow that gap considerably but never, ever get to the point we could with the original. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> nasa has spent about $230,000 on the restoration project. it released just a few clips today and expects to release more when it is finished in september. you can see the clips that we have seen at wusa9.com. >>> and nasa engineers are reviewing photos from last night's launch of space shuttle endeavour. officials say eight or nine pieces of foam insulation came off the external fuel tank during liftoff and the shuttle was hit at least two or three times but mission control says the damage looks less extensive than similar damage on the shuttle flight. endeavour will get another inspection tomorrow on approaching the space station. >>> pretty sad anniversary. ten years ago john f. ke

nasa forced to scrub another launch due to bad weather. when will the space agency get a second shot and how will this latest delay affect endeavor's mission to the international space station could give. >> there is a likelihood of our economy. employing millions of americans. but they are struggling to survive. tonight, word a brand-new rescue plan could be in the works to help prop up our nation's small businesses. the mac plus, looking to move but can't find someone to buy your house? just like the game monopoly, you may want to make a trade. >> first-nighter making history as our country's first african-american president touches down in africa for the last stop on his most recent trip overseas, resident obama making his first visit to the subcontinent has had a stay. while he had words of praise and words of hope for africa, he also delivered some tough love. the commander-in-chief assent, and the continents west coast. the president went before the country's parliament telling lawmakers that are to keep building on the progress they

a nasa veteran criticizes the nasa space program. it's thursday, july 16th. orld news now." >> good morning, i'm john hendren. jeremy is on assignment. >> he certainly is. he's out in detroit covering some news for us. i'm vinita nair. in the battle over health care reform, president obama can claim the first victory. a senate house committee has passed one verse. >> but there are major changes ahead, even from the democrats. viviana hurtado is in washington this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president still doesn't have the health care reform he wants but he's one step closer. president obama and democrats won a key victory when a senate committee passed one version of health care reform legislation. >> i move to report the bill as amended. >> reporter: but republicans united and voted against this bill. >> senator greg. >> no. >> reporter: this debate ifar from over. democrats are still divided on key point, including whether to create a government-run health insurance program and how to fund it. they're also feeling the heat from industry groups

. >>> nasa had to scrub sunday's liftoff of the space shuttle "endeavour" because of weather concerns. they are due to blast off on a 16-day mission to deliver spare parts to the international space station. nasa will try to launch again later tonight. >>> police in washington are looking for a pet store dog napper. surveillance video caught this woman reaching over the counter, picking up a $500 dachshund puppy and strolling out the doorch door. now, this is the store's second canine theft in under two months. they are stirl looking for this latest puppy bandit. >>> in ohio, five people were hurt following a tornado. at least three mobile homes were

when nasa decided to start race racing it decided they would use pigs because pigs have an anatomy the same as human

>> nasa needs to have a transition transitional goal. nasa has become the fgeneral motors of space. it needs an incentive like project apollo. it had the incentive in the 1990s over the 20 years, made tremendous advances in robotic space flight. i'd like to see the same thing happen to a human space flight. i think the mars program would do that. >> going to the moon is one thing, 250,000 miles away. mars is a whole lot further. the trip, itself, would be 2 1/2 years. is it just as expensive to go to mars? >> it is. that's the only reason to go. the only way we'd be able to go is drive the cost of space flight down. we ftried to do that with the space shuttle in 1972. it's a worthy goal. >> people are asked to sacrifice around this country because of the economic times we live if. the government needs to do the same. we can't afford multimillion dollar trips to the moon, to mars or anywhere at this point in time. >> david williams and howard m space. >>> wednesday is going to be a big night at cnn. 8:00 eastern, president obama holds a primetime news conference where his main emphas

the nasa website is called wechoosethemoon.org. it has or kooifl and video and modern twists as well. for example, nasa is sending out messages like they were from mission control. the mission light is charred brown that took quite a beating during the launch. other tweeting is neil standing on his head again trying to make me nervous. >>> nasa is making plans to return people to the moon and go beyond that, to mars. let us know your views on this. david says, it is not just a reasonable idea, it is an important one. >> in 2009, 40 years later, with all the advancement and technology, we can do it again and again and cheaper and cheaper. we should. why let china, india or any other nation get ahead of us in this arena. this is something we are very good at. we are very good at aerospace, we are very good at science. we need to push the boundaries of what's possible. >> here's another i-reporter who says the original moon mission gave us a reason to dream, but a new trip would have more practical purposes. >> should america continue

the developments nasa announced today won't exactly put those theorys to rest. today, nasa confirmed that all 45 of the original tapes of the moon landing were accidentally erased. tapes that they say were better quality because they came from the original feed from the moon, not what was recorded off the air. >> it's sad that -- i mean, the loss of those is a tremendous loss. because the resolution and the quality of that was superb. >> today, nasa also gave a sneak peek at its effort to remaster the best recordings that do exist. this contracted the hollywood company that cleaned up casablanca. >> here's looking at you, kid. >> the company that gave bambi a fresh lease on life. to have a crack at the moon pictures and see what they could do. >> our goal is to provide the best possible quality out of that video source, that can be done without altering the historical context in which it was done. >> the results are impressive. the details a little clearer, the noise greatly reduced. one small improvement for posterity, but still, one giant leap of faith for con

the nasa administrator is also in the room. but, boy, what a gathering 40 years, 40 years ago tomorrow is when neil armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. july 21, 1969. they landed 40 years ago today. martha: three really cool guys. they did an extraordinary thing. neil armstrong you almost never see. he's very -- not reclusive but just very reserved. he doesn't like to make a big deal about him being the first person to step foot on the moon. you wonder what's going through the president's minds, the space program. that's what they're wondering and nasa as well. it will be interesting to see. trace: neil armstrong maintains that he said -- remember, the statement was, "one small step for man, one giant -- well, he says it was one small sell for a man. he said that and they have analyzed it and said a was in there, you just couldn't, because of the audio transmission, couldn't hear it. one small step for a man. martha: meaning for him. one small step off of that staircase. it really does have that desire to get back into sp

the nasa tv engineer that day was just 28 years old. you get one shot at live coverage of what's occurring. you get one shot. you get it live that what's we d. it was live to the world 600 million people. >> at least one of those 600 million was disappointed. the westinghouse engineer who designed the lunar camera expected better. >> we know what it should look like. and this was not what we -- what we had seen in simulation. and i didn't know -- i knew that something bad had happened. >> the men of capry -- >> that's where the conspiracy theorists come in. >> there's only one small catch. it never happened. it's all a live. >> like the post watergate movie, capricorn 1 alleging that a tv broadcast from a mission to mars was just an elaborate hoax. the developments nasa announced today won't exactly put those theorys to rest. today, nasa confirmed that all 45 of the original tapes of the moon landing were accidentally erased. tapes that they say were better quality because they came from the original feed from the moon, not what was rec

for nasa, it was a logical step. it meant to scrap a program that they were going to use and actually go to the moon, and even though they did not have a little landing module, to his circle all the systems that were going to be used later on. it was the first time that anybody at flout on at the big rocks it -- the big saturn 5 rocket. it was 36 stories tall. it weighed 7.5 million pounds. most of it highly volatile fuel. the man flights from the previous flight at a lot of problems. while there were getting ready to go, a hurricane came through and brushed up the side of florida. the rocket itself was hit by lightning, i think. anything else that went wrong? any further tensions that could possibly be built there. the decision was made at the nasa folks that these three guys said, "yes, sir, we are ready. let's go." that was one of the things that impressed me so much from covering nasa, the can-do spirit that i saw from the beginning to the end of that. i think the reason why this room is full tonight is that we l

something nasa always plans for just in case. forcing nasa to push back the launch at least one more day. when "endeavour" does lift off, it will be for a rendezvous at the international space station and history. the seven astronauts adding to the six will make it the biggest group ever assembled in space. >> there'll be a lot of coordination, a lot of activity and a lot of patience. >> reporter: among tasks astronauts will be attaching the final part of the billion dollar japanese laboratory including a front porch for space experiments, a room with a view. the thing astronauts want to see most right now is "endeavour" getting off the ground. so nasa will try again on monday, hoping the weather is better for a launch time scheduled at 6:51 eastern. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, kennedy space center. >>> still ahead, the gender gap in unemployment. surprising findings about who's getting the pink slip. >>> closing time for a popular georgetown haunt after 40 years, patrons and employees reflect on the end of an era. >>> plus, mo

for nasa this is a complex mission to the international space station. the astronauts will replace several vital parts and add even more. the seven astronauts will join the six already there, marking the most people ever in the space station at one time. drew levinson, cbs news, the kennedy space center. >>> today is a historic day in nasa history. it was on july 16th, 1969, that apollo xi, the first manned mission to land on the moon, took off. it blasted off from the same launch pad "endeavour" used yesterday. four days later, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first men to visit the moon as michael collins buzzed overhead. >>> you're watching cbs news. >>> a horrible moment from 25 years ago caught on tape. michael jackson's hair catches fire while he's filming a pepsi commercial. this never before seen footage was posted online. it may have led to his reported dependence on painkillers. >>> on the "cbs money watch," stock markets in asia rallied this morning. and the story of a mind boggling banking mistake. claire leka is here with more from

nasa admitted so three years ago. today on the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11 launch, the nasa engineer who was in charge of televising the mission back in 1969 and who's been exhaustively searching for the nasa recordings for several years now finally broke the news that the recordings, again, we are talking about the original recordings of humans first landing on the moon, were probably erased and taped over some time in the '70s or '80s. today nasa did released new digitally restored tapings. the complete restored moon landing video from secondary sources is scheduled to be available in september. joining us now is james obert, a man who was once contracted by nasa to debunk the moonlanding was staged conspiracy theorists. thanks very much for coming on the show. >> thanks for mentioning that story, rachel. >> i have to ask you about the conspiracy theorists. i am obsessed with them. do they get more ammo from news like this, that the original moon landing tapes were erased? >> no. their ammo works either way. w

director of the nasa tracking station in guam. a crucial antenna, a night before the astronauts for supposed to slash down. it went on the brink. it wasn't working because a bearing failed. greg's dad realized there was no time to dismantle it and try to fix it the right way. he surmised if there was enough grease on it it would work okay. none of the adults could get their arms down there to get the grease. greg comes in. they sent for him. he put grease on the bearing and apollo splashed down safely the next day. at the time greg says he had no idea this was such a big deal. of course, it turns out without that antenna, nasa would not have been able to make its final communications with the astronauts before their splashdown. his role was chronicled in the official nasa transcript of the mission and greg got a thank you note from neil armstrong. he owns a gymnastics school in south carolina and is proud of the small role he says that he played. he did want to be an astronaut. he wanted to be part of the space program. go to cnn.

nasa says lit try again tomorrow night. this is now the fourth time the launch has been scrubbed. >> we've got the vehicle ready. and the weather, unfortunately, did not cooperate with us today. >> it's one of those things where we really have to keep a close eye. >> nasa has until tuesday to launch endeavor or it will have to wait until the end of july. but so far the weather does not appear to be cooperating. about a half dozen people were hurt when a tornado touched dow in ohio. the twister destroyed several homes in pike county. powerful storms ripped trees and brought high water to roads in columbus. crews are now trying to get electricity back on. fortunately, no one was killed in that storm. steve joining us now. we have just had absolutely a picture perfect weekend weather. >> we have been really lucky. yesterday the cold front came in and we thought we were going to have severe thunderstorms. now, today the south of this, this afternoon clouds rolled in. take a look. see the clouds rolled in and then the sunet sus

. >>> a giant leap for mankind, a setback for nasa. the space agency admitted it made an embarrassing mistake when it erased video that captured the first landing on the moon. but hollywood has come to the rescue. the studios digitally cleaned up copies of the grainy footage from four copies nasa gathered from around the world. the first batch of restored footage was released just in time for the 40th anniversary of the april pol low 11 moon landing. this video is better than what tv viewers saw in 1969 because the images are sharper. >> round two of the british open is now under way at turnberry in scotland. kenichi kuboya is at the top of the leaderboardt 6 under par now. fairfax native steve marino is moving up the leaderboard as well, just one shot back at 5 under this morning. but so far, the story of the tournament has certainly been 59-year-old tom watson. here's dan hellie with your sports minute. >> good morning, everyone, your sports minute starts with the nationals. last night takinon the cubs and jim riggleman's national ma

is cost going to be the biggest factor in nasa's future missions? >> cost is always a factor no matter how you look at it. and the reason why is because the only way you can mitigate risk in these very, very high risk situations is to provide the proper backup to try to cut down on the risk. that means it's expensive. but when you really look at the cost of this, david, it's not that much. everybody always talks about how expensive the space program is but you have to realize that nasa's budget overall is 14th or 15th out of the top 20 items in the u.s. budget, so it's not really a lot. it's one penny of every tax dollar spent. that's not a lot for the kind of achievement we get. >> humans haven't been to the moon since 1972 as we saw in tom costello's piece. were these moon missions less about science and exploration and more about beating russia? >> i think at the outset they were about beating russia but as we realized russia was not going to be able to mount much challenge it did turn into science and it was realized that if we are going to do t

for nasa it was a logical step. they were going to use it to test the systems a little bit later on. and it was the first time -- let me be clear here -- that anybody that had flown on the big saturn 5 rocket, for those of you who don't remember, it was 36 stories tall. it weighed 7 1/2 million pounds, most of it highly volatile fuel. there h been no manned flights. previously there were a lot of problems. while they were getting ready to go, a hurricane came through and brushed up the side of florida. the rocket itself was hit by lightning, i think. was there anything else that went wrong? [laughter] any further tensions that could possibly be built there, and the decision was made by the nasa folks and these three guys said, "yes, sir, we're ready, let's go." that was one the things that impressed me so much of covering nasa is the can-do spirit that i saw from the beginning to the end of it. and i think that the reason why that this room is full tonight is because we look back on that period and it's personified

jon: nasa is keeping a close at -- i on endeavor. there is debris coming out of the fuel tank, hitting the shuttle. about a half hour from now, the crew will check out a 100-foot laser-tipped boom to help control see how bad it will be. nasa said it will take days to get a full damage report, but major damage should be apparent tomorrow. they can use a zoom lenses to photograph the entire shuttle as it arrives and prepares to dock at the station. jane: let's check on wall street. investors trying to keep the rally alive. j.p. morgan chase is reporting a huge second quarter profit. goldman sacks posted a $3.7 billion profit. it was not just months ago they needed a bailout dollars from you and i. we have the executive editor of forbes magazine. good to see you. let's talk about how they did this so quickly in layman's terms. >> i wish this was a sign the economy was turning around, but what happened is corporations were desperate and needed to raise it. they did secondary offerings and had to get into the computer consumer revenue to

nasa reports it appears all systems are fine. of course, the shuttle columbia decent greated in mid-air during its flight back in 2003. that killed all seven astronauts on board. and, since then, nasa has introduced extra safety precautions for reentry. endeavor is scheduled to return to earth tomorrow morning around 10:00 eastern time. you can watch it here live on fox news. we will be streaming it live to you at your desktop at work@foxnews.com. well, nasa plans only seven more shuttle flights before that entire fleet is retired. and as for the rest of america's space program, there are now questions about its future. nasa reports it spent four years and more than $3 billion designing the aries rocket that is meant to return astronauts to the moon a white house panel says the plan may need an overhaul. that it's too risky and too expensive. phil keating is on the space coast tonight in cocoa beach. nasa says the redesigns could really put a return to the moon a long way off. >> yeah. the august in commission members saying righ

we now have a wonderful nasa administrative and deputy administrator. we are confident they are going to do everything they can in the decade to come to continue the inspirational mission of nasa. i think it's fair to say that the touchstone for excellence for exploration and discovery is always going to be represented by the men of "apollo 11" and so i'm grateful to them for taking the time to visit with us. the country continues to draw inspiration from what you've done. i should note just personally, i grew up in hawaii, as many of you know, and i still recall sitting on my grandfather's shoulders when those capsules would land in the middle of the pacific and they'd get brought back. we'd go out and pretend like they could see us as we were waving at folks coming home. i remember waving an american flag, my grandfather telling me that the apollo mission was an example of how americans could do anything they put their minds to. i also know that as a consequence of the extraordinary work of nasa generally, that you inspired an entire generation of sci

nasa is celebrating a major milestone. today mark the 40th anniversary of apollo 11 when man landed on the moon. the three astronautss are back together again. they will meet with the president later today. >> last night, they joined a celebration at the air and space museum. >> reporter: from the blastoff to the infamous first words on the surface f the moon. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: the three american astronauts of apollo 11 became heroes. 40 years later and moving a little bit slower, they are still cheered most everywhere they go. sure, it was neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins who took night in 1969 but it was the efforts of hundreds of thousands of nasa employees would got this mission off the ground. all of them honored. >> the path that john f. kennedy inspired us to choose was not easy. in fact, it was very hard. >> reporter: although tonight was a look back, it was also an opportunity to look forward. the apollo 11 astronauts said american leaders need to ta

. >> on the eve of the moon landing, a talk with a nasa controller who gave the green light. >> and remembering walter cronkite, through the words of the colleagues who knew him best. >> walter smiled after the evening news if he did kind of an amusing piece, i mean it just made your day. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> and good evening, the pentagon now confirms a u.s. soldier missing for weeks in afghanistan has been captured by the taliban, the soldier bowe bergdahl is from ketchum, idaho and seen last night in a taliban video posted on-line. tonight, u.s. military is condemning the release of the video as the soldier's family praise for his safe return. >> correspondent man difficult clark has the latest. >> from i'd doe. >> in the video 23-year-old private first class bowe bergdahl appears in good health, questioned in english by his captors he says she being treated like a guest but in the 28 minutes of footage he often looks downcast and says he is afraid. >> scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a priso

talk to the administrator of nasa. (inaudible) >> you are going to be on the deck if you don't get out. >> anyway, aaron, tell us why you have changed your mind and now become a sceptic? >> sure. thanks for having me on geraldo. i really appreciate it. let me first clarify, i was paid by the state of ohio in 1999 to spend a year trying to prove we actually landed on the moon. i was a total believer -- >> you were paid with tax payer money from the state of ohio? >> from the state of ohio. >> go ahead tell us more. >> i took a year and i traveled across the country. folks i have posted on youtube called "did we go"? the challenges, geraldo, every where i went it was amazing blue rocks falling in antarctica, kneel armstrong silenced. i was the first to report you played the clip earlier all of the science data was missing. geraldo, for nasa to come up and say all of the tapes were erased this is incredible. this isn't just one tape. this is rolls of tape labeled apollo 11 moon landing. someone has to physically go and er

buzz aldrin wants to see nasa aimed toward sending a manned mission to mars. neil armstrong one small step marked the first time the moment was brought to the world to see. stacey brought us the story surrounding the mystery of the film that captured that moon walk. it is still a mystery today. here's another look on this 40th anniversary. >> we know it will be a good flight. good luck and god speed. >> g.i.s north of saigon were evacuating villagers. >> registration for the black panther party convention being held at party headquarters. >> nine. >> quakers gathered to continue their silent vigil. a california couple said they plan to marry at the precise moment that armstrong sets foot. >> ignition ♪ [ music ] >> i came to nasa in february of 1968. i had been teaching high school in florida. >> reporter: at 25, richard was one of the youngest men on the floor during apollo 11's mission. hired on for $9,000 a year, nasa gave him his first assignment. >> i handled all the equipment that would process a television down link from the spacecraft. >> reporter: h

for nasa, it's a real test for its life support system. they'll try out the recycler that converts urine to drinking water. out of the missions, this is considered one of the most ambitious. >> i will not argue with you at all. it is an extremely challenging, complex mission. >> reporter: nasa hopes to complete the mission by next year. at the kennedy space center, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> it is set to blast off tonight. if it lifts off, you'll be able to watch it live here on wjz 13. >>> straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. statewide search. the father of a missing girl desperately tries to get her back before he is deployed overseas. >>> 100-acre crime scene. families return for their loved ones remains. >>> we're still riding that streak of nice weather. how long could it last? the updated forecast is ahead. >>> more u.s. troops are killed in afghanistan. insurgents used improvised explosive devices. it is unclear how the fifth soldier died. so far this year, 107 troops have been killed. there were 151 desperate in a

his dad charles was a nasa tracking station director. his dad had greg help make last-minute repairs to a nasa antenna that had problems after apollo landed. greg was the only person with an arm small enough to reach in and make that fix. here's his dad, charles force, along with greg and astronaut neil armstrong. he even got a thank you note for making those repairs. here's a picture of discovery on the launch pad and a picture of greg's dad with the first president george bush. >>> we are asking you to call in with your memories from the moon walk. here's what peggy from iowa had to say. >> caller: we were having a family reunion at the time and everyone was in awe at this great thing that happened. i think it was one of the best things that ever happened to the united states and i would like to see the program continue on. >> very cool. so we are also talking about the moon walk on our blog today. our question is would you travel to the moon today, if you could afford it? here are some of your responses. let's head over to heidi's mac

i was working for nasa on the day that the lunar landing occurred. i am 70 years old now, at the time i was looking at the nasa research center in cambridge, massachusetts, right beside m.i.t. and i was working on laser applications for studying the atmosphere. and we were all gathered in the lunch room at the center watching the lunar landing. i am so disappointed we don't ;like t. and one other thing has to do with my concern about how politics gets into science and kind of has in my destroyed initiatives at the time. but this new center was put there in massachusetts by the hard work of teddy kennedy. he was getting a lot of credit for that, during the nixon era, two nights before that landing was the incident and all subsequent incident that arose after that. we had that center closed after christmas and all the credibility for scientific initiatives that kennedy had been pushing were just blown out the window. what i wanted to say, the big issue for me was that since that time we could do more things, and i wish that politics would stay out of b

we are still waiting word for, the final word to come from nasa. this would be another delay for a mission that's already been pushed back about a month. space shuttle endeavour was to travel to the international space station about 250 miles above our heads and in earth's orbit. earlier today, one astronaut pointed to the sunshine and said, quote, look at that, but the clouds have since moved in. underway, the seven astronauts are suited up and in place inside the shuttle and here are some headlines of this mission, it has been delayed since june 13th. this is the 4th attempt to launch. the mission is expected to last 16 days and will feature five space walks. astronauts will finish building a platform and astronauts can expose their experiments to space an and there are only seven launches remaining, including this one, before the space shuttle mission ends in september of 2010. phil keating with the news live in cape canaveral, florida. what are you hearing, still a no-go? >> they're doing the round robin. there were several goes, there were als