Episode 63: From the Earth to the Moon (The Apollo Program, Part VIII)

 

The day had finally arrived - July 16, 1969. Once in space it would take the crew of Apollo 11 three days to enter lunar orbit, but it was time to get this group of "amiable strangers" under way. There was a lot that could go wrong in 72 hours, but if all went according to plan, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would attempt to become the first people to land, and hopefully walk, on the moon. While they were working on that, their colleague Michael Collin would have to come to grips with the fact that he may have to leave them behind, even if the attempt to land didn't kill them.