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Not one of my better landings. But like we used to say in the navy, any landing that you can walk away from is a good one. We had a rough start, but we've decided to pick ourselves up, and get back to work.

Neil Armstrong, in season 1, episode 1, "Red Moon"


Neil Armstrong is an astronaut for NASA and was the commander of Apollo 11. He was the second man on the Moon, following Alexei Leonov.[2]

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On March 16, 1966, Neil Armstrong first went to space as part of Gemini 8W, together with David ScottW.[1]

Season 1[]

While landing Eagle, they couldn't find a smooth surface and landed roughly. They lost transmission with Houston for over 4 hours but managed to reconnect and confirm their landing.[2]

Gene Kranz didn't feel confident about Neil turning the LEM to a vertical position as it would cost them a lot of fuel. He told this to Wernher von Braun, but the latter was confident. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were authorized to turn Eagle over, which they did by detaching the top part. They managed to fly again and reach Michael Collins, who was still waiting for them in the Command and Service Module in Moon's orbit.[3]

Later, at a barbecue in Ed Baldwin's house, Ed is called by Neil. Joking, Ed asked if they made him go through customs when he returned from the moon. Ed congratulated him on his landing, and Neil confesses he can not believe he did not abort the landing. Asking why he had gone through with it, Neil talks about the risk taking that is involved in taking calls while flying.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 For All Mankind TV Series - Season 2, Episode 8: "And Here's to You" (48:48)
  2. 2.0 2.1 For All Mankind TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1: "Red Moon"
  3. 3.0 3.1 For All Mankind TV Series - Season 1, Episode 2: "He Built the Saturn V"
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