1 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:19,728 NARRATOR: Previously on The Right Stuff... 2 00:00:19,811 --> 00:00:22,481 GLYNN: Just got a stack of requests for press credentials, 300 of 'em. 3 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,608 Kennedy is putting the launch on national TV live. 4 00:00:26,276 --> 00:00:29,071 BOB: And John, it's been decided that you're the backup for this mission. 5 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:30,739 -When do I go up? -Two weeks. 6 00:00:31,156 --> 00:00:32,241 (ALL LAUGH) 7 00:00:32,574 --> 00:00:34,826 -You're gonna be an astronaut? -I hope so. 8 00:00:34,910 --> 00:00:37,412 REPORTER 1: What do you men think about the idea of female astronauts? 9 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:39,122 -We sent up a chimp, didn't we? -(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 10 00:00:39,248 --> 00:00:40,958 GORDON: May as well send up a lady someday. 11 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:42,084 (REPORTERS LAUGHING) 12 00:00:42,501 --> 00:00:46,505 But my husband, he wasn't the one that got caught with some tart in Tijuana. 13 00:00:47,464 --> 00:00:49,758 There were photos, Alan. 14 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:51,885 I'm going back home. 15 00:00:52,302 --> 00:00:54,555 You think it was God's plan for you to send those letters? 16 00:00:54,638 --> 00:00:56,473 I didn't write a thing in those letters that isn't true. 17 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:59,434 You want something bad to happen to me, because then you'd be first. 18 00:00:59,601 --> 00:01:02,187 I can find love for you in my heart, Al. 19 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:03,939 I want you to know that. 20 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:06,191 ROY: Got storms up and down the coast. 21 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:09,945 If we get this wrong, the program is finished for good. 22 00:01:10,112 --> 00:01:12,531 You know the problem with playing it safe, Bob? 23 00:01:12,823 --> 00:01:14,491 BOB: You never know if you got it right. 24 00:01:15,659 --> 00:01:16,702 Bad news, Al. 25 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:25,711 (INTENSE MUSIC BUILDUP) 26 00:01:26,545 --> 00:01:28,505 (CLINKING) 27 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:49,776 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 28 00:01:52,404 --> 00:01:54,448 MALE VOICE: We have to do that final test on the suit. 29 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:59,494 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 30 00:02:11,214 --> 00:02:13,383 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 31 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:24,227 (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 32 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:38,075 He's ready. 33 00:02:39,034 --> 00:02:40,369 -He'll be okay. -(DEE SIGHS) 34 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:42,704 -He's a jerk sometimes. -(LAUGHS) 35 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:44,331 Yeah, I know. 36 00:02:45,624 --> 00:02:47,167 But I hope he doesn't blow up. 37 00:02:48,210 --> 00:02:50,337 Yeah. Me, too. 38 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:54,007 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 39 00:02:54,925 --> 00:02:57,135 MALE VOICE: (THROUGH RADIO) And we are, uh, docked, FIDO. 40 00:02:57,969 --> 00:02:59,262 He's in the van. 41 00:02:59,471 --> 00:03:00,681 CHRIS: Flight copies. 42 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:06,269 Relay to Grand Bahama. Shepard has arrived at transport. 43 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:07,938 Weather, proceed with briefing. 44 00:03:08,105 --> 00:03:11,400 Balloon data's showing moderate wind speed, upper and lower levels. 45 00:03:12,484 --> 00:03:13,985 We are green for LOX loading. 46 00:03:15,487 --> 00:03:16,822 It's a good day for a launch. 47 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:18,949 Yes, it is. 48 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,034 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO CONTINUES) 49 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,370 (STEAM HISSING) 50 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:27,124 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 51 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:32,671 (HISSING CONTINUES) 52 00:04:01,116 --> 00:04:02,993 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 53 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:05,412 (DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES) 54 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:10,584 (CLANGING) 55 00:04:21,386 --> 00:04:22,637 (THUDS) 56 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:32,814 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 57 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:45,744 JOHN: Al... 58 00:04:47,037 --> 00:04:48,163 she's all yours. 59 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,266 Put it the same way. 60 00:05:11,394 --> 00:05:12,729 (CLANKING) 61 00:05:15,857 --> 00:05:17,025 (JOHN CLEARS THROAT) 62 00:05:21,071 --> 00:05:22,155 -You? -(CHUCKLES) 63 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,366 Well, I could get you the whole magazine 64 00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:26,993 if you're gonna want some reading material while you're up there. 65 00:05:29,955 --> 00:05:31,665 Comin' in. (GRUNTS) 66 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:33,917 (CLANKING) 67 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:37,462 (JOHN GRUNTS) 68 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:39,339 -John? -Yeah? 69 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:48,932 See you soon. 70 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,393 Happy landings, Commander. 71 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:00,527 -All right. Let's close her up. -(THUMPING) 72 00:06:06,157 --> 00:06:08,994 -(SHUTTLE CLANKING, SHUTS) -(HISSING) 73 00:06:20,422 --> 00:06:22,132 (ALARM BLARING) 74 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,353 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 75 00:07:01,212 --> 00:07:04,132 SHORTY: We're about to push into the second hour of delay. 76 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:06,718 The latest hold stems from a small technical problem, 77 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:09,471 and I'm being told there is nothing to be concerned about. 78 00:07:09,638 --> 00:07:11,765 -(EXHALES) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 79 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:19,230 CHRIS: How long? 80 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:22,567 How long does it take to get a damn inverter swapped out? 81 00:07:22,651 --> 00:07:24,402 HOST: (OVER TV) Mr. Powers, Americans have seen 82 00:07:24,486 --> 00:07:27,280 a number of NASA's test rockets fail catastrophically. 83 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:30,200 Should we be concerned for Astronaut Shepard? 84 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:32,577 SHORTY: Well, most of the spectacular malfunctions 85 00:07:32,661 --> 00:07:34,371 -have concerned the Atlas rocket. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 86 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:38,792 SHORTY: Now, the Atlas won't be in use, and the Redstone rocket, 87 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:42,545 upon which Astronaut Shepard will be riding, 88 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:45,799 so far, it has proven to be relatively reliable. 89 00:07:46,007 --> 00:07:47,050 LAURA: Relatively? 90 00:07:48,009 --> 00:07:49,219 Is Dad going to be okay? 91 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:51,262 LOUISE: Well, of course. 92 00:07:52,430 --> 00:07:53,682 He'll be just fine. 93 00:07:54,349 --> 00:07:56,393 -WOMAN 1: Would you like another slice? -SHORTY: (OVER TV) Now, the Redstone, 94 00:07:56,643 --> 00:08:00,105 which is the one that Astronaut Shepard will be riding upon... 95 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:06,277 REPORTER 1: Mrs. Shepard, can I get you to look this way, please? 96 00:08:06,361 --> 00:08:07,696 REPORTER 2: And how are the kids holding up? 97 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:09,239 REPORTER 3: How many folks do you have inside? 98 00:08:09,614 --> 00:08:10,615 LOUDON: Louise? 99 00:08:11,408 --> 00:08:13,159 LOUISE: God, you people are relentless. 100 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:16,913 Oh, well it's a big story. They just wanna get a piece of it. 101 00:08:17,706 --> 00:08:18,999 They want him to blow up. 102 00:08:19,791 --> 00:08:21,042 That's what they want. 103 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,128 That's the big story. 104 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:25,630 -REPORTER 1: ...for a photo? -REPORTER 2: Mrs. Shepard, what are the... 105 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:27,716 Show's about to start. 106 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:31,094 You're on. 107 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:33,430 (INDISTINCT CHATTER FROM REPORTERS) 108 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:41,730 (INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY) 109 00:08:47,819 --> 00:08:49,654 FEMALE VOICE: Dave, you wanna get closer to me? 110 00:08:50,155 --> 00:08:52,032 DAVE: No, no, no. This is a good spot right here, honey. 111 00:08:52,449 --> 00:08:55,493 -(HELICOPTER WHIRRING) -(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA) 112 00:09:03,251 --> 00:09:05,420 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 113 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:13,887 Goddamn it. 114 00:09:19,601 --> 00:09:20,685 Hey, Gordo. 115 00:09:20,852 --> 00:09:22,228 -(RADIO CRACKLING) -GORDO: Go ahead, Al. 116 00:09:22,479 --> 00:09:23,521 I have a problem. 117 00:09:23,772 --> 00:09:25,065 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 118 00:09:26,024 --> 00:09:27,692 All right. Uh, Wernher. 119 00:09:29,944 --> 00:09:32,072 -Alan's gotta go pee real bad. -(WERNHER CLEARS THROAT) 120 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:37,077 Okay. 121 00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:38,620 There are two options. 122 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:42,707 We remove the astronaut, allow him to urinate... 123 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:46,294 rebuild the white room, and risk hours of delay 124 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:49,547 that will imperil a safe recovery due to limited daylight. 125 00:09:50,048 --> 00:09:51,049 Okay. 126 00:09:52,675 --> 00:09:53,676 Or... 127 00:09:55,303 --> 00:09:56,554 we scrub the launch. 128 00:10:05,146 --> 00:10:06,231 (SIGHS) 129 00:10:06,856 --> 00:10:08,441 -(RADIO CRACKLES) -Flight, this is Stoney. 130 00:10:08,525 --> 00:10:10,068 We got two bad options. 131 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:14,697 Hey, Flight? 132 00:10:18,868 --> 00:10:20,161 Alan's gotta pee. 133 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:25,834 -Pure oxygen environment? -Short circuit could cause a fire. 134 00:10:25,917 --> 00:10:28,253 GLYNN: Biomedical sensors everywhere, all hooked up to electrical leads. 135 00:10:28,419 --> 00:10:31,047 -If they get wet... -Could be a disaster. 136 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,216 Could end our careers. 137 00:10:34,425 --> 00:10:35,468 But... 138 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:38,596 you know the problem with playing it safe, Bob. 139 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,267 You don't get to send a man into space soaked in his own urine? 140 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,693 Tell him to go in his suit. 141 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:56,489 (GROANS) 142 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,577 -(RADIO CRACKLES) -DEKE: Hey, Al? Let it rip. 143 00:11:01,953 --> 00:11:03,121 Uh... 144 00:11:04,581 --> 00:11:05,665 Okay, Deke. 145 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,502 But you do know I have an electric thermometer up my ass. 146 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:11,337 I sure do. 147 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:14,174 Gonna power down now. Good luck, Al. 148 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:17,177 (POWER SHUTS OFF) 149 00:11:18,553 --> 00:11:20,597 Well, here goes. (CLEARS THROAT) 150 00:11:26,436 --> 00:11:27,645 (SIGHS) 151 00:11:38,489 --> 00:11:39,699 -Okay. -(RADIO CRACKLES) 152 00:11:39,782 --> 00:11:42,410 -Blockhouse, let's power back up. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 153 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:44,996 (ENGINE REVVING) 154 00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:52,086 I'm good. 155 00:11:53,671 --> 00:11:56,090 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO CONTINUES) 156 00:11:58,009 --> 00:11:59,928 TC, resume the countdown. 157 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,681 -That wasn't in the procedures manual. -No. 158 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:06,601 The inverter has been swapped out, and now we stand at T-minus 159 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,937 two minutes and thirty-nine seconds, and counting. 160 00:12:09,354 --> 00:12:13,358 If there are no further delays, the launch sequence will begin shortly. 161 00:12:14,317 --> 00:12:16,778 CHRIS: This is the real deal. Around the horn. 162 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:18,154 -Network. -NASA COMMUNICATION AGENT: Go, Flight. 163 00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:19,405 -Recovery. -NASA CONTROL AGENT 1: Go. 164 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:20,615 -RSO. -NASA CONTROL AGENT 2: Go. 165 00:12:20,782 --> 00:12:22,200 -Missile systems. -NASA CONTROL AGENT 3: Go, Flight. 166 00:12:22,325 --> 00:12:23,576 -Capsule systems. -NASA CONTROL AGENT 4: Go, Flight. 167 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:24,535 -FIDO. -NASA CONTROL AGENT 5: Go. 168 00:12:24,619 --> 00:12:27,121 -Surgeon. -Heart rate is hitting 200, Flight. 169 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:29,457 (HEART THUMPING) 170 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:34,003 But Surgeon is go. 171 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:39,133 TC, this is Flight. We're go. 172 00:12:39,217 --> 00:12:40,843 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 173 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:43,054 Let's go on and light this candle. 174 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:47,183 WALTER: He has been in his capsule for some four hours now, 175 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:49,602 waiting for this takeoff. 176 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:51,521 It has been delayed 177 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:53,648 -by numerous small problems... -(BREATHES DEEPLY) 178 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:55,275 -MALE VOICE: Now they're good to go. -WALTER: ...some technical, 179 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:56,484 and some weather. 180 00:12:56,567 --> 00:12:57,568 Thirty seconds. 181 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:01,823 WALTER: Redstone rocket is ready. The Mercury capsule is ready. 182 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:08,037 This is America's effort after two and a half years of preparation, 183 00:13:08,162 --> 00:13:12,542 two and a half years since the go-ahead was given to Project Mercury. 184 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:14,794 Ten, nine, 185 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,839 eight, seven... 186 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:22,176 Six, five, four... 187 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:25,471 three, two... 188 00:13:26,764 --> 00:13:28,433 -One. -(INTENSE MUSIC BUILDUP) 189 00:13:29,183 --> 00:13:31,227 (ENGINE REVS) 190 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:38,818 Roger, liftoff. 191 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,903 And the clock has started. 192 00:13:41,571 --> 00:13:43,197 Go, Al, go. 193 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:44,657 Go. 194 00:13:44,907 --> 00:13:45,950 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 195 00:13:47,368 --> 00:13:48,453 Come on, Al. 196 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,330 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 197 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:51,831 Go, Alan. 198 00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:54,792 Go, sweetheart. 199 00:13:59,589 --> 00:14:00,882 Look at your dad go. 200 00:14:01,632 --> 00:14:04,635 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV) -(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES) 201 00:14:10,725 --> 00:14:11,934 ALAN: Fuel is go. 202 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:14,771 1.8 G. 203 00:14:16,064 --> 00:14:19,192 -Eight PSI cabin and the oxygen is go. -CHRIS: FIDO? 204 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,693 NASA CONTROL AGENT 5: Trajectory normal, Flight. 205 00:14:29,285 --> 00:14:30,787 (CAPSULE RUMBLING) 206 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:43,883 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 207 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,010 -Where is he? -(RUMBLING CONTINUES) 208 00:14:48,304 --> 00:14:51,265 Well, I guess your dad is a real spaceman now. 209 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:59,065 -ALAN: ...5.5 cabin. -NASA CONTROL AGENT 6: Roger. 210 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:11,494 -(RUMBLING) -(EXHALES) 211 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:14,580 DEKE: Max Q, through the gate. 212 00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:16,457 -Okay. -(RUMBLING SLOWS DOWN) 213 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:18,918 A lot smoother now. 214 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:23,464 Engine cut-off in three, two, one. 215 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,383 -(ENGINE SHUTS OFF) -(THUDDING) 216 00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:26,634 Cut off. 217 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:29,679 Tower jettison green. Disarm. 218 00:15:30,221 --> 00:15:32,056 (ENGINE HISSING) 219 00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:34,225 Cap sep is green. 220 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:39,480 (RUMBLES) 221 00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:44,402 ALAN: Periscope is coming out and the turnaround has started. 222 00:15:44,694 --> 00:15:46,070 (WHIRRING) 223 00:15:48,656 --> 00:15:50,324 ALAN: Switching to manual pitch. 224 00:15:56,372 --> 00:15:57,582 Switching to manual yaw. 225 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:01,461 Yaw is okay. 226 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:05,631 And Astronaut Shepard is acting like a real test pilot now, 227 00:16:05,715 --> 00:16:07,633 as he flies the capsule manually. 228 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,510 (HISSING) 229 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:12,638 DEKE: Al, what do you see out the periscope? 230 00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:14,724 (RUMBLING) 231 00:16:17,268 --> 00:16:18,478 Come on. 232 00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:23,900 (RUMBLING STOPS) 233 00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:26,277 On periscope. 234 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:29,655 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 235 00:16:30,239 --> 00:16:31,282 ALAN: Damn. 236 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:33,826 What a beautiful view. 237 00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:35,870 I'll bet it is. 238 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:39,457 NASA CONTROL AGENT 7: Okay, go. Normal readings. All is nominal. 239 00:16:39,874 --> 00:16:41,626 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PAYING) 240 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:14,075 SHORTY: Now, at this point, Astronaut Shepard 241 00:17:14,158 --> 00:17:16,577 has almost reached the apex of his flight. 242 00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:20,373 He's on manual controls as he begins his descent back to Earth. 243 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:23,209 And when the capsule does reenter the atmosphere, 244 00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:26,921 Astronaut Shepard will endure the most difficult portion of his flight, 245 00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:29,340 as g-forces build up. 246 00:17:30,508 --> 00:17:32,635 DEKE: Seven, initiate retro sequence. 247 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:36,055 Start retro sequence, retro attitude on green. 248 00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:38,432 All three retros are fired. 249 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,811 Reentry attitude, switching to ASCS normal. 250 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:44,772 -ASCS okay. -(ENGINE REVVING) 251 00:17:50,152 --> 00:17:51,654 (RUMBLING) 252 00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:56,450 ALAN: G buildup. 253 00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:57,910 Three. 254 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:02,164 Six. 255 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,002 Nine. 256 00:18:07,128 --> 00:18:08,129 (VOICE BREAKING) Okay. 257 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:11,716 (VOICE BREAKING) Okay. 258 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,514 -CHRIS: Flight? -Ten Gs. 259 00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:19,849 Environment? 260 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:22,143 NASA CONTROL AGENT 8: Capsule temperature, 110 and rising. 261 00:18:22,810 --> 00:18:24,270 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 262 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:28,816 Freedom Seven, how do you read? 263 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:36,073 Come on, Al, come on. 264 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:40,620 Freedom Seven, do you copy? 265 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:49,211 (BREATHES SHAKILY) 266 00:18:50,046 --> 00:18:51,839 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 267 00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:06,687 Freedom Seven, do you copy? 268 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:17,448 -(RADIO CRACKLES) -ALAN: This is Seven. Okay. 269 00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:20,326 MALE VOICE: Oh, yeah. You did so good. 270 00:19:20,868 --> 00:19:22,536 ALAN: Switching to ASCS. 271 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:26,499 I'm back on ASCS. 272 00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:30,169 -Drogue deploy. -Roger. 273 00:19:30,711 --> 00:19:32,463 (RUSTLING) 274 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,386 Rescue copters are looking for a visual. 275 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,560 Copters have a visual. The main chute is out. 276 00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:48,354 Capsule is A-okay. 277 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:52,274 Card File 23, this is Seven. 278 00:19:52,733 --> 00:19:56,737 Relay to CAPCOM, please, 1,500 feet now, chute still looks good. 279 00:19:57,154 --> 00:19:58,572 CARD FILE 23 OVER RADIO: Uh... Roger. 280 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:00,366 Preparing for impact. 281 00:20:06,747 --> 00:20:08,499 (CHEERING, LAUGHING) 282 00:20:10,084 --> 00:20:11,085 (EXHALES) 283 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,964 Rescue to manual, preparing for egress. 284 00:20:15,131 --> 00:20:17,675 (ALL CHEER) 285 00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:28,394 (CHEERING CONTINUES) 286 00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:35,901 -It worked, you crazy kraut. -Of course it did. It's German! 287 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:37,528 MALE VOICE: Congratulations. 288 00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:39,280 (ALL LAUGH) 289 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,336 That was perfect. 290 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:55,880 Congrats, Bob. 291 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:57,590 You, too. 292 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,049 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 293 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:03,095 Deke. 294 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:09,977 -Good job. -Thanks, Chris. You, too. 295 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,396 (SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT) 296 00:21:17,234 --> 00:21:18,360 (JOHN SNIFFLING) 297 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:22,490 Don't worry. You'll go up soon enough. 298 00:21:23,365 --> 00:21:25,451 Well, you could leave the aircraft carriers out there, 299 00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:26,911 and just set up a new rocket for me. 300 00:21:30,372 --> 00:21:31,665 Congratulations, Bob. 301 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,126 Thank you. 302 00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:44,386 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 303 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,271 NURSE: Hello, Mr. Shepard. 304 00:21:55,773 --> 00:21:58,317 (SINGING) Ooh, would you like to swing on a star... 305 00:21:58,526 --> 00:22:00,152 (ALL CHEERING, LAUGHING) 306 00:22:00,945 --> 00:22:02,363 WALLY: You may have had the best seat in the house, Al, 307 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:05,157 but trailing in that F-106 is a hell of a close second. 308 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:07,660 Yeah, when Gus goes up, you should beg him to let you fly chase. 309 00:22:07,743 --> 00:22:09,662 -You smell like space piss. -Do I? (CHUCKLES) 310 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:11,956 Two days of R&R, you think you can handle that? 311 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:13,999 Oh, well there's only one way to find out. Gus. 312 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,171 Couldn't have done it better myself. 313 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:20,965 -Congratulations, Al. -Thanks, John. 314 00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:24,093 Uh... To hard work and dumb luck. 315 00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:26,095 -Cheers! -Hear, hear. 316 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:28,639 WALLY: Hey, Dee. 317 00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,016 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 318 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:44,572 CHRIS: Uh... Deke, hang back a second. 319 00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:47,908 (SIGHS) 320 00:22:49,535 --> 00:22:50,703 What's up, Chris? 321 00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:52,413 We found something for you. 322 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:55,624 -A job. A position. -Okay? 323 00:22:56,584 --> 00:22:58,544 We would like you to be a liaison 324 00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:01,338 between the astronauts and the rest of the Space Task Group. 325 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:05,009 Like CAPCOM, but all the time. 326 00:23:06,135 --> 00:23:07,261 What's it called? 327 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,848 I don't... I don't... I don't know, Deke. Uh... 328 00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:14,393 -Astronaut Communicator. -Ass Com? 329 00:23:16,103 --> 00:23:17,479 All right, wise guy. 330 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,607 You come up with something. 331 00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:23,193 Chris... 332 00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:26,947 thank you. 333 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:31,076 GUS: I don't know. Was it... was it lighter? 334 00:23:31,285 --> 00:23:32,995 Was it like the parabolic flights, 335 00:23:33,162 --> 00:23:36,290 or was the weightless feeling... different? 336 00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:39,501 Well, um, you know, you're strapped down pretty tight. 337 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:41,003 -Yeah. -So, uh... 338 00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:48,510 It's spectacular. Just you wait. 339 00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:51,764 -(CHUCKLES) I'm not sure I can. -(CHUCKLES) 340 00:23:53,349 --> 00:23:54,516 (LAUGHS) 341 00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:57,811 Gus seems excited. 342 00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:02,107 Well, he should enjoy it now. 343 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:05,277 Oh, come on. Don't tell me the bloom's already falling off the rose. 344 00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:07,738 Well, there wasn't much bloom to begin with. 345 00:24:08,822 --> 00:24:10,950 You know the traffic jam I got stuck in this morning 346 00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:12,326 was longer than my actual flight? 347 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:15,245 Fifteen minutes, you go up and you come back down. 348 00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:19,667 Come on. You're telling me 350,000 pounds of thrust under your keister 349 00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,126 didn't give you a kick? 350 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,046 Being weightless? 351 00:24:25,047 --> 00:24:27,716 -Seeing the stars? -I didn't see any stars. 352 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:30,678 I didn't see pretty much anything. 353 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:36,517 I knocked the goddamn neutral density filter over the periscope 354 00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:38,602 and couldn't get the bastard unstuck. 355 00:24:39,603 --> 00:24:41,397 Everything was just a big gray blur. 356 00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:43,232 Nah. 357 00:24:43,941 --> 00:24:45,776 No, I think you're in comedown mode. 358 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:46,986 Hell, you told the press 359 00:24:47,111 --> 00:24:49,154 it was the greatest ride of your entire life. 360 00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:50,572 Yeah. What did you expect? 361 00:24:51,615 --> 00:24:52,700 It's a story. 362 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:54,910 I learned that trick from you. 363 00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:59,331 Yeah, the truth is... 364 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:04,294 the simulator felt more real than the real thing. 365 00:25:06,255 --> 00:25:08,966 And, yeah, it's a big accomplishment. It is. 366 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:13,262 But I bet it looked a whole lot better on television 367 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,680 than inside the capsule. 368 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:17,766 (SCOFFS) 369 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,313 What'd you expect to feel up there, Al? 370 00:25:25,107 --> 00:25:26,233 I don't know. 371 00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:29,111 Not nothing. 372 00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:32,698 Nothing? 373 00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:37,036 Al, you went to space. 374 00:25:38,912 --> 00:25:40,456 You're the first American to do it. 375 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,583 Not to mention, you came home to a wonderful wife 376 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:45,377 and three sweet girls who love you. I mean... 377 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:50,674 that's a hell of a lot for one man. A hell of a lot. That's not nothing. 378 00:25:52,509 --> 00:25:54,887 That's not just something, either. I mean, that's everything. 379 00:25:57,765 --> 00:26:00,142 -You really believe that? -Of course I do. 380 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:02,936 (CHUCKLES) 381 00:26:03,854 --> 00:26:04,855 What else is there? 382 00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:07,232 The next thing. 383 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:10,986 Whatever that is. 384 00:26:14,198 --> 00:26:15,240 You know, John... 385 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:18,452 I've been thinking a lot about what I said in San Diego, 386 00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:19,912 at the seance... 387 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:23,874 about these appetites. 388 00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:27,377 These hungers, how they control me. 389 00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:31,340 I think I got it wrong. 390 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:35,803 I think I am my hunger. 391 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,847 And if you take that away... 392 00:26:41,058 --> 00:26:42,643 there's not much left. It's the truth. 393 00:26:44,686 --> 00:26:45,896 That's not true, Al. 394 00:26:47,147 --> 00:26:49,358 -It is true. -No, it can't be. 395 00:26:51,401 --> 00:26:53,195 Because that's no way to go through your life. 396 00:26:54,404 --> 00:26:56,824 But you don't choose it. (EXHALES) 397 00:26:57,825 --> 00:26:59,118 It's not the kind of thing... 398 00:27:00,202 --> 00:27:02,663 you can choose. (SNIFFS) 399 00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:04,998 Remember when you said you didn't wanna be me? 400 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:07,376 Yup. 401 00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:11,421 -This is why. -It doesn't matter what you want, John. 402 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,050 You are me. 403 00:27:16,218 --> 00:27:17,553 You are your hunger. 404 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:21,515 And you know it. Stop kidding yourself. 405 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:27,354 (DOOR OPENS) 406 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:31,817 (DOOR SHUTS) 407 00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:49,209 (CAR DRIVING AWAY) 408 00:28:05,851 --> 00:28:08,562 -Trudy, what I... -We're staying in the area for now. 409 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:12,274 We'll decide what happens next when the school year's over. 410 00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:16,778 -Because of the press conference? -Yes. 411 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,239 I'm leaving because of one thing you said. 412 00:28:19,489 --> 00:28:21,241 -You know me so well. -Then what? 413 00:28:23,327 --> 00:28:25,204 How would I explain to my daughters 414 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:27,581 why I stay with a man who disrespects me so much? 415 00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:29,958 -For God's sake, it was just a joke. -It wasn't funny. 416 00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:31,835 It was in the moment. I wasn't... 417 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:35,088 Trudy, come on. Wh... what are you doing? 418 00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:37,257 I love you. 419 00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:41,011 I know you do. That's what makes this so hard. 420 00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:45,140 But... you just play to whatever room you're in, Gordo. 421 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:46,975 That's the problem. 422 00:28:47,601 --> 00:28:49,311 That's why you say dumb stuff on television, 423 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,563 or you end up in a cheap motel with Lurlene. 424 00:28:55,025 --> 00:28:56,235 All I wanted... 425 00:28:57,110 --> 00:28:58,487 all I asked... 426 00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:03,200 was for this, you and me, to be the one constant. 427 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:08,580 I would've gone anywhere with you. 428 00:29:13,126 --> 00:29:14,378 I would've done anything. 429 00:29:14,670 --> 00:29:16,922 -I did, I came here. -Just keep it down. 430 00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:18,674 The girls aren't home. They're next door. 431 00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:24,805 So you, um, you got a whole plan, I see. 432 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:33,814 Trudy... this could affect my place on the program. 433 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:35,691 I wish for one moment you would finally worry 434 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,109 about how it affects me. 435 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:41,947 (SCOFFS) 436 00:29:48,662 --> 00:29:50,122 This is real. I'm leaving. 437 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,333 I'm going to join Jerrie Cobb's program, and I'm gonna make my girls proud. 438 00:29:54,001 --> 00:29:56,211 And I'm sorry if that complicates things for you, but... 439 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,380 guess I'll just have to live with that. 440 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:21,778 You know, I didn't know if you'd be here when I got back. 441 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:27,326 Here I am. 442 00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:44,968 I'm sorry. 443 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,598 That's what I should have said at Canaveral... 444 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,434 and I'm sorry I didn't. 445 00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:57,814 (ALAN SIGHS) 446 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:02,319 I'm... 447 00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:06,573 -proud of you, Alan. -(ALAN CHUCKLES) 448 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:08,033 No, I am. 449 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:11,578 But you also hurt me. 450 00:31:22,172 --> 00:31:23,465 (CHUCKLES) 451 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,552 And if I left, I think that it... 452 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:31,139 -would probably kill me. -(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 453 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:36,228 But that doesn't mean that I would never do it. 454 00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:44,861 KENNEDY: The dramatic achievements in space which occurred in recent weeks... 455 00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:47,197 should have made clear to us all, 456 00:31:47,781 --> 00:31:50,325 as did the Sputnik in 1957, 457 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:53,870 the impact of this adventure... 458 00:31:54,496 --> 00:31:56,456 on the minds of men everywhere, 459 00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:59,584 who are attempting to make a determination 460 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,753 of which road they should take. 461 00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:05,006 Now it is time to take longer strides. 462 00:32:05,549 --> 00:32:08,093 Time for a great new American enterprise. 463 00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:10,345 Time for this nation to take 464 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,890 a clearly leading role in space achievement, 465 00:32:14,558 --> 00:32:18,562 which, in many ways, may hold the key to our future on Earth. 466 00:32:19,980 --> 00:32:22,482 I, therefore, ask the Congress, 467 00:32:22,649 --> 00:32:23,900 above and beyond the increases 468 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,570 I have earlier requested for space activities, 469 00:32:26,987 --> 00:32:30,699 to provide the funds which are needed to meet the following national goals. 470 00:32:30,907 --> 00:32:34,828 First, I believe that this nation should commit itself 471 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:36,455 to achieving the goal, 472 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:38,665 before this decade is out, 473 00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:42,836 of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. 474 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:48,675 No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, 475 00:32:48,842 --> 00:32:52,304 or more important for the long-range exploration of space, 476 00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:56,349 and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. 477 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:58,852 -We propose to accel... -(TV SHUTS OFF) 478 00:33:01,271 --> 00:33:02,355 The Moon? 479 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:03,732 Holy shit. 480 00:33:05,901 --> 00:33:07,777 He just kited a damn check. 481 00:33:08,069 --> 00:33:09,362 On our account. 482 00:33:11,072 --> 00:33:14,117 He just promised to do by 1970 483 00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:18,038 something we don't know if we can do till 1980, or even '90. 484 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:19,164 Chris. 485 00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:21,374 We don't know that we can ever do it. 486 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:31,176 JIM: No. 487 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:33,720 No? 488 00:33:33,887 --> 00:33:35,180 It's premature, John. 489 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,893 NASA is a scientific organization, not a game of five-card stud. 490 00:33:39,976 --> 00:33:41,686 -Does the president know that? -(JIM LAUGHING) 491 00:33:41,811 --> 00:33:42,896 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 492 00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:45,398 Because he just pushed our chips into the middle of the table. 493 00:33:45,649 --> 00:33:47,025 Presidents say a lot of things. 494 00:33:47,484 --> 00:33:48,860 It's a headline, not a policy. 495 00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:51,446 Right. Well, you can call me naive if you want, but... 496 00:33:52,489 --> 00:33:55,075 I don't think he's gonna let the Soviets beat us to the punch again. 497 00:33:55,492 --> 00:33:57,410 Patience, John. Please. 498 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:58,870 Patience. 499 00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:01,873 With all due respect, sir, I think I've been plenty patient. 500 00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:04,501 You astronauts... (GROANS) ...you're all the same. 501 00:34:05,126 --> 00:34:06,628 Out for your own glory. 502 00:34:07,337 --> 00:34:10,215 -Bunch of hotshots. -No, sir. I'm not a hotshot. 503 00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:13,802 I am a God-fearing American. 504 00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:17,847 And this country is made up of people just like me. 505 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:22,477 People who were told they're crazy for wanting more, 506 00:34:22,644 --> 00:34:26,481 that it's folly to keep trying, keep pushing to do the impossible. 507 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:29,442 People who are hungry, Jim. 508 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:35,031 People who stay hungry. 509 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:38,493 No, my glory... 510 00:34:39,953 --> 00:34:42,706 My glory is just this nation's glory. My success... 511 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:44,457 is its success. 512 00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:47,711 You realize there are no television cameras in here, John. 513 00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:49,337 That's how you know it's the real thing. 514 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,631 I'm not here to give you no dog and pony show. 515 00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:57,596 The Redstone is a toy. 516 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:01,099 It's not big enough and it's not fast enough. 517 00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:03,184 And Kennedy wants to go to the Moon in eight years? 518 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:04,894 That means we need to go faster. 519 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:08,857 The Atlas is faster. 520 00:35:10,483 --> 00:35:12,193 And we need to pull up the orbital flights. 521 00:35:12,319 --> 00:35:15,238 We need to start flying the Atlas now. 522 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:17,490 The country deserves it, 523 00:35:17,574 --> 00:35:19,492 the marching orders from our president demand it, 524 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:21,411 and I'm the one to do it first. 525 00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:24,372 We can't, John. 526 00:35:25,248 --> 00:35:26,291 There's no way. 527 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:30,795 We'll never get to the damn Moon if they shut down this program 528 00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:32,964 because all our astronauts are dead. 529 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:35,508 The Atlas keeps blowing up. 530 00:35:36,343 --> 00:35:38,887 It's just too damn dangerous. 531 00:35:39,429 --> 00:35:40,513 I know. 532 00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:43,808 And I don't care. 533 00:35:46,269 --> 00:35:47,729 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(BELL CHIMING) 534 00:35:47,854 --> 00:35:49,397 (MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO) 535 00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:53,318 -(DOOR SHUTS) -TRUDY: Okay. Let's go. 536 00:35:55,904 --> 00:35:58,698 Hi. Two vanilla milkshakes, please. Okay. 537 00:36:01,076 --> 00:36:04,496 (CLEARS THROAT) Sorry. Just a lot of moving parts right now. 538 00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:06,665 -Thank you for coming. -TRUDY: Of course. 539 00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:12,087 My psych evaluations have been sent. I'm just waiting on my medical records... 540 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:15,256 Trudy, I have to rescind the invitation. 541 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:19,135 You can't be a part of the program. 542 00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:22,764 Oh. What? 543 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:24,724 Why? 544 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,602 -I'm passing all my flight eval... -It's not about you. 545 00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:29,312 It's about your husband. 546 00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:31,981 And what he said on national television. 547 00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:34,776 You understand, we've got to distance ourself 548 00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:35,985 from that kind of thinking. 549 00:36:39,406 --> 00:36:40,490 I've left him. 550 00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:44,452 We're separated for now. 551 00:36:45,078 --> 00:36:47,414 I've been living at a friend's house with the kids for three weeks. 552 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:49,249 What would NASA think of that? 553 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:54,087 There's no way that they're gonna let the first woman in space be a divorcée. 554 00:36:55,422 --> 00:36:57,340 You know that as well as I do. 555 00:36:59,259 --> 00:37:00,635 So, I can't be married... 556 00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:04,013 and I can't be divorced? 557 00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:09,436 I'm a good pilot. That is all that matters. 558 00:37:10,353 --> 00:37:11,771 (SIGHS, CHUCKLES) 559 00:37:12,439 --> 00:37:14,149 I wish that were true. 560 00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:16,985 (JERRIE CLEARS THROAT) 561 00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:19,195 Look, I'm sorry, Trudy. 562 00:37:20,113 --> 00:37:21,197 It's not fair. 563 00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:23,575 But it's the world that we live in. 564 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:26,995 That's part of what I'm trying to change. 565 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:31,750 But... we're just not there yet. 566 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,337 (BELL CHIMING) 567 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,341 (DOOR SHUTS) 568 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,361 (SIGHS) 569 00:38:11,873 --> 00:38:12,999 LURLENE: What are you doing? 570 00:38:13,249 --> 00:38:15,752 (SIGHS) Um... I don't know. 571 00:38:17,086 --> 00:38:18,087 (SCOFFS) 572 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:19,881 I don't know. 573 00:38:20,882 --> 00:38:22,509 (INHALES, EXHALES) 574 00:38:23,468 --> 00:38:24,594 Come back to bed. 575 00:38:31,935 --> 00:38:32,977 (OPENS FRIDGE DOOR) 576 00:38:33,561 --> 00:38:35,605 (MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO) 577 00:38:36,189 --> 00:38:37,482 ANNIE: Looks like some parade. 578 00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:41,611 They're really going to do... do that after every flight? 579 00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:42,987 Nope. 580 00:38:43,905 --> 00:38:46,241 They won't even do it after Gus in the next one. 581 00:38:47,408 --> 00:38:48,618 (CLEARS THROAT) 582 00:38:49,369 --> 00:38:50,370 (MOANS) 583 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,789 Ah. Jeez, Louise. That's good. 584 00:38:53,623 --> 00:38:57,961 You seem to be handling this... (STUTTERS) ...aw... awfully well. 585 00:38:58,169 --> 00:38:59,504 JOHN: Don't sound so surprised. 586 00:39:00,964 --> 00:39:02,006 (CHUCKLES) 587 00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:05,552 It's like you said down in Cocoa, you know, it's just... 588 00:39:06,553 --> 00:39:08,096 easier now that people know. 589 00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:12,100 Al went up, and I didn't. So what? (CHUCKLES) 590 00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:15,270 -It's... (STUTTERS) ...funny. -JOHN: What? 591 00:39:15,979 --> 00:39:18,022 Well, you look... (STUTTERS) ...ju... just 592 00:39:18,106 --> 00:39:19,899 -like my husband. -Mm-hmm. 593 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:21,943 -ANNIE: But... Mm. -But? 594 00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:23,278 (BOTH LAUGH) 595 00:39:26,155 --> 00:39:27,490 MALE VOICE: (OVER RADIO) Well, that certainly put us 596 00:39:27,574 --> 00:39:28,950 in a romantic mood... 597 00:39:30,118 --> 00:39:31,119 (CLEARS THROAT) 598 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,666 That's what makes it all easier. 599 00:39:37,834 --> 00:39:39,460 Coming home to you and the kids. 600 00:39:41,838 --> 00:39:45,133 There's nothing I could find in space that compares to what I got right here. 601 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:48,344 ("TWILIGHT TIME" BY THE PLATTERS PLAYING OVER RADIO) 602 00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:52,557 Heavenly shades of night are falling 603 00:39:52,974 --> 00:39:55,184 It's twilight time 604 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,855 -Out of the mist, your voice is calling -(MUSIC GETS LOUDER) 605 00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:01,441 It's twilight time 606 00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:05,862 When purple colored curtains Mark the end of day... 607 00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:07,906 -JOHN: Come on. -(CHUCKLES) 608 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:09,908 Come on. Come on, pretty lady. 609 00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:11,951 ANNIE: Hmm. 610 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:17,582 (SINGING) Deepening shadows gather splendor 611 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:20,418 As day is done 612 00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:24,047 Fingers of night will soon surrender 613 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,591 The setting sun 614 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:32,847 I count the moments, darling Till you're here with me 615 00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:38,561 Together at last at twilight time 616 00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:41,356 Here 617 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:45,318 In the afterglow of day 618 00:40:45,485 --> 00:40:50,239 We keep our rendezvous beneath the blue... 619 00:40:50,365 --> 00:40:52,784 (HIGH PITCHED SOUND RINGING) 620 00:41:01,918 --> 00:41:02,919 LOUISE: Alan! 621 00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:05,630 Alan... 622 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:08,633 What's wrong? Alan, what's happening? 623 00:41:09,050 --> 00:41:10,259 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 624 00:41:10,385 --> 00:41:13,763 (SINGING) Lighting the spark of love that fills me 625 00:41:14,180 --> 00:41:16,683 With dreams untold 626 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,726 Each day I pray... 627 00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:19,894 GUS: Not bad, huh? 628 00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:21,688 Congrats, my friend. 629 00:41:22,939 --> 00:41:28,069 (SINGING) Together at last at twilight time 630 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:30,029 (GROANS) 631 00:41:30,196 --> 00:41:36,786 (SINGING) Together at last at twilight time 632 00:41:37,996 --> 00:41:39,080 (AIRCRAFT WHIRRING) 633 00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:41,874 TRUDY: So, this tells you where your wings are 634 00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:43,918 in relationship to the horizon, right? 635 00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:45,962 This is our speed. That's the clock. 636 00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:47,630 -CAM: Hmm. -TRUDY: This is the altitude, 637 00:41:48,047 --> 00:41:49,132 which is how high we are up. 638 00:41:50,008 --> 00:41:52,635 So... when we get up there... 639 00:41:54,262 --> 00:41:55,388 if I do this, 640 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:57,598 you're gonna see the wings dip. 641 00:41:58,516 --> 00:41:59,976 -See that? -Mm-hmm. 642 00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:04,981 Cool, huh? Okay, so try yours. 643 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:08,860 Wherever you move it, the plane's gonna follow, right? 644 00:42:09,485 --> 00:42:12,405 (CHUCKLES) So... Okay, careful. Careful. 645 00:42:14,157 --> 00:42:15,366 You're a daredevil. 646 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:17,577 All right. Gentle. 647 00:42:18,995 --> 00:42:20,997 Good. There you go. That's it. 648 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:26,044 -Okay. -Why are you telling me all this stuff? 649 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:28,963 So you can take the controls when we go up. 650 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:33,593 Would you like that? 651 00:42:35,762 --> 00:42:36,804 (CHUCKLES) 652 00:42:38,014 --> 00:42:39,140 That's what I thought. 653 00:42:44,937 --> 00:42:46,481 Are we gonna move back in with Dad? 654 00:42:53,362 --> 00:42:54,489 I don't know. 655 00:42:59,786 --> 00:43:02,455 Hey. Let's get up there. 656 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:04,415 You ready? 657 00:43:05,041 --> 00:43:06,125 (SPEAKS SOFTLY) Yes. 658 00:43:07,627 --> 00:43:09,712 TRUDY: (CHUCKLES) All right. 659 00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:13,299 So, no. No, don't touch that. Don't touch that. 660 00:43:13,466 --> 00:43:16,260 Okay, so, first thing we need to do is we're gonna turn this one on. 661 00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:17,637 Right? You do this. 662 00:43:18,387 --> 00:43:20,556 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 663 00:44:06,561 --> 00:44:09,188 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING)