Today's American Minute — Apollo 11 Moon Landing & Buzz Aldrin's Communion on the Moon
Apollo 11 Moon Landing & Buzz Aldrin's Communion on the Moon - American Minute with Bill Federer
Apollo 11 Moon Landing & Buzz Aldrin's Communion on the Moon
Their large spacesuits, which included life support backpacks, made maneuvering difficult and the control panel was accidentally kicked, breaking a circuit breaker switch -- the very switch that controlled ignition for the Eagle's lift-off rockets! If this could not be fixed, the astronauts could have been stranded on the Moon. This potentially serious accident was fixed with the tip of a pen.