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<h3> Transcript of CNN News Report</h3>December 31, 2019
11:55 p.m. GMT
CALDWELL: Lisa Caldwell, CNN News Anchor
MELBURN: Joey Melburn, CNN News Anchor
ARMSTRONG: Neil Armstrong, IV, U.S. Astronaut
MORUKOV: Victor Morukov, Russian Cosmonaut
CONTROL: Flight Control, International Moon Base
* * * * * *
CALDWELL: Good evening, I’m Lisa Caldwell and I’m here with Joey Melburn. We interrupt your New Years' Eve programming to bring you a truly extraordinary moment in history.
MELBURN : In 2004, former President George W. Bush’s reached out to the American Public with his vision of man landing on the planet Mars.
CALDWELL: $2 trillion dollars later, his dream is about to come true.
MELBURN: In just moments, a U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, IV, great grandson of the first man to land on the moon, and Russian Cosmonaut Victor Morukov, will land in Hellas Planitia, located in Mars’ southern hempisphere.
CALDWELL : Hellas Planitia is a Martian plain that contains an crater almost four miles deep and 1,250 miles in diameter!
MELBURN : Wow, that’s big! The journey to Mars has been a long one, as a crew of 10 astronauts and scientists left the International Moon Base on December 31, 2016, in the Crew Exploration Vehicle “Sacajawea,” named for the Native American woman who guided Lewis and Clark during their expedition to find the Pacific Ocean at the turn of the 19th century.
CALDWELL: We now take you to a live video feed from the flight deck of the Mars Lander “Magellan,” which was named for the man who led the first exploration around the planet Earth.
MELBURN: Let’s watch . . .
CONTROL: Magellan, this is Control, what’s your status on final system check?
ARMSTRONG: We are in the green, Control. We have visual contact of the landing site. Over.
CONTROL: Roger that. Commence landing sequence.
MORUKOV: Confirmed . . . We are at t-minus 30 seconds to touchdown.
ARMSTRONG: Firing retro rockets.
[Sound of retro rockets firing]
MORUKOV: Slowing to 200 knots.
ARMSTRONG: Extending landing gear.
[Sound of landing gear extending]
MORUKOV:Slowing to 100 knots.
ARMSTRONG: 20 seconds to touchdown.
MORUKOV: 75 knots.
ARMSTRONG: Everything still looks good. Damn, it’s beautiful.
MORUKOV: A sea of red dust, everywhere. . .
ARMSTRONG: 15 seconds to touchdown.
MORUKOV: Retro boosters firing. . .
[Sound of retro boosters firing]
ARMSTRONG: All systems look good from here.
CONTROL: Everything looks good, Magellan, you are a go for touchdown.
MORUKOV: 50 knots.
ARMSTRONG: I guess there’s no turning back now.
MORUKOV: 45 knots.
ARMSTRONG: T-minus 10 seconds to touchdown . . .
MORUKOV: 40 knots. . .
ARMSTRONG: 9. . .
MORUKOV: 35 knots . . .
ARMSTRONG: 8 . . .
MORUKOV: 30 knots
ARMSTRONG: 7 . . .
MORUKOV: 25 kno--
[Loud explosion heard from cockpit]
ARMSTRONG: What the?!?!
[Atmosphere decompression alarm sounds]
CONTROL: Magellan, what the hell is going on up there?!
MORUKOV: We’ve got an explosion in the hull!
ARMSTRONG: I’ve lost helm control!!!
MORUKOV: Come on, baby, come on!
ARMSTRONG: The stick won’t respond!
MORUKOV: We’re rolling!!!
ARMSTRONG: Hold on!!!
MORUKOV: Ahhhhhhh!
[Cockpit video feed turns to static]
CONTROL: Magellan, we’ve lost video, do you copy?
[Static]
CONTROL: Magellan, this is International Moon Base, do you copy?
[Static]
CONTROL: Repeat, Magellan, this is International Moon Base, please respond. . .
[Static]
CONTROL: Magellan, this is International Moon Base, please come in. . .
[Static]
[End of Transmission]
<h3> Transcript of CNN News Report</h3>December 31, 2019
11:55 p.m. GMT
CALDWELL: Lisa Caldwell, CNN News Anchor
MELBURN: Joey Melburn, CNN News Anchor
ARMSTRONG: Neil Armstrong, IV, U.S. Astronaut
MORUKOV: Victor Morukov, Russian Cosmonaut
CONTROL: Flight Control, International Moon Base
* * * * * *
CALDWELL: Good evening, I’m Lisa Caldwell and I’m here with Joey Melburn. We interrupt your New Years' Eve programming to bring you a truly extraordinary moment in history.
MELBURN : In 2004, former President George W. Bush’s reached out to the American Public with his vision of man landing on the planet Mars.
CALDWELL: $2 trillion dollars later, his dream is about to come true.
MELBURN: In just moments, a U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, IV, great grandson of the first man to land on the moon, and Russian Cosmonaut Victor Morukov, will land in Hellas Planitia, located in Mars’ southern hempisphere.
CALDWELL : Hellas Planitia is a Martian plain that contains an crater almost four miles deep and 1,250 miles in diameter!
MELBURN : Wow, that’s big! The journey to Mars has been a long one, as a crew of 10 astronauts and scientists left the International Moon Base on December 31, 2016, in the Crew Exploration Vehicle “Sacajawea,” named for the Native American woman who guided Lewis and Clark during their expedition to find the Pacific Ocean at the turn of the 19th century.
CALDWELL: We now take you to a live video feed from the flight deck of the Mars Lander “Magellan,” which was named for the man who led the first exploration around the planet Earth.
MELBURN: Let’s watch . . .
CONTROL: Magellan, this is Control, what’s your status on final system check?
ARMSTRONG: We are in the green, Control. We have visual contact of the landing site. Over.
CONTROL: Roger that. Commence landing sequence.
MORUKOV: Confirmed . . . We are at t-minus 30 seconds to touchdown.
ARMSTRONG: Firing retro rockets.
[Sound of retro rockets firing]
MORUKOV: Slowing to 200 knots.
ARMSTRONG: Extending landing gear.
[Sound of landing gear extending]
MORUKOV:Slowing to 100 knots.
ARMSTRONG: 20 seconds to touchdown.
MORUKOV: 75 knots.
ARMSTRONG: Everything still looks good. Damn, it’s beautiful.
MORUKOV: A sea of red dust, everywhere. . .
ARMSTRONG: 15 seconds to touchdown.
MORUKOV: Retro boosters firing. . .
[Sound of retro boosters firing]
ARMSTRONG: All systems look good from here.
CONTROL: Everything looks good, Magellan, you are a go for touchdown.
MORUKOV: 50 knots.
ARMSTRONG: I guess there’s no turning back now.
MORUKOV: 45 knots.
ARMSTRONG: T-minus 10 seconds to touchdown . . .
MORUKOV: 40 knots. . .
ARMSTRONG: 9. . .
MORUKOV: 35 knots . . .
ARMSTRONG: 8 . . .
MORUKOV: 30 knots
ARMSTRONG: 7 . . .
MORUKOV: 25 kno--
[Loud explosion heard from cockpit]
ARMSTRONG: What the?!?!
[Atmosphere decompression alarm sounds]
CONTROL: Magellan, what the hell is going on up there?!
MORUKOV: We’ve got an explosion in the hull!
ARMSTRONG: I’ve lost helm control!!!
MORUKOV: Come on, baby, come on!
ARMSTRONG: The stick won’t respond!
MORUKOV: We’re rolling!!!
ARMSTRONG: Hold on!!!
MORUKOV: Ahhhhhhh!
[Cockpit video feed turns to static]
CONTROL: Magellan, we’ve lost video, do you copy?
[Static]
CONTROL: Magellan, this is International Moon Base, do you copy?
[Static]
CONTROL: Repeat, Magellan, this is International Moon Base, please respond. . .
[Static]
CONTROL: Magellan, this is International Moon Base, please come in. . .
[Static]
[End of Transmission]