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No knowledge or could she predict what her husband did that night. we believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her and dishonors the memories of the victims to punish an innocent person. pamela, thank you. the last man to walk-on the moon. a great american pioneer has died. gene cernan one of a dozen to walk-on the moon. he took the mission in december of 1972 on the apollo 17. >> i would like history to of today has forged mans lenge- destiny of tomorrow. >> shame to have never gone bac...

Tomorrow. >> 44 years later, no one has gone back. he was one of three astronauts who went to the moon twice. he was part of the apollo 10 mission that got close. he piloted the lunar lander to ten miles of the surface. his family says he died following ongoing health issues. his passion for paspace exploration never waned. he was 82 years old. lets get a check on cnn money stream. investors are a little nervous around the world this morning after a holiday week in the u.s. dow futures lower. ...

>> her attorney released a statement today after her arrest saying, she had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what omar mateen intended to do that tragic night. she told her story of abuse at his hands. we believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her. and it dishonors the memories of the victims to punish one of his victims, an innocent person. she will have her first court appearance tomorrow morning in california. anderson? >> thanks, pam. its a waning moon tonight. perhaps that i...

He served on board apollo 10. he came within eight miles of the moon surface. in 1972, cernan made history of the commander of apollo 17, the final mission to the moon. he spent three days on the moon exploring and collecting data. before he left, cernan wrote his daughters initials in the moon surface. a lasting reminder of mans final steps on the moon. gene cernan dead at 82. president-elect trump going after the head of the c.i.a. on twitter after john brennan told fox news sunday that trump ...

That script? pretty good. >> 1968 was a tough year for the country, assassinations, bad stuff happening in vietnam but a great way to end it with people going around the moon for the first time. nobody has been able to do it since, except for the united states. >> then apollo 9 goes up a few months later, does everything it needs to do and apollo 10 does the same thing 9 does but they fly all the way to the moon to do it lunar orbit. that works fine. they come back, nobody paid attention to apol...

Who is the genius that wrote that script? pretty dang good. >> 1968 was a tough year for the country. assassinations, bad stuff happening in vietnam, people were kind of down. but it was a great way to end it with people going around the moon for the first time. no ones been able to do it since, besides the united states. >> then apollo 9 goes up a few months later. does everything it needs to do in earth orbit. then you have apollo 10 that does the same thing that apollo 9 does but except they ...

His likely journey to become the last man that walked on the moon. casey stiegel live from austin texas, with this story for us. hey, casey. >> reporter: martha, good to see you. captain gene cernan, a lot of people dont know, was one of the very first nasa astronauts. the former u.s. navy fighter pilot was hand-selected by the space agency in 1966. it even submitted an application and, well, the rest is history of the his rise to fame and everything that came along with it, showcased in this ne...

Not long after neil armstrong maids giant leap for mankind a new expression entered the lexicon. if we cant put a -- if we can put a man on the moon why cant we -- sticking gum to our shoes, a joke, yes, but but showed how americans viewed apollo as a human achievement up to that point or will it be for all time? >> i have been asked a million times how does it feel to make that first step on the moon? i knew that when i made that first step it was mine. nobody could ever take it away from me. >...

The next leg of the space race was a series of sprints. >> we launched the saturn 5 essentially every two months. >> reporter: each mission got the astronauts a little closer to their ultimate goal. apollo 9 launching march 3rd, 1969 with three astronauts the first test of a lunar module in space. apollo 10 in 1969 moved within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. that would be a dress rehearsal for apollo 11 commanded by neil armstrong. >> what will your plans be in the unlikely event that the mod...

>> each one bringing the astronauts closer to the goal. apollo 9 was the first to test the lunar module in space. apollo 10 launched in may 1969 had young and cernan flying within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. that would be a dress rehearsal for the lunar landing of apollo 11, commanded by neil armstrong. >> what will your plans be in the extremely unlikely event that the lunar module does not come up off the lunar surface? >> thats an unpleasant thing to think about. weve chosen not to thin...