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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 ...

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...

>> 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...

>> 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...

Passed them when apollo eight orbited but no man had set foot on moon and when president nixon he was not to let the soviets get there first. the next leg of the space race was a series of sprints. >> we launched saturn every two months, just remarkable. >> that got them closer, with apollo 9, in march of 1969. it was the first to test the module in space. apollo ten in may of 1969, that was from 50,000 feet of the moon surface. that what a dress rehearsal for the landing of apollo 11

>> the next leg of the space race was a series of sprints. >> we launched a saturn 5 essentially every two months really a remarkable achievement. >> each mission got the astronauts closer to their ultimate goal. apollo 9 launching march 3rd, 1969, with daufr individual scott and russell swiet was the first to test the lunar module in space. they launched in 1969 john young flew within 50,000 pefeet of th lunar surface. the landing commanded by neil armstrong. >> what will your plans be in the e...

>> the next leg of the space race was a series of sprints. >> we launched a saturn 5 essentially every two months really a remarkable achievement. >> each mission got the astronauts closer to their ultimate goal. apollo 9 launching march 3rd, 1969, with daufr individual scott and russell swiet was the first to test the lunar module in space. they launched in 1969 john young flew within 50,000 pefeet of th lunar surface. the landing commanded by neil armstrong. >> what will your plans be in the e...

Accomplished? >> well, of course you should always honor the past. we dont know where we are or where we are going without respecting and appreciating the past. and of course, this is the 40th anniversary or will be, very shortly of gene and jack schmitts flight on apollo 17, well past my 40th anniversary on apollo 9. but most of us are really interested in the future and what opportunities are going to be there for our grandchildren and kids in the future generations. thats a wide-open thing no...

Everything to go into space? what is it going to be like, the next 40 years? we have asked a former astronaut. rusty, you were the pilot on the apollo 9 mission, the first man manned test flight of the lunar module. how are you? >> just fine, we are so happy to have you here. first of all, i ask any astronaut, what was it like for you to be in space? >> well, it was a fantastic opportunity to be part of the history, thats a one-time thing, moving off the planet to our first neighbor, the moon, a...