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>> 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, except they fly all the way to the moon to do it in lunar orbit. lunar module goes down to within a few miles from the surface. they come back. no one has paid attention to apollo 10. apollo 10 risked death like everybody and they did that, too, what a shame they didnt get to land on the moon. and just a few months later, it came down to...

You know, the iran nuclear deal took two years to negotiate and opinion on some of these things. eric: you know it firsthand. was more than 150 pages long. you flew the first test flight of the lunar module. so i think this stuff takes what was that like? time, and so i hope they go back what goes into the testing? when you see theyre testing at it but with -- they really get down to the nitty-gritty, spacex, what goes into it before you put a man inside or working groups and expert teams all st...

Is flying now with if i can one rocket by space x. . the big change in space flight is now that this is the first privately or mostly privately funded lunar mission so far only big space agencies with a good state funding could go there could make it to the moon so this is this is new and this could be a maybe a prototype for private lunar missions for the future kind of journey to you know everything about this mission is highly symbolic even the cargo on the lunar module and whats in there. ye...

Lunar module pilot on board of the apollo 12 back in 69. bean spent a total of 69 days in space. he retired from nasa in 1981. arthel: one of the nations most famous war dogs was honored today. a boston terrier mix went to europe with his connecticut unit during world war i. he played a key role in warning of incoming gas attacks and staying with wounded soldiers until help arrived. well, now he has a sculpture in connecticuts veterans memorial park. it was unveiled today and the sculptor is her...

By 2021. they have a lunar module in orbit by 2022. axiom space has this design. the problem is the international space station is getting old. its continually staffed since 2000. the hardware is getting dicey. it costs the u.s. about $100 billion and a few billion every year to keep it going. they hope to switch it over to a private company. how theyll do that is in the air. they can launch one of these and send the iss in the pacific ocean or totally attach these two different type styles of s...

Or 10. her parents divorce was very public. it was in the tabloids every day. she was followed by cameras, et cetera. her brother, don jr., kind of protected her. but the three kids grew pretty close during that time because they were in the spotlight. and it was an unwanted spotlight. and they remain close to this day. >> well watch. gloria, thank you so much. your special report airs tonight at 9:00 on cnn, 8:00 eastern. we have news just in to cnn i want to get to you. the last man to walk ...

>> the primary goal of project gemini was to perform space rendezvous. without that, no moon mission. >> with lunar orbit rendezvous technique, where the lunar module flew back up, rendezvoused with the command module, you have to bring these two vehicles together and get them close in such a way that it was easy to dock them. took a fair bit of work. >> flying nose to nose, we can very clearly see the rising scanners up there. >> roger. >> that was the moment when we pulled ahead in the space r...

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 ...

Carried scotland into the quarterfinals with a nail-biting 36-33 victory. australias unbreak ablg band of gold proved to be just that in their matchup against wales. australia pulled away with the victory defeating them 15-6. sundays big matchups include france versus ireland. the apollo mission to the moon may have produced some of the most iconic photos of the last century and now a new online gallery gives you free access to see thousands of them. among the shots are pictures of apollo 11 c...

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...