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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 one's 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 fly all the way to the moon to do it in lunar orbit. lunar module goes down to within a few miles o...

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 don't 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 new documentty. and tonight is the north american premier of, "last man on the moon" at the south by ...

Not long after neil armstrong maids giant leap for mankind a new expression entered the lexicon. if we can't put a -- if we can put a man on the moon why can't 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. >> yet gene almost gave that up chance. he had done almost everything an astronaut could do. even b...

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 module does not come up to the surface? >> we've chosen not to think about that at the present time. >>...

>> 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? >> that's an unpleasant thing to think about. we've chosen not to think about that at the present time. >> the other two crew members were command module pilots michael...