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Where basically it all began. reporter: hi there, eric. it is an extra ordinary anniversary for something humans for centuries and centuries had only fantasized about doing. going to the moon. on this day in 1969, apollo 11 did just that. the first of six apollo missions to land on the lunar surface. all done and accomplished in a short time span of just 3 and a half years. the first man on the moon of course mission commander neil armstrong. he can see in the helmet buzz aldrin. and then apollo 15 landed, up but was asked not al worden commanding the command module. piloting a rather piece is...
>> neil: you guys did. he told the story. i know you did as well, looking back at the earth and realize you were the last to see it. it was very soulful, wasn't it? >> it was certainly sobering. no question about it. now, we actually knew that 17 would be the last mission for quite a while before. that announcement was made during my training for the apollo 15 mission, which was a backup crew member on. but we decided once we were together as a crew in august of 71 that we would do absolutely if the -- the best we could to make it memorable. particularly for science. turned out with gene's ded...
>> i'll try a sand shot here. >> i fantasized about landing on the moon what i was going to do, how i was going to act on the moon. >> reporter: but lovell would never get the chance to go back. >> so close, and yet so far. >> apollo 15 launched july 26th, 1971. apollo 16 launched april 16th, 1972 carrying john young, mattingly and charles duke. they were the first missions to use the lunar roving vehicle. but the apollo missions were winding down. would man ever return to the moon. the astronauts of apollo 17 certainly hoped so. their amazeing and what would turn out to be their final mission...
Tomorrow to give a true tribute to neil armstrong. >> you can never forget that moment. >> charles zuk, he was on the support crew for the apollo 11 mission, and got to be the 10th man to walk on the moon in the apollo 15 mission in 1972. duke, good to have you with us. 45 years ago, neil armstrong, houston tranquility base here, the eagle has landed. and it was you that responded, roger tranquility, we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again. do you remember that like it was yesterday? >> it seems like it was yesterday. the tension in mission ...