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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 extremely unlikely event it does not come off the lu surface? >> we have chosen not to think about th...

>> 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 extremely unlikely event it does not come off the lunar surface? >> we have chosen not to think about...

Accomplished? >> well, of course you should always honor the past. we don't 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 schmitt's 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. that's a wide-open thing now. the new policies which support private initiative are really pioneering new capabilities and k...

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, that's a one-time thing, moving off the planet to our first neighbor, the moon, at that time, great moment in history. ive. >> jamie: as you look at the program now, what are your ...