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Having a chance to be with the last man that walked on the moon. gene cernan would ask me about my son. maybe he'll be the first one to return to the moon. i would joke with him, yeah, because i'll put him there. apollo 17 astronaut, harrison schmidt joined gene cernan on that walk on the moon. neither takes credit for the singing that we heard from the surface of the moon. that's probably because both had horrific voices. harrison schmidt joining us now. very good to have you. >> neil, a sad day but good to talk to you. >> same here, my friend. you have to let me in on this secret. who was th...

Of a song, i would start to sing that song. that happened a lot on our mission. fortunately gene then would join in. we would have a brief duet. not a very good one. i admit. a brief one. >> neil: gene cernan mentioned that when i chatted with him. i want to hear you react to this. >> over the hill, dah, dah, dah, dah. dah, dah, dah. hipetty, hopping along. >> could have been introduced a number of different ways. >> neil: that is my favorite. you can be a hero and not a singer. great stuff. such iconic stuff that will be a memory. >> you go there, you work hard. people ask about the risk. you...

Going to the moon and all of a sudden there's a big problem and showed exactly what the talent was at nasa to get us home safely. >> neil: jim lovell, thanks for taking the time, unfortunately under these circumstances. thanks for your service and harkening back to an era that too many of us are forgetting. >> i want to thank you, too, for reck reckonizing gene and all the things that he's done. >> neil: that includes you. so much more. genuine hero, genuine articles all of these gentlemen at a time where nothing seems impossible. even a space capsule blowing up in the middle of the earth and ...

Evans had never flown before. i said listen, enjoy it. they did and i did. yeah, we did the singing "the merry merry month of may." >> ♪ i was strolling on the moon one day ♪ ♪ in the merry, merry month of december ♪ >> no, may. >> the thing that was so nostalgic, the last step. because i started up the ladder. >> neil: we will look at that laugh, starting up the ladder and making a difference because gene cernan is dead. one of 12 men that had the pleasure of seeing this planet from a different perspective. more than 200,000 miles away. that crowd is dwindling as are the heros that we...

Cernan's passing. it's like america is reliving those young days. so many young people, my son included, shocked that we were doing all those things. >> yeah, my wife and i saw that picture last night. i was amazed also that in the early days, you know, when things were still with calculators and we called them computer gals, that they did a great job. the movie has a lot of good things to it. >> neil: it does harken back to a great time. obviously not only the role that we played in the space program but the three african american women and what was possible then and sort of like -- i'm not s...