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Moon surface, and the chinese flag on the moon. china space agency plans to land a -- their version of an astronaut, on the map, after 2020. >> translator: the scientific exploration mission is being implemented stick -- step by step. >> without space shuttles anymore, the u.s. relies on russia to get our astronauts up to the space station at $70 million a pop. but nasa says that reliance will end in 2017, when u.s. commercial space companies, such as space x in nevada, and boeing, will be able to do the job. for the second time, iran reports it sent a monkey into space, as it also wants to ev...

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

Periods we were exhausted from all of the work and i slept really good on the moon surface. >>neil: that was a favorite part of the special, a sample of "fly me to the moon," many of you wanted to see that replayed because of last week's tragic developments we delayed that and we will replay it many times but monday at 4:00 p.m. on this very show, a look back, 40 years ago, when we thought nothing was impossible. catch it. >> back on earth mother nature is not only messing with travelers but messing with shoppers and it could put a chill on sales. what is going on here? >> well, people didn't ...

>> not long after neil armstrong made his giant leap for mankind, if we can put a on the moon why and we build a decent umbrella or stop gum from sticking to our shoes. it viewed apollo as the ultimate human achievement up to that point. or will it be for all time. >> i have been asked how does it feel to make the first step on the moon. i knew when i made the sfips it was mine. nobody could take it away from me. >> he almost gave it up. he did almost everything an astronaut could do even buzzing the moon on apollo 10. never set foot on the moon

Never set foot on the moon surface. he would command a flight of his own. there is no guarantee that would be an apollo 17 or he would be on it. yet he was given the final flight of the program. >> this is going to be the best, right? >> yes, sir. that's the way we feel about it. >> the first nonmilitary trained astronaut. the launch america's first ever at night took place for december 7th, 1972. it went smoothly. he snapped this photo now known as the blue marble picture. >> we had a view of a nearly full earth. i took that from 34,000 miles away. it is the most rerequested photograph from t...