entered the moon to explore and stay on the moon and rest in peace. these brave men, neil armstrong and aldren know there is no hope with their recovery, but they also know there is hope foreman kind in for mankind in their sacrifice. that s if you didn t make it. it was pioneering. it was doing something that hadn t anywhere been done before. armstrong aldren and collins splashed down on july 24th, 1969. the space race was over. stars and stripes still there. coming up inmi the 1960 there s was a hit tv show lost in space and a movie marooned. as long as humans dreamed of exploring the heavens they shuddered at the possibility of never getting back. the astronauts of apolo 13, that nightmare almost came true.