One small brick for man, one giant brick for mankind. Courtesy of Lego Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard.
Sputnik spent three months circling Earth, traveling at speeds around 18,000mph.
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to leave a footprint on the moon’s surface.
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Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon were watched on television by an estimated 600 million people.
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By taking a direct route from Earth, Voyager 1 reached Jupiter and Saturn sooner and performed a close flyby of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
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