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11:51Now PlayingOn October 4th, 1957 Sputnik 1 was launched into Orbit, kickstarting mankind’s journey into space. Less than a year later, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act – officially forming NASA. For the next 65 years the agency pushed the limits of human spaceflight. In a retrospective look, Nightly films explores the greatest moments in the history of this pioneering agency – from the monumental undertaking of the Moon Landing to the incredible construction of the International Space Station, reflecting on how the agency has changed mankind’s knowledge of, and relationship with, space.
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