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Smithsonian museum. what does that hold for the future of exploration? >> it is the mission to mars for one group. c cnns paul buchanan with that. >> reporter: 1957, the russians launch the first at lite into space. and it rattles john cassani, a young engineer. >> we were going down the steps. and we saw sputnik going across the sky. that was a devastating blow. we realized, we were nowhere near that. >> the united states began its ambitious quest to put a man on the moon. in californias jet pr...

Overcome with emotion. i was welling up with tears when i spoke with scott. >> rachel crane, great to have you there this morning. weve been talked about the storied history of nasa. the moon missions were originally intended to be a steppingstone for other manned missions deeper into space. >> cnns paul vercammen went to nasas propulsion laboratory, and he took a look at what is next for nasa, where do we go from here. >> reporter: 1957, the russians launched the first satellite into space. and...

Zealand, even luxembourg. what do you think of that? >> i just came from luxembourg. they are eager but i think they want to finance things. and it is fine with me. but i think there will always be a leadership, a direction, knowledge, and drive. and enthusiasm in the united states. it may not reach out to the -- but that is what i think the five decades of apollo are about. to rekindle the enthusiasm. for just what we were able to put together 50 years ago, piece by piece. reacting to sputnik, ...

Engineer. >> walking out after work it was like 4:30 or 5:00. going down the steps we actually saw the doggone sputnik going across the sky. that was sort of a devastating blow. i mean, we realized we were nowhere near that. >> reporter: the united states began its ambitious quest to put a man on the moon. in california jet propulsion laboratory they leaped into the unmanned ranger and surveyor programs. >> surveyor did land on the moon and worked. >> reporter: they wanted answers on the surface...

Wasnt yet thinking about space travel he was now starting a career as a test pilot. in october 1057 the soviet union shocked the world by launching the 1st satellite called sputnik. at that time many in the way. i believe that the u.s.s.r. was technologically backward but the launch of sputnik changed all of that. and the soviet successfully tested their 1st intercontinental ballistic missile 1957 a cause of concern for the west. better than us responded by setting up a civilian space program th...

A federal program in return after graduation he was required to complete 3 years of training and service in the u.s. navy. afterward armstrong returned to purdue earning a degree in aeronautical engineering in january 1955. years later armstrong married jenna cierra whom hed met at purdue. he wasnt yet thinking about space travel he was now starting a career as a test pilot. in october 1957 the soviet union shocked the world by launching the 1st satellite called sputnik. at that time many in the...

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I tell people if youre getting information from rt, you should know thats russian propaganda, and russian influence on some level. if youre getting information from sputnik, you should realize that thats not just like, you know, msnbc or fox or cnn, that is russian television, and that is a foreign power influencing how people in this country think. >> congresswoman, mikie sherrill, doing important work on our elections and important chamber of commerce work for parsipny. >> well see you with yo...

Resources to tackle other challenges in the world in addition to iran. >> speaking about one of those other challenges you mentioned china. theres a front page story in "the wall street journal" essentially looking into the possibility that 5g in this country would be done totally apart from saudi arabia. none of the suppliers -- from some china, none of the suppliers would be based in china. would you and your colleagues support that, having a total decoupling of the united states and china whe...

We have a good many talented scientists but we did not make an effort for many years and were now behind and paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage of sputnik as well as the flight of mr. gagarin. >> i have marvin kalb, cbs news correspondent, on the phone now. marvin, is there any doubt in your mind that this happened, that the russians put a man in space? >> im almost certain the russians did fire a man into outer space. his name is gagarin. hes 27. its a ...