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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 cnn's 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 california's jet propulsion laboratory, they leaped into the surveyor programs. >> and worked. >> reporter: they want...
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