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One giant leap: 50 years after moon landing, UVA students build their own spacecraft
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One giant leap: 50 years after moon landing, UVA students build their own spacecraft

July 20, 1969. It’s one of the most significant dates in human history, and the groundbreaking event occurred almost 240,000 miles away from our home planet. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to ever set foot on the moon that day, marking the culmination of an eight-year mission to complete […]

mattweyrich | July 17, 2019

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One giant leap: 50 years after moon landing, UVA students build their own spacecraft

July 20, 1969. It’s one of the most significant dates in human history, and the groundbreaking event occurred almost 240,000 miles away from our home planet. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to ever set foot on the moon that day, marking the culmination of an eight-year mission to complete […]

mattweyrich | July 17, 2019

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