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Michael Collins was the most famous American in Rome, or rather he was a Roman by birth. His father, a United States Army Major General, was stationed in Rome where Michael was born in 1930. After graduating from the famous U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he attended the Harvard Business School and then joined the Air Force to become a test pilot. In 1963 he was chosen by NASA to become an as...

In November 1966 on the Gemini XII orbital mission, Buzz took the first ‘selfie’ ever in space. He snapped himself while making the first successful five-and-a-half hour spacewalk. Look up is the podcast of the Italian Space Agency that tells the characters and exploits of the great space adventure. Script Daniela Amenta. Post-production Paola Pagone. Visual design Paola Gaviraghi. Editorial Coord...

As the rocket blasted off to orbit the Earth, the first human to travel into space reportedly said "Poyekhali", or "Here we go!”. It was April 12, 1961, and Yuri Alexievich Gagarin, 27, made history by opening the way for space exploration. Look up is the podcast of the Italian Space Agency that tells the characters and exploits of the great space adventure. Script Daniela Amenta. Post-production...

In the last years of his life he became a gliding enthusiast. He used to say that such a very quiet plane with no engine was the closest you can to come to being a bird. Aviation was his true passion, the compass in the life of Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, the first man to walk on the moon. Look up is the podcast of the Italian Space Agency that tells the characters and exploits of...