Out of the cradle -- Early wanderings -- People of the sea -- Antiquity -- The classical world -- Barbarians from the North -- Early contacts -- The other Mediterranean -- China's age of exploration -- A sea route to India -- Plunder and gold -- Around the world -- Empires of trade -- Opening continents -- Frontiers of science -- Lands of ice and snow -- To the sky -- The space race -- Seeing through robotic eyes -- Into the future -- The road to Mars -- Becoming spacefaring -- Going interstellar -- Life on other worlds -- The ultimate destination.
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