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Watch Adam Savage Speed-Building the LEGO Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

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One of the many products celebrating the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing is a special brick toy from LEGO. Part of the Creator collection, the NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander contains 1,087 pieces and it should take anyone a serious amount of time to assemble. But not Adam Savage.
The special effects TV star is currently involved in a frenzy of Apollo 11-related builds. Among them, the above mentioned LEGO set.

In a Youtube video posted on Thursday, Savage shows the world just how easy it is for a professional to put all the over 1,000 pieces in their place in just 14 minutes.

If you plan on recreating Savage's build, you can buy the lander set from the LEGO store for $99.99. But don't expect the build to go as easy as Savage makes it look.

The Apollo 11 lander set contains a detailed replica of the mission's Eagle lunar module (both ascent and descent stages), and a small portion of the lunar surface complete with a crater, footprints of the two tiny LEGO astronauts and a U.S. flag.

Once assembled, the lander features on the descent stage gold-colored landing pads and panels, opening camera and laser hatches, and a ladder. The ascent stage comes with a detailed interior and enough space to fit the two tiny astronauts.

The end result is a toy brick lander that measures 7 inches high, 8 inches wide and 7 inches deep. For those using metric, that's 18x20x18 cm.

The Apollo 11 mission took off on July 16, 1969 from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Four days later, on July 20, the Eagle lander took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the Moon. Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another world, followed shortly after by Aldrin.

To date, this trip remains the single most important moment in space exploration.

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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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