Visiting Siberia, the 'forgotten' land in Russia

Known as the ‘Blue Pearl of Siberia’, Lake Baikal is an iconic landmark. It is the world’s deepest freshwater lake and also the oldest (about 25 million years). — Photos: LEESAN

On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spaceflight successfully launched into space from Cape Kennedy (now called Cape Canaveral), Florida in the United States. On July 20, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in a lunar module called Eagle, landed on the moon and stepped on the lunar surface, making global history.

This was when Armstrong said his most famous quote: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”