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1959-1961. Both the Americans and Soviets are planning manned space flight, and we see both sides preparing to do so with the development of the Vostok programme (Russia) and Project Mercury (USA). After difficulties and failures on both sides, the Soviets succeed in putting Yuri Gagarin into space first, with the Americans putting Alan Shepard up shortly afterwards.

Release Date: 2005-09-14
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 7.2/10
  • Country: GB, DE, RU, US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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Race for Satellites
Episode 2 - Race for Satellites
Race for a Space Man
Episode 3 - Race for a Space Man
Race to the Moon
Episode 4 - Race to the Moon