1 Season
4 Episode
Space Race - Season 1 Episode 3 Race for a Space Man (2005)
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.
- Country : United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : BBC Two, Channel One
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- Cast : Steve Nicolson, Richard Dillane, Ravil Isyanov, Todd Boyce, Stephen Greif, Robert Lindsay
