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Race to the Moon

Docudrama series telling the story behind the Cold War race to put man into space. President Kennedy sets a great scientific challenge, to land a man on the moon.

Four-part docudrama series revealing the untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space. After the successful Soviet launch of the first man in space in 1961, President Kennedy sets the greatest scientific challenge in history, to land a man on the moon before the decade is out. In America, Wernher von Braun at last has funds for the most powerful rocket ever built but he has a rival in the Soviet Union, the anonymous Chief Designer, Sergei Korolev.

1 hour

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Sun 13 Apr 2008 01:45

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