Space Race

Season 1 Episode 3: Race for a Space Man

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.

Genre:

Documentary, Drama

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

4

Actor:

Richard Dillane, Steve Nicolson, Ravil Isyanov

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2005

IMDb:

7.4