Race to the Moon

Summary Race To The Moon, spans 1964-1969. Both sides now plan to put a man on the Moon - while the Soviets struggle, the Americans pull ahead in the space race with Project Gemini, but then suffer a disaster with the Apollo 1 fire. The Soviet space programme suffers its own blows: Sergei Korolev dies when his heart fails during an operation, Soyuz 1 crashes and kills cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, and their planned moon rocket, the N-1 rocket, fails to successfully launch. In America, von Braun has difficulties with the Saturn V, but they are overcome, and the rocket successfully launches the first manned lunar mission, Apollo 8, and the first manned lunar landing, Apollo 11.

S1.E4 ∙ Race to the Moon

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Richard Dillane Ravil Isyanov Max Bollinger Steve Nicolson

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Details

Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Apr 12, 2006

Countries of origin : United States Germany United Kingdom Russia

Language : English

Filming locations : MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) National Geographic First Channel

Summary Race To The Moon, spans 1964-1969. Both sides now plan to put a man on the Moon - while the Soviets struggle, the Americans pull ahead in the space race with Project Gemini, but then suffer a disaster with the Apollo 1 fire. The Soviet space programme suffers its own blows: Sergei Korolev dies when his heart fails during an operation, Soyuz 1 crashes and kills cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, and their planned moon rocket, the N-1 rocket, fails to successfully launch. In America, von Braun has difficulties with the Saturn V, but they are overcome, and the rocket successfully launches the first manned lunar mission, Apollo 8, and the first manned lunar landing, Apollo 11.

Details

Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Apr 12, 2006

Countries of origin : United States Germany United Kingdom Russia

Language : English

Filming locations : MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) National Geographic First Channel

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