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Starting just after World War II, using rockets intended to deliver nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union took an early lead in the space race. Led by Chief Designer Sergei Korolev and braving the risks of unproven technology, Soviet cosmonauts beat their American rivals to achieve a series of firsts: Sputnik, the first man in space, the first woman in space, and the first spacewalk.
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Despite an early lead in the space exploration, the Soviet Union faced a series of setbacks during the race to the moon. The deaths of chief designer Sergei Korolev and hero Yuri Gagarin, as well as the explosion of the N1 rocket, allowed the Americans to land on the moon first. The Soviets instead began working on the first space stations. After the Soviet Union collapsed, international cooperation-not competition-became key to space exploration....
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This is the emotional story, told for the first time, of two men, on opposite sides of the Cold War, racing against each other to design and build the most powerful rocket and dominate the world. An extraordinary co-production from the makers of Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, this fast-paced, action-packed factual drama unmasks the true heroes and villains behind one of the most extraordinary times the world has ever known. At the heart of...
4) Space Race
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This video clip contains footage of Yuri Gagarin training (2/16/61, Swjosdny Gorodok, U.S.S.R.) and an HW-2 rocket launch (10/6/32, Baltijsk, U.S.S.R.).
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