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Space Race: Race To The Moon

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Race To The Moon

Season 1 | Episode 4 | BBC Knowledge | June 6, 2011

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Classification: Mature

While America's von Braun (Richard Dillane) could fund the world's most powerful rocket, Soviet designer Sergei Korolev (Steve Nicolson) had only a fraction of the US budget and knew that without a rocket as powerful as the USA's Saturn he would lose the race. Yet the Soviet's Alexei Leonov (Oleg Shtefanko) became the first man to walk in space.

While America's von Braun (Richard Dillane) could fund the world's most powerful rocket, Soviet designer Sergei Korolev (Steve Nicolson) had only a fraction of the US budget and knew that without a rocket as powerful as the USA's Saturn he would lose the race. Yet the Soviet's Alexei Leonov (Oleg Shtefanko) became the first man to walk in space.

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