Cold War: The Tech Race - Season 1 - Eps 4: Race to Space
The Soviet Union sent the first satellite into orbit around the earth in 1957. This came as a shock to the western world. When Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly through space on April 12, 1961, the race for supremacy in space seemed decided. But then, in 1969, the Americans became the first nation to set foot on the moon. The race to conquer space continued.
About Cold War: The Tech Race
Title: Cold War: The Tech Race
First Air Date: 2021-06-11
Last Air Date: 2021-07-02
Status: Ended
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 4
Network: kabel eins
Genres: Documentary, War & Politics
Production Companies: WildBear Entertainment
Synopsis
The decades during the Cold War were one thing above all: a race between scientists. Researchers, engineers and experts from the USA and the Soviet Union not only drove the space program, but also experimented in the fields of atomic energy, weapons technology and meteorology. The documentary highlights the technological advances from 1947-1991 in four episodes.
