The epic story of the Mercury space programme starring Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey
The second of two parts
In January 1961 the Americans succeed in launching a capsule from Cape Canaveral. Three months later the Russians send up a man. The race is on to put a manned craft into orbit.
Who has the right stuff and the technology to do it first?
(First showing on British television)
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