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BBC Two - Space Race, Race For Satellites

Werhner von Braun hopes to launch the world's first satellite in the USA.

Docudrama series telling the story behind the Cold War race to put man into space. Werhner von Braun hopes to launch the world's first satellite in the USA.

Four-part docudrama series revealing the untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space. Werhner von Braun, once Hitler's leading rocket scientist, is now in America where he hopes to launch the world's first satellite. He has no idea of his secret rival in the Soviet Union, Sergei Korolev, whose existence is a closely guarded state secret. Like von Braun, Korolev is prepared to gamble everything to be first in space.

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BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Series revealing the untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space

Four-part docudrama series revealing the untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space

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