Space Race — Season 1, Episode 1: Race for Rockets
Documentary, Drama • 60 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 7.4/10
Episode synopsis
Race For Rockets, spans 1944-1949. We see Wernher von Braun's work on the V-2 for the Nazis during the last years of the Second World War, his surrender to American troops and his move to the USA. We see Sergei Korolev's release from the Gulag, and how he is set to work on Soviet rockets, first attempting to copy the V-2, then building a more efficient rocket of his own.
About Space Race
The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.