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Chasing the Moonchevron_right
S01E01: A Place Beyond the SkyOn 4 October 1957, Soviet scientists launched Sputnik 1 - a beach ball-sized, radio-transmitting aluminium alloy sphere - into orbit. The satellite caused a sensation. Amid Cold War tensions, the Soviet Union’s accomplishment signalled a dramatic technological advantage and American felt it had little choice but to join the Space Race.
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Air Date:
Jul 08, 2019
Runtime:
112 minutes
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Sergei Khrushchev, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Frank Borman, Yuri Gagarin
