Space Race - Episode 02: Race For Satellites (1953–1958)

BBC, Jules Hussey, Victoria Gregory

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Title: Space Race - Episode 02: Race For Satellites (1953–1958)
Producer: BBC, Jules Hussey, Victoria Gregory
Category: History, Space Race
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Added: Jan 23rd 2011
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As the Cold War intensifies, Korolev is asked to build a rocket capable of carrying a five-ton warhead to America - he designs and constructs the R-7 Semyorka, the first ICBM, and is later allowed to use it to launch the first satellite, Sputnik 1, quickly following up with the rushed Sputnik 2. Meanwhile, von Braun struggles to persuade the US government to allow him to launch his own satellite - after Sputnik's launch and the failure of the US Navy to launch a Vanguard satellite, he is finally allowed to launch the first American satellite, Explorer 1. Korolev announces that the Americans have evened the score and that they are in a space race which they intend to win. At the end of the episode we see the silhouettes of two men walking down a corridor, one appears to be in a space-suit. This could be Yuri Gagarin.

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