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About Space Race

Space Race is a drama and documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Two on September 14, 2005. It has 1 season and 4 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 4 "Race to the Moon", aired on October 5, 2005.

The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

  • Drama
  • Documentary

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Episodes

4 episodes · 1 season

Series 1

2005 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 21 years ago

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  1. E4

    4. Race to the Moon

    Finale

    Race To The Moon, spans 1964-1969. Both sides now plan to put a man on the Moon - while the Soviets struggle, the Americans pull ahead in the space race with Project Gemini, but then suffer a disaster with the Apollo 1 fire. The Soviet space programme suffers its own blows: Sergei Korolev dies when his heart fails during an operation, Soyuz 1 crashes and kills cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, and their planned moon rocket, the N-1 rocket, fails to successfully launch. In America, von Braun has difficulties with the Saturn V, but they are overcome, and the rocket successfully launches the first manned lunar mission, Apollo 8, and the first manned lunar landing, Apollo 11.

  2. E3

    3. Race for a Space Man

    1959-1961. Both the Americans and Soviets are planning manned space flight, and we see both sides preparing to do so with the development of the Vostok programme (Russia) and Project Mercury (USA). After difficulties and failures on both sides, the Soviets succeed in putting Yuri Gagarin into space first, with the Americans putting Alan Shepard up shortly afterwards.

  3. E2

    2. Race for Satellites

    Race For Satellites, spans 1953-1958. 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, and is later allowed to use it to launch the first satellite, Sputnik 1. 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.

  4. E1

    1. Race for Rockets

    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.

Cast & crew

Created by Christopher Spencer and Mark Everest

  • Stuart Bunce

    Stuart Bunce

    Lev Gaidukov

  • Nicholas Rowe

    Nicholas Rowe

    R. V. Jones

  • Mariya Mironova

    Mariya Mironova

    Nina Korolev

  • Constantine Gregory

    Constantine Gregory

    Khrushchev

  • Mark Dexter

    Mark Dexter

    Staver

  • David Barrass

    David Barrass

    Grottrup

  • Stephen Greif

    Stephen Greif

    Colonel Toftoy

  • Chris Robson

    Dieter Huzel

  • Rupert Wickham

    Rupert Wickham

    Debus

  • John Warnaby

    Vasili Mishin

  • Tim Woodward

    Tim Woodward

    Nedelin

  • Oliver de la Fosse

    Staver's Lieutenant

  • Radu Bânzaru

    Radu Bânzaru

    Russian Major

  • Emil Măndănac

    Emil Măndănac

    Viacheslav Lapo

  • Ingo Gottwald

    Propulsion Engineer

  • Eric Loren

    Eric Loren

    Castenholz

Space Race FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Space Race?

Space Race has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 5, 2005.

When did the latest episode of Space Race come out?

The most recent episode of Space Race, Season 1 Episode 4 "Race to the Moon", aired on October 5, 2005.

How many seasons of Space Race are there?

Space Race has 1 season with 4 episodes in total.

When did Space Race first air?

Space Race first aired on BBC Two on September 14, 2005.

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