

Documentary
All Episodes of Battle for the Moon: 1957-1969
Browse all episodes of Battle for the Moon: 1957-1969

Documentary
All Episodes of Battle for the Moon: 1957-1969
Browse all episodes of Battle for the Moon: 1957-1969
July 20, 1969. Nearly six hundred million people have their eyes glued to their televisions: Neil Armstrong is just about to make one of mankind’s...
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Mercury
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2019
The space race between the Americans and Soviets began at the end of the 1950s, against the backdrop of the Cold War. After a string of successful space flights by the USSR, America responded by forming NASA and launching the Mercury program. The goal was to catch up with the Russians and send a man into space. Mercury’s astronauts became the new American heroes, their wives appearing on the front of magazines.
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