Space Race is a BBC docu-drama series first shown in Britain on BBC2 between September and October 2005, chronicling the major events and... More >
Space Race is a BBC docu-drama series first shown in Britain on BBC2 between September and October 2005, chronicling the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the moon. It focusses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviets chief rocket designer, and Wernher von Braun, his American counterpart. The series was a joint effort between British, German, American and Russian production teams.
Race for Rockets (1944–1949)
We see the results of Wernher von Brauns work on the V-2 for the Nazis at Mittelwerk and Peenemünde, and his final activities within Germany during the last years of the Second World War, as both American and Soviet forces race to capture German rocket t
