Cold War: The Tech Race

The decades during the Cold War were one thing above all: a race between scientists. Researchers, engineers and experts from the USA and the Soviet Union not only drove the space program, but also experimented in the fields of atomic energy, weapons technology and meteorology. The documentary highlights the technological advances from 1947-1991 in four episodes.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	Cold War: The Tech Race
First Air Date	June 11, 2021
Last Air Date	July 2, 2021
Seasons	1
Episodes	4
Episode Runtime	50min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	Australia
Production Companies	WildBear Entertainment
Networks	kabel eins

S01E04

Race to Space

The Soviet Union sent the first satellite into orbit around the earth in 1957. This came as a shock to the western world. When Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly through space on April 12, 1961, the race for supremacy in space seemed decided. But then, in 1969, the Americans became the first nation to set foot on the moon. The race to conquer space continued.

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