Space Race

Documentary

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Mark Everest

Status Released

Release Date 2005-01-24

Storyline

The BBC's Space Race is a documentary/drama chronicling the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race, leading up to the first moon landing. The series concentrates on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet chief rocket designer, and Wernher von Braun, his American counterpart, as their rivalry intensifies and the pressure to be the first builds.