PBS - American Experience Chasing the Moon (2019) Part 1 A Place Beyond the Sky

American Experience Chasing the Moon

The six-hour series, aired over three consecutive nights, offers insight into the behind-the-scenes goings-on of the space race.

Part 1 A Place Beyond the Sky

This first episode begins in 1957 and tracks the early years of the space race as the United States struggles to catch up with the Soviet Union. The episode reveals breathtaking failures and successes of the nascent American space program and demonstrates the stakes and costs of reaching the moon.

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