The Space Race: Sputnik to Apollo 11

Twelve years from Sputnik's beeps in October 1957 to Armstrong's boot on the Moon in July 1969. Von Braun's Nazi past and Korolev's gulag scars building rival empires. Yuri Gagarin's single orbit and John Glenn's three. The tragedy of Apollo 1 and Soyuz 1. Gemini as the forgotten bridge. The lunar module built by Grumman. The 400,000 engineers and the software written by Margaret Hamilton. Christmas Eve 1968 and Earthrise. Nine hundred million people watching Apollo 11. — a daily series with new episodes every day.