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  • The Sixties The Space Race (Season 1, Episode 7)
  • TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary, History

The Sixties

The Space Race (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary, History

In the midst of the Cold War, America falls behind in the manned exploration of space with the USSR. Then President Kennedy pledges that America will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, capturing the fascination of the world..
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Jul 24, 2014 (United States)

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39 cast members
Name Known for
Bob Abernethy
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Buzz Aldrin
Self - Gemini and Apollo astronaut Self - Gemini and Apollo astronaut   See fewer
Neil Armstrong
Self - US Astronaut (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Jules Bergman
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Self - NASA Administrator Self - NASA Administrator   See fewer
Frank Borman
Self - US Astronaut (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Capper
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Roger B. Chaffee
Self - US Astronaut (as Roger Chaffee) (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (as Roger Chaffee) (archive footage)   See fewer
Andrew Chaikin
Self - Author, 'Man on the Moon' Self - Author, 'Man on the Moon'   See fewer
Charles Collingwood
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Mike Collins
Self - US Astronaut (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Yuri Gagarin
Self - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage) Self - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Gill
Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
John Glenn
Self - Astronaut (archive footage) Self - Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Gus Grissom
Self - US Astronaut (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Hanks
Self - Actor / Producer Self - Actor / Producer   See fewer
Lady Bird Johnson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)   See fewer
Marvin Kalb
Self - NBC News (voice) (archive footage) Self - NBC News (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self - US First Lady (archive footage) Self - US First Lady (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage) Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage)   See fewer
Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Soviet Premier (archive footage) Self - Soviet Premier (archive footage)   See fewer
Sergei Khrushchev
Self - Son of Nikita Khrushchev Self - Son of Nikita Khrushchev   See fewer
Jack King
Self - Launch Control (voice) (archive footage) Self - Launch Control (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Alexey Leonov
Self - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage) (as Alexei Leonov) Self - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage) (as Alexei Leonov)   See fewer
Jim Lovell
Self - US Astronaut (as James Lovell, Jr.) (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (as James Lovell, Jr.) (archive footage)   See fewer
Glynn Lunney
Self - Gemini and Apollo flight director Self - Gemini and Apollo flight director   See fewer
Michael Massimino
Self - NASA Astronaut (as Mike Massimino) Self - NASA Astronaut (as Mike Massimino)   See fewer
Jim McDivitt
Self - US Astronaut (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank McGee
Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dave Scott
Self - Gemini and Apollo astronaut Self - Gemini and Apollo astronaut   See fewer
Alan Shepard
Self - US Astronaut (archive footage) Self - US Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Louise Shepard
Self - Wife of Alan Shepard (archive footage) (as Louise Shephard) Self - Wife of Alan Shepard (archive footage) (as Louise Shephard)   See fewer
Jim Slade
Self - Science correspondent Self - Science correspondent   See fewer
Wernher von Braun
Self - NASA Chief Rocket Designer (archive footage) Self - NASA Chief Rocket Designer (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward H. White II
Self - Astronaut (archive footage) Self - Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
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