Documentary
War & Politics

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

Language

English

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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