The Space Race in Colour
2026– · Channel 4 · 60 min · 1 season
S01E02 · Episode 2
Sun, 27 Sept, 6:00 am
This concluding episode examines how the space dreamers defied the odds and reached the moon. On 25 May 1961, President John F Kennedy publicly committed the US to putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade, giving NASA a major challenge to rise to. Colour footage reveals the triumphs and tragedies of those years, culminating in Apollo 11 and Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the moon.
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Featuring stunning colour footage, the story of one of the great technological triumphs - leading from World War Two to the first man in space and the 1969 Apollo moon landing.
Episodes
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Episode 1
Sun, 27 Sept· 60 minThe first episode explores the origins of the space race with the fearsome V2 German rocket from the Second World War. Its creator Wernher von Braun gave his secrets to the Americans and became a key part of NASA's space programmes.
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Episode 2
Sun, 27 Sept· 60 minThis concluding episode examines how the space dreamers defied the odds and reached the moon. On 25 May 1961, President John F Kennedy publicly committed the US to putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade, giving NASA a major challenge to rise to. Colour footage reveals the triumphs and tragedies of those years, culminating in Apollo 11 and Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the moon.