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Chasing The Moon: American Experience

A Place Beyond the Sky

“A Place Beyond the Sky” begins in 1957 and tracks the early years of the space race as the United States struggled to catch up with the Soviet Union. The episode explores both the successes and failures of America’s  early space program, and the enormous stakes involved in the quest to reach the moon.  

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