Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

Synopsis

When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon in 1969, America went down in popular history as the winner of the space race. But that history is bunk. The real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts. This remarkable feature-length documentary combines rare and unseen archive footage with interviews with the surviving cosmonauts to tell the fascinating and at times terrifying story of how the Russians led us into the space age. A particular highlight is Alexei Leonov, the man who performed the first spacewalk, explaining how he found himself trapped outside his spacecraft 500 miles above the Earth. Scary stuff.

Main Cast

Paul McGann

Narrator (Voice)

Age : 65 | Popularity : 70%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Andy Hopkins
Production	Production Manager	Rebecca Lavender Evih Efue
	Executive Producer	Jonathan Renouf
Camera	Camera Operator	Neil Kent
Editing	Editor	Gerard Evans
Writing	Writer	Michael Lachmann
Directing	Director	Michael Lachmann
Department	Role	Name

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