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American Experience Season 31 Episode 3

On 4 October 1957, Soviet scientists launched Sputnik 1 – a beach ball-sized, radio-transmitting aluminium alloy sphere – into orbit. The satellite caused a sensation. Amid Cold War tensions, the Soviet Union’s accomplishment signalled a dramatic technological advantage and American felt it had little choice but to join the Space Race.

Episode Title: Chasing the Moon - A Place Beyond the Sky

Air Date: 2019-07-08