Space Race DVD cover.
Docudrama (2005)
Starring:
Richard Dillane (Wernher von Braun)
Steve Nicolson (Sergei Korolev)
John Warnaby (Vasily Mishin)
Ravil Isyanov (Valentin Glushko)
Vitalie Ursu (Yuri Gagarin)
Todd Boyce (Alan Shepard)
Space Race is a BBC docudrama chronicling the major events from World War 2 up to the first manned moon landing. It focuses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet chief rocket designer, and Wernher von Braun, his American counterpart. The series uses a combination of archive, reconstructed and CGI footage.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress[]
Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the USAF.
Ilyushin Il-14[]
Ilyushin Il-14.
Ilyushin Il-18V[]
Yuri Gagarin's arrival at Moscow aboard Ilyushin Il-18V CCCP-75711 (c/n 189001802).
Same shot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Archive footage of Yuri Gagarin disembarking an Ilyushin Il-18 as he arrives in Moscow after his historic space flight.Reg.CCCP-75711 Ilyushin Il-18V of Aeroflot.
Sikorsky S-55[]
Archive footage of an Sikorsky S-55 filming the crowds that have gathered to watch the Apollo 11 launch.
Sikorsky H-34[]
A US Navy Sikorsky H-34 recovering a Mercury capsule.
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker[]
Boeing KC-135 of the USAF used in a reconstuction scene were Yuri Gagarin arrives in Moscow.
Archive footage of a Boeing KC-135 of the USAF used by NASA in the 60's for weightless training flights.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart[]
A model aircraft on Von Braun's desk that represents a Convair F-106 Delta Dart.
OKB-1 Vostok 3KA[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
CGI OKB-1 Vostok 3KA spacecraft in orbit on Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight.
Korolev Voskhod[]
Archive footage of Alexey Leonov leaving the airlock attached to his Korolev Voskhod.
Korolev Soyuz 7K-OK[]
CGI Korolev Soyuz 7K-OK on the ill-fated Soyuz 1 mission with only one photovoltaic panel deployed.
Chrysler Mercury Redstone[]
McDonnell Mercury Capsule aboard the Redstone launch lehicle.
McDonnell Mercury Capsule at altitude aboard the Redstone launch lehicle.
McDonnell Gemini Capsule[]
A view of the Gemini 7 capsule from the Gemini 6A capsule during the first manned space rendezvous. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
McDonnell Gemini Capsule.
McDonnell Gemini Capsule.
McDonnell Gemini Capsule aboard a Martin Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle).
North American Apollo Command Module[]
Archive footage of the Apollo 1 North American Apollo Command Module.
Archive footage of the Apollo 11 North American Apollo Command Module being recovered from the Pacific ocean.
Archive footage of a North American Apollo Command Module with service module attached undocking from the LM on the Apollo 11 mission.
Grumman Lunar Module[]
Same footage in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Archive footage of the Grumman Lunar Module (LM-5 Eagle) leaving the CSM and decending to the Moon's surface.
Rockwell Space Shuttle[]
A view from inside the Rockwell Space Shuttle looking out the front left windows in the cockpit.
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