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A Political History of Apollo

The Planetary Society

Episode 2 - The Soviet Moonshot (with Asif Siddiqi)

JUL 13, 201993 MIN
A Political History of Apollo

Episode 2 - The Soviet Moonshot (with Asif Siddiqi)

JUL 13, 201993 MIN

Description

The Soviet space program launched the first artificial satellite, the first man, and the first woman into space. Soviet cosmonauts performed the first spacewalk and piloted the first two-person spacecraft. But it was the United States that placed the first humans on the surface of the Moon. What happened? Hear additional episodes and learn more here: http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/apollo-50-years.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.