Departure Into Space

The pioneering years of space travel from the "Sputnik crash" to the start of construction of the international space station. Provides a behind-the-scenes look at the major space agencies in both East and West. The focus is on the race to the moon, as only those who know it up close, with spectacular film sequences from NASA archives that were recently streamed in HD quality. How warring superpowers became partners in space: background stories about the difficult process of rapprochement with all its curious cultural misunderstandings and parallels that bring people together.