How One Man Won The Space Race For America

Name: How One Man Won The Space Race For America
Uploaded: 2021-01-01
Duration: 52 min 1 s
Channel: Spark
Description: 52 years ago, In July 1961 President Kennedy put a man on the moon. To win the space race, the United States had to establish a multi-billion dollar space program. What a first seemed like an impossible dream soon became a reality thank to one man, Werner Von Braun. He believed he had the knowledge...

52 years ago, In July 1961 President Kennedy put a man on the moon. To win the space race, the United States had to establish a multi-billion dollar space program. What a first seemed like an impossible dream soon became a reality thank to one man, Werner Von Braun. He believed he had the knowledge...

52 min - Space & the Universe - Spark

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