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Topic: Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (BBC)
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Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-07-2014 11:49 AM
   
October 13, 2014: - 21:00 New: Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race
Documentary telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age.
- 22:30 New: The Spaceman of Afghanistan
The story of Afghan astronaut Ahad Momand, who spent a week on the Russian space station Mir in 1988. With his country still suffering violence, Ahad revisits his historic mission.
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tetrox
Member Posts: 142
From: London England
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 10-13-2014 03:21 PM
Just a heads up that BBC 4 are tonight 21.00 showing a 90 minute documentary entitled "The Cosmonauts." It will be available on the BBC website soon afterwards.Followed by an hour long program called "The Spaceman of Afghanistan" about Afghan astronaut Ahad Momand and his visit to the Mir space station. They both look interesting. Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-14-2014 04:23 AM
Strange that there was no mention of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission during Cosmonauts, especially as Alexei Leonov was interviewed.As a runner I wouldn't have fancied running through a forest in what looked like Y-fronts either!  |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-14-2014 11:54 AM
Great program that gave due credit to the Russians for the legacy in near-Earth exploration that remains the foundation for endurance flights. |
Paolo P
New Member Posts: 8
From: Edinburgh UK
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 10-31-2014 02:13 PM
Was a pretty good documentary — loads of great footage, was interesting to see the lunar training snippets. My only gripe is that they could make a whole documentary on that! Would have loved to have seen more from Leonov on the lunar programme. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-06-2016 01:00 PM
"Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race" is now airing (and streaming) in the U.S. on PBS stations. Space.com asked I write an article about the documentary, which ran on Friday (Feb. 5). Fifty-five years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human to launch into space, a documentary about the Soviet space program seeks to reveal how Russia actually "won the space race.""Cosmonauts," airing on KCET in Southern California tonight (Feb. 5), presents, in an hour and a half, the history of Russia's space efforts, using interviews with some of the Soviet-era spacemen and footage unearthed from the country's rarely seen archives. Originally produced by the BBC for broadcast in the U.K., "Cosmonauts" looks at the first half century of space exploration from a different perspective than most American-made retrospectives. "We all think we know the story of space — that it was conquered by the Americans," narrator Paul McGann, a British actor perhaps best known for his role as the eighth Doctor in the British sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who," states as "Cosmonauts" opens. "But that is not the real story. The actual conquerors of space were a group of men, and women, from the other side of the Iron Curtain." "After decades of secrecy, they are now free to tell the extraordinary stories of how they risked everything to take the first steps into space," McGann continues. "This is the remarkable, and at times terrifying, story of the cosmonauts." |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-06-2016 04:35 PM
Nobody has won yet... the race is still ongoing. What is the benchmark? While everyone holds their own view, for me, the win is achieved by demonstrating a persistent/indefinite presence and thriving in space without being reliant on the origin planet for survival and sustainment. |
dom
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 02-06-2016 06:16 PM
Thankfully the "space race" is now history. Although it's arguable the Soviets were winning the race during 1957-1965, we all won in the long run because it let the two opposing blocs compete against each other without having to resort to a war! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-06-2016 07:29 PM
Regardless of who won or if the race is still ongoing, what intrigued me most about this documentary was its perspective. Most English-language programs about the space race/space age tend to take either pro-American or neutral stances, whereas "Cosmonauts" is told from a decidedly Russian viewpoint. It was fascinating hearing the likes of Georgy Grechko describe his disappointment in the Apollo moon landings, but at the same time praise the United States for "doing it right." Likewise, while it is perhaps common to hear some Americans bemoan Russia's involvement in the International Space Station, it was new (at least to me) to hear Alexander Lazutkin describe his own disappointment in the role Russia had played in the station's creation. That, combined with footage I had not seen before, made "Cosmonauts" worth watching. |
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