In the collective imagination, the frantic space race is embodied by the rivalry between the United States and the USSR. But, in the shadow of this cold war, a duel rages: that between the Russian engineer Sergei Korolev and his German counterpart Wernher von Braun. For nearly forty years, the two scientists used their genius to serve, not the military interests of great geopolitical powers, but their childhood dream: reaching space. This crossed portrait of two heroes of the conquest of space reveals different destinies, yet closely linked: that of Wernher von Braun, in turn pampered by the Nazi regime, then by the White House, and that of Sergei Korolev, an outcast victim of the purges Stalinists, before becoming the hero of the Soviet people.
00:00 Korolev Von Braun duel under the moon
05:25 The pioneers of aeronautics
30:57 The turning point for von Braun: the Sputnik satellite
42:00 Kennedy announces Moon challenge
47:19 Apollo 4 launch to the Moon
50:53 Planetary triumph of Apollo 11
51:30 Death of Von Braun and launch of the shuttle Enterprise
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Serguei Korolev - Wernher Von Braun, duel under the moon
A film by Laurent Portes
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