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NOVA Episode 35.04 Sputnik Declassified
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NOVA Episode 35.04 Sputnik Declassified

Episode Premiere
November 7, 2007
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
GBH
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Episode Premiere
November 7, 2007
Genre
Documentary
Period
1974 -
Production Co
GBH
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Director
Rushmore DeNooyer
Screenwriter
Rushmore DeNooyer
Additional Cast
  • Neil Ross

On October 4, 1957, the Space Age dawned with the red hue of the Communist flag when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite. Sputnik I stunned the world and spurred a surge in science education and innovation that changed our world forever. But was Sputnik I really a shock to America's leaders, and how close was the U.S. to getting into space first? NOVA draws on previously classified documents to tell the real story behind the opening chapter in the space race.