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NOVA | Astrospies | PBS

Duration: 53:13 (Full Program)
Program: NOVA #3501

Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the US raced the USSR to the Moon in the 1960s, but few know that both superpowers also ran parallel covert space programs to launch military astronauts on spying missions.

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Post Date: March 17, 2009