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Rocketships

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Astronaut in a space suit with the face plate open. Caption: And in 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

Looks briefly at the history of rockets, from the space programs of the twentieth century into the cutting-edge technologies and dreams of today.

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Runtime: 53 minutes 5 seconds

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