NOVA: "Astrospies"

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Next on NOVA: "Astrospies"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/astrospies

Tuesday, February 12 at 8 p.m.
Check your local listings as dates and times may vary. Broadcast in
HD where available.

Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns, and
parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the moon in the 1960s.
But few know that both countries also ran parallel space programs, whose
covert goal was to launch military astronauts on spying missions. In
this program, NOVA delves into the untold story of this top-secret
space race, which might easily have turned into a shooting war in
orbit.