Earth / Cislunar · Cold War
The Last Frontier
Two empires race the sky. The prize is the story of the century.
Sputnik rattles a superpower. Engineers, politicians, and astronauts turn rockets into national myth — until a quiet Sunday in July makes the Moon a place instead of a metaphor.
PG · 1957–1969 · 4 episodes · discovery
Episodes
Episode 1 · 15 min · 1957
A Beep Heard Around the World
A polished sphere the size of a beach ball rearranges the planet’s nerves.
Episode 2 · 17 min · 1961
Twelve Minutes
Gagarin comes home a person. Shepard comes home a program.
Episode 3 · 14 min · 1967
Fire in the Cockpit
Three men die on the pad. The program learns what haste costs.
Episode 4 · 20 min · 1969
A Place, Not a Prize
Eagle finds a boulder field and a sentence that has to be said once.