Why Didn’t The Soviet Union Put a Man on the Moon?

Today on Far Future Horizons we ask the question in: Why Didn’t The Soviet Union Put a Man on the Moon?

It’s probably the most well-known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century.

Area 51 Finally Declassified

Today on Far Future Horizons we visit the world’s most famous military installation - Area 51.

It’s the most famous military installation in the world, yet it doesn’t officially exist. Area 51. Area 51 was a site for covert Cold War operations and has long been a magnet for crackpots, conspiracy theorists, and the overly curious.

The Atomic Bomber

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an episode from the acclaimed documentary series Planes that Never Flew- The Atomic Bomber. This episode examines the WS-125, an attempt by the United States Air Force to develop a nuclear powered strategic bomber which could fly non-stop without refuelling. It was eventually cancelled in 1961 as unfeasible.

The True Story behind the Hunt for Red October

Today on Far Future Horizons we will reveal the true story that inspired Tom Clancy’s best selling novel The Hunt for Red October (1984) and the motion picture that was produced in 1990 and starred Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. 

Astrospies

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Astrospies, a NOVA documentary concerning the covert space program of the 1960s. In this documentary, NOVA delves into the untold story of this top-secret space race, which might easily have turned into a shooting war in orbit.

USAF McDonnell Blue Gemini

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. Co-produced by investigative journalist James Bamford, acclaimed best-selling author of The Puzzle Palace and Emmy Award-winning producer Scott Willis, “Astrospies” uncovers new clues about the tensest period of the Cold War, when the U.S. and USSR were on the verge of war and desperate for intelligence on each other’s nuclear capabilities.