Knocking on Heaven's Door

Monument To Yuri Gagarin 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the documentary “Knocking on Heaven's Door”.

Yuri Gagarin

April 12^th 2011 was the fiftieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space, hailed by the Soviet Union as a triumph for socialist science over capitalism. But the true story is much stranger.

Reach for the Stars

Today on Far Future Horizons we commemorate two important events that happened on this date in history. Two Days that Shook the World.

April 12^th, 1633 and April 12^th, 1961 are two days on which science challenged the conventional view of our place in the universe.

Space Race Episode Three: Race for Survival

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the third episode of the acclaimed BBC docudrama “Space Race” titled “Race for Survival”.


This series chronicles the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race up to the first landing of a man on the moon. It focuses on Sergei Korolev, the Soviet chief rocket designer, and Wernher von Braun, his American counterpart.