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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyMurtada ElfadlVarietyMurtada ElfadlIn telling the specific moving stories of a few men, The Space Race manages to provide such a rich perspective into their experience that it transcends its goals of shining a light on worthy lives and untold history, to entertain and educate.
- 80CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowryFrom the title to the execution, this National Geographic presentation has the right stuff.
- 75RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloThe real gem of this documentary are the incredible first person accounts from those who were there.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonThe Space Race is an illuminating, absorbing film about an underreported storyline in our astronaut programs.
- 60The New York TimesDevika GirishThe New York TimesDevika GirishA theme running through the interviews is that for the U.S. government, sending a Black astronaut to space was more a matter of propaganda than racial justice.