![Yuri Gagarin, prepared to depart on the rocket that would take him on the first-ever space flight. Behind him is Gherman Titov, ready to replace him in case of any eventuality.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/CUMLMV54HBMP7OH7XQZX5L7GII.jpg?auth=8a12c63405a8a68b7846bcc8a4a110fc4c3419f1788555a2645cd8337fec711e&width=414&height=233&focal=600%2C383)
British filmmaker and author Stephen Walker: ‘If Hitler had won the war, Von Braun would have taken the Nazis to the moon’
In ‘Beyond,’ Walker chronicles the space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. He masterfully reconstructs the epic flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to leave the Earth and point the way to the stars