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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager

Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. The game features the race to the Moon, the historical event that started in the early 1960s and that ended in July 1969, after the successful completion of the Apollo 11 mission. To verify its accuracy and authenticity, the game has been developed in consultation with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, former U.S. Air Force combat pilot (66 missions in Korea) and NASA astronaut, who took part in the first Moon landing mission and became the second human being to walk on the Moon. If you have any interest in space exploration a

Release date
July 19, 2019
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Polar Motion
Publisher
Slitherine Ltd.
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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. The game features the race to the Moon, the historical event that started in the early 1960s and that ended in July 1969, after the successful completion of the Apollo 11 mission. To verify its accuracy and authenticity, the game has been developed in consultation with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, former U.S. Air Force combat pilot (66 missions in Korea) and NASA astronaut, who took part in the first Moon landing mission and became the second human being to walk on the Moon.

If you have any interest in space exploration and the events that transpired during the Race to the Moon, this is a game you just do not want to miss! It is the mid-1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space. Take charge of the US or Soviet space agencies - your duty is be the first to the moon. Carefully manage your budget by opening programs, spending R&D funds on improving the hardware, recruiting personnel and launching space missions in this realistic turn-based strategy game.

The game features both a campaign and a sandbox mode. In campaign mode, you will be able to play as the Director of either NASA or the Soviet Space Agency in order to beat the other side to be the first on the Moon.…

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★ 6.0/10GOG · 29 ratings
GOGLast checked November 1, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
I have long been a player of Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space (BARIS), which was based upon the board game Liftoff! This game is very…
★ 5 / 5
I got this on Steam a couple years ago and honestly didn't read the description very well. At first I was let down by the…
★ 2 / 5
To be honest, this game is a bit too linear and basic. Exciting on a first play, but it gets old very fast if you…
★ 3 / 5
"Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space" was a 1993 game of the US/USSR race to be the first to the moon. It featured animation, original voice…
★ 2 / 5
BARIS (or Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space if you're not a cool 90s kid), was a punishing but very engaging space program simulator. It had…
★ 3 / 5
This game tries to be a successor to BARIS, almost making the grade but not quite. Works reasonably well for unmanned programs but fails badly…
★ 2 / 5
No multi-player mode, quite buggy. For some reason I have a negative payload weight for Explorer 1 payload which causes no rockets to be available…
★ 1 / 5
I hated it. First you need to suceed the tutorial to play. When I payed the tutorial it was easy at the beging but the…

Most recent8

★ 2 / 5
No multi-player mode, quite buggy. For some reason I have a negative payload weight for Explorer 1 payload which causes no rockets to be available…
★ 3 / 5
This game tries to be a successor to BARIS, almost making the grade but not quite. Works reasonably well for unmanned programs but fails badly…
★ 2 / 5
BARIS (or Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space if you're not a cool 90s kid), was a punishing but very engaging space program simulator. It had…
★ 3 / 5
"Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space" was a 1993 game of the US/USSR race to be the first to the moon. It featured animation, original voice…
★ 2 / 5
To be honest, this game is a bit too linear and basic. Exciting on a first play, but it gets old very fast if you…
★ 1 / 5
I hated it. First you need to suceed the tutorial to play. When I payed the tutorial it was easy at the beging but the…
★ 5 / 5
I got this on Steam a couple years ago and honestly didn't read the description very well. At first I was let down by the…

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