{"id":105500,"date":"2019-12-17T16:22:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T21:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//?p=105500"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:38:55","slug":"wucf-tv-wins-emmy-for-space-chase-usa-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//wucf-tv-wins-emmy-for-space-chase-usa-documentary/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500//","title":{"rendered":"WUCF TV Wins Emmy for ‘Space Chase USA’ Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"
WUCF TV, Central Florida/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/u2019s PBS station, won an Emmy last weekend for producing the one-hour documentary Space Chase USA, a look at the transformative events in Cocoa Beach in the 1950s and /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/u201860s during America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/u2019s Cold War race into space./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/n The film was presented an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the 43rd Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards on Saturday./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/n Space Chase USA, explores the pioneering history that the city/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/u2019s residents found themselves engaged in as NASA and the space industry arrived on the Space Coast next to the small beach town. Interviews with residents, archival footage and home movies were used to provide a personal connection to the new space era in Cocoa Beach/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/u2019s history./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/n The film premiered in July as part of WUCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/u2019s Summer of Space./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/105500/n