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200849 minGdocumentary

Cosmodrome

200849 minGdocumentary

Rocket engines built in absolute secrecy during the Cold War became the most admired in the world and later found their way into American rockets.

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Rocket engines built in absolute secrecy during the Cold War became the most admired in the world and later found their way into American rockets.

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Dan Clifton

Dan Cliftondirector

Jaye Griffiths

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Engineers at the Soviet Union's elite Design Bureaux worked in secrecy to develop advanced rocket engines during the Cold War. These engines aimed to land a man on the moon and became known as Russia's "Crown Jewels." As the political climate shifted from conflict to commerce, these once-classified technologies found new life in American rockets. The documentary details this transition and the legacy of Soviet engineering in the space race.

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