The Soviet Space Program

The Soviet Space Program

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The Soviet Space Program

First Steps: 1941_1953




Author:Eberhard R_del
Language:English text
Format:Hardback
Dimensions:6" x 9"
Pages:128
Photos:207 color and b/w photos
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN:9780764355394



This concise history is the first book in a new series on the Soviet space program and features many rare photographs, diagrams, and charts. When Soviet rocket experts examined the first Nazi V-2s in early 1945, they immediately realized that their own technology was years behind what the Germans had developed. The dropping of the two American atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 made the path forward clear: the development of a Soviet atomic bomb, and a suitable missile to carry it. This story begins with the Soviet's pre- and early war developments in rocket technology, then covers the discovery and study of the V-2s at Peenemunde, Germany. The Soviets assembled remaining V-2 rockets from existing parts and their mode of operation was studied. Developments in the Soviet R and G series missiles in the early 1950s are discussed in detail, as is the development for the peaceful use of Soviet rocket technology in space.