In the days of the space race three men in the Soviet Union led the way creating cutting-edge rockets that would be the match of the US in many ways but for all their genius they were also flawed and bring about almost as many problems for themselves as they fixed.

This is the intriguing story of the three most influential rocket men in the Soviet Union if not the world.

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Presented by
Paul Shillito

Written & Researched by
Andy Munzer

Additional Material by
Paul Shillito

Images and footage
NASA, Roscosmos

Intro Music by Mike Mullen BMI
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