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 Soviets 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.
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