Modern Marvels

Season 10 Episode 26: Cosmodrome

The story of Russia’s “Crown Jewels”, the finest rocket engines in the world, built under conditions of absolute secrecy to land a man on the moon. Learn how, at the height of Cold War rivalry, the engineers of the Soviet Union’s elite Design Bureau developed what have become the most admired rocket engines money can buy, and how in the current climate, driven by commerce not conflict, those engines have found their way into American rockets.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

23

Episodes:

707

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1993

IMDb:

8.1