00:00He survived Stalin's gulag.
00:02Now he's building the rocket that could end the world or conquer the stars.
00:07Meet Sergei Korolev, the man America doesn't even know exists.
00:12The Soviets storm the V-2 factories, seize entire assembly lines by train,
00:18grab German engineers to crack the code.
00:21Korolev reverse-engineers it into the R-1, tested 1948, near-perfect copy.
00:28He doesn't stop. R-2 in 1951.
00:35Stand up! Prepare the next launch immediately!
00:40R-5 by 1955, always in total secrecy.
00:48Known only as the chief designer, his face forbidden from photos,
00:52driven by pure fire to crush the West.
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