Pictures of moscows moon rocket images that were to be among the soviet unions most closely guarded state secrets. And pictures of cars minots training for a moon landing in the socalled star city near moscow the soviet union was determined to beat the United States in the race to put a man on the moon a race that would cost russian and american lives. The russians and always set the pace but in the end they ultimately lost the 20th centurys most prestigious race. Opened in 1957 Baikonur Cosmodrome was moscows gateway to the stars. After the launch of several sputnik satellites and unmanned moon probes in the late 1950 s. The whole world assumed that the soviets would also be using baikonur to send cosmonauts to the moon. There were certainly concrete plans but nothing was leaked there were no official statements nothing to indicate the soviet unions plans step of the road in the gulf or the all decisions on the Space Program were classified top secret including the moon program. Or th
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