From World War II until its breakup, the Soviet Union undertook projects to build rockets, craft, and instruments for war and exploration of space.

The Soviet space program was shrouded in secrecy. The leader of the Soviet space program, Sergey Korolev was known only as the "chief designer" during his life. Announcements of success were delayed until success was certain, and failures were kept secret. Only through glasnost have many facts about the program become public knowledge.

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There are 10 subcategories to this category.

Soviet Union cosmonauts L Luna programme Lunokhod programme

S Salyut programme Soyuz programme Sputnik programme V Venera programme

V cont. Voskhod programme Vostok programme Z Zond program

Articles in category "Soviet space program"

There are 32 articles in this category.

Baikonur Cosmodrome C Cosmos 21 Cosmos 27 Cosmos 954 E Energia I Intercosmos K Kapustin Yar M Mars 1 Mars probe program Marsnik program

M cont. Meteor (satellite) Mir Molniya N N1 rocket Nedelin catastrophe P Phobos program Plesetsk Cosmodrome Proton rocket Proton satellite R Russian space dogs S Shuttle Buran

S cont. Soviet Moonshot Soviet space program Spiral (spaceplane) Sputnik 22 Sputnik 24 Swobodny V VBK-Raduga Vega program Vladimir Chelomei Y Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center Z Zenit rocket