Cream / Steel LASTCHANCE the names of recurring payloads

the names of recurring payloads became associated with the launch vehicle itself

The Sierra class was the Soviet Union’s successor to the partly successful Project 705 Lira (Alfa) class submarine

645 aircraft were built in the USSR and it remains one of the most iconic and enduring military aircraft of the post-World War 2 period

Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov

earning him a place in history as one of the pioneers of astronautics

Cream / Steel LASTCHANCE the names of recurring payloadsHistory changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. Sputniks launch heralded a new era of scientific, engineering, technological advancements that continue to impact our lives today. The Space Race as it was known officially began with great gusto and surprise and the ensuing competition between the US and USSR arguably shaped much of the political era in the post World War 2 era of the 20Th Century. The world's