I. Introduction

1. A Moscow warehouse and one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War

II. The "Chief Designer" Sergei Korolev

1. Mysterious background (his name a mere whisper)
2. Achievements of one man's passionate desire
3. Predecessor was Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

III. The Times in Science

1. Who sparked the Soviet Space fuse though Stalin sent him to the Gulag
2. Harford (Korolev's biographer) speaks on Soviet Space background
3. Suddenly Stalin does want Soviets in Space and Science
4. Harford, Mishin (Korolev's chief deputy), and Lt. General Kerimov describe the conditions of the workplace for scientists

IV. Missiles, rockets and the Cold War

1. Khrushchev decides to reach USA with nuclear missile
2. Korolev sees his chance to get to space with such a powerful weapon.
3. Description of the R7 Rocket and those in awe of it
4. Testing of R7, political, scientific and military aims
5. Failure 5 times, 6^th time a success - 1^st Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

V. Korolev's Satellite - the world's first ever

1. Info from Harford, Feoktisov (the spacecraft's, designer and cosmonaut) and Khrushchev's son on the satellite
2. SPUTNIK launched successfully and became the first manmade object in orbit
3. America is shocked and recognizes Soviet space superiority

VI. Sputnik

1. Soviet reaction
2. Excitement of citizens exploited for propaganda by the government
3. Leads to demand for more launches
4. Laika (dog) to be first living creature in space
5. Leads to American reaction

VI. Korolev sends first manmade object to the moon - a quarter of a million miles away

1. Pressure from government for more, more excitement, more drama
2. Debate between Korolev and government: send man or spy satellite first to space
3. Korolev goes straight to Khrushchev - bypassing all officials - to get approval for satellite
4. Korolev meets his cosmonaut for the first time
1. Leonov recalls experience of first encounter with the "Chief Designer"
2. Korolev chooses Gagarin as pilot

VII. April 12, 1961

1. Successful launch and landing
2. Welcome home scenes, celebration
3. Korolev's family pride forced into silence

VIII. After Sputnik

1. America's bitter reaction
2. NASA's deputy administrator, Seaman, admits reason for USA lagging behind
3. Kennedy announces moon program
4. Korolev now sees his dream challenged by the Americans

IX. Korolev's new mission: Woman in Space, Man on Moon, Mars and Venus

1. Success, stuns world with woman in space
2. Comments on his success, influence, and power
3. Khrushchev's meeting with officials; decides to fund Korolev with military's funding
4. NASA gets hold of N1 Rocket info through American spy satellite
5. Competition heats up as USA has more federal, military, and industrial support

X. Leonov

1. Floats in space, an emergency first first time told
2. Comments on encouraging note from Korolev

XI. Korolev's Lunar Lander

1. 1965 - N1 not powerful enough to walk on moon
2. Soviet money and funding running out - limited resources, Khrushchev is out, Brezhnev, the new leader in
3. Military resents sacrifices

XII. Korolev begins to see the end of his lifelong dream

1. Drinking with Leonov, first time speaks of Gulag experience, the terror
2. Tumor found, dies 14 Jan 1966
3. Info released, he is finally public, no secrets any more, thousands came to see the man who opened the space age

XIII. Government response and responsibility

1. New support for the moon program
2. Ignored 200 design faults on the spacecraft carrying a crew from earth to the moon - demanding a test
3. Fatal accident, death on impact
4. Soviets sit back and watch as Americans finally succeed with Apollo 8

XIV. N-1 vs. Armstrong and Apollo

1. The Saturn 5
2. Test - explodes at take off
3. Armstrong walks on moon 17 days later

XV. Korolev's impact and influence

1. Soviets blame funding, destroyed all N-1 Rockets
2. One actually became a pigpen
3. Could have been successful with lunar lander if big booster would have succeeded
4. Korolev Called the Christopher Columbus of Space by Khrushchev's son