How Soviet NK-33 Engines Came to the United States
Matthew Travis · Documentary · 50 min · 2014 · YouTube title: The Engines That Came In From The Cold - And how The NK-33/RD-180 Came To The USA
Why it's here
HN recommends it as a fascinating history of Soviet staged-combustion engines and why they stayed in use in American rockets.
What it covers
A Channel 4 Equinox documentary on the NK-33 engines built for the Soviet N1 moon rocket and how they ended up in the USA. It includes rare footage and interviews with veterans of the early Soviet space program.