The circular etchings right here are characteristic of Soviet-era launch keys. I can affirm that this piece is authentic and worth maybe 2500.
-Expert
Facts[]
- Fact 1: The fall of the U.S.S.R. brought an end to the Soviet space program, but it was immediately recreated as the "Russian Aviation and Space Agency"
- Fact 2: The USSR's rocket and space program was initially boosted by German scientists from the former Third Reich.
- Fact 3: The Soviet Space program is credited with the first animal in space: Laika the dog, aboard Sputnik 2.
- Fact 4: The Soviet efforts in space gave rise to the first intercontinental ballistic missile, the first space station and the first data communication between earth and outer space.
- Fact 5: ICBMs, or Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, are missiles that have a range greater than 3,500 miles.