It's a great show and at times really makes you wish that's how things would have transpired (i.e., we would not have taken a collective ~30 year break from space travel). Fully seconding this recommendation!

The Soviets never did land a person on the moon and get them back. It would appear they didn't have it in them to get it done.

Here's a brief history of the competition and why the Soviets failed:

https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/how-soviets-didn%E2...