Trying to hold the lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk.

A few weeks before a big airshow, Ace gets his acceptance letter to take part in the competition to become the next champion.

Winter, 1941. World War II rages on as Nazi troops invade the Soviet Union and besiege the devastated city of Leningrad. Foreign journalists are quickly evacuated, but in the chaos that ensues, Kate Davies is left behind.