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Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907-1966) is widely regarded as the founder of the Soviet space program. Involved in pre-World War II studies of rocketry in the USSR, Korolev, like many of his colleagues, went through Stalin's prisons and later participated in the search for rocket technology in occupied Germany. His incredible energy, intelligence, belief in the prospects of space flight, managerial abilities and almost mythical skills in decision-making made him the head of the first Soviet rocket development center, known today as RKK Energia. According to many of his contemporaries, Korolev deserves most credit for turning rocket weapons into an instrument of space exploration and making the Soviet Union the world's first space-faring nation.
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At the pinnacle of his career, Sergei Korolev re-enacts for the camera historic commands for the liftoff of the Vostok spacecraft with Yuri Gagarin onboard in 1961, which opened human exploration of space.
Sergei Korolev was born on December 30, 1906 (January 12
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Sergei Korolev: Father of the Soviet Union’s success in space
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Sergei Korolev is the man responsible for the first human spaceflight. Although the world knew of his achievements - Sputnik, Vostok, Soyuz - the man himself remained a total mystery until his death, as his identity was a well-kept state secret. A victim of Stalinism, after his death he became an icon of Russian rocketry and both his rocket and spaceship designs are still flying today.
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the son of a teacher of Russian literature, he was born on 12 January 1907 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Fascinated by aircraft, he designed his first glider when he was only 17. After graduating from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, he joined the University of Moscow and his interest shifted to rocket propulsion, at the time still a theoretical subject only.
In 1931 he founded the Group for Investigation of Reactive Motion (GIRD), which developed the first Soviet liquid-fuelled rockets: the GIRD-9 and 10.
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Scientist of the Day - Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, a Soviet rocket engineer, was born on Jan. 12, 1907. He became interested in flying and designing airplanes at an early age, and was an active pilot when he met a rocket enthusiast, Friedrikh Tsander, who in 1931 formed a group for investigating the possibility of space travel via rockets. The organization was called GIRD, which stood, after translation, for the Group for the Study of Reactive Motion. There is no indication that Korolev had his eyes on space before 1931, but he soon became an enthusiast, and before long, a leader in the group. In 1933, Korolev was in charge when the first Soviet rocket was successfully launched, and shortly thereafter, the first liquid-fueled rocket, all in 1933. This was 7 years after Robert Goddard had launched his rocket in the United States, and several years after the Germans had done so.
Sergei Korolev, photograph, 1938, just before his arrest (thisdayinaviation.com)
GIRD was a state-supported organization; in 1934, it was combined with another rocket group, GDL,
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