Korolev, Sergei
Russian Engineer and Designer 1907-1966
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the chief designer of launch vehicles during the early years of the Soviet Union's space program and the dri...
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Sergei Korolev
Born December 30, 1906 (Zhitomir, Ukraine)
Died January 14, 1966 (Moscow, Russia)
Russian engineer
During the 1950s and 1960s the former Soviet Union and the United States were engaged ...
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Sergei Korolev was a major figure an driving force in the development of the Russian space program. Influenced by the ideas of interplanetary flight put forth by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , Korolev becam...
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