S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION «ENERGIA»
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Chief Designer of rocket and space technology, Founder and Head of Special Design Bureau-1 Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was born on January 12, 1907, in Zhitomir (Ukraine). He graduated from Odessa Building Trades School No.1, studied at Kiev Polytechnic Institute and at Moscow N.E. Bauman Higher Technical School. Even before his graduation from that institution of higher education (1930), young Korolev got involved in the nationwide program of building up a national aviation industry initiated by the state as a most important component of the nation's scientific and technological progress and the strengthening of its defense capability. Getting acquainted with K.E. Tsiolkovsky's ideas about space exploration played a decisive role in S.P.Korolev's choice of his lifework. In his book "Rocket Flight in the Stratosphere" published in 1934, S.P.Korolev recaps the results obtained by the Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (GIRD) and maps out a program for future development of rocket engineering, gets his readers acquainted with prospects for future interplanetary missions, and possible uses of rocket technology in science and defense. On August 9, 1946, S.P. Korolev was appointed Chief Designer of long-range ballistic missiles. Since August 26, 1946, S.P. Korolev was the head of the team, which, under his direction, assured the creation of our country's nuclear missile shield (developed and put into service first long-range missiles in our country, which operated on high-boiling, low-boiling and solid propellants), began space exploration (first high-altitude sounding rockets, first artificial satellite of Earth, first manned spaceflight by Y.A. Gagarin, first research satellites Elektron, deep space probes to the Moon, Mars and Venus, our country's first communications satellite Molniya-1, surveillance satellite Zenit). The work under the manned spacecraft Vostok and Voskhod was carried out, and the work under manned lunar programs was started, exploratory design work was conducted on manned vehicles for missions to the planets of the Solar system, and other projects. Being the initiator and the Chairman of the Council of Chief Designers, in 1945-1965 he provided technical management and coordination of work conducted by our country's companies and organizations under rocket and space projects developed under the leadership of his company. He was the founder of a school of engineering though in the fields of design, manufacturing, testing and application of complex rocket and space systems. Sergei Korolev authored more than 250 scientific works, papers and inventions. He was a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1958). Winner of the Lenin Prize (1957). Twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1956, 1961). He was awarded the Orders of: Lenin (1956, 1961), Badge of Honor (1945), medals: For Valiant Labor during Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945), In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow (1948), K.E. Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal №1 (1958).
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