Who was the father of the Soviet space program?
Who was the father of the Soviet space program?
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev
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.
Who was responsible for the Soviet space program?
Soviet space program
| Космическая программа СССР Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR | |
|---|---|
| Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Sweden, the first man in space | |
| Dissolved | December 25, 1991 |
| Manager | Sergei Korolev (1950s–1966) Vasily Mishin (1966–1974) Valentin Glushko (1974–1989) |
| First flight | Sputnik 1 October 4, 1957–January 4, 1958 |
Who was the Russian rocket scientist?
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Константин Циолковский | |
|---|---|
| Died | 19 September 1935 (aged 78) Kaluga, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | Tsiolkovsky’s rocket equation |
| Scientific career |
Who drove Gagarin’s bus?
Then, accompanied by Titov, Nelyubov, Nikolaev and life-support engineers, Gagarin walked out of the assembly building and boarded a specially equipped LAZ-695B bus, for a ride from Site 2 to the launch pad.
Who designed the N1 rocket?
Sergei Korolev
N1-L3 was underfunded and rushed, starting development in October 1965, almost four years after the Saturn V. The project was badly derailed by the death of its chief designer Sergei Korolev in 1966….N1 (rocket)
| N1/L3 | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 95 t (209,000 lb) |
| Payload to TLI | |
| Mass | 23.5 t (52,000 lb) |
| Launch history |
Who engineered Sputnik?
It took 96 minutes to complete one orbit. Sputnik and its launch were engineered by Sergei Korolev, an aerospace designer who is hardly known in the West.
