Biography of the astronaut Korolev

Home Korolev Sergey Pavlovich. Biographical certificate Sergey Pavlovich Korolev - Soviet scientist and designer in the field of rocket science and astronautics, chief designer of the first launch vehicles, artificial Earth satellites, manned spacecraft, founder of practical cosmonautics, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, member of the Presidential Academy of Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, Queen - Pioneer of Cosmos.

Under his leadership, many geophysical and ballistic missiles were created, the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, Vostok launch vehicle and its modifications were launched, spacecraft flights are perfect, in particular, for the first time in the history of man piloted by man and with a person’s entry into open cosmic space; The first spacecraft of the Luna, Venus, Mars, Sunda, artificial satellites of Electron, Lightning-1 were created; the project of the Soyuz spacecraft was developed.

Korolev raised scientists and engineers. He was awarded the Golden Medal named after outstanding merits in the field of rocket and space technology. Founded by the scholarships named after Queen for students of higher educational institutions. В Житомире, Москве в начале Аллеи космонавтов и других городах сооружены памятники ученому, созданы мемориальные дома-музеи в Житомире, Москве и на Байконуре, его имя носят Куйбышевский авиационный институт, улицы многих городов, два научно-исследовательских судна, высокогорный пик на Памире, перевал на Тянь-Шане, астероид, Talasoid on the moon.

The urn with the ashes of S. Korolev is buried in the Kremlin wall. Biographical certificate Sergey Pavlovich Korolev was born on January 12 of the year in Zhitomir in a family of teachers. From the age of ten, he was brought up by a stepfather, a mechanical engineer in a degree in. In the year he received secondary education, having graduated from the construction professional school of the city of Odessa.

Designed his first glider. He joined the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. He worked at the same time at the enterprises of the aviation industry. Later he built glider I participated in all -Union glider competitions. In the year, he defended the project of a light -engine two -seater aircraft SK - 4 as a thesis project, which was built I passed summer trials.

The scientific director Korolev was A. after the defense received the profession of an Aeromemechanical engineer. In the year, without interruption from production, he graduated from the Moscow school of pilots, received a pilot's certificate. In the year, along with F., he led the construction and flight tests of missiles, and developed a missileplane project. He led the flight tests of the first domestic liquid missiles "09" M.'s design of the year, the queen's book "missile flight in the stratosphere" was published.

In the year, he created the design of the rocket plane "", substantiated the technical requirements for the aircraft with the missile engine. In the year, he participated in the tests of the missile system with the ORM engine. In the year, he was repressed and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. In G. developed a missile accelerator for military aircraft. In the year, S.

Korolev returned to Moscow, began fulfilling the duties of the chief designer. In the year he was engaged in the improvement of high -altitude geophysical missiles created on the basis of the military. In the year, he led the development of the first samples of space aircraft. He participated in the construction of terrestrial testing services of the Baikonur Cosmodrome as one of his "customers".

In the year, the title of Hero of Socialist Labor is awarded for the development of new samples of combat missiles. In the year on October 4, he led the launch of the world's first artificial satellite of the Earth. He was awarded the Lenin Prize.

In the year he took part in the preparation and launch of automatic interplanetary stations "Luna - 1", "Moon - 2", "Moon - 3". The latter handed over photographs of the reverse invisible side of the moon. In the year on April 12, he led the first in history of a person’s flight into space. The ship Yuri Gagarin made one round around the planet and successfully returned to Earth.

In the year, I prepared the first group flight of the East 3 ships I Vostok-4, participated in the launch of the Mars-1 interplanetary station. In the year, I prepared I held the second group flight of the East 5 "I" Vostok-6 ". In the year, he prepared for flight I participated in the launch of the Quot missile and space system; The probe "for distant interplanetary flights.

Prepared I flew by the Vostok spacecraft. Approved the project of the Soyuz missile system, developed by specialists under its leadership. In the year, he led the flight of the Vostok-2 ship, during which the astronaut Alexey Leonov first entered outdoor space.He participated in the launches of the automatic interplanetary stations "Luna-5", "Luna-6", "Luna-7", "Luna-8", "Venus-2", "Venus-3", the Academician of the "Lightning-3" aircraft.

For an outstanding contribution to the defense of the homeland and in the development of practical cosmonautics, Academician S. Korolev was twice awarded the title of Hero. Socialist labor in the first years, he was awarded the Leninsky Prize of the I Golden Medal of K. Tsiolkovsky Sergey Pavlovich Korolev died in the sixties of his life on January 14 of the year.