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Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was a Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer who led the development of the Soviet space program during the early years of the Space Race.
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science · Soviet aerospace engineer (1907–1966) · military flight engineer · design engineer · university teacher · military personnel · scientist · engineer · physicist · also Sergei Korolev, S. P. Korolyov, Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov, Sergei Koroliov, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Korolev
Born 30 December 1906 · Died 14 January 1966 · Q170842
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,141 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 761, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Portrayals in fiction
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2015· 1 entry
As a tribute to Sergei Korolev
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2011· 1 entry
The British writer Rona Munro produced the play Little Eagles on Korolev's life – its premiere was from 16 April to 7 May 2011, in an RSC production at the Hampstead Theatre, with Korolev played by Darrel D'Silva and Yur
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1990· 1 entry
Korolev was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1976).
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Was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame
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1975· 1 entry
In the house where Korolev lived from 1959 till 1966 (Moscow, 6th Ostankinsky Lane,2/28)
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1972· 1 entry
Mishin was fired and then replaced by a rival, Valentin Glushko, after all four N-1 test launches failed
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1971· 1 entry
And was awarded the Order of Lenin three times, the Order of the Badge of Honour and the Medal "For Labour Valour"
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1969· 1 entry
And 1986, the USSR issued 10 kopek postage stamps honoring Korolev
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1966· 6 entries
Died 1966-01-14.
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When his role in the Soviet Union's space achievements became widely known
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“Today the dreams of the best sons of mankind have come true. The assault on space has begun.”
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Which leads to the Soviets landing on the moon first
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And is now called Ulitsa Akademika Korolyova (Academician Korolyov Street)
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Ended his direct involvement in Soviet efforts to land a crew on the Moon before the United States
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1964· 1 entry
Doctors diagnosed him with cardiac arrhythmia
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1962· 1 entry
Korolyov launched the first group flight with Vostok 3 and 4 (with Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich)
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1961· 3 entries
Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1961).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1961).
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Using the NK-15 liquid fuel rocket engine
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1958· 4 entries
All failed in part because of political pressure forcing the launches to be rushed with an inadequate budget to test and develop the hardware properly before they were ready to fly
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Was elected to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
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For a different purpose and with a limited payload of about 70 tons
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With design studies for the future Vostok spacecraft
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1957· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1957).
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Awarded Lenin Prize (1957).
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1956· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1956).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1956).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1956).
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1950· 1 entry
And repatriated the German engineers and their families between December 1951 and November 1953
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1949· 3 entries
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1949).
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But he is known to have had affairs even after this second marriage
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Korolev and Kotenkova were married in 1949, but he is known to have had affairs even after this second marriage.
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1948· 1 entry
Vincentini, who still loved Korolev and was angry over the infidelity, divorced him in 1948.
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1946· 2 entries
Career landmark: director (1946).
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About 1946, the marriage of Korolev and Vincentini began to break up.
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1945· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1945).
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Won Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945).
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For his work on the development of rocket motors for military aircraft
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1942· 1 entry
To the sharashka of Kazan OKB-16 under Glushko
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1938· 1 entry
Was arrested during the Great Purge on charges later shown to be false and spent nearly six years in prison and labour camps, including several months in Kolyma
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1934· 1 entry
Following a disagreement over the direction of RNII, Korolev was demoted to section chief of winged missiles and was replaced by Georgy Langemak
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1933· 2 entries
GIRD launched the first hybrid propellant rocket, the GIRD-09, and on November 25, 1933, the Soviet's first liquid-fueled rocket GIRD-X
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To create the Reactive Scientific Research Institute (RNII), which brought together the best of the Soviet rocket talent, including Korolev, Georgy Langemak, and former GDL engine designer Valentin Glushko
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1931· 1 entry
Korolev and space travel enthusiast Friedrich Zander participated in the creation of the Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (GIRD), one of the earliest state-sponsored centers for rocket development in the USSR
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1930· 2 entries
Became interested in the possibilities of liquid-fueled rocket engines to propel airplanes, while working at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) as a lead engineer on the Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber
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And explored the operational limits of the aircraft he piloted, wondering what was beyond his plane's altitude limit and how he could get there
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1929· 1 entry
To meet the country's urgent need for their skills
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1928· 1 entry
And flew it in a competition the next year
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1926· 2 entries
Studied at Bauman Moscow State Technical University (1926).
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Studied at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (1924–1926).
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1925· 1 entry
Was accepted into a limited class on glider construction, and suffered two broken ribs flying the training glider they built
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1924· 3 entries
But she then declined so she might continue her higher education
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While living with his uncle Yuri, and earned money for his courses by doing odd jobs
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Designed an OAVUK construction project glider called the K-5 when he was 17 years old
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1923· 1 entry
Joined the Society of Aviation and Aerial Navigation of Ukraine and the Crimea (OAVUK)
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1917· 1 entry
Where they endured hardships with many other families through the tumultuous years following the Russian Revolution and continuing internecine struggles until the Bolsheviks assumed unchallenged power in 1920
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1915· 1 entry
And in 1916 married Grigory Mikhailovich Balanin, an electrical engineer who had been educated in Germany but who had to attend the Kiev Polytechnic University because German engineering diplomas were not recognized in R
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1914· 1 entry
World War I commenced with social unrest in the Kiev area
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1906· 1 entry
Born 1906-12-30.
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