Konstantin D. Bushuyev
contributorEngineering & Vehicle Design
Soviet spacecraft engineer who contributed to early crewed vehicles and served as technical director for Apollo-Soyuz.
- Primary role
- Soviet spacecraft engineer and Apollo-Soyuz technical director
- Lifespan
- 1914–1978
- Relationships
- 7
- Sources
- 3
Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Bushuyev worked in Korolev's design organization on crewed spacecraft and later coordinated Soviet technical work, interfaces, and joint decisions for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
His Apollo-Soyuz role helped convert separately developed Soviet and United States systems into one documented rendezvous, docking, and crew-transfer mission.
Konstantin D. Bushuyev’s archive record spans Spacecraft engineer, Deputy chief designer, Apollo-Soyuz technical director through work connected with OKB-1, Soviet Academy of Sciences. The linked record places that work within Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz, Apollo-Soyuz.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- Spacecraft engineer
- Deputy chief designer
- Apollo-Soyuz technical director
Organizations
Programs
- Vostok
- Voskhod
- Soyuz
- Apollo-Soyuz
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Apollo-Soyuz Test ProjectServed as the Soviet technical director for the joint mission
- OKB-1Canonical organization
- Soviet Academy of SciencesCanonical organization
- VostokSpaceflight program
- VoskhodSpaceflight program
- SoyuzSpaceflight program
- Apollo-SoyuzSpaceflight program
Sources
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