Sergei P. Korolev
contributorEngineering & Vehicle Design
Soviet chief designer whose organization developed the R-7 launch family and the Vostok, Voskhod, and early Soyuz systems that established the Soviet human-spaceflight program.
- Primary role
- Soviet chief spacecraft and launch-vehicle designer
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Korolev directed the design bureaus that adapted the R-7 for orbital launches, placed the first satellite in orbit, sent the first person into space aboard Vostok, flew Voskhod crews, and began the Soyuz and Soviet lunar programs.
His systems organization produced the launch vehicles and spacecraft behind the earliest human-spaceflight milestones, although his identity and role were concealed by the Soviet state during his lifetime.
Sergei P. Korolev’s archive record spans Aeronautical engineer, Rocket designer, Chief designer through work connected with GIRD, RNII, OKB-1. The linked record places that work within R-7, Sputnik, Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz, Soviet lunar program.
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- R-7Spaceflight program
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- SputnikSpaceflight program
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- VostokSpaceflight program
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- VoskhodSpaceflight program
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- SoyuzSpaceflight program
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- Soviet lunar programSpaceflight program
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