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  1. www.esa.int › About_Us › ESA_historySergei Korolev: Father of the Soviet Union’s success in space

    Mar 9, 2007 · The US answer came on 15 May with a direct challenge from President John F. Kennedy, who promised to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. Korolev had his own plan to beat the US in the ‘Moon Race’. He proposed building a giant rocket, the 100-m tall N-1 as well as a modular spacecraft which had a promising future: Soyuz.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sergei_KorolevSergei Korolev - Wikipedia

    Sergei Pavlovich Korolev [a] [b] [c] (12 January 1907 [O.S. 30 December 1906] – 14 January 1966) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.

  4. www.thespacetechie.com › sergei-korolev-father-ofSergei Korolev: Father of Astronautics - The Space Techie

    Jul 6, 2021 · Sergei Korolev was a lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He is regarded by many as the father of practical astronautics.

  5. scihi.org › sergei-korolev-astronauticsSergei Pavlovich Korolev – the Father of Practical Astronautics

    Jan 12, 2022 · Among Korolyov’s greatest achievements were the construction of the R-7 – the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile – and the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, [1] but most importantly, the first space flight by a human, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. [2]

  6. medium.com › sergei-korolev-70c0515bffbdSergei Korolev. The pioneer Behind the Soviet Space… | by ...

    Sep 27, 2023 · Sergei P. Korolev’s (Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov) life is a gripping account of a visionary aerospace engineer who played a pivotal role in shaping the Soviet space program.

  7. www.britannica.com › biography › Sergei-KorolevSergei Korolev | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Sep 3, 2024 · Sergei Korolev, Soviet designer of guided missiles, rockets, and spacecraft. He was the guiding genius behind the Soviet spaceflight program, though his role in his country’s space program was not revealed until after his death. Learn more about Korolev’s life and career.

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  9. www.nmspacemuseum.org › inductee › sergei-p-korolevSergei P. Korolev - New Mexico Museum of Space History

    Sergei Korolev was paroled by Stalin on July 27, 1944, primarily by the intervention of senior aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev, himself a prisoner, who requested Korolev’s services in his own sharashka. Following the end of World War II, Korolev was released from prison and sent to Germany to study the Nazi’s V-2 rocket and other technology.