Sergei Korolev
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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.
Нина и Сергей Королевы
Korolev with his nanny Varvara Marchenko in 1907
Korolev in 1912
Korolev in 1925
Soviet space program
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The Soviet space program was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Unlike its Space Race competitor, the United States, which
Sergei Korolev
…of the Space Race. Korolev directed development of the R-7 rocket, the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and was a leader in the Soviet space programme which used modified versions of the R-7 for several notable achievements. Under his leadership, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial…
Sputnik 516
Гагарин перед полётом
Luna 3 moon
Surfaces of Venus, Venere 13 and Venera 14