Sergei Korolev
Deceased Q170842

Sergei Korolev

Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)

Born: December 30, 1906 (1906) · Zhytomyr
Died: January 14, 1966 (1966) · Moscow
Age at death: 59 years
Cause of death: cancer
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Occupation university teacher, engineer, military personnel, physicist, military flight engineer, scientist, design engineer
Field of work rocket science
Education Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Employer S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Group for the Study of Reactive Motion, Reactive Scientific Research Institute, Nordhausen (Institut)
Position held director
Gender male

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