Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (01.12.1907, Zhytomyr - 14.01.1966, Moscow) - a Soviet scientist and designer in the field of rocketry and astronautics, chief designer of the first rockets, artificial earth satellites, manned spacecraft, the founder of practical space, USSR Academy of Sciences (1958), member of the presidium of the USSR (1960-1966), Hero of Socialist Labor (1956, 1961). Student KPI 1924-1926 years.
