Sergei Korolev

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/sergei-korolev

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1. When was Sergei Korolev born?January 12, 1907
2. When did Sergei Korolev die?January 14, 1966 (age 59)
3. Where was Sergei Korolev born?Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
4. What is the career?Chief Designer of the Soviet space program, aerospace engineer
5. What is the key project?R-7 Semyorka rocket, Vostok spacecraft, N1 Moon rocket
6. Who was Sergei Korolev?Sergei Korolev was a brilliant engineer from the Soviet Union who helped launch the first satellites and the first human into space. He was called the "Chief Designer" and worked secretly on rockets.

Great Purge: A period of severe political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s.
ICBM: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, a long-range rocket designed to deliver nuclear warheads.
Extravehicular Activity (EVA): Any activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside a spacecraft beyond the Earth's appreciable atmosphere.