Sergei Korolev

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Soviet scientist aerospace engineer human rocket engineer space program director

Sergei Korolev was the pioneering Soviet rocket engineer and chief designer who led the USSR’s early space program, including the launch of the first artificial satellite and the first human in space.

Aliases (2)

Korolev ×1
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet scientist → aerospace engineer → human → rocket engineer → space program director →
awardReceived	Hero of Socialist Labour → Lenin Prize → Order of Lenin → Order of the Red Banner of Labour →
burialPlace	Kremlin Wall Necropolis →
causeOfDeath	surgical complications →
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
dateOfBirth	1907-01-12 →
dateOfDeath	1966-01-14 →
educatedAt	Bauman Moscow State Technical University → Kyiv Polytechnic Institute →
employer	NII-88 → OKB-1 → Soviet space program →
familyName	Korolev →
fieldOfWork	astronautics → rocket engineering → space exploration →
fullName	Sergei Pavlovich Korolev →
givenName	Sergei →
hasAlias	Chief Constructor → Chief Designer →
hasOccupation	designer → engineer → scientist →
influenced	Soviet space exploration strategy → development of crewed spaceflight →
influencedBy	Konstantin Tsiolkovsky →
memberOf	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
movement	Soviet space program →
notableAchievement	directed Vostok 1 mission, first human spaceflight → directed launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite → led development of the first intercontinental ballistic missile R-7 → oversaw early Luna missions to the Moon → oversaw first spacewalk mission Voskhod 2 →
notableWork	Luna program launch vehicles → R-7 Semyorka rocket → Sputnik 1 launch vehicle → Voskhod spacecraft → Vostok spacecraft →
patronymicName	Pavlovich →
placeOfBirth	Russian Empire → Volhynian Governorate → Zhytomyr →
placeOfDeath	Moscow → Russian SFSR → Soviet Union →
positionHeld	Chief Designer of the Soviet space program → head of OKB-1 design bureau →
residence	Moscow →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
R-1 rocket → R-7 Semyorka → Sputnik 1 → Voskhod spacecraft → Vostok-K rocket →	designer
OKB-1 → Vostok 1 →	chiefDesigner
NII-88 → OKB-1 →	employed
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky → Robert H. Goddard →	influenced
Novodevichy Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Sputnik 2 →	designedBy
Sergei Korolev ("Korolev") →	familyName
Sergei Korolev ("Sergei Pavlovich Korolev") →	fullName
Soviet space program →	hasKeyPerson
Vladimir Central Prison →	hasNotableInmate
Zhytomyr →	hasNotablePerson
Zhytomyr →	isBirthplaceOf
Soviet space program →	keyPerson
Kremlin Wall Necropolis →	notableBurial
Order of the Badge of Honour →	notableRecipient
Luna program launch vehicles →	primaryDesigner
Chief Constructor →	refersTo