Space exploration

Soviet scientist and designer in the field of rocket and space exploration, the chief designer of the first carrier rockets, artificial Earth satellites, manned spacecraft, the founder of practical cosmonautics, the academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, twice Hero of Socialist Labor. Under the direction of S. P. Korolev, the world's first artificial satellite Sputnik-1 was launched on October 4, 1957, and on April 12, 1961, the world's first spacecraft Vostok-1 was launched into orbit with a man on board. As chief designer S. P. Korolev initiated the development of a number of applied scientific directions that provided further progress in the creation of carrier rockets and spacecraft