Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966). Sergei Korolev was born around 1907 in what is now Ukraine. Sergei Korolev is remembered as a military flight engineer, design engineer and university teacher, a citizen of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. Notable works include “R-7”. Positions held included director.
Before and after
- 9 October 1906Birth of Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 14 October 1906Birth of Hannah Arendt
- 22 October 1906Death of Paul Cézanne
- 6 December 1906Birth of Leonid Brezhnev
- c. 1907Birth of Sergei Korolev
- 1907Construction of Palacio de Cibeles
- 1907Construction of Imperial College London
- 1907Rise of cubism
- 1907Founding of Fenerbahçe Istanbul
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