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Sergei Korolev
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Sergei Korolev

Founder · S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia · born January 12, 1907 · died 1966

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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was a Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer who led the development of the Soviet space program during the early years of the Space Race.

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  1. 38Received the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"June 6, 1945
  2. 38Received the Order of the Badge of HonourSeptember 16, 1945
  3. 39Founded S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation EnergiaAugust 26, 1946
  4. ~49Named Hero of Socialist Labour1956
  5. 49Received the Order of LeninApril 20, 1956
  6. ~50Received the Lenin Prize1957

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