Sergey P. Korolev

He is a founder of practical cosmonautics. He was born in 1907 in Zhytomyr. He comes from a teacher’s family. He got very good education, he graduated Moscow High Technical School named after Bauman. He became famous as a designer of aviation when he was a student. But space attracted him most of all.

In 1936 Korolev tested rockets. In 1957 the first space satellite was started into space orbit, one of the authors of this flight was S.P. Korolev. In 1961 he took part in creating of the first spaceship “Vostok-1”. Yuri Gagarin made flight on board this ship

In spite of all problems because of his talent and will, Korolev could realized his dreams. He made a great investment to space exploration. That’s why he is my hero.

S.P. Korolev has a daughter. She lives in Moscow. She is The doctor of medical sciences. Now she is writing a book about her father, its title is "Father"