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Voskresenskiy, Leonid Aleksandrovich
Voskresenskiy
Voskresenskiy
Russian engineer. Deputy Chief Designer 1953-1964 of Korolev design bureau.

Born: 1913-07-14. Died: 1965-12-15.

Self-taught engineer that led flight testing of missiles. The son of a priest, he was denied the opportunity for state education. He began his working life at age 16 at the Krasniy Fakel factory in Moscow. He attended the Moscow Energy Institute from 1932-1936, and then rose quickly in a variety of military research institutes, finally becoming Deputy Chief Designer for Korolev in charge of flight test. He exhibited a complete understanding of the missiles he was testing, and was able to diagnose instinctively and correctly the root cause of any problem. On one occasion, in stand test of a V-2 missile at Podpliki, the missile went to uncommanded full thrust. A disaster loomed as the rocket was bolted to the stand at full thrust. Voskresenskiy calmly approached the missile and disconnected the electrical umbilical. At the end of his career he quarreled bitterly with Korolev over the lack of a static test stand for the N1 rocket.



Country: Russia. Spacecraft: Vostok. Bibliography: 474.

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1961 March 2 - .
1961 March 25 - . 05:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8K72K.
1965 December 15 - .

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