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Sergei Korolyov , the key man in the
Soviet space program
This list of
Russian
aerospace engineers includes the designers of
aircraft ,
rocketry and
spacecraft , and developers of auxiliary aerospace technologies from the
Russian Empire , the
Soviet Union and the
Russian Federation .
See also the
Category:Russian aerospace engineers .
Alphabetical list
A
Antonov
B
Georgy Babakin , designer of the first
soft landing
space vehicle
Luna 9
Vladimir Barmin , designer of the world's first rocket
launch complex (
Baikonur spaceport)
Robert Bartini , developer of
ekranoplans and
VTOL
amphibious aircraft , physicist, tutor to many other aerospace designers
Alexander Bereznyak , designer of the first
rocket-powered fighter aircraft,
BI-1
Georgy Beriev , designer of the
Be -series
amphibious aircraft
Georgy Bothezat , inventor of the
quadrotor helicopter ,
The Flying Octopus
C
F
G
Glushko
I
K
Kotelnikov
Nikolay Kamov , designer of the
Ka -series
coaxial rotor helicopters
Mstislav Keldysh , developer of the first
satellite (
Sputnik ) and
Keldysh bomber
Alexander Kemurdzhian , inventor of the first space exploration
rover
Lunokhod
Kerim Kerimov , the secret figure behind the
Soviet space program
Nikolai Kibalchich , pioneer of rocketry; the
International Astronomical Union honoured him by naming a crater on the moon
Kibal'chich
Sergei Korolyov , "the Father of the
Soviet space program ", inventor of the first
intercontinental ballistic missile and the first
space rocket (
R-7 Semyorka ), creator of the first
satellite (
Sputnik ), supervisor of the
first human spaceflight
Gleb Kotelnikov , inventor of the
knapsack parachute and
drogue parachute
L
M
Mironov
N
P
S
Guy Severin , designer of the first
extra-vehicular activity supporting system
Boris Shavyrin , inventor of
air-augmented rocket
Igor Sikorsky , inventor of
airliner and
strategic bomber (
Ilya Muromets ), father of modern
helicopter , designer of the
Sikorsky -series helicopters
Mikhail Simonov , chief designer of the
Su-27 fighter jet, as well as
Su-24 and
Su-25 military aircraft
Boris Stechkin , co-developer of
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets and
Lebedenko 's
Tsar Tank , designer of many
heat and
aircraft engines
Pavel Sukhoi , designer of the
Su -series fighter aircraft
Vladimir Syromyatnikov , designer of the
Androgynous Peripheral Attach System
T
Mikhail Tikhonravov , designer of
Sputniks , including the first artificial satellite
Sputnik 1
Max Taitz , scientist in
aerodynamics , theory of
jet engines and flight testing of
aircraft , one of the founders of the
Gromov Flight Research Institute
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , principal pioneer of
astronautics , designed an early
wind tunnel
Alexei Tupolev , designer of the
Tu -series aircraft, including the first
supersonic transport
Tu-144
Andrey Tupolev , designer of the
Tu -series aircraft, including the
turboprop long-range airliner
Tu-114 and
turboprop strategic bomber
Tu-95
U
V
Y
Z
See also