He was the head Soviet rocket engineer and designer during the Space Race Although trained as an aircraft designer, Korolyov’s greatest strengths proved to be in design integration, organization and strategic planning. He oversaw the successes of the Sputnik and Vostok projects.
Home / Questions / Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov made his mark in a big way in the former Soviet Union (and also the world) and deserves to be known better. What did he do?