April 12, do not forget who created the space program
Korolev Sergey Pavlovich
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Sergey Korolev - the creator of the Soviet strategic missile weapons of medium and intercontinental range and the founder of practical cosmonautics. Its design developments in the field of rocket technology were of exceptional value for the development of Soviet rocket armament, and the contribution to the organization and development of practical cosmonautics is of world importance. SP Korolev is the creator of the Soviet rocket and space technology, which provided strategic parity and made the USSR an advanced rocket and space power.
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April 12, 1961 S.P. Korolev again amazes the world community. Having created the first manned spacecraft "Vostok-1", he realizes the world's first human flight - a citizen of the USSR Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin in near-earth orbit.
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Sergey Korolev - the creator of the Soviet strategic missile weapons of medium and intercontinental range and the founder of practical cosmonautics. Its design developments in the field of rocket technology were of exceptional value for the development of Soviet rocket armament, and the contribution to the organization and development of practical cosmonautics is of world importance. SP Korolev is the creator of the Soviet rocket and space technology, which provided strategic parity and made the USSR an advanced rocket and space power.
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April 12, 1961 S.P. Korolev again amazes the world community. Having created the first manned spacecraft "Vostok-1", he realizes the world's first human flight - a citizen of the USSR Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin in near-earth orbit.
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