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Valentin Glushko
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Soviet rocket engineer (1908-1989)
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Valentin Petrovich Glushko (1908–1989) was a Soviet aerospace engineer, writer, and politician who worked in the field of rocket science. Born in Odesa and buried in Novodevichy Cemetery, he held the position of director and served as a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His employers included NPO Energomash, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the Museum of Space and Missile Technology (Saint Petersburg), and the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.
Glushko received several honors, including the USSR State Prize, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. He participated in the 21st and 22nd Congresses of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Educated at the Odesa National Music Academy and Saint Petersburg State University, he was a native Russian speaker. His written works include *Kosmonavtika*, *Soviet cosmonautics*, *Termicheskie konstanty veshchestv*, *Termodinamicheskie svoĭstva individualʹnykh veshchestv*, and *Termodinamicheskie i teplofizicheskie svoĭstva produktov sgoranii︠a︡*. He died in Moscow of atherosclerosis.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Kosmonavtika
- Termicheskie konstanty veshchestv
- Soviet cosmonautics
- Termodinamicheskie svoĭstva individualʹnykh veshchestv
- Termodinamicheskie i teplofizicheskie svoĭstva produktov sgoranii︠a︡
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Key facts
- Born
- 2 September 1908 ( 1908-09-02 ) , Odessa , Russian Empire , (now Ukraine )
- Died
- 10 January 1989 (1989-01-10) (aged 80), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery , Moscow
- Education
- Leningrad State University
- Discipline
- Engineering ( Computer )
- Institutions
- Soviet space program
- Significant design
- Almaz
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Described at
Biografia de Valentín Glushkó
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Odesa
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- physicist
- Position held
- director
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Participant in
- 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Image
- Stamp of Ukraine s506 1.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Valentin Glushko
- date of birth
- 1908-08-20
- date of death
- 1989-01-10
- name in native language
- Валентин Петрович Глушко
- cause of death
- atherosclerosis
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/g/gluchko.htm
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Valentin Petrovich Glushko (Russian: Валентин Петрович Глушко; Ukrainian: Валентин Петрович Глушко, romanized: Valentyn Petrovych Hlushko; 2 September 1908 – 10 January 1989) was a Soviet engineer who was program manager of the Soviet space program from 1974 until 1989.
Glushko served as a main designer of rocket engines in the Soviet program during the heights of the Space Race between United States and the Soviet Union, and was the proponent of cybernetics within the space program.
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