Gleb Yevgenevich Losino-Losinsky

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Gleb Evgenjewitsch Losino-Losinski ( Russian Глеб Евгеньевич Лозино-Лозинский ; * December 25, 1909 in Kiev , † November 28, 2001 in Moscow ) was a Russian space engineer .

Life

After graduating from the Kharkiv Aviation Institute in 1930, Losino-Losinski worked on the design of the first Soviet jet engine . In 1941 he came to Design Bureau 155 , where he worked on the development of various types of gas turbines . He also designed aircraft with swiveling engine nozzles and was responsible for the design of numerous MiG fighter planes .

When the USA carried out flights on the border to space with the X-15 rocket aircraft , Losino-Losinski directed the planning of the MiG-105 , a project for a manned space glider, from 1965 onwards . The program was discontinued, however, and Losino-Losinski worked on the MiG-31 , a supersonic interceptor , and the MiG-29 .

Based on the experiences with the MiG-105, the Soviet Union began developing the space shuttle Buran in 1976 as a response to the space shuttle planned by the American space agency NASA . Losino-Losinski was appointed director of NPO Molnija, the company that was responsible for the construction of the Buran. The Buran's only flight took place unmanned in 1988. A manned flight could not be carried out because, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was no financial means to continue the program.

Parallel to the work on the Buran, Losino-Losinski designed the more cost-effective concept of the Mnowozelewaja aviazionno-kosmitscheskaja sistema (Многоцелевая авиационно-космическая система, MAKS -225 ) , a small space glider, which should be started on a guide . The program was also abandoned with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Attempts to convince the West of the idea also failed.

Gleb Losino-Losinski received two orders of Lenin , the Order of the Red Star , the Lenin Prize and was honored as a hero of socialist work .

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SURNAME Losino-Losinski, Gleb Evgenyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лозино-Лозинский, Глеб Евгеньевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 2001
Place of death Moscow