Mikhail Kuzmich Jangel
Mikhail Yangel ( Russian Михаил Кузьмич Янгель ; born October 25 . Jul / 7. November 1911 greg. In Syrjanowa in Irkutsk Governorate , † 25 October 1971 in Moscow ) was a Soviet rocket engineer.
His career began as an aircraft engineer after graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1937 . Later he dealt with ballistic missiles, where he initially worked on the control systems of the missiles.
As a companion of Sergei Korolev , he set up a rocket propulsion center in the Ukraine , which in 1954 laid the basis for his OKB-586 design department. At the beginning Jangels system of mass production and further development of served intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). His department developed the R-12 and R-16 , whose launch vehicle offshoots became known as Kosmos and Zyklon .
Jangel narrowly got away with his life in the Nedelin disaster in 1960 because he was in a smoking area further away at the time of the explosion. His OKB played a leading role in the development of the Soviet lunar module LK as part of the Soviet manned lunar program .
He died shortly before his 60th birthday of his fifth heart attack and was buried in the cemetery of the Novodevichy Monastery .
Appreciations
For his outstanding achievements, Jangel was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the State Prize in 1967. He was also awarded four orders of Lenin , the Order of the October Revolution and numerous medals; he was a two-time hero of socialist labor .
The following were also named after him:
- the moon crater Yangel '
- the minor planet (3039) Yangel
- a metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line in Moscow
- Streets in many places, such as Moscow and Kiev
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jangel, Michail Kuzmich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet missile designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syrianova (Irkutsk Governorate) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1971 |
| Place of death | Moscow |