Vasily Pavlovich Mishin
Vasily Pavlovich Mishin ( Russian Василий Павлович Мишин ; * January 5, July 18 / January 18, 1917 greg. , † October 10, 2001 ) was a Soviet scientist and rocket pioneer .
Mishin was one of the first Soviet rocket specialists who was allowed to visit the German V2 factories at the end of the Second World War . As deputy to Sergei Pavlovich Korolev , he worked on the first Soviet ICBMs and on the Sputnik and Vostok programs.
After Korolev's death in 1966, Mishin was given the management of the OKB-1 design office , which at that time was renamed ZKBEM (Central Design Office for Experimental Mechanical Engineering). However, he did not succeed in realizing the Soviet goal of getting a person to the moon with the N1 rocket . All four test flights in 1969, 1971 and 1972 failed. Mishin was replaced as head of the ZKBEM in 1974 by Valentin Petrowitsch Gluschko . The moon flight program was underfunded compared to the American mission.
Mishin received his doctorate in 1956, since 1957 he was a lecturer at Moscow's Lomonosov University , from 1959–1991 he was also head of the chair for the design and construction of flying machines at the MAI ( Moscow State Aviation Institute ). Since 1966 Mishin was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences .
For his work on the Soviet space program, he was awarded the " Hero of Socialist Labor " order.
Awards and honors
- Order of the Red Star (1945)
- three orders of Lenin (1956, 1961, 1967)
- Hero of Socialist Labor (1956)
- Lenin Prize (1957)
- Korolyov Gold Medal (1967)
- Schuchow Gold Medal (1996)
Web links
- Literature by and about Wassili Pawlowitsch Mischin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the great Soviet encyclopedia (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ KW Frolow: About the author , in: Wassili Pawlowitsch Mischin: Soviet moon projects , Klitzschen 1999, ISBN 3-933395-08-9 , p. 4f.
- ↑ a b c d e f Wassili Mischin - biography. Retrieved June 16, 2018 (Russian).
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SURNAME | Mishin, Vasily Pavlovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Мишин, Василий Павлович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet scientist and rocket pioneer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1917 |
DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 2001 |