Soviet rocket engineer and one of Sergei Korolev's closest deputies, responsible for the guidance and control systems on the R-7 rocket family, Sputnik, and the early crewed Vostok and Voskhod programs. He later served as deputy chief designer on the Energia-Buran program and, after retirement, wrote the four-volume memoir Rockets and People, a primary historical source on the Soviet space program.
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Defining ContributionChief designer of guidance and control systems for the R-7 rocket family and the early Soviet crewed spaceflight program, and later deputy chief designer of the Energia-Buran program 1 Notable WorkRockets and People (four-volume memoir); deputy chief designer, Energia-Buran program 1 Connections
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Boris Yevseyevich Chertok (Russian: Бори́с Евсе́евич Черто́к; 14 March [O.S.
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