President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, Andriy Yermak, on the birthday of Soviet scientist Sergei Korolev, described him as Ukrainian.
“Today is the birthday of Ukrainian engineer Sergei Korolev. As a rocket science genius, he fulfilled humanity’s dream of space. An extraordinary person,” the politician wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to him, some “swamps” “always tried to steal the names of such people and the whole history, but they will not succeed.”
Sergei Korolev was born on January 12, 1907 in Zhytomyr.
In October last year, the army of Kapustin Yar, XVI. Training ground at the All-Russian competition “Golden Falcon” promised to provide Unique archival footage of the first launch of a ballistic missile. This launch of a domestic ballistic missile took place on October 18, 1947 at 10:47 Moscow time from the territory of the Kapustin Yar test site. Well-known rocket and space systems designer Sergei Korolev oversaw the first tests.
January 14, 1966, Sergei Korolev, the founder of Soviet cosmonautics died. During the polyp removal operation, her heart could not stand. He celebrated his 59th birthday two days ago.