He was involved in the development of the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, launching Laika, Sputnik 3, the first human-made object to make contact with another celestial body, Belka and Strelka, the first human being, Yuri Gagarin, into space, Voskhod 1, and the first person, Alexei Leonov, to conduct a spacewalk. He is regarded by many as the father of practical astronautics. Sergei Pavlovich Korolev ( Russian: Сергей Павлович Королёв, romanized: Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, lit.'sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ kərɐˈlʲɵf' Ukrainian: Сергій Павлович Корольов, romanized: Serhiy Pavlovych Korol'ov, lit.'sɛrˈɦij ˈpavlovɪtʃ koroˈlʲou̯') 12 January 1907 – 14 January 1966) was a lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.
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