Boris Chertok
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 Boris Chertok on the International conference on Integrated Navigational Systems at CNII Electropribor | |
| Born |
Boris Yevseyevich Chertok Борис Евсеевич Черток 1 March 1912 Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
| Died |
14 December 2011 (aged 99)[1] Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Soviet and Russian rocket scientist and engineer |
| Known for | Deputy Chief Designer of Soviet Space Program |
Boris Evseyevich Chertok (Russian: ; 1 March 1912 – 14 December 2011) was a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. He was the author of a four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program.
From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1974. He retired in 1992.[2]
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Books in English
- Boris Chertok (author), Asif Siddiqi (editor). Rockets and People, 2005. ISBN 0160732395. Published by NASA.
- Boris Chertok (author). Rockets and People, Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry, 2006. ISBN 0160766729. Published by NASA.
- Boris Chertok (author). Rockets and People, Volume 3: Hot Days of the Cold War, 2009. ISBN 9780160817355 . Published by NASA.
Books in Russian
- Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People)
- Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Фили — Подлипки — Тюратам — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People. Fili — Podlipki — Tyuratam)
- Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Горячие дни холодной войны — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People. Hot Days of Cold War)
- Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Лунная гонка — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People. Moon Race)
References
- ↑ В Москве на 100-м году жизни скончался академик Борис Черток | Общество | Лента новостей "РИА Новости" (Russian)
- ↑ "Roscosmos Head Congratulated Academician Boris Chertok on his 99th Birthday" (in English). Roscosmos. http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11452&lang=en. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- Vadimir Branets, Boris Evseyevich Chertok (to 95th birthday) (Russian)
External links
- Rockets and People in English, published by NASA History
- Boris Chertok at Astronautix.com
- Rockets and People, online text (in Russian)
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