Valentin Petrovich Glushko, Soviet rocket scientist, born on 20 August, 1908 (died 10 January, 1989). He was a pioneer developer of rocket propulsion systems (1946-74). From 1929, he worked in Leningrad in GDL - the Gas Dynamics Laboratory, the military rocket research organisation, founded in 1921. He worked with renowned rocket designer Sergey Korolyov (1932-1966). In August 1957, they successfully launched the first intercontinental ballistic missile and in October of the same year, sent the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into orbit. He became chief designer for the Soviet space program in 1974, helping to oversee development of the Mir space station. During his life, he designed the most successful rocket engines in the Soviet space program. Reference: britannica/EBchecked/topic/235932/Valentin-Petrovich-Glushko, Retrieved 22 February, 2012
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