Photo: Post of Ukraine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁴

Valentin Glushko

Soviet rocket engineer (1908–1989)

Valentin Petrovich Glushko (Russian: Валентин Петрович Глушко; Ukrainian: Валентин Петрович Глушко, romanized: Valentyn Petrovych Hlushko; 2 September 1908 – 10 January 1989) was a Soviet engineer who was program manager of the Soviet space program from 1974 until 1989.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Valentin Glushko (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 2, 1908, died Jan 10, 1989.¹

About

Glushko served as a main designer of rocket engines in the Soviet program during the heights of the Space Race between United States and the Soviet Union, and was the proponent of cybernetics within the space program.

From Wikipedia’s article on Valentin Glushko, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

NPO EnergomashFounder¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedOdesa National Music Academy³
Since 1925Saint Petersburg State University³

Career

Occupation: politician, physicist, writer, engineer, aerospace engineer.⁷

Since 1945Worked at Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev⁴
Until 1940Worked at Tushino Machine-Building Plant⁴
1933 to 1934Worked at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy⁴
Since 1929Worked at Museum of Space and Missile Technology (Saint Petersburg)⁴
Date not recordedWorked at S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Institute of Natural Sciences named after P.F. Lesgaft⁴
Date not recordedFounded NPO Energomash⁵
Date not recordedDeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union⁶
Date not recordedDirector, NPO Energomash⁶

Personal life

BornSep 2, 1908, Odesa⁸
DiedJan 10, 1989, Moscow⁹
CitizenshipSoviet Union¹⁰
SpouseSusanna Georgievskaya 1927 to 1930¹¹

Awards

1987honorary citizen of Kazan¹²
1985Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹²
1984Medal "Veteran of Labour"¹²
1984USSR State Prize¹²
1978Order of Lenin¹²
1975Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹²
1975Order of Lenin¹²
1971Order of the October Revolution¹²
1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"¹²
1968Order of Lenin¹²

More awards (11)

1967USSR State Prize¹²
1961"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal¹²
1961Hero of Socialist Labour¹²
1958Order of Lenin¹²
1957Lenin Prize¹²
1956"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal¹²
1956Order of Lenin¹²
1948Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"¹²
1945Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹²
1945Order of the Red Banner of Labour¹²
Date not recordedHero of Socialist Labour¹²

Sources

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WikidataValentin Glushko on Wikidata
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WikipediaValentin Glushko on Wikipedia
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WikidataValentin Glushko: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: Worked at S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: Founded NPO Energomash, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataValentin Glushko: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataNPO Energomash, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsValentin Glushko photo by Post of Ukraine, Public domain