Mikhail Yangel

Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (Russian: Михаил Кузьмич Янгель, .. * 25 Oktoberjul / November 7 1911greg Syrjanowa in the Irkutsk region, † October 25, 1971 in Moscow ) was a leading rocket engineer of the Soviet Union.

His career began as an aircraft engineer after he had made ​​in 1937 graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Later he worked on ballistic missiles, where he worked at the beginning of the control systems of the missiles. As a companion Sergei Pavlovich Korolev he built a rocket propulsion center in Ukraine, which in 1954 laid the foundation for his OKB- 586 design department. In the beginning was Jangels system of mass production and further development of intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBMs ). His department developed the R-12 and R-16, their launchers offshoot became known as cosmos and cyclone. Yangel came in 1960 when Nedelin catastrophe almost with his life, because he was in a distant smoking zone at the time of the explosion. His OKB played a leading role in the development of Soviet Lunar Module LK within the Soviet manned lunar program.

Tributes

For his outstanding achievements Yangel in 1960 awarded the Lenin Prize and the State Prize in 1967. Furthermore him four Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution and numerous medals were awarded; He was twice the Hero of Socialist Labor.

Furthermore, were named after him:

• The Yangel crater on the moon
• The Small Planet ( 3039 ) Yangel
• A metro station on the Serpuchowsko - Timirjasewskaja line in Moscow
• Roads in many places, as in Moscow and Kiev