Boris Chertok, Russian Rocket Engineer, Dies at 99

Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 22:00 in Astronomy & Space

Mr. Chertok was a rocket engineer who played a central role in designing the navigation systems for Soviet spacecraft during the race to the moon, among them the one that carried the first human into space.

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