Oleg Genrikhovich Ivanovsky (russian: Оле́г Ге́нрихович Ивано́вский; 18 January 1922 – 18 September 2014) was a Soviet engineer, and pioneer of spacecraft construction.
Ivanovsky graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1953. Designer-General
Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (russian: Сергей Павлович Королёв, Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ kərɐˈlʲɵf, Ru-Sergei Pavlovich Korolev.ogg; ukr, Сергій Павлович Корольов, ...
recruited him into the Soviet space program. Ivanovsky rose to chief designer at OKB-1, Korolev's design bureau. Among other things he was deputy principal designer of the first and second
Sputniks, principal designer of
Vostok Vostok refers to east in Russian but may also refer to:
Spaceflight
* Vostok programme, Soviet human spaceflight project
* Vostok (spacecraft), a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union
* Vostok (rocket family), family of rockets derived from ...
manned spaceships, and creator of
space probe
A space probe is an artificial satellite that travels through space to collect scientific data. A space probe may orbit Earth; approach the Moon; travel through interplanetary space; flyby, orbit, or land or fly on other planetary bodies; or ...
s. Ivanovsky personally helped
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...
mount the gantry and climb into
Vostok 1
Vostok 1 (russian: link=no, Восток, ''East'' or ''Orient'' 1) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Apr ...
and helped rebolt the hatch after Gagarin complained that it had not been closed and sealed correctly. He was said to be the last person to shake Gagarin's hand before the Vostok 1 flight. Ivanovsky was the Recipient of the
Lenin Prize (1960) and
USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
(1977).
Obituary: Soviet Space Pioneer Oleg Ivanovsky Dies
Aviation Week and Space Technology
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, Septemberv 29, 2014, p.11
References
Further reading
* "Rockets and people" by B. E. Chertok: "mechanical engineering", 1999, - ;
* J. K. Golovanov, M., "Korolev: Facts and myths", Nauka, 1994, ;
* "Bank of the Universe" - edited by Boltenko A. C., Kiev, 2014., publishing house "Phoenix",
* "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014
1922 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Russian engineers
Engineers from Moscow
Moscow Power Engineering Institute alumni
Lenin Prize winners
Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia)
Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Early spaceflight scientists
Employees of RSC Energia
Rocket scientists
Russian aerospace engineers
Russian mechanical engineers
Russian memoirists
Russian space program personnel
Soviet aerospace engineers
Soviet mechanical engineers
Soviet memoirists
Soviet space program personnel
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