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KOROLEV, SERGEI

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KOROLEV, SERGEI
<b>276. SERGEI KOROLEV</b> Typed D.S. 2pp. 4to., [n.p., 1934], not translated but apparently set of specifications concerning the CK-7 rocket or jet-propelled aircraft project. Signed at conclusion on verso. Some marginal tears and chips, else very good. In 1931 Korolev joined the Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute, and in 1932 was appointed chief of Jet Propulsion Research Group, GIRD, one of the earliest state-sponsored centers for rocket development in the USSR. In 1933, the group was reorganized into the Jet Propulsion Research Institute, where Korolev led the development of cruise missiles and of a manned rocket-powered glider. With Russian museum certificate of authenticity.<b> $300-500</b>