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Soviet rocket scientist and one of the first Russians to see Nazi
Germany’s V-2 facilities at the end of World War II.
He was subsequently a close collaborator of Sergei Korolev
in the development of the first Soviet ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile)
and in the Sputnik and Vostok
programs. After Korolev’s death, Mishin became head of Korolev’s OKB-1
design bureau and tried unsuccessfully to commit the Soviet space program to landing
a man on the Moon.
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