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Headquarters |
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GIRD1932 |
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1932
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Title
Original Members of GIRD
Full Description
The original members of the Group for the Investigation of
Reactive Engines and Reactive Flight (GIRD, the Russian
acronym)team are shown here in 1932. Top center is Yuriy
Pobedonostsev, while bottom center is Sergey Korolev. On the
extreme right is Fridrikh Tsander, the space visionary who
founded the group.
A growing interest in rocketry and space exploration arose in the
1920s and 1930s. In 1931 a group of amateurs interested in space
travel gathered in Moscow to form GIRD. The Soviet government
did not officially support GIRD financially so the members
themselves financed projects. By 1933, after receiving
additional funding from the Soviet Directorate of Military
Inventions, GIRD launched the first Soviet liquid-propellant
rocket. On August 17, 1933, the rocket reached an altitude of
400 meters during the 13-second flight. In the fall of 1933 GIRD
and the Gas Dynamics Laboratory (GDL), an independent
organization focused on the development of liquid-propellant
rocket engines, were combined by the Soviet government to form
the Reactive Scientific-Research Institute (RNII). Many of those
amateurs later became important players in the Soviet space
program and the race to the Moon.
Keywords
Yuriy Pobedonostsev Sergey Korolev Fridrikh Tsander GIRD GDL RNII
Subject Category
Rocket Launches, Rocket Propulsion, Soviet People-Pioneers
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
GIRD1932
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000159
Source Information
- Original Source: DIGITAL
- Source/Capture Information: Asif Siddiqi
| Resolution | Format | Width
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38 |
5 |
Small |
JPEG |
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269 |
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Medium |
JPEG |
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631 |
354 |
Large |
JPEG |
1800 |
1262 |
1,147 |
Publication Information
Image from the files of Asif Siddiqi. Image and caption from
Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-
1974(NASA SP-2000-4408)by Asif A. Siddiqi.
Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not
an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
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