Friedrich Zander
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Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander (also Tsander, Russian: Фри́дрих Арту́рович Ца́ндер, tr. Fridrikh Arturovich Tsander; Latvian: Frīdrihs Canders, 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1887 – 28 March 1933), was a Baltic German pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. He designed the first liquid-fueled rocket to be launched in the Soviet Union, GIRD-X, and made many important theoretical contributions to the road to space.
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Friedrich Zander | |
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Born | 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1887[1] |
Died | 28 March 1933(1933-03-28) (aged 45)[1] |
Nationality | Soviet |
Alma mater | Riga Technical University[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | astronautics |
Institutions | Moscow Aviation Institute[1] |
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