Kerim Kerimov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kerim Kerimov

Soviet rocket scientist

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1917

Place of Birth: Baku

Date of Death: 29-Mar-2003

Profession: scientist, military personnel, engineer, astronautical engineer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lieutenant-General Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov (Azerbaijani: K?rim ?li oglu K?rimov, Russian: ????? ??????? ???????; November 14, 1917–March 29, 2003) was a Soviet engineer of Azerbaijani ethnicity, who is regarded as one of the key scientists and founders in the Soviet Union's space program, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program.
Despite his prominent role, his identity was kept a secret from the public for most of his career.
He was one of the lead architects behind the string of Soviet successes that stunned the world from the late 1950s – from the launch of the first satellite, the Sputnik 1 in 1957, and the first human spaceflight, Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute trip around the globe aboard the Vostok 1 in 1961, to the first fully automated space docking, of Cosmos 186 and Cosmos 188 in 1967, and the first space stations, the Salyut and Mir series from 1971 to 1991.