Great Minds: Sergei Korolev, The Chief Designer

Most people have never heard of him. But Soviet scientist Sergei Korolev quietly developed the revolutionary rocket technology that we still use today.

Host: Reid Reimers
----------
Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow

Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook:   / scishow  
Twitter:   / scishow  
Tumblr:   / scishow  

Thanks Tank Tumblr:   / thankstank  

Sources:

http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffa...

http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_t...

http://www.theguardian.com/science/20...

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-te...

http://www.space.com/11322-yuri-gagar...

http://www.astronautix.com/astros/kor...

http://www.ispyspace.com/Sputniks_1_2...

http://www.energia.ru/english/energia...

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18620550/ns...

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/r7.htm

http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/korol...

Images & Video:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cat...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_K...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0510/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_roc...

https://archive.org/details/SergejKor...