Courtesy of the Korolev family archive

Sergey Korolev, the father of the Soviet space program, is pictured in an image, ca. 1940.

 

 Andrey pointed out that one of the conference halls in the SpaceX HQ bears Korolev’s name, while another two are named after Gagarin and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian aviation engineer and one of the earliest proponents of space exploration. 

Employees of SpaceX have great respect for Sergey Korolev, his descendant said. “Every day, in one way or another, they walk past the room with a photo of my grandfather.” Andrey added that Musk even gave him a plaque with his grandfather’s name as a gift.

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A biography on Korolev has center place in my study

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 11, 2019

I spoke with Korolev’s family today.
He was one of the very best.
Корольов / Королёв.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 10, 2020

Korolev was amazing

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 6, 2021

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