THE LIFE OF S.S. LAVROV – ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF PRACTICAL ASTRONAUTICS

Svyatoslav Sergeevich Lavrov (12.03.1923 – 18.06.2004) D.Sci. (Tech.),
Professor, corresponding member of RAS, Lenin prize-winner was a member of
Sergei Korolev’s initial team of engineers. Later he became Deputy Chief of the
Design Department at OKB-1, specializing in ballistics. Lavrov served as Director of
the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy and later Counsellor to Director at the Institute
of Applied Astronomy in St. Petersburg.