Portal:Space exploration/Biography/Week 31 2007
Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg (Семен Ариевич Косберг, no image available) (October 1(14), 1903, Slutsk – January 3, 1965, Voronezh) was a Soviet constructor, expert in the field of aircraft and rocket engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences(1959), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961).
In 1946-1965, Kosberg supervised the construction of a series of liquid fuel rocket engines, which would be mounted on the final stages of carrier rockets and put into orbit piloted spacecraft, satellites, and interplanetary automatic space stations.
Semyon Kosberg was awarded the Lenin Prize (1960), Order of Lenin, three other orders and different medals. A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after him.