Labels:text | font | paper | screenshot | document OCR: 1906 Born on December 30 in Zhitomir, Ukraine. 1924 He completes his secondary school studies in Odessa. He then moves to the Polytechnic Institute of Kiev, followed by Moscow Higher Technical School. 1929 Graduates from Moscow Higher Technical School with a degree in aeronautic engineering. His first job is as a researcher in the aeronautics industry. In his spare time he builds gliders. 1931 Forms the Moscow Group for the Study of Reactive Motion. 1933 The group launch the Soviet Union's first liquid-propelled rocket. 1941-45 Works on improving the performance of military airplanes. 1946 Starts work on long-range ballistic rockets. 1949-55 Regularly launches rockets with recoverable cargo, including animals. 1956 Is made a Hero of Socialist Work. 1957 The first artificial satellite, Sput ...
