Yuri Koptev

Yuri Koptev

Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev ( _ru. Юрий Николаевич Коптев, March 13, 1940, Stavropol) is a former General Director of Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency (since 1992 up to 2004).

Since 1965 worked as an engineer at NPO Lavochkin.

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E2DA1E31F935A25752C0A962958260 Conversations: Daniel S. Goldin and Yuri N. Koptev; Two Professional Cold Warriors Share a Vision of Life in Space] By William J. Broad, The New York Times. Published: January 16, 1994
* [http://history.nasa.gov/biosk-n.html NASA History Division - Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers, K-N]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1026301.stm Date set for Mir destruction] , BBC News, 16 November, 2000


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