Boris Chertok

Infobox_Person
name = Boris Yevseyevich Chertok
Борис Евсеевич Черток


caption = Boris Chertok on the International conference on Integrated Navigational Systems at CNII Electropribor
residence =
birth_date = birth date and age|1912|3|1
birth_place = Lodz
nationality = Russian
known_for = Deputy Chief Designer of Soviet Space Program
occupation = Soviet and Russian rocket scientist and engineer

Boris Chertok (Борис Черток) (born March 1, 1912) is a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. Author of a four-volume book "Rockets and People", the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program.

Books in English

* [http://www1.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/features/F_Rockets_and_People.html Boris Chertok (author), Asif Siddiqi (editor). "Rockets and People", 2005] . ISBN 0160732395. Published by NASA.
* Boris Chertok (author). "Rockets and People, Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry", 2006. ISBN 0160766729 Published by NASA.

Books in Russian

* Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, "Rockets and People")
* Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Фили — Подлипки — Тюратам — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, "Rockets and People. Fili--Podlipki--Tyuratam")
* Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Горячие дни холодной войны — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, "Rockets and People. Hot Days of Cold War")
* Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Лунная гонка — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, "Rockets and People. Moon Race')'

References

*Vadimir Branets, [http://www.gagarinlib.ru/html/rospisi/zim/2007/vol_02/chertok.htm Boris Evseyevich Chertok] (to 95th birthday) ru icon

External links

* [http://www1.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/features/F_Rockets_and_People.html "Rockets and People" in English, published by NASA History]
* [http://www.astronautix.com/astros/chertok.htm Boris Chertok at Astronautix.com]
* [http://militera.lib.ru/explo/chertok_be "Rockets and People", online text (in Russian)]