Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev was a Russian engineer and later politician who was the leading figure in the Soviet Union's missile and space program. He was the Minister of General Machine Building. Wikipedia
Born: August 30, 1918, Klin, Russia
Died: May 13, 2001 (age 82 years), Moscow, Russia
Awards: Order of Lenin and Lenin Prize in Science and Technology
Education: Bauman Moscow State Technical University (1941)