Education
In 1949, he graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute (МАI).
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In 1949, he graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute (МАI).
Severin was also General Director of Joint-stock company Nuclear Power Plant Zvezda and the company"s General Designer. From 1947, Severin worked in Flight Research Institute named after Michail Gromov (LII) in Zhukovsky, where he was occupied with researches and flight tests of the aircraft crew rescue systems and in-flight refueling systems A collective of engineers led by Severin worked out some major principles and working prototypes of landing systems and rocket emergency escape slides for Vostok spacecraft.
From 1964, Severin served as Chief Designer, General Designer and, eventually, General Director of the joint-stock company Nuclear Power Plant Zvezda, located in Tomilino.
Under his direction, the company developed space-suits, life support systems and rocket emergency escape slides for all Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics/Russia spacecraft and orbiting space stations, starting from Vostok 1, including the special inflatable EVA airlock of the Voskhod 2, an open space manoeuvring unit, et cetera He participated in preparations for Yuri Gagarin"s and other Soviet cosmonauts space flights on Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz spacecraft.
Guy Severin died at a hospital after breaking both legs while skiing on a mountain ski lodge imitation near Moscow owned by Zvezda factory on February 7, 2008. The civil funeral was held at the House of Culture Zvezdniy in Tomilino on February 11, 2008.
On July 24, 2008 a memorial to Severin was opened on the territory of the Nuclear Power Plant Zvezda in Tomilino - a bronze bust.
A number of local officials appeared for the opening ceremony.
International Academy of Astronautics. Russian Academy of Sciences.