Semyon Arievich Kosberg

Background

Semyon Arievich Kosberg was born on October 1, 1903 in Slutsk, Mahilyowskaya Voblasts', Belarus.

Education

Semyon Arievich Kosberg graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute (1930).

Career

Since 1930, Design Engineer of the Central Institute of Aviation Motors in Moscow. organizer and 1st director of the Voronezh Chemical Automation Design Bureau (since 1941). Semyon Arievich Kosberg then worked in some of the biggest planning organizations of the Soviet aircraft industry. In 1941, Kosberg was appointed chief designer of an aircraft design bureau, later known as OKB-154, which he ran until his death. Semyon Kosberg was awarded the Lenin Prize (1960), Order of Lenin, three other orders and different medals.

Achievements

Semyon Arievich is known for his contributions to the creation of aircraft engines, mounted on the Lavochkin La-5, Lavochkin La-7, and other mass wartime aircraft. In 1946-1965, Kosberg supervised the development of a series of liquid fuel rocket engines, which would be mounted on the final stages of carrier rockets and put into orbit piloted spacecraft, satellites, and interplanetary automatic space stations. A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after him.

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