Guy Severin
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| Guy Ilyich Severin | |
 Guy Severin in 1996 on his 70th birthday
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| Born | July 24, 1926 Chudovo, Leningrad Oblast (currently in Novgorod Oblast), USSR |
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| Died | February 7, 2008 (aged 81) Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Occupation | General Director and General Designer of the JSC NPP Zvezda |
| Children | 2 |
Guy Ilyich Severin (Russian: Гай Ильи́ч Севери́н, Gay Ilyich Severin; July 24, 1926 — February 7, 2008) was an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, full member of the International Academy of Astronautics, who contributed a significant number of publications about life rescue systems and space-suits. General Director and General Designer of the JSC NPP Zvezda.
[edit] Biography
In 1949, he graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute (МАI). Since 1947 he 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.
By a collective of engineers, led by Severin, some major principles and working prototypes of landing systems and rocket emergency escape slides for Vostok spacecraft were done.
Since 1964 he became the Head designer, General Designer and, eventually, General Director and General Designer of the joint-stock company NPP Zvezda, located in Tomilino.
Under his direction, the company developed space-suits, life support systems and rocket emergency escape slides for all USSR/Russia spacecrafts and orbiting space stations, starting from Vostok 1, including the special inflatable EVA airlock of the Voskhod 2, an open space manoeuvring unit, etc.
He participated in preparations for the Yuri Gagarin and other Soviet cosmonauts space flights on Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz spacecrafts.
Was married, two children. Double times champion of the USSR on the mountain skiing.
Guy Severin died while skiing on a mountain ski lodge imitation near Moscow owned by Zvezda factory on February 7, 2008. Civil funeral was held in the House of Culture Zvezdniy in Tomilino on February 11, 2008. Service was attended by Boris Chertok, last remaining colleague of Sergei Korolev.
[edit] Awards
- Lenin Prize (1965)[1]
- two Orders of Lenin (1966 and 1971)[2]
- Order of October Revolution (1971)[2]
- USSR State Prize (1978)[2]
- Hero of Socialist Labor title (1982)[1]
[edit] References and sources
- ^ a b Severin, Guy Ilich at online dictionary vseslova.ru (Russian)
- ^ a b c Severin, Guy Ilich at the Russian Academy of Sciences website (Russian)
- (Russian) Space-suits of Russia by I.P.Abramov, M.N.Doodnik, V.I. Svershek, G.I.Severin, A.I.Skoog and A.Yu. Stoklitskiy, JSC NPP Zvezda, Moscow 2005, ISBN 5-7368-0285-6
- (English) Russian Spacesuits (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) by Isaac Abramov, Ingemar Skoog, Mikhail N. Doodnik, Anatoly Yu. Stoklitsky, Vitaly I. Svertshek and Guy I. Severin (Paperback, 366 pages - Aug 27, 2003), ISBN 1-8523-3732-X
