Gay Severin

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Gay Illich Severin (en russe Га́й Ильи́ч Севери́н) (24 juillet 1926, Tchoudovo — 7 février 2008, Moscou) est une académicien de l'Académie des sciences de Russie, docteur en sciences techniques, professeur, membre complet de l'Académie internationale d'astronomie, qui contribua a un certain nombre de publications sur les combinaisons spatiales. Il était aussi le directeur général et concepteur en chef de NPP Zvezda.

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In 1949 he graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute (МАI). Since 1947 he worked in Flight Research Institute named after Michail Gromov (LII) in Joukovski, 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/Russie 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 Youri Gagarine and other Soviet cosmonauts space flights on Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz spacecrafts.

[modifier] Récompenses

• Prix Lénine (1965)
• deux fois Ordre de Lénine (1966 et 1971)
• Ordre de la Révolution d'octobre (1971)
• Prix Staline (1978)
• titre de Héros du travail socialiste (1982)