Boris Chertok - Biography

Boris Evseyevich Chertok (Борис Евсеевич Черток; born 1 March 1912) is a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft. Author of a four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program.

Books in English

• Boris Chertok (author), Asif Siddiqi (editor). Rockets and People, 2005. ISBN 0160732395. Published by NASA.
• Boris Chertok (author). Rockets and People, Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry, 2006. ISBN 0160766729. Published by NASA.
• Boris Chertok (author). Rockets and People, Volume 3: Hot Days of the Cold War, 2009. ISBN 9780160817355 . Published by NASA.

Books in Russian

• Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People)
• Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Фили — Подлипки — Тюратам — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People. Fili — Podlipki — Tyuratam)
• Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Горячие дни холодной войны — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People. Hot Days of Cold War)
• Черток Б.Е. Ракеты и люди. Лунная гонка — М.: Машиностроение, 1999. (B. Chertok, Rockets and People. Moon Race)

• Vadimir Branets, Boris Evseyevich Chertok (to 95th birthday)

External links

• Rockets and People in English, published by NASA History
• Boris Chertok at Astronautix.com
• Rockets and People, online text (in Russian)