Boris Rauschenbach

Boris Rauschenbach
Born	(1915-01-18)January 18, 1915 (18 January [O.S. 5] 1915) Petrograd, Russian Empire (Present day as Saint Petersburg in Russian Federation)
Died	March 27, 2001(2001-03-27) (aged 86) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	German
Citizenship	Russia
Alma mater	Civil Air Fleet Institute
Known for	Soviet space program
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Moscow State University Energia Civil Air Fleet

Boris Viktorovich Rauschenbach (Russian: Бори́с Ви́кторович Раушенба́х, romanized: Borís Víktorovič Raušenbách; born Boris-Ivar Rauschenbach; 18 January [O.S. 5] 1915, Petrograd – 27 March 2001, Moscow) Russian physicist of German ethnicity who worked as an engineer in the former Soviet space program.

Trained as an engineer, he found great success in designing rockets and who developed the theory and instruments for interplanetary flight control and navigation in 1955-1960s. He is also notable for his studies in Christian theology and theory of Art.