Portal:Space exploration/Biography/Week 22 2007

Vasily Pavlovich Mishin (image not available) (January 18, 1917 – October 10, 2001) was a Soviet engineer and rocketry pioneer.

Mishin became head of Korolyov’s OKB-1 design bureau after Korolyov's death in 1966. He tried unsuccessfully, through lack of funding, to land a man on the Moon using the N1 rocket. He was replaced in this position by Valentin Glushko in 1974.

He continued his educational and research works as the head of rocket department of Moscow Aviation Institute.

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