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'''Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel''' ({{lang-ru|Михаил Кузьмич Янгель}}; November 7, 1911 – October 25, 1971), was a leading missile designer in the [[Soviet Union]].

His career started as an aviation engineer, after graduating from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1937. He worked with famous aircraft designers [[Nikolai Polikarpov]] and later, [[Artem Mikoyan]]. Then he moved to the field of ballistic missiles, where he first was in charge of [[guidance system]]s. As [[Sergei Korolev]]’s associate, he set up a rocket propulsion center in [[Dnipropetrovsk]] in [[Ukraine]] which later formed the basis of his own [[OKB-586]] design bureau in 1954. At first, Yangel’s facility served to mass-produce and further develop [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s (ICBMs) in which area Yangel was a pioneer of storeable [[hypergolic]] fuels. His bureau designed the [[R-12 Dvina|R-12]], [[R-16 (missile)|R-16]] and [[R-36 (missile)|R-36]], whose launch vehicle adaptations are known as Cosmos, [[Tsyklon]], [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]] respectively are still in use today. Yangel narrowly avoided death during the development of the R-16 in the 1960 [[Nedelin catastrophe]].

Yangel's bureau was part of the [[Ministry of General Machine Building]] headed by [[Sergey Afanasyev (engineer)|Sergey Afanasyev]].

For his outstanding work, Mikhail Yangel was awarded the [[Lenin Prize]] in 1960 and [[USSR State Prize]] in 1967. He was also awarded four [[Order of Lenin|Orders of Lenin]], [[Order of the October Revolution]], and numerous [[medal]]s. He died in [[Moscow]] in 1971.

Several notable places were named after Yangel:
* A street in the [[Chertanovo]] neighborhood in [[Moscow]]
* A [[Moscow Metro|Metro]] station [[Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya]] on the [[Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line]] (near the above street)
* A street in [[Kiev]]
* One of the two major streets in [[Baikonur]] (the other is in honor of his main rival [[Sergei Korolev]])
* The crater [[Yangel' (crater)|Yangel]] on the [[Moon]].

A [[minor planet]] [[3039 Yangel]] discovered by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] astronomer [[Lyudmila Zhuravlyova]] in 1978 is named after him.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?hl=ru&q=3038+Bernes+1978 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.250]</ref>

== Literature ==
* [http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/chertok/kniga-1/01.html "Rockets and people"] – [[Boris Chertok|B. E. Chertok]], M: "mechanical engineering", 1999. ISBN 5-217-02942-0 {{ref-ru}}
* "Testing of rocket and space technology - the business of my life" Events and facts - [[Arkady Ostashev|A.I. Ostashev]], [[Korolyov, Moscow Oblast|Korolyov]], 2001.[http://cosmosravelin.narod.ru/r-space/bibliografia.html];
* "Baikonur. Korolev. Yangel." - M. I. Kuznetsk, [[Voronezh]]: IPF "Voronezh", 1997, ISBN 5-89981-117-X;
* [[Arkady Ostashev|A.I. Ostashev]], ''Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov - The Genius of the 20th Century'' — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL ISBN 978-5-8135-0510-2.
* "Bank of the Universe" - edited by Boltenko A. C., [[Kiev]], 2014., publishing house "Phoenix", ISBN 978-966-136-169-9
* "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, [[S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia|RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev]], 2014 ISBN 978-5-906674-04-3
*[http://www.baikonuradm.ru/index.php?mod=180 The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur]

==References==
* [http://www.famhist.ru/famhist/chertok/00673e65.htm Mikhail Yangel] family history {{ru icon}}
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