Alexander Kemurdzhian | |
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![]() Kemurdzhian on a 2021 post stamp of Armenia[1] | |
Born | |
Died | February 25, 2003 Saint Petersburg, Russia | (aged 81)
Nationality | Armenian |
Citizenship | Soviet Union Russia |
Alma mater | Moscow Bauman Higher Technical College |
Known for | Chief designer of Lunokhod 1, the first space exploration rover |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Engineering (automotive) |
Institutions | VNII-100 (VNIITransmash) |
Aleksandr Leonovich Kemurdzhian[2][a] (Russian: Александр Леонович Кемурджиан;[5] 4 October 1921 – 25 February 2003) was a Soviet mechanical engineer who worked at the VNIITransmash institute for the most of the second half of the 20th century. He is best known for designing the metal chases for Lunokhod 1—the first ever planetary rover for space exploration in the Soviet space program.[6]
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