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Valentin Glushko

Born	2 September 1908 (1908-09-02) Odessa, Russian Empire
Died	10 January 1989 (1989-01-11) (aged 80) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Education	Leningrad State University
Occupation	Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline	Engineering (Computer)
Institutions	Soviet space program
Significant design	Almaz

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Valentin Petrovich Glushko (Russian: Валенти́н Петро́вич Глушко́; Ukrainian: Валентин Петрович Глушко, romanized: Valentyn Petrovych Hlushko; born 2 September 1908 – 10 January 1989) was a Soviet engineer who was program manager of the Soviet space program from 1974 until 1989.

Glushko served as a main designer of rocket engines in the Soviet program during the heights of the Space Race between United States and the Soviet Union, and was the proponent of cybernetics within the space program.