Valentin Glushko
Valentin Petrovich Glushko (Russian: Валентин Петрович Глушко; Ukrainian: Валентин Петрович Глушко, romanized: Valentyn Petrovych Hlushko; 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.