Alexander Kemurdzhian

Alexander Kemurdzhian
Kemurdzhian on a 2021 post stamp of Armenia[1]
Born(1921-10-04)October 4, 1921
Vladikavkaz, Mountain ASSR, Soviet Russia
DiedFebruary 25, 2003(2003-02-25) (aged 81)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
NationalityArmenian
CitizenshipSoviet Union
Russia
Alma materMoscow Bauman Higher Technical College
Known forChief designer of Lunokhod 1, the first space exploration rover
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering (automotive)
InstitutionsVNII-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 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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