Barys Kit
Barys Uladzimiravich Kit (Belarusian: Бары́с Уладзімеравіч Кіт, Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Кит; April 6, 1910[1] – February 1, 2018) was a Belarusian American rocket scientist. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.
In the mid-1950s Kit began his scientific activities in the field of astronautics. He worked for 25 years in the American space research program. As a mathematician and systems analyst, he took part in projects aimed at the development of intercontinental missile systems.[2]
Kit died on February 1, 2018 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany of pneumonia at the age of 107.[3]
Barys Kit Media
Barys Kit as a child (1920)
Celebration of an anniversary of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in the Belarusian Gymnasium of Vilnia in 1935. At the table in the center is principal Radasłaŭ Astroŭski (wearing glasses), to his left Stanisłau Głakouski, and then Barys Kit.
Grave cross of Barys Kit at the Russian Cemetery on the Neroberg near Wiesbaden
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References
- ↑ old calendar March 24
- ↑ Barys Kit Biography Virtual Guide to Belarus
- ↑ Barys Kit's obituary (in Belarusian)
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