The ex-head of the Khrunichev Center Vladimir Nesterov died

This was announced to TASS in the press service of the Center.

“We confirm the information about the death of Vladimir Evgenievich,” the press service said.

It is noted that he was responsible for the project to create the Angara rocket.

Earlier it was reported that a specialist in the field of elementary particle physics, quantum field theory and cosmology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Rubakov, died at the age of 68.