Editing Soviet space program (section)

====Gas Dynamics Laboratory (GDL)====
{{main|Gas Dynamics Laboratory}}
The first Soviet development of rockets was in 1921, when the Soviet military sanctioned the commencement of a small research laboratory to explore [[Solid-fuel rocket|solid fuel rockets]], led by [[Nikolai Tikhomirov (chemical engineer)|Nikolai Tikhomirov]], a chemical engineer, and supported by [[Vladimir Artemyev]], a Soviet engineer.{{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|p=6}}{{sfn|Chertok|2005|p=164 Vol 1}}  Tikhomirov had commenced studying solid and [[Liquid-fueled rocket]]s in 1894, and in 1915, he lodged a patent for "self-propelled aerial and water-surface mines."<ref name="RSB_GDL" /> In 1928 the laboratory was renamed the [[Gas Dynamics Laboratory]] (GDL).<ref name="W&WRRP">{{cite web |title=Russian Rocket Projectiles – WWII |url=https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2018/11/19/russian-rocket-projectiles-wwii/ |website=Weapons and Warfare |date=November 18, 2018 |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> The First test-firing of a solid fuel rocket was carried out in March 1928, which flew for about 1,300 meters<ref name="RSB_GDL">{{cite web |last1=Zak |first1=Anatoly |title=Gas Dynamics Laboratory |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/gdl.html |website=Russian Space Web |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref>  Further developments in the early 1930s were led by [[Georgy Langemak]].{{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|p=17}} and 1932 in-air test firings of [[RS-82 (rocket family)|RS-82]] unguided rockets from an [[Tupolev I-4]] aircraft armed with six launchers successfully took place.{{sfn|Chertok|2005|p=165 Vol 1}}