Milivoj Jugin (22 August 1925, Kikinda - 20 January 2013) was a Yugoslav and Serbian aeronautical engineer, constructor, publicist and
popularizer of science
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History
Under influence of family friend
Kosta Sivčev, an aircraft designer, Jugin graduated
aerospace engineering on Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of
Belgrade University
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, and then he continued his education in the Soviet Union. Jugin was part of engineering team led by Sivčev and
Zlatko Rendulić that designed Yugoslav first mass-produced jet
Soko G-2 Galeb.
He was an expert commentator on Belgrade Television, and participated in many astronautical congresses, including at the 1968
United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE I) held in
Vienna
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. He visited the
Cape Kennedy
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cosmodrome twice in the US and stayed in the
Star City of the Soviet cosmonauts near
Moscow
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. Jugin has collaborated in numerous newspapers and magazines and, as expert, reported live from Cape Kennedy launch of
Apollo 11
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, and then returned to Belgrade to host broadcast of
Armstrong's and
Aldrin's landing on
Moon
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Bibliography
* Kosmos otkriva tajne (Cosmos Reveals Secrets).
* Svi smo kosmonauti (We All Are Cosmonauts).
* Večni trag (Eternal Trace)
References
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2013 deaths
Yugoslav engineers
1925 births
People from Kikinda
Serbian engineers