GIRD (Gruppa Isutcheniya Reaktivnovo Dvisheniya)Group for the Investigation of Reactive Motion. A Moscow-based society, formed by Sergei Korolev and Fridrikh Tsander, which in 1933 launched the Soviet Union's first liquid-propellant rocket. Related category SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIESAlso on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History |