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Who is it named after? CielProfond (talk) 06:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Answered my own question by checking the references… Not sure we’re allowed copying this information in the article per se, so I’m leaving it here…
FIRSOV, Georgy F. (1917-1960) Russian rocket engineer.
“Firsov designed and tested rockets for the wartime Design Bureau, developed a high-capacity liquid propellant for rocket engines, and guided flight tests of engines for carrier rockets of artificial satellites and “Vostok” spaceships. Firsov was killed during a rocket test in 1960.”
Source: Who’s Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature, by Elijah E. Cocks and Josiah C. Cocks, Greensboro, Tudor Publishers, 1995, p. 136
CielProfond (talk) 06:23, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]