Born:
5 August 1912, Weissenfels, Germany
Education:
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Hannover
Career overview:
- Rocket engine specialist at Peenemünde during World War II.
- Arrived in U.S. under Project Paperclip on 16 November 1945.
- Helped to develop and produce the Redstone and Jupiter missile systems for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
- Joined NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center as Deputy Manager of the Saturn program in 1960.
- Retired in 1973 from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) where he had been serving as deputy Director
of Program Development's Mission and Payload Planning Office.
- Served for five years Associate Professor of Aviation Systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute.
Awards:
- fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
- NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- Durand Lectureship Award
- 1995 Hermann Oberth Award
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