- Erst Max Mohr was born on 20 April 1910 in Ebersbach an der Fils, Württemberg, Germany
- Ernst Mohr was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wuppertal. He developed, under the auspices of the German Rocket Society,
the meteorological Mohr Rocket. The rocket was first launched successfully on September 14, 1958 near Cuxhaven.
- At the first successful test the rocket reached heights of 50 kilometers and could send out its payload at speeds of 1.2 km per
second.
- Erst Mohr died on 16 May 1989 in Berlin, Germany
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