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Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun male, deceased (United States)
Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23 1912 - June 16 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket...
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky male, deceased
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (September 19, 1935) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautic theory who...
Sergey Korolyov
Sergey Korolyov male, deceased
Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, (Zhytomyr – January 14, 1966, Moscow), was the head Soviet rocket engineer and designer during the Space Race between th...
Konrad Dannenberg
Konrad Dannenberg is a rocket pioneer. At the age of two, he and his family moved to Velber with Hanover, where he spent his youth. A lecture by...
Robert H. Goddard
Robert H. Goddard male, deceased
Robert Hutchings Goddard, Ph.D. (October 5, 1882 - August 10, 1945), U.S. professor and scientist, was a pioneer of controlled, liquid-fueled...
Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons male, deceased
John "Jack" Whiteside Parsons (October 2, 1914 - June 17, 1952), (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons), was an American rocket propulsion researcher at...
Mikhail Yangel
Mikhail Yangel male, deceased
Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (October 25 (November 7), 1911 - October 25, 1971, Moscow) was a leading missile designer in the Soviet Union. His career...
Max Valier
Max Valier male, deceased
Max Valier was an Austrian rocketry pioneer. He helped found the German "Verein für Raumschiffahrt" (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") that would bring t...
Friedrich Zander
Friedrich Zander male, deceased
Friedrich Zander, often transliterated "Fridrikh Arturovich Tsander" from Фридрих Артурович Цандер, the Russian version of his name, or "Frīdrihs...
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán male, deceased
Theodore von Kármán (Szőllőskislaki Kármán Tódor was a Hungarian-American engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronau...