John Houbolt

male, 90 years old
LangleyResearchCenter, engineer, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous, John Cornelius Houbolt, Project Apollo, Apollo Lunar Module
John Houbolt understood NASA's fears, but he recognized that all the alternative schemes had serious pitfalls and dreadful possibilities of their...
Maxime A. Faget

Maxime A. Faget

female, deceased (1921)
Space Industries Inc., Louisiana State University, Soyuz spacecraft, NASA personnel, Space Shuttle program, Project Apollo…LangleyResearchCenter, Manned Spacecraft Center
Maxime A. Faget was trained as an aeronautical engineer, with a B.S. from Louisiana State University. He joined the staff at Langley Aeronautical...
Gerald Soffen

Gerald Soffen

male, deceased (2000)
goddard space flight center, Dr. Gerald A. Soffen, NASA Academy, Viking program, NASA personnel, NASA…LangleyResearchCenter, Ames Research Center, Johnson Space Center
Dr. Gerald A. Soffen, (February 7, 1926 - November 22, 2000), known as Jerry or Gerry, served in a wide variety of roles for NASA, primarily...
Constantine A. Balanis

Constantine A. Balanis

male, 71 years old
University of Virginia, Ohio State University, Arizona State University, scientist, West Virginia University, electrical engineering…LangleyResearchCenter
Constantine A. Balanis (b. 1938) is a Greek born American scientist. Born in Trikala, Greece on October 29, 1938. He emigrated to the United States...
Adolf Busemann

Adolf Busemann

male
Whitcomb area rule, Bernoulli's theorem, shock wave, LangleyResearchCenter, Shockwave, space shuttle
Adolph Busemann was an influential early pioneer in aerodynamics, specialising in supersonic airflows. Born in Luebeck, Germany he originated the...

Bill Tindall

male
Brown University, Howard Wilson "Bill" Tindall, Jr, National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, Project Apollo, Apollo program, NASA personnel…LangleyResearchCenter
Howard Wilson "Bill" Tindall, Jr. was a NASA engineer and manager. He was an early expert in orbital mechanics and coordinated mission techniques...

Victor A. Carreño

male, 53 years old
University of Puerto Rico, Margarita Janer Palacios High School, NASA personnel, LangleyResearchCenter, transient, digital
Dr. Victor A. Carreño is a NASA Aerospace Engineer and Aerospace Technologist. He holds the patent for the Single Frequency Multitransmitter T...
Al Diaz

Al Diaz

male
Goddard, GSFC, NASA, Associate Administrator, goddard space flight center, Goddard Center Director…LangleyResearchCenter
Al Diaz was appointed Goddard Center Director in January of 1998. Before that, he served as Goddard's Deputy Director, beginning in 1996. Mr....
Samuel P. Langley

Samuel P. Langley

male
professor, u.s. naval academy, smithsonian, NASA, allegheny, langley…LangleyResearchCenter
Samuel P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1887 to 1906, experimented for many years with model gliders and built successful...