Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

male, deceased (1977) (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...
Frank Borman

Frank Borman

male, 81 years old
Frank Borman retired from the Air Force in 1970, but is well remembered as a part of this nation's history, a pioneer in the exploration of space...
David Scott

David Scott

male, 77 years old
Colonel David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is a former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October...

George Mueller

male, 91 years old
George Mueller (b. July 16, 1918) was one of NASA's "most brilliant and fearless managers.". He was Associate Administrator running the Office of...
Konrad Dannenberg

Konrad Dannenberg

male, 97 years old
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...
Arthur Rudolph

Arthur Rudolph

male, deceased (1996)
Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (9 November 1906 - 1 January 1996) was a rocket engineer for Nazi Germany who helped develop and produce the V-2 rocket....
Rocco Petrone

Rocco Petrone

male, deceased (2006)
Rocco Anthony Petrone was an American engineer who was the third director of the NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center from 1973 to 1974. Before that...

John Houbolt

male, 90 years old
John Houbolt understood NASA's fears, but he recognized that all the alternative schemes had serious pitfalls and dreadful possibilities of their...
Joseph Francis Shea

Joseph Francis Shea

male, deceased (1999)
Joseph Francis Shea (September 5, 1926-February 14, 1999) was an aerospace engineer and NASA manager. Born in the Bronx, New York, he was educated...

Wen Tsing Chow

male, deceased (2001)
Wen Tsing Chow, (1918 - 2001), was a Chinese-born American missile guidance scientist and a digital computer pioneer. He received a B.S. in...