Biography:Ernst Geissler
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Short description: German-American aerospace engineer
Ernst Geissler (3 August 1915 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany – 3 June 1989 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States ) was a German-American aerospace engineer. After World War II, he went to the United States on 16 November 1945 as part of the Argentina group, Operation Paperclip.[1]
Geissler became director of the Aeroballistics Division at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960.[2]
Geissler was the recipient of the NASA Certificate of Appreciation in 1973.[3] He was awarded the 1973 NASA Distinguished Service Medal. He was elected a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society.[4]
References
- ↑ "Geissler". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20101019045720/http://astronautix.com/astros/geissler.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ↑ Anthony Young (2009). The Saturn V F-1 engine: powering Apollo into history. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-09629-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=4KW5I4whPXcC&q=Ernst+Geissler&pg=PR29.
- ↑ National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards
- ↑ "American Astronautical Society – AAS Fellows". Astronautical.org. http://astronautical.org/membership/fellows/. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
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