Engineers who designed and led the development of rockets, missiles, satellites and spacecraft, from early liquid-fuel experiments to the programs that reached orbit. A person belongs here when the cited article names rocket, missile, satellite or space work as the person's main contribution. It excludes designers of aircraft that fly within the atmosphere, who sit in the aviation group. The group is one of the groupings of engineers under this engineering field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field.
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Fritz von Opel (Wikipedia)
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He is remembered mostly for his Opel RAK demonstrations of the world's first crewed rocket-powered ground and air vehicles that earned him the nickname "Rocket Fritz" and which were also highly effective as publicity stunts for his family's automotive business.
Kazimierz Siemienowicz (Wikipedia)
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Kazimierz Siemienowicz (Latin: Casimirus Siemienowicz, Lithuanian: Kazimieras Simonavičius; born c. 1600, c. 1651) was a Polish-Lithuanian general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, and one of pioneers of rocketry.
Kerim Kerimov (source article)
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In the mid-1960s he was promoted to a leadership role within the space program and oversaw the successful space docking of Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 in 1967.
Valerie Thomas (Wikipedia)
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She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.
Semyon Kosberg (Wikipedia)
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Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg (Семён А́риевич Ко́сберг in Russian) (October 1(14), 1903, Slutsk - January 3, 1965, Voronezh) was a Soviet engineer, expert in the field of aircraft and rocket engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Hero of Socialist Labor (1961).
Yvonne Brill (Wikipedia)
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Yvonne Madelaine Brill (née Claeys; December 30, 1924, March 27, 2013) was a Canadian American rocket and jet propulsion engineer.
Wikipedia: Wernher von Braun
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He led the development of German rocket technology in World War II, during which time he became a member of the Nazi Party and later the Allgemeine SS. Following the war, he relocated to the United States, developing missiles for the US Army and later designing rockets for NASA’s Apollo program.
Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
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Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882, August 10, 1945) was an American physicist, inventor, and engineer credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926.
Elon Musk (Wikipedia)
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In 2002, Musk founded and became CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX, a space technology company; the company has since led innovations in reusable rockets and commercial spaceflight.
Sergei Korolev (Wikipedia)
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (12 January 1907 [O.S. 30 December 1906], 14 January 1966) was a Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer who led the development of the Soviet space program during the early years of the Space Race.
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