Walter Jacobi
Walter Jacobi | |
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![]() Jacobi in 2002 | |
Born | January 13, 1918 |
Died | August 19, 2009 Huntsville, Alabama, United States | (aged 91)
Nationality | German, United States |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Aeronautics |
Institutions | Peenemünde Fort Bliss Redstone Arsenal Marshall Space Flight Center |
Walter Jacobi (January 13, 1918 – August 19, 2009)[2] was a rocket scientist and member of the "von Braun rocket group", at Peenemünde (1939–1945) working on the V-2 rockets in World War II.
He was among the scientists to surrender and travel to the United States to provide rocketry expertise via Operation Paperclip. He came to the United States on the first boat, November 16, 1945[3] with Operation Paperclip and Fort Bliss, Texas (1945–49). He continued his work with the team when they moved to Redstone Arsenal, and he joined Marshall Space Flight Center to work for NASA.[2] He worked on rocket "structure and components."[1] He continued to support the space program and appear at public events until his death.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Huntsville rocket scientist Jacobi dies at 91". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Associated Press. August 20, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ a b c Shelby G. Spires (August 19, 2009). "Original German Rocket Team member Walter Jacobi dies at 91". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Jacobi, Walter". Astronautix. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
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- German rocket scientists
- 1918 births
- 2009 deaths
- American aerospace engineers
- Early spaceflight scientists
- German emigrants to the United States
- Engineers from Thuringia
- V-weapons people
- Marshall Space Flight Center
- NASA people
- Operation Paperclip
- 20th-century American engineers
- People from Saalfeld
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