NASA pioneer Ernst Stuhlinger dies at 94
Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last surviving German rocket scientists who came to America after World War II and formed the engineering foundation of the nation's space program, has died. He was 94.
Stuhlinger, who died Sunday, had been in failing health for several months, according to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Stuhlinger served as chief scientist for Wernher von Braun and was among the group of German scientists who moved with him to Huntsville in 1950 when the Army established the Ordnance Missile Laboratories. The von Braun team developed the propulsion system that helped NASA put man on the moon in 1969.
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Stuhlinger, who died Sunday, had been in failing health for several months, according to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Stuhlinger served as chief scientist for Wernher von Braun and was among the group of German scientists who moved with him to Huntsville in 1950 when the Army established the Ordnance Missile Laboratories. The von Braun team developed the propulsion system that helped NASA put man on the moon in 1969.