Ernst Geissler

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]

Ernst Geissler in Huntsville
Operation Paperclip Team at Fort Bliss, Texas, August 1946. (pointing the mouse will show the name)

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
  1. "Geissler". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  2. Anthony Young (2009). The Saturn V F-1 engine: powering Apollo into history. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-09629-2.
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards
  4. "American Astronautical Society – AAS Fellows". Astronautical.org. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
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