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

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

  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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