Hans Fichtner (aerospace engineer)

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Hans Joachim Oskar Fichtner (born September 8, 1917 in Leipzig ; † October 21, 2012 in Huntsville ) was a German-American rocket engineer . He also worked in the group around Wernher von Braun in Peenemünde and in the United States , of which he became a citizen.

After training and military service in Peenemünde, Hans Fichtner worked on the A4 missile project (so-called "V 2"). After the end of the war, he went to the United States in November 1945 with numerous other scientists and worked there on American missile projects. From 1945 to 1949 he was at Fort Bliss , later in Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center of NASA operates.

He was chief engineer at High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 and worked as a consultant for ESA in the Netherlands in 1975/1976 .

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SURNAME Fichtner, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fichtner, Hans Joachim Oskar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American rocket engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 2012
Place of death Huntsville