Jack Edward Froehlich
Jack Edward Froehlich (also Froelich) (* 7. May 1921 , † November 1967 ) was an American air - and aerospace engineer . From 1949 he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California , which builds and controls satellites and space probes for NASA . There Froehlich was, among other things, director of the Explorer program . In 1959 he moved to Collins Radio .
The Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award of the California Institute of Technology and the Froelich crater on the back of the moon were named after Froehlich .
literature
- Carl W. Hall: A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering. Purdue University Press, West Lafayette 2008, ISBN 978-1-55753-459-0 , p. 76.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Happy Jack Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Froelich, Jack Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American aerospace engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1921 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1967 |