List of space engineers

The list of aerospace engineers includes persons trained or active as engineers or engineers who are known for their outstanding scientific, technical or organizational achievements in the field of aerospace .

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Ryojiro Akiba (* 1930), Japanese space scientist

B.

• Konstantin Dawidowitsch Buschujew (1914–1978)
• Wernher von Braun (1912–1977), German-American rocket designer in the service of the German Wehrmacht and NASA

C.

• Giuseppe Colombo (1920–1984), initiator of the first swing-by maneuver of a space probe
• William Congreve (inventor) (1772–1828), developed incendiary rockets for military use

D.

• Konrad Dannenberg (1912-2009)
• Kurt Debus (1908–1983), rocket pioneer and director of the Kennedy Space Center until 1974
• Walter Dornberger (1895–1980), head of the German missile program during the Second World War
• Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898-1965)
• Friedrich Dürr

E.

• Krafft Arnold Ehricke (1917–1984)

F.

• Maxime A. Faget (1921–2004), American spaceship designer at NASA
• Konstantin Petrowitsch Feoktistow (1926-2009)
• Wigbert Fehse (* 1937), expert in automatic orbit control and docking of spacecraft, e.g. B. ATV
• Hans Fichtner (1917–2012)

G

• Hermann Ganswindt (1856–1934)
• Ernst Geissler
• Robert Gilruth (1913-2000)
• Valentin Petrovich Gluschko (1908–1989)
• Robert Goddard (1882-1945)
• Dieter Grau (1913–2014), German rocket designer in the service of NASA
• Michael Griffin (* 1949), 2005 to 2009 head of NASA
• Helmut Gröttrup (1916–1981)
• Hans Green

H

• Conrad Haas (1509–1576)
• Heinz Haber (1913–1990), German television presenter and non-fiction author
• Walter Häussermann (1914-2010)
• Walter Hohmann (1880–1945), German engineer who dealt with the orbits of spacecraft
• Helmut woods (1912-1996), German engineer (TH Darmstadt, today TU-Darmstadt), the world's first analog computer developed

I.

• Itokawa Hideo (1912–1999), founder of the Japanese space program

J

• Michail Kuzmitsch Jangel (1911–1971)

K

• APJ Abdul Kalam (1931–2015), Indian engineer and politician
• Mstislav Vsevolodowitsch Keldysch (1911–1978)
• Nikolai Ivanovich Kibaltschitsch (1853–1881), Russian rocket pioneer
• Sergei Pavlovich Koroljow (1907–1966), Soviet missile designer
• Nikolai Dmitrijewitsch Kuznetsov (1911–1995), Soviet engine designer
• Vladimir Alexandrowitsch Kotelnikow (1908–2005), Soviet communication theorist

L.

• Willy Ley (1906-1969)
• Seymour Liebergot (* 1936), member of the flight control of the Apollo flights
• Gleb Losino-Losinski (1909-2001)

M.

• Viktor Petrovich Makejew (1924–1985)
• Vasily Pavlovich Mishin (1917–2001), Soviet designer, designed the Soyuz spacecraft and the Salyut space station
• Elon Musk (* 1971), American rocket designer and pioneer for reusable rockets

N

• Rudolf Nebel (1894–1978), German rocket designer

O

• Hermann Oberth (1894–1989)

P

• Thomas O. Paine (1921–1992), head of NASA 1969–1970
• Karl Poggensee (1909–1980)
• Herman Potočnik (1892-1929)
• Jesco von Puttkamer (1933–2012)

Q

• Qian Xuesen (1911–2009), founder of the Chinese space program

R.

• Boris Wiktorowitsch Rauschenbach (1915-2001)
• Walter HJ Riedel (1902–1968), assistant to Max Valier in the Heylandt works in Berlin, chief engineer in Peenemünde, then in England
• Arthur Rudolph (1906–1996), assistant to Max Valier in the Heylandt works, engineer in Peenemünde, then with NASA
• Nikolai A. Rynin (1887–1942)

S.

• Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971)
• Eugen Sänger (1905–1964), Austrian engineer and rocket pioneer, designed an early form of a space shuttle
• Friedrich Schmiedl (1902–1994)
• Alexei Yakovlevich Shcherbakov (1901–1978)
• Volodymyr Serhjejew (1914-2009)
• Ernst Steinhoff (1908–1987), German engineer who studied at the TH-Darmstadt (today TU-Darmstadt) and worked with guided missiles
• Sun Zezhou (* 1970), chief designer of the Chinese lunar and Mars probes since 2016

T

• Walter Thiel (1910–1943)
• Reinhold Tiling (1893-1933)
• Vladimir Chelomej (1914–1984)
• Boris Tschertok (1912–2011)

V

• Max Valier (1895-1930)
• James Van Allen (1914-2006)

W.

• Kurt Wahmke (1904–1934), German rocket pioneer
• Wang Xiji (* 1921) designed China's first launch vehicle
• James E. Webb (1906-1992), Director of NASA 1961-1968
• Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), German rocket pioneer
• Wu Weiren (* 1953), technical director of the Chinese lunar program since 2010

Y

• Ye Peijian (* 1945), chief designer of the first Chinese lunar probes
• Yu Dengyun (* 1961), deputy technical director of the Chinese lunar program since 2008

Z

• Friedrich Arturowitsch Zander (1887–1933)
• Zhang Bainan (* 1962), chief designer of the manned Chinese spaceships
• Zhao Jiuzhang (1907–1968), founder of the Chinese satellite program
• Hans Ziegler (1911–1999)
• Konstantin Eduardowitsch Ziolkowski (1857-1935)