Walter Häussermann
Walter Häussermann (born March 2, 1914 in Künzelsau ; † December 8, 2010 in Huntsville , Alabama ) was a German-American rocket engineer .
Life
Walter Häussermann studied electrical engineering at the Technical Universities of Stuttgart and Darmstadt , where he received his doctorate in physics on December 1, 1939. From December 2, 1939, Häussermann worked (among other things for Siemens ) in the Wernher von Braun rocket team in the Peenemünde Army Research Center on the development of the A4 (propaganda name "V2"). From 1942 until the end of the war he taught at the TH Darmstadt .
After an initial refusal due to an illness of his wife Ruth, he moved to El Paso in January 1948 as part of Operation Paperclip , like many German rocket technicians from Peenemünde, in the rocket technician team there. There he worked on the US space program (Hermes II project, Redstone rocket , Saturn V project) in the field of rocket control. In 1954 he became a citizen of the United States and was awarded the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service - the highest American military award for civilians - for his services to the US space program in 1959 . In 1960 he became director of the Guidance and Control Division at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center .
Häussermann last lived in Huntsville ( Alabama ).
Awards
- 1959: Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service
- 1985: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
literature
- Jürgen Michels, Olaf Przybilski: Peenemünde and its heirs in East and West. Bonn 1997.
- Michael Neufeld: Interviews with Peenemuende Veterans. National Air and Space Museum archives.
Web links
- Walter Häussermann in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Interview with Walter Häussermann on the occasion of his 96th birthday on Stimme.de
- Walter Häussermann in the Find a Grave database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rocket pioneer, von Braun team member Walter Haeussermann dead at 96 on nytimes.com, December 18, 2010
- ↑ List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Häussermann, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American rocket engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Künzelsau , Hohenlohe district |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 2010 |
| Place of death | Huntsville , Alabama |