Ernst Geissler Explained

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]

External links

• Ernst Geissler Collection, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geissler . Astronautix.com . 2010-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019045720/http://astronautix.com/astros/geissler.htm . 2010-10-19 .
2. Book: The Saturn V F-1 engine: powering Apollo into history. Anthony Young. Springer. 2009. 978-0-387-09629-2 .
3. https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4012/vol4/appa.htm National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards
4. Web site: American Astronautical Society – AAS Fellows . Astronautical.org . 2010-08-29.