Jack Froehlich Explained

Jack Edward Froehlich (sometimes Froelich) (May 7, 1921 – November 1967) was an American aerospace engineer (rocket scientist).

He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,^[1] where he was a project director for the Explorer 1 program.^[2]

Caltech's Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award^[3] is named after him, as is the crater Froelich on the Moon.

References

1. News: 1958 Alpha . Time . February 10, 1958 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019084042/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868259-4,00.html . dead . October 19, 2012 . 2007-07-31 .
2. Menzel, D. H. . Minnaert, M. . Levin, B. . Dollfus, A. . Bell, B. . Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU . Space Science Reviews . 1971 . 12 . 2 . 136–185 . 1971SSRv...12..136M . 10.1007/BF00171763 . 122125855 .
3. http://mr.caltech.edu/media/commence/prizes.html Caltech Prizes and Awards

External links

• Web site: Britt . Robert Roy . February 10, 2003 . Triumph and Tragedy: NASA's Five Decades of Bold Space Explorationl . Space.com . 2007-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513221220/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/triumph_tragedy_030210-1.html . May 13, 2008.