Scientists and administrators who built the national space programs of India, China and Europe, including the heads of the Indian Space Research Organisation and the champions of European space cooperation. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them an Indian, Chinese or French leader of a space program. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
All Space Program Leaders of Other Nations
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Vikram Sarabhai - Wikipedia
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Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919-30 December 1971) was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India.
Satish Dhawan - Wikipedia
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Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920-3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer.
Hubert Curien (Wikipedia)
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Hubert Curien (30 October 1924-6 February 2005) was a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN Council (1994-1996), the first chairman of the European Space Agency (ESA) (1981-1984), and second President of the Academia Europæa and a President of Fondation de France.
U. R. Rao (Wikipedia)
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao (10 March 1932-24 July 2017) was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of ISRO.
Zhao Jiuzhang (Wikipedia)
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Zhao Jiuzhang (simplified Chinese: 赵九章; traditional Chinese: 趙九章; pinyin: Zhào Jiǔzhāng; Wade-Giles: Chao Chiu-chang; 15 October 1907-26 October 1968), also known as Jeou Jang Jaw, was a Chinese meteorologist and physicist.
Walter Dornberger - Wikipedia
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He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme
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