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Hermann Oberth

Also Known As Hermann Julius Oberth
Space Science and Rocketry Theorists

A German-Romanian physicist whose 1923 book on rocketry for spaceflight helped found the field of astronautics in Europe and directly influenced the amateur rocket societies that trained the engineers of the later German rocket program.

Facts
Birth Date
1894-06-25 1
Birth Year
1894 2
Death Date
1989-12-28 1
Death Year
1989 2
Nationality
German-Romanian 1
Defining Contribution
Founding theorist of European astronautics and mentor to a generation of rocket engineers 1
Notable Work
Die Rakete zu den Planetenraumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space, 1923) 1
Connections

Associated With

Oberth Effect, Concepts
Oberth Effect, Concepts
Wernher von Braun, Pioneers

Oberth mentored von Braun in the German rocketry societies of the late 1920s; von Braun later called Oberth the man who first showed him that spaceflight was an engineering problem, not a dream.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wernher von Braun (Wikipedia)Hermann Oberth, lead section
In the Other Atlases

Same As

Hermann Oberth

Also in Transport Atlas: the same subject.

Nationality

Germany

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica: Space Exploration
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
  • Birth Date: 1894-06-25
  • Death Date: 1989-12-28
  • Nationality: German-Romanian
  • Defining Contribution: Founding theorist of European astronautics and mentor to a generation of rocket engineers
  • Notable Work: Die Rakete zu den Planetenraumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space, 1923)
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Birth Year: 1894
  • Death Year: 1989
Hermann Oberth (Wikipedia)
  • Hermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (born)
    25 June 1894
  • Hermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (died)
    28 December 1989
  • Hermann Oberth, Wikipedia - infobox (full name)
    Hermann Julius Oberth
  • In Group: German-Speaking Rocketry Pioneers, Lead sentence
    Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894-28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent.
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Wernher von Braun (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Wernher von Braun, Hermann Oberth, lead sectionView the Source
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