German and Austrian rocket engineers of the V-2 era, many of whom moved to the United States or the Soviet Union after 1945 and worked on missiles and the first space launchers. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them a German or Austrian engineer in rocketry. 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 German Rocket Engineers
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Wernher von Braun (Wikipedia)
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: VUR-nər von BROWN; German: [ˈvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊn]; 23 March 1912-16 June 1977) was a German American aerospace engineer and space architect.
Arthur Rudolph - Wikipedia
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Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (November 9, 1906, January 1, 1996) was a German rocket engineer who was a leader of the effort to develop the V-2 rocket.
Wikipedia: Krafft Arnold Ehricke
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Krafft Arnold Ehricke (March 24, 1917, December 11, 1984) was a German-American rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization.
Konrad Dannenberg (Wikipedia)
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Konrad Dannenberg (August 5, 1912, February 16, 2009) was a German-American rocket pioneer and member of the German rocket team brought to the United States after World War II.
Klaus Riedel (Wikipedia)
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Klaus Riedel (2 August 1907-4 August 1944) was a German rocket pioneer.
Rudolf Nebel (Wikipedia)
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Rudolf Wilhelm "Willy" Nebel (21 March 1894-18 September 1978) was a German officer, WWI pilot of the Fliegertruppe and spaceflight advocate active in Germany's amateur rocket group, the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR, "Spaceflight Society") in the 1930s as well as in rebuilding German rocketry following World War II.
Max Valier (Wikipedia)
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Max Valier (9 February 1895-17 May 1930) was an Austrian rocketry pioneer.
Reinhold Tiling (Wikipedia)
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Reinhold Tiling (13 June 1893-11 October 1933) was a German engineer, pilot and rocket pioneer.
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