Hans Hüter

Hans Hüter (1906 to 1970) was a German-Swiss engineer and an expert in guided missiles during the Second World War. After the war he became a member of the German rocket team that went to the United States under Project Paperclip, arriving on 16 November 1945 aboard the Argentina from Le Havre. He spent his whole working life with that team, first at Fort Bliss, then at White Sands, and finally at Huntsville, Alabama. As of 1960 he was Chief of the Agena and Centaur Systems Office at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He died at Huntsville in 1970. His career follows the path of the German missile specialists who carried their wartime guided-missile experience into the American rocket and space programs.