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Ernst D Geissler

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Ernst D Geissler

Birth
Chemnitz, Stadtkreis Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Death
3 Jun 1989 (aged 73)
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 30, Lot 251, Space 251
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Ernst Geissler was a German-American aerospace engineer. After World War II, he came to the United States in 16 November 1945 as part of the Argentina group, Operation Paperclip.[1]

Geissler became director of the Aeroballistics Division at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960.[2]

Geissler was the recipient of the The NASA Certificate of Appreciation in 1973.[3] He was awarded the 1973 NASA Distinguished Service Medal. He was elected a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society.[4]

1. "Geissler". Astronautix.com. http://www.astronautix.com/astros/geissler.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

2. Anthony Young (2009). The Saturn V F-1 engine: powering Apollo into history. Springer. ISBN 9780387096292. http://books.google.com/books?id=4KW5I4whPXcC&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=Ernst+Geissler&source=bl&ots=QVFcsL7Jfp&sig=XtzhMmeLYH6Iu6nYM8AlcV4Q66U&.

3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards

4. "American Astronautical Society – AAS Fellows". Astronautical.org. http://astronautical.org/membership/fellows/. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
Ernst Geissler was a German-American aerospace engineer. After World War II, he came to the United States in 16 November 1945 as part of the Argentina group, Operation Paperclip.[1]

Geissler became director of the Aeroballistics Division at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960.[2]

Geissler was the recipient of the The NASA Certificate of Appreciation in 1973.[3] He was awarded the 1973 NASA Distinguished Service Medal. He was elected a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society.[4]

1. "Geissler". Astronautix.com. http://www.astronautix.com/astros/geissler.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

2. Anthony Young (2009). The Saturn V F-1 engine: powering Apollo into history. Springer. ISBN 9780387096292. http://books.google.com/books?id=4KW5I4whPXcC&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=Ernst+Geissler&source=bl&ots=QVFcsL7Jfp&sig=XtzhMmeLYH6Iu6nYM8AlcV4Q66U&.

3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards

4. "American Astronautical Society – AAS Fellows". Astronautical.org. http://astronautical.org/membership/fellows/. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

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  • Created by: Ray
  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78115720/ernst_d-geissler: accessed ), memorial page for Ernst D Geissler (4 Aug 1915–3 Jun 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78115720, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Ray (contributor 47540953).