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Arthur Rudolph
German rocket engineer (1906–1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 for Nazi Germany. After World War II, the United States government's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) brought him to the U.S. as part of the clandestine Operation Paperclip, where he became one of the main developers of the U.S. space program. He worked within the U.S. Army and NASA, where he managed the development of several systems, including the Pershing missile and the Saturn V Moon rocket. In 1984, the U.S. government investigated him for war crimes, and he agreed to renounce his United States citizenship and leave the U.S. in return for not being prosecuted.[1]
Arthur Rudolph | |
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Born | Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph November 9, 1906 (1906-11-09) |
Died | January 1, 1996 (1996-02) (aged 89) |
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Alma mater | Technical University of Berlin |
Occupation | Rocket engineer |
Known for | V-2, Saturn V |
Spouse |
Martha Therese Kohls
(m. 1935) |
Children | 1 |
Awards |