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Born April 15, 1902 • Williamsport • Pennsylvania
Died June 26, 1995 (aged 93) • Santa Barbara • California
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Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
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Soviet scientist
Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
American professor and inventor
Glushko, Valentin Petrovich
Valentin Petrovich Glushko
Soviet scientist
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
American engineer
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Jack Parsons
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Eugen Sänger
Austrian engineer
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
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Octave Chanute
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American aeronautical engineer
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American aeronautical engineer
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
American aeronautical engineer
Max Faget
Max Faget
American engineer
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Kelly Johnson
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