Georg von Tiesenhausen

Male, Person

1914 –

85

Who is Georg von Tiesenhausen?

Georg F. von Tiesenhausen is a retired German-American rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, he was part of Wernher von Braun's team at the U.S. Army, and later, NASA. He is credited with the first complete design of the Lunar Rover and made a variety of other contributions to the space program.

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Born
May 18, 1914
Riga
Education
  • University of Hamburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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