Kurt H. Debus

Engineer, Academic

1908 – 1983

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Who was Kurt H. Debus?

Kurt Heinrich Debus was a German V-2 rocket scientist during World War II who, after being brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip, became the first director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 1962.

Debus directed the design, development, construction and operation of NASA's Saturn launch facilities at the north end of Cape Canaveral and adjacent Merritt Island in Florida. His U.S. organizations conducted 150 launches of military missiles and space vehicles, including 13 Saturn V rockets, the booster for the Apollo manned moon landings.

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Born
Nov 29, 1908
Frankfurt
Also known as
  • Kurt Debus
Nationality
  • Germany
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt
  • Rollins College
  • University of Central Florida
Lived in
  • Cocoa Beach
Died
Oct 10, 1983
Rockledge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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