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Qian Xuesen

Qian Xuesen was a pioneering Chinese engineer instrumental in developing the nation’s aerospace capabilities. His work d...

China Aerospace Systems Rocketry

9.3 Excellent

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Max Faget

Maxime Faget was an aerospace engineer born in British Honduras, now Belize, who became an American citizen and worked f...

American Aerospace Historical Nasa

9.3 Excellent

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Tom Mueller

Tom Mueller is a modern aerospace engineer recognized for his pivotal role at SpaceX. He was instrumental in designing t...

Modern Spacex Rocketry Propulsion

9.2 Excellent

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Andrei Tupolev

Andrei Tupolev was a prominent Soviet engineer instrumental in shaping twentieth-century aviation. He established the Tu...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Tupolev

9.1 Excellent

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Mikhail Mil

Mikhail Mil was a Soviet aircraft and helicopter designer who established the Mil design bureau in 1947, the organizatio...

Aerospace Historical Aviation Soviet

9.1 Excellent

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Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch, was a French aircraft designer and industrialist who founded the company that became...

French Aerospace Historical Aviation

8.9 Great

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Valentin Glushko

Valentin Glushko was a prominent Soviet aerospace engineer instrumental in developing advanced rocket propulsion systems...

Aerospace Soviet Propulsion Rocket Engines

8.8 Great

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Pavel Sukhoi

Pavel Sukhoi was a Soviet engineer instrumental in developing advanced military aircraft. He established the Sukhoi Desi...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Sukhoi

8.8 Great

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Sergey Ilyushin

Sergey Ilyushin was a pioneering Soviet aerospace engineer responsible for establishing the Ilyushin Design Bureau. His...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Ilyushin

8.8 Great

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was a highly influential Indian aerospace engineer instrumental in developing the nation’s ballisti...

India Aerospace Rocketry Missiles

8.7 Great

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Oleg Antonov

Oleg Antonov was a Soviet engineer instrumental in designing aircraft for strategic transport. He established the Antono...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Antonov

8.7 Great

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Yvonne C. Brill

Yvonne C. Brill was a Canadian-American aerospace engineer known for developing hydrazine-fueled resistojet propulsion....

Aerospace Historical Rocketry Canadian American

8.7 Great

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Donald Douglas

Donald Wills Douglas was an American aircraft designer, engineer, and industrialist who founded the Douglas Aircraft Com...

American Aerospace Historical Aviation

8.7 Great

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Peter Beck

Peter Beck is a New Zealand aerospace engineer and the founder and chief executive of Rocket Lab, which he established i...

Contemporary New Zealand Aerospace Spaceflight

8.5 Great

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Tu Shou'e

Tu Shou'e was a prominent Chinese aerospace engineer who played a foundational role in the development of China's ballis...

Modern Aerospace Chinese Spaceflight

8.5 Great

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Owen Maynard

Owen Maynard (1924-2000) was a Canadian aerospace engineer who worked at NASA during the Apollo program. He led the Luna...

Canadian Aerospace Historical Nasa

8.5 Great

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John J. Montgomery

John J. Montgomery was an American engineer and aviation pioneer who designed and flew experimental gliders in Californi...

American Aerospace Historical Aviation

8.4 Great

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William Boeing

William E. Boeing was an American businessman and aviation pioneer. In 1916 he founded Pacific Aero Products, the aircra...

American Aerospace Historical Aviation

8.3 Great

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Nikolai Kamov

Nikolai Kamov was a Soviet aerospace engineer who founded the Kamov helicopter design bureau in 1940. He and his bureau...

Kamov Aerospace Soviet Helicopters

8.2 Great

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Robert Esnault-Pelterie

Robert Esnault-Pelterie was a pioneering French aircraft designer and rocket propulsion theorist. In 1907, he designed t...

French Aerospace Aviation Rocketry

7.7 Good