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Christopher C. Kraft Jr.

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924–2019) was an American aerospace engineer who played a central role in the early United St...

Modern American Aerospace Nasa

9.3 Excellent

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John Houbolt

John Houbolt was an American aerospace engineer who championed the concept of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) during the ea...

Modern American Aerospace Apollo

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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Robert Gilruth

Robert Gilruth was a pioneering American aerospace engineer instrumental in early human spaceflight programs. His leader...

American Aerospace Nasa Human Spaceflight

9.2 Excellent

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Elbert L. (Burt) Rutan

Elbert L. Rutan, known as Burt Rutan, is an American aerospace engineer and aircraft designer associated with unconventi...

Modern American Aerospace Experimental

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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Joe Sutter

Joe Sutter was a Boeing engineer instrumental in designing and developing the iconic 747 aircraft. His leadership shaped...

Aircraft American Aerospace Boeing 747

8.9 Great

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Hugo Junkers

Hugo Junkers was a German engineer instrumental in developing early aviation technology. His innovations focused on cons...

Aircraft German Aerospace Metal

8.9 Great

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Chris Kraft

Chris Kraft was a pivotal American aerospace engineer instrumental in shaping early spaceflight operations. He developed...

American Aerospace Nasa Mission Control

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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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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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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Robert H. Widmer

Robert H. Widmer was an American aeronautical engineer whose career included senior design work at Convair and General D...

Aircraft Modern American Aerospace

8.6 Great

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Geoffrey de Havilland

Geoffrey de Havilland was a British aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer who founded the de Havilland Aircraft Compan...

Aircraft Aerospace British Aviation

8.4 Great

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Alexander Kartveli

Alexander Kartveli was a Georgian-American aviation pioneer and a chief designer for Republic Aviation. He is best known...

Aircraft Aerospace Georgian Republic

8.4 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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Paul MacCready

Paul MacCready was an American aeronautical engineer known for developing lightweight, highly efficient aircraft. His te...

Aircraft American Aerospace Human Powered

8.1 Great

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Annie Easley

Annie Easley was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist who worked for NASA and its predece...

Software Modern American Aerospace

8.1 Great