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Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was a highly respected aerospace engineer instrumental in the success of the American space program. His...

Historical Aviator Apollo Astronaut

10.0 Brilliant

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Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán was a prominent Hungarian-American engineer whose work fundamentally shaped the field of aerospace....

Hungarian Aerospace Jpl Aerodynamics

9.7 Brilliant

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Alan Blumlein

Alan Blumlein was a British electronics engineer who profoundly impacted modern audio and visual technology. In 1931, he...

Audio Modern British Electrical

9.5 Brilliant

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Rudolf E. Kálmán

Rudolf E. Kálmán was a Hungarian-born American electrical engineer and mathematician renowned for co-inventing the Kalma...

Modern Filtering Electrical Hungarian American

9.5 Brilliant

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Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky

Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky was an engineer born in the Russian Empire who developed practical three-phase alternating-cu...

AC Power Historical Electrical Russian German

9.4 Excellent

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Ferdinand Braun

Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist whose experiments with cathode rays led to the development of the Braun tube...

German Historical Physicist Electrical

9.4 Excellent

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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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George Low

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Modern Aerospace Nasa Spaceflight

9.1 Excellent

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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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Gene Kranz

Eugene "Gene" Kranz is an American aerospace engineer who served as a NASA flight director during the Gemini and Apollo...

Aerospace Nasa Apollo Mission Control

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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Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa is an American astronaut, electrical engineer, and former director of the NASA Johnson Space Center. In 1993...

Modern Optical Nasa Astronaut

8.3 Great

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Sunita Williams

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USA Aerospace 21ST Century Navy

8.2 Great

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Judith Love Cohen

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Modern American Aerospace Electrical

8.0 Great

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Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut who made history as the first African American...

American Nasa Chemical Astronaut

7.5 Good

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Kalpana Chawla

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Aerospace Indian Nasa Astronaut

7.3 Good

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Wendy Okolo

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Aerospace Nasa Controls Nigerian

6.9 Fair