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John Houbolt
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 10 years ago |
Date of birth | April 10,1919 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Altoona |
Iowa | |
United States | |
Date of died | April 15,2014 |
Died | Scarborough |
Maine | |
United States | |
Spouse | Mary Houbolt |
Field | Aerospace Engineering |
Education | ETH Zürich |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | |
Joliet Central High School | |
Joliet Junior College | |
Books | A Recurrence Matrix Solution for the Dynamic Response of Aircraft in Gusts |
Awards | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal |
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ID | 1555399 |
John Houbolt Life story
John Cornelius Houbolt was an aerospace engineer credited with leading the team behind the lunar orbit rendezvous mission mode, a concept that was used to successfully land humans on the Moon and return them to Earth. This flight path was chosen for the Apollo program in July 1962.