Georg von Tiesenhausen

Georg F. von Tiesenhausen (May 18, 1914 – June 3, 2018) was a retired German-American rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, he was part of Wernher von Braun's team at the U.S. Army, and later, NASA. He is known to first complete design of the Lunar Rover and made a variety of other contributions to the space program.William T. Martin: Von Braun team member Dr. von Tiesenhausen honored by U.S. Space and Rocket Center In: http://www.huntsvillenewswire.com/2011/02/03/von-braun-team-member-von-tiesenhausen-honored-space-rocket-center/ 

Von Tiesenhausen died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on June 3, 2018 at the age of 104.Dr. Georg von Tiesenhausen, last of German rocket team, dies in Alabama

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