caption death_date death_place birth_place other_names awards nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
maxime faget 10 october 2004 houston , texas stann , belize -rrb- creek town , british honduras -lrb- now dangriga max faget asme medal -lrb- 1975 -rrb- american maxime faget 26 august 1921 designer of the mercury capsule maxime faget.jpg maxime faget
 maxime allen faget engineer city college of san francisco louisiana state university
maxime faget

maxime allen faget -lrb- pronounced `` fa-jert '' -rrb- -lrb- august 26 , 1921 -- october 10 , 2004 -rrb- , better known as max faget , was a belizean-born american mechanical engineer .
faget was the designer of the mercury capsule , and contributed to the later gemini and apollo spacecraft as well as the space shuttle .
