Ernst Geissler
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Ernst Geissler (3 August 1915, Chemnitz, Germany - 3 June 1989, Huntsville, Alabama) was a German aerospace engineer. After World War II, he came to the United States in 16 November 1945 as part of Operation Paperclip.
Geissler became director of the Aeroballistics Division at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960.
Geissler was the recipient of the The NASA Certificate of Appreciation in 1973.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society.
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- Encyclopedia Astronautica entry
- American Astronautical Society fellows
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards
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