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Karel J. Bossart



Karel J. Bossart

Karel J. Bossart
Karel J. Bossart
Pioneer Space Scientist
Born in Antwerp, Belgium, February 9, 1904. B.S. University of Brussels 1924. M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1926. Emigrated to the United States in 1930.

During his career as an aerodynamicist which spanned some 40 years, he became known for his technical innnovations and was an early proponent of missiles and manned space flight. As head of the team which produced the Atlas Missile/Booster his genius as a design engineer gave the complex art of rocketry the first separable nose cone, propellant fuel tanks of novel design, and swiveling engines for directional control of rockets.
Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1965