Helmut Horn
Helmut Horn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Helmut Justus Karl Horn June 24, 1912 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | January 20, 1994 (aged 81) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt (1939) |
| Spouse | Leni Betzler[1] |
| Children | 3[1] |
Helmut Justus Karl Horn (June 24, 1912 - January 20, 1994)[2] was a German-American engineer and applied physicist who was employed at the early Marshall Space Flight Center. Horn worked first at the Peenemünde Army Research Center and later, after the end of World War II, was hired by the U.S. through Operation Paperclip.
Biography
Horn was born on June 24, 1912, in Frankfurt. He attended college at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, graduating in 1939 with an M.S. in engineering, specifically applied physics. After graduation, he went to work with the German rocket team at Peenemünde under Wernher von Braun. He continued there from 1939 until the war's end in 1945.[2]
As a member of von Braun's rocket team, Horn was one of the engineers scouted by Operation Paperclip. He traveled to the U.S. aboard the Argentina, arriving on November 16, 1945. After arriving Horn worked within the U.S. rocket program, first at Fort Bliss and then at White Sands.[3] His wife Leni followed him, immigrating to the U.S. to join him in 1951.[1] By 1952, Horn had moved to Redstone Arsenal, where he taught at the Redstone Arsenal Institute of Graduate Studies as a lecturer in Applied Mathematics.[2]
By 1960, Horn had joined the rocket team at the newly created
References
- ^ a b c "Leni Horn". www.al.com. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9861343-0-2.
- ^ a b "Horn". www.astronautix.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- S2CID 234252079. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "Lunar Orbit Rendezvous: Mode and Module". hq.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved February 13, 2021.