Oswald Lange

Oswald Hermann Lange
Oswald Hermann Lange
	Berlin Institute of Technology
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, Engineering
Institutions	Peenemünde; Royal Aircraft Establishment; Glenn L. Martin Company

Oswald Hermann Lange (June 1, 1912 – February 20, 2000)

V-2 and Wasserfall, and eventually became project director of Saturn V.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Von Braun's rocket team in 1961. Lange is second from the right.

Lange earned his master's degree from the

V-2 ballistic missile and the Wasserfall surface-to-air missile. After World War II, he worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (1947), but emigrated to the US in 1954, working briefly at Martin Aircraft.^[1]^[2] In 1959, he was naturalized as a US citizen and became head of the Saturn project office.^[2] He retired in 1977.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Oswald Hermann Lange, 87, died Feb. 20". Savannah Morning News. February 22, 2000. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stuhlinger, E., Ordway, F.I., McCall, J.C., and Bucher, G.C. (1963) Aeronautical Engineering and Science, McGraw-Hill.
^ Bilstein, R.E. (1999) Stages to Saturn, Diane Publishing.

[obit-1] "Oswald Hermann Lange, 87, died Feb. 20". Savannah Morning News. February 22, 2000. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2011.

[aes_1963-2] Stuhlinger, E., Ordway, F.I., McCall, J.C., and Bucher, G.C. (1963) Aeronautical Engineering and Science, McGraw-Hill.

[bilstein_1999-3] Bilstein, R.E. (1999) Stages to Saturn, Diane Publishing.

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