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John Houbolt
Engineer, Deceased Person
1919 – 2014
Who was John Houbolt?
John Cornelius Houbolt was an aerospace engineer credited with leading the team behind the lunar orbit rendezvous mission mode, a concept that was used to successfully land humans on the Moon and return them to Earth. This flight path was first endorsed by Wernher von Braun in June 1961 and was chosen for Apollo program in early 1962. The critical decision to use LOR was viewed as vital to ensuring that Man reached the Moon by the end of the decade as proposed by President John F. Kennedy. In the process, LOR saved time and billions of dollars by efficiently using existing rocket technology.
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1919
Altoona - Also known as
- John Cornelius Houbolt
- John C. Houbolt
- Spouses
- Mary Houbolt
( - 2014/04/15)
- Mary Houbolt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Died
- Apr 15, 2014
Scarborough
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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