Kurt Debus

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Kurt Debus was a German engineer and rocket scientist who later became the first director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, overseeing early U.S. space launch operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA official
aerospace engineer
electrical engineer
human
rocket scientist
academicDegree doctorate in engineering
affiliation Nazi Party
SS
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1908-11-29
dateOfDeath 1983-10-10
educatedAt Technical University of Darmstadt
surface form: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
employer Kennedy Space Center
NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Peenemünde Army Research Center
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency
familyName Debus
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
rocketry
spaceflight
givenName Kurt
memberOf German rocket team at Peenemünde
Operation Paperclip
surface form: Operation Paperclip group of German scientists
militaryBranch Wehrmacht
nativeLanguage German
notableWork oversight of early U.S. space launch operations at Kennedy Space Center
support of Apollo program launches
support of Saturn I launch operations
support of Saturn IB launch operations
support of Saturn V launch operations
occupation engineer
rocket scientist
university teacher
participatedIn Mercury-Redstone rocket
surface form: U.S. Army Redstone rocket program

development and testing of the V-2 rocket
early U.S. space launch operations
placeOfBirth Frankfurt am Main
surface form: Frankfurt, German Empire
placeOfDeath Rockledge, Florida
surface form: Rockledge, Florida, United States
positionHeld Director of Launch Operations, NASA
first Director of Kennedy Space Center
residence Florida, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Irmgard Debus
workLocation Cape Canaveral
surface form: Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Huntsville, Alabama
surface form: Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Kennedy Space Center
surface form: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States

Peenemünde
surface form: Peenemünde, Germany

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