NASA History Community:
Attached and below is information about an upcoming talk on a very interesting, if not well-known, story. Please feel free to share with others who may be interested. Thanks,
Steve
NASA History Talk:
Maurice
Zucrow and Purdue University’s Rocket Lab
Time/Date/Location: noon – 1
pm ET, Wednesday 18 October, virtual via MS Teams link (no prior registration necessary)
Contact:
Steve Garber (stephen.j.garber@nasa.gov)
Description:
Dr. Michael G. Smith, an aerospace and Russian historian at Purdue University,
will share some of the landmark contributions of Dr. Maurice Zucrow to aerospace history. He was a pioneer rocket engineer at the Aerojet Corporation (1943-1946), helping to design engines
for the Northrop Flying Wing, and Corporal and Nike missiles. He wrote the country’s first textbook on jet propulsion and founded its first educational “Rocket Lab” at Purdue (1948). He became a technical consultant for the projects of the Research and Development
Board, was a founder of the American Rocket Society, and was a promoter of civilian R&D with the NACA Lewis Research Center. By retirement in 1966, he was one of the country’s leading advocates of advanced propulsion systems for interplanetary exploration.
Stephen Garber
(he/him)
NASA History Division
Office of Communications
NASA Headquarters
Mary W. Jackson Building, Room 5P25
Washington, DC 20546
202-358-0385
