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. Zucrow 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 an influential member of the post-World War II 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
