NASA History Talk:
Maurice
Zucrow and Purdue Universityâs Rocket Lab
Time/Date/Location: noon â 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 countryâs first textbook on jet propulsion and founded its first educational âRocket Labâ 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 countryâs 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
