1 20 1 https://digitalprojects.uah.edu/files/original/91/1981/spc_geis_000001_000041.pdf 826fc6a2ebb2501b2f32a7ec24ef0910 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ernst Geissler Collection Title A name given to the resource Ernst Geissler Collection Description An account of the resource Ernst D. Geissler was born on August 4, 1915 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, where he attended grammar school and high school until 1934. From there, he left to attend a technical university in Dresden, Germany, where he graduated with a diploma in Technical Physics. After graduating, he went to work with the Von Braun missile team, where he eventually patented new steering methods for guided missiles and homing devices against aircraft. On November 16, 1945, Geissler and his wife, Gerda K. Stricker, immigrated to the United States. Geissler began to work with the U.S. Army in Fort Bliss, Texas as a group leader for flight mechanics and aerodynamics on the Hermes II missile. After five years, Geissler went on to work for Redstone Arsenal as the Director of the Aeroballistics Laboratory in charge of theoretical and experimental aerodynamics and flight mechanics. While there, Geissler helped develop the Explorer I satellite and the Pioneer V space probe, and the Redstone, Jupiter, and Pershing missiles. He also developed patents for an aerodynamically stabilized missile and an artificially stabilized missile. In 1960, Geissler left Redstone and joined the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center of NASA. He worked as the Director of the Aerodynamics and Astrodynamics Laboratory, working on the Saturn I - Saturn V family and space shuttle development. In 1973, Ernst Geissler retired from NASA and eventually passed away on June 3, 1989. Relation A related resource <a href="http://libarchstor.uah.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/87">View the Ernst Geissler Collection finding aid on ArchivesSpace</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context spc_geis_000001_000041 Title A name given to the resource "Firing of Explorer I." Description An account of the resource This speech was given by Wernher von Braun, then the director of the Development Operations Division at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, at the 1958 ASME-ARS Aviation Conference in Dallas, Texas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958-03-18 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1950-1959 Type The nature or genre of the resource Speeches Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ernst Geissler Collection University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama Language A language of the resource en Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.