Man Who Helped Put Us In Space Dies

By The Associated Press
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Pioneering rocket scientist Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, who played a key role in developing America's space program, has died. Man Who Helped Put Us In Space Dies
Published: Mon, May 26, 2008 - 8:46 am
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Pioneering rocket scientist Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, who played a key role in developing America's space program, has died.
Stuhlinger died Sunday at his Huntsville home. He was 94.

Stuhlinger served as chief scientist for Dr. Wernher von Braun.
He was among the group of German scientists that moved with von
Braun to Huntsville in 1950.

Ed Buckbee, a former director of the U.S. Space and Rocket
Center, said the nation lost a "giant scientist."

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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