Jack Edward Froehlich (sometimes Froelich) (May 7, 1921 – November 1967) was an American aerospace engineer (rocket scientist).
He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,[1] where he was a project director for the Explorer 1 program.[2]
Caltech's Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award[3] is named after him, as is the crater Froelich on the Moon.
References
edit- ^ "1958 Alpha". Time. February 10, 1958. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–185. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
- ^ Caltech Prizes and Awards Archived 2009-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Britt, Robert Roy (February 10, 2003). "Triumph and Tragedy: NASA's Five Decades of Bold Space Explorationl". Space.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
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