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Oberth, Hermann Julius


Oberth
Oberth

Father of German Spaceflight. His 1923 book outlined the mathematic principles of rocketry and space travel, providing the basis for the space craze in Germany, leading to the V-2 and von Braun's rocket team.

Born: 1894-06-25. Died: 1989-01-01. Birth Place: Sibiu.

Hermann J. Oberth was one of the three recognized fathers of spaceflight. A Transylvanian by birth but a German in his family heritage, he was educated at the Universities of Klausenburg, Munich, G�ttingen, and Heidelberg. His doctoral dissertation was rejected because it did not fit into any established scientific discipline. He published it privately as Die Rakete zu den Planetenraeumen (The Rocket into Interplanetary Space) in 1923. It and its expanded version entitled Ways to Spaceflight (1929) set forth the basic principles of space flight and directly inspired many subsequent spaceflight pioneers, including Wernher von Braun.



Country: Germany, Romania. Launch Vehicles: Oberth sounding rocket. Bibliography: 535, 5845.


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Oberth OberthCredit: NASA



1894 June 25 - .


1922 May 3 - .


1923 - .


1923 - During the year - .


1923 December 15 - . Launch Vehicle: V-2.


1926 - . Launch Vehicle: Valier-Oberth Moon Gun.


1927 June 5 - . Launch Site: Raketenflugplatz. Launch Complex: Raketenflugplatz. Launch Vehicle: V-2.


1928 - . Launch Vehicle: Valier-Oberth Moon Gun.


1928 May 23 - . Launch Vehicle: Opel.


1929 - .


1929 July - September - .


1929 October 15 - . LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: Oberth sounding rocket.


December 1929 - . LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: Mirak.


1930 April 11 - . LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: Mirak.


1930 July 23 - . LV Family: V-2. Launch Vehicle: Mirak.


1989 January 1 - .



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