List of aerospace engineers
Overview
This is a list of notable aerospace engineers, people who were trained in or practiced aerospace engineering
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See also List of engineers – for lists of engineers from other disciplines.
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
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See also List of engineers – for lists of engineers from other disciplines.
- A.P.J Abdul Kalam, (born October 15, 1931) – Ex-President of India
- Michael P. Anderson – died in Columbia disaster
- Neil ArmstrongNeil ArmstrongNeil Alden Armstrong is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon....
, (born August 5, 1930) First man on the moon - Ron AyersRon AyersRon Ayers is an engineer who was responsible for the aerodynamics of the land speed record-holding vehicle, ThrustSSC.Born in London, England in 1932, Ayers obtained a BSc in aeronautical engineering from the University of London and an MSc in aerodynamics from Cranfield University before starting...
– Designer of ThrustSSCThrustSSCThrustSSC, also spelt Thrust SSC by secondary sources, is a British jet-propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss....
, the first land based vehicle to break the sound barrierSound barrierThe sound barrier, in aerodynamics, is the point at which an aircraft moves from transonic to supersonic speed. The term, which occasionally has other meanings, came into use during World War II, when a number of aircraft started to encounter the effects of compressibility, a collection of several...
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