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Urbanski, Arthur P

Person · Germany · USA

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German-American engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. As of 1960, Head of Mechanical Systems Analysis Branch, Quality Division, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Died at Huntsville.

Member of the German rocket team, went to America after the first group, arriving on 16 November 1945 aboard the Argentina from La Havre. He became a naturalized US citizen, and married Ellen von Bergwelt, a German citizen, in Huntsville in March 1956. They went to Germany, returning to the United States aboard the America on 5 June 1957. As of 1960, Head of Mechanical Systems Analysis Branch, Quality Division, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Died at Huntsville.

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Germany, USA
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Chronology

2 events

1900 January 24

  • Birth of Arthur P Urbanski - . Nation: Germany, USA. Related Persons: Urbanski. German-American engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. As of 1960, Head of Mechanical Systems Analsysis Branch, Quality Division, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Died at Huntsville..

1977 January 7

  • Death of Arthur P Urbanski. - . Related Persons: Urbanski. German-American engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. As of 1960, Head of Mechanical Systems Analysis Branch, Quality Division, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Died at Huntsville..