Back Hermann Oberth Afrikaans هيرمان أوبرت Arabic هيرمان اوبرث ARZ Herman Obert Azerbaijani هرمان اوبرت AZB হের্মান ওবের্ট Bengali/Bangla Hermann Oberth BS Hermann Julius Oberth Catalan Hermann Oberth Czech Hermann Oberth Danish
Hermann Oberth | |
|---|---|
 Oberth in the 1950s | |
| Born | Hermann Julius Oberth 25 June 1894 |
| Died | 28 December 1989 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Hungarian, Romanian,[3] German[4] |
| Alma mater | University of Cluj |
| Awards | Prix REP-Hirsch, 1929; Wilhelm Exner Medal 1969[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronautics and physics |
| Doctoral advisor | Augustin Maior |
| Notable students | Wernher von Braun[2] |
| Signature | |
 | |
Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent.[3] He is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics, along with Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert H. Goddard and Herman Potočnik (also known under the pseudonym Hermann Noordung).[5][6] Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross (1st Class) in 1943.[7]
- ^ Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
VonBraunwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Neufeld, Michael J. (October 1990). "Weimar Culture and Futuristic Technology: The Rocketry and Spaceflight Fad in Germany, 1923-1933". Technology and Culture. 31 (4). Johns Hopkins University Press: 727, 730. doi:10.2307/3105905. JSTOR 3105905. S2CID 111424680 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Taylor Tillman, Nola (5 March 2013). "Hermann Oberth: German Father of Rocketry". Space.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
Oberth became a German citizen in 1940.
- ^ "Robert Esnault-Pelterie". New Mexico Museum of Space History. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky". Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page).