Arthur Rudolph, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Rudolph

rocket engineer

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1906

Place of Birth: Stepfershausen, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1996

Profession: engineer, inventor, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (November 9, 1906 – January 1, 1996) was a German rocket engineer who was a leader of the effort to develop the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany.
After World War II, the United States Government's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) brought him to the U.S.
as part of the clandestine Operation Paperclip, where he became one of the main developers of the U.S.
space program.
He worked within the U.S.
Army and NASA, where he managed the development of several systems, including the Pershing missile and the Saturn V Moon rocket.
In 1984, the U.S.
Government investigated him for war crimes, and he agreed to renounce his United States citizenship and leave the U.S.
in return for not being prosecuted.