Georg von Tiesenhausen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg von Tiesenhausen

German aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 18-May-1914

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Date of Death: 03-Jun-2018

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Georg Heinrich Patrick Baron von Tiesenhausen (May 18, 1914 – June 4, 2018) was a United States-based German rocket scientist.
After being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, he was part of Wernher von Braun's team at the United States Army, and later, NASA.
He is credited with the first complete design of the Lunar Roving Vehicle and made a variety of other contributions to the space program.
He was a member of Baltic German noble family of Tiesenhausen.