Kurt H. Debus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kurt H. Debus

SS officer and physicist

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1908

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1983

Profession: engineer, physicist, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Kurt Heinrich Debus (November 29, 1908 – October 10, 1983) was a German V-2 rocket scientist during World War II who, after being brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip, in 1962 became the first director of NASA's Launch Operations Center (later the Kennedy Space Center). Debus directed the design, development, construction and operation of NASA's Saturn launch facilities at the north end of Cape Canaveral and adjacent Merritt Island in Florida.
Under him, NASA conducted 150 launches of military missiles and space vehicles, including 13 Saturn V rockets, the booster for the Apollo manned moon landings.