Gaetano Crocco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gaetano Crocco

Italian scientist

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1877

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1968

Profession: military personnel, engineer, university teacher, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gaetano Arturo Crocco (26 October 1877 – 19 January 1968) was an Italian scientist and aeronautics pioneer, the founder of the Italian Rocket Society, and went on to become Italy's leading space scientist.
He was born in Naples. In 1927, Crocco begun working with solid-propellant rockets and, in 1929, designed and built the first liquid-propellant rocket motors in Italy.
He began work with monopropellants (fuel and oxidizer combined in one chemical liquid) in 1932, making him one of the first researchers in this field. As head of the School of Aeronautics of the University of Rome, he performed research on flight mechanics, structural design, and high-altitude flight in addition to his work in rocket propulsion. Because of his early efforts in aeronautics, Italian satellites were launched starting in the 1960s. The San Marco programme was a cooperative effort of NASA and the Italian Space Commission, with NASA providing launch vehicles, use of its facilities, and training of Italian personnel.