# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-h-debus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:36.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-h-debus"
name: "Kurt H. Debus"
slug: "kurt-h-debus"
description: "Kurt Heinrich Debus was a German-American rocket engineer and NASA director. Born in Germany, he was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) during World War II, where he served as a V-weapons flight test director. Following the war, he was brought to the United States via Operation Paperclip, and directed the design, development, construction and operation of NASA's Saturn launch facilities. He became the first director of NASA's Launch Operations Center, and, under him, NASA conducted 150 launches of military missiles and space vehicles, including 13 launches of the Saturn V rocket as part of the Apollo Moon landing program."
tagline: "Rocket engineer and scientist (1908–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt_H._Debus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1908-11-29"
deathDate: "1983-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump