# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-haeussermann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:15.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-haeussermann"
name: "Walter Haeussermann"
slug: "walter-haeussermann"
description: "Walter Haeussermann was a German-American aerospace engineer and member of the \"von Braun rocket group\", both at Peenemünde and later at Marshall Space Flight Center, where he was the director of the guidance and control laboratory. He was awarded the Department of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 1959 for his contributions to the US rocket program."
tagline: "German-American aerospace engineer (1914-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Haeussermann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1914-03-02"
deathDate: "2010-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.142009333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_H%C3%A4ussermann"
    title: "Walter Häussermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "والتير هايوسيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_H%C3%A4ussermann"
    title: "Walter Häussermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Haeussermann"
    title: "Walter Haeussermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Haeussermann"
    title: "Walter Haeussermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Haeussermann"
    title: "Walter Haeussermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_H%C3%A4ussermann"
    title: "Walter Häussermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump