Eleanor C. Pressly
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Eleanor Crockett Pressly was an American mathematician and aeronautical engineer in the sounding rocket program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She worked on the Aerobee rocket with James Van Allen and John W. Townsend Jr. in the late 1950s.
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President John F. Kennedy with 1963 Federal Woman's Award winners. From left to right: Katie Louchheim, Bessie Margolin, Eleanor L. Makel, Verna C. Mohagen, President Kennedy, Blanche W. Noyes, Eleanor C. Pressly, Katharine Mather. Photograph by Cecil W. Stoughton.
Eleanor Pressly, Evelyn M. Anderson, and Nancy Roman, from a 1964 awards ceremonyAwards 1
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About this person
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United StatesCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2003 · aged 85
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