Herman Potočnik
✓ Source-basedstableSlovenian inventor (1892-1929)
ScientistsLived 1892 to 1929 · aged 36
Fame50.3
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Languages25
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Herman Potočnik was an Austrian officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as a pioneer and visionary of modern space flight and is remembered mainly for his work concerning the long-term human habitation of space.
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Photos 5
Description of a space station in Hermann Noordung's The Problem of Space Travel (1929).
(Legend: Achs-Körper: axle body. Aufzugschacht: elevator shaft. Treppenschacht: stairwell. Verdampfungsrohr: boiler pipe).
The space station Wohnrad (Living Wheel).
Noordung's space wheel drawing translated and marked
Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT), inspired by his space station conceptScientists born in the 1890s 6
About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1929 · aged 36
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25 languages
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