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Robert Esnault-Pelterie

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Pioneering French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist (1881-1957)

FranceLived 1881 to 1957 · aged 76
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Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist.

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Awards 4

1976International Space Hall of Fame
1930Prix Jules Janssen
1921Officer of the Legion of Honour
Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès

Connected to Robert 6

James C. FletcherAlso won International Space Hall of FameStéphane BancelAlso won Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au ProgrèsCornelis de JagerAlso won Prix Jules JanssenChesley BonestellAlso won International Space Hall of FameHenri-Alexandre DeslandresAlso won Prix Jules JanssenJérôme CarcopinoAlso won Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès

About this person

Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Chinese Qian Xuesen, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Wernher von Braun and the American Robert H. Goddard.

Country
France
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1957 · aged 76
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