Robert R. Gilruth
American aerospace engineer (1913-2000) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86
Robert Rowe Gilruth was an American aerospace engineer and an aviation/space pioneer who was the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
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2000Died17 August 20001994National Aviation Hall of FameAward1976International Space Hall of FameAward1971James Watt International MedalAward1970ASME MedalAward1962Distinguished Service MedalAwardNASA Distinguished Service MedalAward1913Born8 October 1913
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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2000 · aged 86
