Abe Silverstein
Abe Silverstein · Technology & Engineering
NASA engineer who directed early space-flight development, planned Apollo/Ranger/Mariner/Surveyor/Voyager and named the Apollo program; director of NASA Lewis Research Center.
1908, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States — 2001, Fairview Park, Ohio, United States
Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, D.C., United States
Abe Silverstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — NASA engineer who directed early space-flight development, planned Apollo/Ranger/Mariner/Surveyor/Voyager and named the Apollo program; director of NASA Lewis Research Center.
Abe Silverstein, from a Jewish family in Indiana, was a NASA engineer who directed much of the agency's early space-flight development. He planned the Apollo, Ranger, Mariner, Surveyor and Voyager programs, personally named the Apollo program, and long directed NASA's Lewis Research Center. He was a foundational figure in America's push to the Moon.
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NASA engineer who directed early space-flight development, planned Apollo/Ranger/Mariner/Surveyor/Voyager and named the Apollo program; director of NASA Lewis Research Center.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein
