ABSTRACT
Born: June 25, 1894; Hermannstadt, Siebenbürgen, Transylvania
Died: December 29, 1989; Nürnberg, West Germany
Area of Achievement: Aeronautics Contribution: Oberth is one of the three great pio-
neers of the sciences of astronautics and modern rocketry. Along with Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert Goddard, he is credited with developing the principles behind rocket-powered flight beyond Earth’s atmosphere, liquid-fueled rockets, a manned Earth orbital space station, and manned interplanetary flight.
