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| rdfs:comment | - Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913 – August 17, 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer, and the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1937 to 1958 and its successor NASA, until his retirement in 1973. He was involved with early research into supersonic flight and rocket-powered aircraft, and then with the United States manned space program, including the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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| death place | - Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
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| Caption | - Gilruth at NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
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| Alma mater | - University of Minnesota, B.S. 1935, M.S. 1936
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| Birth Place | - Nashwauk, Minnesota, U.S.
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| Occupation | - Director of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, now Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
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| abstract | - Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913 – August 17, 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer, and the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1937 to 1958 and its successor NASA, until his retirement in 1973. He was involved with early research into supersonic flight and rocket-powered aircraft, and then with the United States manned space program, including the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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