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Maxime Faget
Maxime Faget | |
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| Born | Maxime Allen Faget August 26, 1921 |
| Died | October 9, 2004 (aged 83) |
| Other names | Max Faget |
| Alma mater | City College of San Francisco Louisiana State University, B.S. 1943 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Designer of the Mercury capsule |
| Awards | ASME Medal (1975) |
Maxime Allen "Max" Faget[1][2] (pronounced fah-ZHAY; August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was an American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle.
- ^ "Max Faget".
- ^ "Maxime Faget, 83; Pioneering Aerospace Engineer Designed Mercury Capsule". The New York Times. 12 October 2004.
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