| Full Name: | John Cornelius Houbolt |
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| Birthdate: | April 10, 1919 - Altoona, Iowa |
| Death: | April 15, 2014 - Scarborough, Maine |
| Education: | Bachelor of Science in civil engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master of Science in civil engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. in technical sciences - Federal Institute of Technology Zurich |
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| Aerospace Engineer National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
Aerospace Engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Aerospace Engineer Langley Research Center |
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| John Houbolt led a campaign for NASA to adopt lunar orbit rendezvous as the appropriate method to conduct the Apollo lunar landings. |
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| John C. Houbolt | John Houbolt explains the lunar orbit rendezvous method | John C. Houbolt |
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