Maxime Faget

Maxime Faget
Born
Maxime Allen Faget

(1921-08-26)August 26, 1921
Stann Creek Town, British Honduras
(now Dangriga, Belize)
DiedOctober 9, 2004(2004-10-09) (aged 83)
Houston, Texas, United States
Other namesMax Faget
Alma materCity College of San Francisco
Louisiana State University, B.S. 1943
OccupationEngineer
Known forDesigner of the Mercury capsule
AwardsASME Medal (1975)
Space shuttle model, created by Faget, April 1, 1969

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.

  1. ^ "Max Faget".
  2. ^ "Maxime Faget, 83; Pioneering Aerospace Engineer Designed Mercury Capsule". The New York Times. 12 October 2004.