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Von Kármán

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[von kahr-mahn, -muhn] / vɒn ˈkɑr mɑn, -mən /

noun

  1. Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.


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The spacecraft landed in the Von Kármán crater in January, marking the first time a probe has ever visited the Moon’s far side.

From Nature May 14, 2019

It landed in the Von Kármán, a flat feature about 110 miles wide that sits inside a larger basin near the moon’s south pole.

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2019

When Von Kármán and others founded JPL in 1944 to develop rocket technology, Qian was given a security clearance and brought on to work on classified weapons research.

From Science Magazine Mar. 14, 2018

Von Kármán died shortly after the first of his committee reports was completed.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2013

Von Kármán used the total weight of the vehicles he considered because that information was readily available to him at the time.

From Scientific American May 27, 2011

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