Open User Keys Help in Second Window Jump to main content
GRIN - Great Images in NASA
Browse by Subject
Browse by Center
Search by Keywords
Frequent Questions
How to Use GRIN
Copyright Information
NASA InsigniaVisit NASA's home Site. 		Photo Banner of four images in GRIN.
Main Content
Hermann Noordung Main Content
NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : Potocnik
Date : UNKNOWN

Title

Hermann Noordung

Full Description

Hermann Potocnik (1892-1929), also known as Herman Noordung, was an engineer in the Austrian army. Noordung wrote Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums (The Problem of Space Travel:The Rocket Motor) (1929), an early work on spaceflight. He also created the first detailed technical drawings of a space station.

Keywords

space station concepts art Noordung people Potocnik

Subject Category

Space-Station Concepts, Early Aerospace Pioneers

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: Potocnik
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2003-00102

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: Digital

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 108 135 13
Small JPEG 861 1079 698
Medium JPEG 1793 2248 2,398
Large JPEG 3586 4496 11,332

Jump to main content

Other relevant NASA Web sites:
• NASA Headquarters
• NASA History Office
• NASA Image eXchange (NIX)
• NASA Multimedia Gallery
• NASA Human Spaceflight

Updated October 31, 2002
• History Questions: NASA History Office
• Responsible NASA Official: Steve Garber
• Author: Michael Hahn.  Editor: Dwayne A. Day
• Curator & Technical Questions: Erin Needham
• NASA's Privacy Statement