Eberhard F. M. Rees
contributorEngineering & Vehicle Design
Rocket engineer who managed major portions of Marshall's Saturn development organization and later directed the center.
- Primary role
- Marshall Space Flight Center engineering leader
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Biography
Place in spaceflight history
Rees coordinated engineering, manufacturing, test, and contractor work for the Saturn family as von Braun's deputy, then led Marshall during later Apollo and Skylab operations.
His program integration helped translate launch-vehicle design into manufactured and qualified flight hardware, following earlier participation in Germany's V-2 program.
Eberhard F. M. Rees’s archive record spans Rocket engineer, Saturn deputy, Marshall Space Flight Center director through work connected with Peenemünde Army Research Center, United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The linked record places that work within V-2, Redstone, Saturn I, Saturn IB, Saturn V, Skylab.
Career profile
Roles, organizations, and programs
Roles
- Rocket engineer
- Saturn deputy
- Marshall Space Flight Center director
Organizations
Programs
- V-2
- Redstone
- Saturn I
- Saturn IB
- Saturn V
- Skylab
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- V-2Spaceflight program
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- RedstoneSpaceflight program
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- Saturn ISpaceflight program
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- Saturn IBSpaceflight program
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- Saturn VSpaceflight program
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- SkylabSpaceflight program
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- August 10, 2026
- Information current through
- August 10, 2026