Max Faget
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Maxime Faget
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| Born |
Maxime Allen Faget August 26, 1921 Stann Creek Town, British Honduras (now Dangriga, Belize) |
| Died | October 10, 2004 (aged 83) Houston, Texas, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Max Faget |
| Alma mater |
City College of San Francisco Louisiana State University, B.S. 1943 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Designer of the Mercury capsule |
| Awards | ASME Medal (1975) |
Maxime Allen "Max" Faget (pronounced fah-ZHAY; August 26, 1921 – October 10, 2004) was a Belizean-born 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.
Faget was the son of American doctor Guy Henry Faget, and great-grandson of another prominent physician, Jean Charles Faget. Born in Stann Creek Town, Belize (then known as British Honduras), Faget attended City College of San Francisco in San Francisco, California, and he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1943.
After three years as a submariner in the U.S. Navy, he joined the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia as a research scientist. While working for NACA at Langley, Faget worked on the design of the X-15 hypersonic spacecraft, at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporations Skunk Works.
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