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Maxime Faget

Maxime A. Faget
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Maxime Faget
Born Maxime Allen Faget
(1921-08-26)August 26, 1921
Stann Creek Town, British Honduras
(now Dangriga, Belize)
Died October 10, 2004(2004-10-10) (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 Guy Henry Faget, and great-grandson of 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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