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One year ago, the NASA scientist Jesco von Puttkamer died with the age of 79. The senior employee of the US Space Agency lost the battle to a flu virus in his home in Washington DC on the 27th of December, 2012. He left his wife Ursula.
Jesco von Puttkamer will not be forgotten as an author, speaker and 1960s TV guest, in Germanz and the U.S. The complete development of Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, ISS and the strategic preparation for the mars mission have created his legacy within NASA and youth interested in space exploration. The mediation between ESA and Russia is in thanks to him. The list of awards is long. Among other things, the former engineer, von Puttkamer, received the honorary doctorate and the professorship, became the distinguished German-American of the year, 2008, and an asteroid was named after him. Above all, the NASA scientist, who didn’t have any of his own children, supported one thing: motivating youth to science.
On the 4th of February, 2013, NASA arranged a commemoration in the name of the engineer, scientist and visionary. A twenty man delegation of students and businessmen from Germany was invited to an extensive excursion.
On the 22nd of September, 2013, the 80th birthday of von Puttkamer, international colleagues and friends founded the “Jesco von Puttkamer Society” and donated a plaque at his birth house in Leipzig and at his former home on Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama. Beginning in 2014 and following each year, the society will donate an award to young and science students. In September 2014, the first Jesco von Puttkamer Readings will be held. International scientists and colleagues of von Puttkamer will inform the young generation and interested people about the future of space flight and its use for the progress.
The society keeps the Puttkamer network alive, honors the legacy of the scientist, supports young talents for natural science and is the first contact for giving names, prizes and awards in the name of von Puttkamer.
The Jesco von Puttkamer International Team Award is endowed with USD $1000 and will be given to international committed teams on the April 12th, 2014 at the NASA Rover Challenge in the Rocket City of Huntsville. The International Space Education Institute - Leipzig, an association launched in part by von Puttkamer, will judge the award.
Today, one year after the death of Jesco von Puttkamer, international students and engineers have a meeting in their workshop Together they prepare for the NASA Rover Challenge by developing a mars rover with non-pneumatic wheels and electronically supported pedals in the home city of Wagner, Porsche & BMW. The workshops are regularly continued in Moscow, Venice, Neu-Delhi and Huntsville, AL. With their work, they bring the memory of a committed scientist to the future.
Today, the digital rollout of the first NASA Rover takes place in the name of Jesco von Puttkamer in his birth town, Leipzig.
Donation account:
Account: 209981005
Jesco von Puttkamer
Commerzbank Leipzig 86040000
International Space Education Institute
Source:
International Space Education Institute e.V. Leipzig
Jesco von Puttkamer Gesellschaft e.V. Leipzig,
Huntsville/AL, Moskau
Wurzner Str. 4, 04315 Leipzig
Text: Ralf Heckel
Translation: Nadin Rößler
Photos: www.spaceeducation.de
contact: info at jvputtkamer.com
Huntsville/Alabama After a honorary speech about the reasons of this plaque, it was unveiled to applause . The guests were Frederick Ordway (Book Author), Heidi Weber Collier ( descendant of a family from the team of Wernher von Braun ), Jürgen Drescher (DLR Washington ) , as well as engineers, teachers and citizens. After that there were at beer tables sausage with sauerkraut and pumpernickel . The talks lasted until late in the evening. A 2nd meeting was on Monday oct. 14th. People from a school and the Marschall Spaceflight center came. It was a beautiful afternoon with coffee, cake and a glas of sweet Riesling Vine. more photos : http://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceeducation/collections/72157632417603528/
Where: When: contact: info (at) jvputtkamer (dot) com Herewith: All friends, colleagues, readers, fans and supported Moonbuggy students of the NASA scientist Prof. / Dr. Jesco von Puttkamer are invited to attend. A plaque will be unveiled at the former home of Dr. von Puttkamer wherein he resided during the Apollo era. This is the second plaque to be unveiled, following a prior inauguration at the birthplace of the NASA scientist in Leipzig, Germany on September 24, 2013.
Since 2006 Dr. von Puttkamer came every year back to Huntsville, Al and supported the international league of teams participating in the annual NASA Moonbuggy Race. During these returns, he would meet with U.S. students and international students at historical sites of the "von Braun team" in Huntsville. These sites commemorate many who paved the way to the future and should not be forgotten. The "Jesco von Puttkamer Society", founded September 24, 2013, consists of close friends and colleagues and also international students of the scientist. This plaque is dedicated to the memory of this great scientist who was able to join and link the international world of aerospace.
No scientist shaped our present and future as sustainable as Prof. Jesco von Puttkamer by his works 1961 Engineering diploma for Mechanical Engins, TU Aachen Links:Fotos-Leipzig-commemoration-obituary
There are no translations available. Eröffnung der Fotoausstellung Alle, die sich für das Leben im All interessieren und Näheres über Leipzigs Partnerstadt Houston erfahren möchten, sind herzlich zur Ausstellungseröffnung am 7. Oktober 2013 um 18.00 Uhr eingeladen. Der Eintritt ist frei. „Über die Grenzen Hinaus – Across All Borders“ Montag, 7.Oktober 2013, 18.00 Uhr
"Erlebnisse vom Bord der ISS - aus dem Tagebuch der Anousheh Ansari, Jesco von Puttkamer und Kosmonauten" Donnerstag, 17.Oktober 2013, 17.00 Uhr
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Der Einweihung ging die Gründung der Jesco von Puttkamer Gesellschaft voraus. Diese Gesellschaft möchte das seit dem Tod des Wissenschaftlers herunterhängende Ende des weit verzweigten wissenschaftlichen Kontaktnetzwerkes auffangen und im Sinne des Namensgebers erhalten und möglichst weiter entwickeln. Es entsteht somit ein Anlaufpunkt für Kollegen, Wissenschaftler, Freunde, Leser seiner Bücher, Hörer seiner Vorträge, Star-Trek-Fans, lehrer und Schüler. Mit den Einnahmen aus dem Mitgliedsbeiträgen, Lizenzverwaltungen, Publikationen und Spenden werden im Sinne des Namensgebers internationale Jugendprojekte gefördert. Dieser Verein wird auch in Gemeinschaft mit der NASA Alumni League in den USA als "Jesco von Puttkamer Society" gespiegelt. Eine weitere Gründung wird in Moskau angestrengt unter dem Namen: "Общество Йеско фон Путткамера". Die 7 Gründungsmitgieder stammen aus den folgenden Berufsgruppen: 3 Gründungsmitglieder zählen zum engen Freundeskreis des Namensgebers. Es wurden folgende Organe gewählt:
Als erste US-Mitglieder der Gesellschaft wurden der Puttkamer-Freund und Shuttle-Astronaut Bill Readdy und der NASA-Ingenieur Terry Wall eingeladen. Die Gesellschaft beabsichtigt jährlich um Puttkamers Geburtstag (22. September) ein populärwissenschaftliches Symposium in Leipzig zu veranstalten. Weitere Veranstaltungen, Vorträge und Preisstiftungen für internationale Jugendprojekte werden in den USA und Russland stattfinden. Für weitere Informationen wird in Kürze die Webseite: www.JvonPuttkamer.com entstehen. |



































































